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Alie Ward (0:00)
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That's ritual.com ologies for 25% off. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. You have to say that, oh hey, it's your neighbor's dad practicing golf on the lawn. Alie ward. It's also the lady who's going to be on the Tonight show on Wednesday, May 14, correct? Your pod father, your Internet dad, Me. I'm taping the Tonight show the very day this episode comes out. And if you're here because you saw that, welcome. I made a spider episode for you. Sometimes on this show we talk about bears or psychology or porcupines or rocks. But today it's spiders. So thank you everyone for all of the support going into this taping tomorrow. I'm excited and my hands are sweaty. So first off, I'm gonna say I know some of you are very afraid of spiders and we are gathered here today to change that. Okay, we can do this. Many psychologists assert that the best cure for apprehension and phobias is what's called exposure response prevention. So you have to fight fear with knowledge and proximity. It works. Listening to this is if you're afraid of spiders will make you a stronger person. It'll make your life easier. You got it. And if you're not afraid, it's just a great way to fill yourself with facts about our tiny little arachnid friends. And side note, this episode is not called Arachnology because there are different types of arachnids that are not spiders. But the scientific distinction for spiders comes from the Greek root erinia, so hence araneology. And we have a great one for you. He is a professor and researcher at San Diego State University and so passionate about about spiders. Such a friend to spiders. Also, his vibes are like Ron Swanson. He's cool, not a yapper, but brimming with love and respect for these maligned and fascinating creatures. He's calm, he's collected, he's going to take us on a journey. I personally, I love spiders and I fear them not. But I am holding your hands if you do, because it turns out you were brainwashed. That's why you're afraid. So I hope you're not. If you're listening, I hope you're cool with them. You will be in a minute. But first off, there are 38,000 known spider species in the world and about 100 species have venom that's detrimental to humans. So that is 0.0025. So let's start there and continue. Okay? But first, thank you so much to all the patrons@patreon.com ologies for supporting the show for as little as a dollar a month and sending in your questions. Thank you to everyone wearing ologies merch from ologiesmerch.com and thank you to everyone who leaves a review because they really help show so much and I read them all and I prove it to you. So thank you lady Ellentia04 who wrote a review this week that said I've been able to cut my doom scrolling to almost nothing because Ologies always keeps me on the edge of my seat. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this space possible. Ladylnta04 Glad you're here. Happy to do it. I hope you like spiders or I hope you fear them because this episode will cure arachnophobia. Maybe. And if not, you get your money back on this free podcast. Speaking of free podcasts, also we have shorter G rated versions of our episodes in Their own feed. Wherever you get podcasts, you can subscribe to that. That show is called smallogies. It's also linked in the show notes. We made them for delicate years. So now let's get into it. Ready? I headed to San Diego State University to interview this expert who had been on my list for years. And it was hot, like 100 degrees. And for some reason I think I was wearing a sweater. I can't remember. Parking was incredibly confusing and it was not going well. I'm gonna set the seed. I'm nearly 20 minutes late to this interview. Nightmare. Some of you are very afraid of spiders. This is my actual nightmare. It's 100 degrees, 224 Life Sciences South. So sweaty. And because it's 1 million degrees and I did not want to die, I drank like a gallon and a half of water on the way here. It was a two hour drive. So here I am. Not believe how bad I have to be. My neck feels and smells like a T. Rex has been licking it. Oh, excuse me. Excuse me. Do you know where life science south is? Oh, do you know where the life science building is? South. Life Science is south.