We at Across the Cline and SciComm@UCR, would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air on which we record this podcast: the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. This place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including our colleagues, guests, and community, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands.

Can you smell it? We’ve concocted a fascinating foray into scent! We talk with Mandy Aftel, a natural essence perfumer, and Laura Sirot, a professor studying animal behavior at College of Wooster in Ohio, about how scent unified all life. We explore a variety of topics from mosquito ejaculate, the different components of perfume making, how scent can influence animal behavior, how monkeys protect themselves from mosquito bites, the relationship between memory and scent, and so much more!

To learn more about our guests, please connect with them at:

Mandy Aftel:

https://www.aftelier.com/Default.asp

A couple books to highlight (there are more on the website above!): Essence and Alchemy and Museum of Scent

Laura Sirot:

https://sites.google.com/view/sirot-lab/

Her podcast: “I Came for Science”

Intro and outro music was "Traveling in your mind" by Loyalty Freak Music. You can find more of their work at https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/

You can find a transcript of this episode here.