PolliNation Podcast

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andony.melathopoulos@oregonstate.edu

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307 - Are Bees Losing Their Way? How Odor Pollution Disrupts Pollination | PolliNation

October 12, 2026

 Dr. Jordanna Sprayberry, Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Biology at Stony Brook University, joins the Pollination podcast to explain how agrochemical odors interfere with bees' ability to find flowers — and why that matters for entire ecosystems. Dr. Sprayberry is a pollination neuroethologist who studies how nervous systems process sensory information and how that processing drives foraging behavior. In this conversation, she breaks down her lab's groundbreaking "odor geomet...

306 - SloBees (Bumble Bee Surveys in Slovenia with Dr. Danilo Bevk) | PolliNation

October 05, 2026

 Slovenia — a country the size of New Jersey — is home to 575 bee species, more than a quarter of all species known in Europe. It's the birthplace of the Carniolan honeybee, but it's also a hotspot for wild and solitary bees. This week, we sit down with Dr. Danilo Bevk, a researcher at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana and founder of the SloBees Society (Čmrljica), to talk about Slovenia's remarkable pollinator diversity, a citizen science project tracking bumblebee queens across...

305 - Inside the USGS/FWS Native Bee Lab: Building Bee Monitoring, ID, and Data Capacity | PolliNation

July 13, 2026

 This week, we catch up with Sam Droege with the US Geological Survey and Clare Maffei with US Fish and Wildlife Service to discuss the origins and evolution of the Bee Lab and its role as a support hub for bee biodiversity work. Sam describes shifting from designing national monitoring programs for birds and other taxa to pollinators, finding bee monitoring statistically difficult due to high year-to-year variance and identification bottlenecks, and pivoting to developing sampling techniques...

Arthro-Pod · Low booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners

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What is the email for PolliNation Podcast?

The publicly listed email for PolliNation Podcast: andony.melathopoulos@oregonstate.edu.

How many listeners does PolliNation Podcast have?

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Who is an ideal guest for PolliNation Podcast?

PolliNation Podcast typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Researchers, graduate-level scientists, land managers, conservation practitioners, and specialized science communicators with direct expertise in pollinators, insects, habitat, or ecological management. Common among recent guests: Peer-reviewed research; Specialized field research; Applied conservation or habitat-management work. Recent guests include Bryan Danforth, Sloan Tomlinson, and Aliza Fassler.

How hard is it to get booked on PolliNation Podcast?

Low. A guest with relevant expertise and a clear angle for its audience has a realistic chance.

What topics does PolliNation Podcast cover?

Recent episodes cover Pollinators, Bees, Entomology, Conservation, and Ecology. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.