Just the Zoo of Us has quickly become one of my favorite podcasts! I started listening a few months ago and I am so glad I did. Ellen and Christian are delightful hosts and hearing about the animals always helps me both to access a feeling of wonder about the world we live in and also to care more about the conservation of these incredible species. I loved the podcast so much that I shared it with my sister and we both got emotional about different bird species (her, the albatross and me, the condor). Thank you for making this pod!

I've been an animal nerd all my life and I'm still getting to learn so many new things, whether it's about bats, freshwater sponges, or the squirrels in my backyard! The hosts are wonderful, and it's so cool to hear from the biologists and paleoartists who join the show as well! Each time I listen I find myself appreciating both animals and people even more. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this! I highly recommend this show for anyone who loves animals, and anyone who wants to learn something new or find new appreciation for the amazing and hilariously earnest critters we get to live alongside in this world. Also you'll get new terms stuck in your head like Galumphing and Super Weaner.

Couple fire I love podcasts that help me sleep:)

I love you guys I listen to you almost every night and you guys are so cheerful and happy you bring up my day every day thank you for all you do. Such an amazing podcast. PS your theme music is great.

In a world filled with chaos, Just the Zoo of Us is a bright spot in my day. Every episode is packed with fascinating animal facts that I can’t help but share with friends, family, and coworkers. It’s always a guaranteed mood booster! Ellen and Christian’s dynamic is fantastic, their guests are inspiring, and everyone’s love for animals is infectious. Thank you, Ellen, for asking your guests for their pronouns, it makes the show feel truly welcoming. So, in true Just the Zoo of Us fashion: • Ingenuity: 10/10 – Completely unique and incredibly infectious. I haven’t met another podcast like it. • Effectiveness: 10/10 – I now spread animal trivia like confetti. • Aesthetics: 10/10 – Can’t see a podcast, but this one is pure audio gold. Thank you for making the world a little wilder—in the best way!

This is such an informative show while still being fun to listen to! I have learned so much about different animal species and I really love the rating system!

This podcast has changed me and my brain for the better. More than half of the time when someone asks me, “How do you know that?” I say, “The BEST podcast ever, obviously.” I do often also say I learned it from Fuller House, though. Big fan. Anyway, back to Ellen and Christian, I can’t even BEGIN to imagine what my life had been like if I hadn’t stumbled across this podcast. I use this podcast every single night to fall asleep, and I have tried many other podcasts, but every time I find myself going right back to this soothing yet funny and creative podcast. This podcast is so incredible, and I recommend it one hundred percent! Just for one night, lend an ear to the most charming podcasters, and then you can decide whether or not to go back to watching your favorite family sitcoms every night, like I did. But, I had decided to go to this podcast which helps me fall asleep WAY faster than fake laughing edited into a scene. Definitely subscribe and listen! *Shout-out to episode 181, Jesse Gilbert! Love Tulsa, OK! I visit often, have a lot of family there♥️

One of the best podcasts out there. The hosts are intelligent, respectful of their guests, and make a big effort to include people from diverse backgrounds with wildly different experiences working with animals. I appreciate that we get to know about the guests themselves before we talk about the animals and that Ellen always remembers to ask for pronouns. It's a small but important gesture, especially in our current day.

Great podcast but asking pronouns 🙈

Love this podcast, especially when they interview experts! Would love more episodes with experts/scientists talking about Australian fauna

Love the podcast I learn a lot about animals. I listen to it every night when I go to bed and I fall asleep very quickly every night when I listen to it!

The theme song R O C K S.

This podcast is so fun, wholesome, and nerdy, and I’m so here for it! Between getting giddy hearing about my favorite animals and learning cool facts about new favorites with lovely hosts and guests, this show is everything I hoped it would be and more.

This is my all-time favorite! Hands down. The hosts bring a boatload of fun information in such an engaging and joyful way — it serves to get the listener so excited about nature: to explore the quirks and subtleties of our fellow creatures with a playful sense of wonder and respect. We’re so lucky to have all these amazing animals alongside us, but even more lucky to have these two lovely hosts describing them to us in such a fun, insightful, and informative way. One thousand out of ten stars.

Review from Charlie, age 6 and 3/4: “I love this show! It’s the best animal podcast that I’ve heard.” He also wants you to know that we often listen on car trips, so you can feel like you’re traveling with us. He says if you hadn’t done a dung beetle episode he would have requested one because he’s very interested in them!

Thank you for rating Bob cats and raccoons! They are two of my fav animals and I love learning about animal facts!

Hello! I live listening to your podcast to go to bed and in the car to go to different places! Everyone in my family thinks it’s funny that all that I listen to is your podcast. My favorite episode was the D&D one where Christian when on a quest to find the lava snake. I also have a animal recommendation, The Sea sheep. It is a sea slug the lives on the coast of Japan (from what I know) Thank you!

This show is so great, I truly wish it updated daily. Ellen and Christian are utterly charming. I listen to each episode and then put them on rotation as my falling asleep podcast. I am giddy when a new one drops. Thank you for bringing hobby-zoology to us all!

This podcast has made me insufferable in the best way possible, and I have started using it as a defense mechanism. Trying to make a sexist argument? Actually, we're talking about ursine biology now. Awkward questions about my future? I don't think so, it's Yelling About Sharks time baby! Weird political opinions you felt the need to share with a stranger? Boy HOWDY are you about to find out how long I can talk about bugs now. Literally one of my favorite podcasts, cannot recommend enough.

I love learning about animals and if you’re like that too then this is THE podcast you need to check out. Love it!!

Love this show so much! On top of all the amazing facts and hilarious side stories, yalls relationship is so sweet. I love how yall talk and listen to eachother with so much respect and enthusiasm. Definitely an example i try to use in my own relationships. The guests you bring on are always fantastic as well. Great work and great show PS the theme music by Louie Zong is so on point and nostalgic. I swear I had an emotional reaction the first time I heard it

This podcast is so well made! It’s professional and informative, as well as wonderfully fun to listen to and learn all about these animals. The hosts sound like such nice people!

Christian and Ellen have so much talent and passion and it shows. Every episode is so easy to listen to and learn from. My goal for life is to learn as much as I can about the nature that surrounds us and this podcast is a huge help in that journey. Thank you guys for reigniting my inspiration and love for this wonderful world!

Once again, another 12/10 episode with Isaac! Isaac, your excitement for the world around you is so awesome, and your imagination is INCREDIBLE! Can’t wait to hear more about your ecosystem and the Devil mantises! Ellen, thanks for answering everyone’s questions so thoughtfully and creating such a great space for kiddos to learn. I’m going to share this episode with my younger cousins ASAP! Plant submission: not really a plant, but let’s get some fungi in there! Maybe the Gram Grubs “farm” a super cool fungus that Devil mantises try to steal because it confers super powers? 🤩

It’s so chill, very informative, cute, and funny! Both Ellen’s and Christian’s voices are relaxing and I love their dynamic! They deliver well-thought-out and fun info about all kinds of quirky animals. Plus, the cover art and theme song are adorable. Keep up the good work! 🤓

I love listening to this podcast.it is super fun and cool. I listen to this podcast every night!!! I sometimes have to turn it of to fall asleep because it’s so interesting!!! I would recommend this for anybody that loves animals and insects🕷🕷like I do!!!!My Cat loves this podcast to!!!

Just the Zoo of Us is an amazing podcast held by two amazing people; Ellen and Christian Weatherford. It teaches you about so many animals, to animals as pets, farm animals, forest animals, sea animals, beach animals, jungle animals, mountain animals, canyon animals, cave animals, nocturnal animals and so much more! It mostly focuses on animal species in animal breeds, for example; They talk about Parrots, not Bird Birds (Not including the many species, just Birds). Each episode is around an hour (I’m not doing maths), and sometimes they even bring expert people! I would definitely recommend this podcast to you if you love animals. It’s a great way to keep yourself entertained, and they upload weekly. Also, Ellen, Christian, if you two are reading this, please make an episode about the Box Jellyfish! I heard it’s a very deadly Jellyfish species. If you already DID make an episode about Box Jellyfishes… You saw nothing. I swear. You don’t have to, though. - Penelope O., Age 10

This is the podcast I listen to in the middle of the night, when I’m too anxious to sleep. It never fails to soothe and send me off into dreamland. The next day, I go back and listen to the episode in earnest 🖤 Ellen and Christian feel like my good friends. They are so positive and clever, and each episode truly warms my heart. Their enthusiasm and curiosity are infectious! They make me excited to go out and explore the world, even when I’m just on my way to my boring job - thank you both for the regular doses of wonder you provide! Reminds me that there’s something special and fascinating to discover about nearly everything and everyone, if you only try to look and understand.

So glad to find another gem from Maximum Fun. Each episode is full of interesting facts woven into a few laughs shared by people who have true passion for their work with every kind of animal imaginable

I grew up loving animals and this has been a beautiful channel to nourish that love and continue to learn about all animals great and small. This wholesome podcast is thoughtful and hilarious as they navigate rating each animal. In addition to the animal facts, they add little sprinkles of geek culture (which I personally enjoy as Pokémon fanatic). Thank you for all you do and I look forward to listening to many more episodes.

You guys are amazing. I don’t know why there are only 5 stars on this app. Me and my brothers listen to you every single night. At school, I love info dumping on fellow students. I recently had a philosophical debate about the giant siphonophore. We asked what really is life, and how many chickens a giant siphonophore may be. Keep doing what you are doing. I think you guys should do blue, fin, humpback, bowhead, pilot and beluga whales. You should also do the dumbo and giant octopus. Thank you!

This show is wonderfully put together. You can learn so much about animals and corresponding conservation efforts just by listening to this fun and funny show!

Oh my goodness, I just listened to the Doomerang episode with Isaac and it brought so much joy to my heart! It reminded me of many conversations I’ve had with my younger cousins. Way to encourage your kiddo’s love of nature and imagination. Happy (many years belated) Birthday Isaac!!

Could y’all maybe do the spotted eagle ray?! I absolutely Love this podcast, I listen to it just about everyday and also use it to fall asleep because I love animals. -Rayne C.

first time i want to be a zookeeper i am listing to manetee and alligaters

Please do one about amiba and other deadly parisites

Like Disney adults, but the zoo. I'm a proud zoo adult! And I think these hosts are too. Even someone as into animal facts as myself will learn something new each episode. I appreciate their enthusiasm and devotion.

Ellen has an excellent radio voice. Almost too many episodes to choose from. The episodes with guests are my favorite.

i've started at the beginning and have slowly been working my way through the episodes and it's really been such a joy to listen to! the hosts are so funny and charming and their love for animals really shines 🖤

I Lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvve your podcast

I’ve loved this podcast since discovering it from an ad months ago. Not only have a listened to a good part of the backlog, every week is made better by getting to find out what new animal I get to learn about! I love learning about animals I didn’t even know existed and you two do it in such a fun way I can’t get enough. I’ve also been able to share with a few of my friends and it’s been a hit all around!

A joyful podcast that is sure to please any animal or nature-lover, no matter their age. Ellen and Christian are great hosts, conveying their appreciation for all kinds of animals through science and amazing facts.

I came here from Creature Feature. I listened to the Hoary Bat episode and I guess my brand is either Secretary Bird or Pallas’ Cat. You have me covered with both here. Hopefully you have done a show on Pangolins. Very fun show. Happy to be referred to it. Also, have you ever talked about the Honduras white and yellow bat? Hornbills? Mole rats? Shrews? Dik Diks?

About chicken they are cool they have water resistant feathers

(Well, maybe eat fruit because it’s also good for you). Joyful, silly and smart— the perfect podcast.

This show is so amazing and has gotten me through so much! Long commutes to work, loud spaces (with the help of noise canceling headphones), rainy days, and hours of packing. It has inspired me to go back to school for a biology degree and pursue a career in working with animals. Thank you so much!

Omg make even more LOL! This podcast is literally The Best. You gotta keep up the great work!!

Love these guys. So funny and entertaining. Christian’s laugh is contagious. Ellen is hilarious. This podcast rules.

I started listening 3 days ago and I can't believe I'm just now finding this absolute gem. This podcast has made me completely insufferable to be around. Every word out of my mouth for the past 72 hours has been animal facts. No one is safe. 180something episodes left to go and I could not be happier. THANK YOU!

I got hooked on this podcast a while back, and love hearing it! I would like to hear a pileated woodpecker, white tailed deer, coyote, and cardinal podcast. My little brother loves it too, and he would like to hear a Hercules beetle, Rocky Mountain Goat, Gaur, Yak, Markhor, Raccoon Dog, and Lowland Streaked Tenrec. ( sorry bout the name, it wouldn’t change my name is Owen )