Tag: bugs

Ep. 6 – Gale Ridge on bringing peace to humans’ befuddling relationships with bugs

Ep. 6 – Gale Ridge on bringing peace to humans’ befuddling relationships with bugs

A concert pianist-turned-entomologist and bedbug expert, Dr. Gale Ridge is an insect detective. She solves mysteries and helps thousands of perplexed, struggling people with all varieties of bug problems — from bedbugs to agricultural pests to imaginary bugs that infest our consciousness. Dr. Ridge speaks about her sleuthing and how she brokers peace between the humans that walk in her door at the Connecticut Insect Inquiry Office and the tiny segmented animals we’ve learned to fear. 

Ep. 5 – Lisa Margonelli on the big ideas termites raise about science, technology, and morality

Ep. 5 – Lisa Margonelli on the big ideas termites raise about science, technology, and morality

Termites outweigh humans ten to one. If they went on strike, ecological chaos would ensue. We speak with science writer Lisa Margonelli, author of the new book Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology, about the questions these small creatures raise about technology, power, morality, and the nature of scientific progress.