Weekly Signals

Communications from the Anthropocene

Siren Battles

Siren Battles

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about vampire bats, California condors, thermoregulation, cooling a river, orca brains,  lawn care pollution, Biden’s AI Executive Order, subpoenaing Crow and Leo, your noses, two mysterious “blobs,” the Chicxulub impact, light evaporation, and so on. 

Low and Slow

Low and Slow

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about fluorescent flying squirrels, platypuses, extinction, sunflower sea stars, the Mirounga-Nuyina Canyon, mosquitoes, malaria, vaccines, rapid intensification, Badwater Basin, irreversible tipping points, Mike Johnson, suing Meta, Alex Jones’s debt, the “Harlem Park Three”, The Debt Collective, Kamoʻoalewa, Cruise robotaxis, lowriders, one count of endangering an aircraft, a Halloween decoration,  and so on. 

Martian Real Estate

Martian Real Estate

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about space life, Martian real estate, crashing into buildings, pink river dolphins, a palm oil alternative, groundwater pollution, a “decades-long campaign of deception”, where petroleum comes from, China’s maritime expansion, a dam report card, net neutrality redux, student debt, magic mushrooms, World Athletic Shoe Regulations, a Stevie Nicks doll, stoned sheep, and so on.

Flowering Plants and Fire Ants

Flowering Plants and Fire Ants

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about flamboyances, bait birds, fireflies, processed food addiction, night harvests, national hurt feelings, the Great Wall Society of China, Dimorphos’ orbital period, natural psychedelics, nonfunctional turf, autonomous trucks, Paw Patrol snacks, a ritual mass murder, a “biohazard issue,” and so on.

Solace In Shade

Solace in Shade

On this week’s episode, special guest host Claudia Shambaugh, Nathan, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about, canine vaccine hesitancy, Asian hornets, invasive species, extreme heat, California’s disappearing beaches, Crown Prince Mohammed bin (bonesaw) Salman, death for marriage, wage theft, meat hogs, NASA’s crop monitor, the human ancestor crash, admission to Venice, Schedule 1 drugs, Mary Ann Gaido, and so on.