Ologies with Alie Ward · 2026-04-01 · 84 min · 13,232 words

Nudibranchology (GLAMOROUS SEA SLUGS) with Jessica Goodheart and Terry Gosliner

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Oh hey, it's the one open table at the cafe that has croissant crumbs on it, but that's fine. Allie Ward, this is Oligies. These are Nudabrinks. We're talking sluggy beauties that you didn't know you needed to love, the designs, the drama, the discoveries. Nudabranks, what are they?

They're soft-bodied mollusks of the sea. They live in the tropics to the far snowy corners of Antarctica, from the shallows to the depths. We're gonna hear all about 'em. There's so many species. to love.

So many that we called upon, two members of the same species, both humans, neudobranchologists who live on opposite sides of the continent but love neuterbranchs equally. One is a senior curator of California Academy of Sciences invertebrate zoology and geology department in San Francisco. He has been there since 1982. He is a legend among people who wear wetsuits for a living. We're going to talk all about it.

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