Blattodeology (YES, COCKROACHES) with Dominic Evangelista

Oh hey, it's the smell of fresh paint in your new apartment. Allie Ward, don't you dare leave. Don't you leave. I'm holding your hand maybe a little too firmly for you to get away. I'm urging you to be strong.

Let's learn about cockroaches. First of all, it's Spooktober, alright? Secondly, there's so much to love. They're sort of find out with me, a person who, until this interview, knew a very few redeeming qualities of a roach, but now I would have a chat with one if its mouth worked that way. Now this expert was recommended to me by another ologist who I adore, and when I told her I needed a cockroach person, she instantly named them.

They are an entomology assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They run a cockroach lab. This guest studied biology for undergrad and ecology and evolution for their PhD, and we'll talk to them about what is a cockroach and why they are not quite what you think they are. But first, just a quick thanks to patrons of the show who submit questions for the oldists ahead of time.

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