From brontosauruses with bronchitis to birds on a wire to flying space rocks and a botched heist at 20 thousand feet. In this episode, Lizzie and Sidedoor producer James run all around the Smithsonian to answer listeners' questions from the Sidedoor mailbag.

Guests:

Lynn Heidelbaugh, curator at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum

Sara Hallager, curator of birds at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Jim Nollman, composer and pioneer of the “interspecies music” genre, conceptual artist, and environmental activist

Cari Corrigan, research geologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and curator of the Antarctic Meteorite Collection

Sharon Bryant, marketing specialist at the Smithsonian’s Office of Communications and External Affairs

Matthew Carrano, research geologist and curator of Dinosauria at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

Til Death Do Us Part?

More than 154 million treasures fill the Smithsonian’s vaults. But where the public’s view ends, Sidedoor begins. With the help of biologists, artists, historians, archaeologists, zookeepers and astrophysicists, host Lizzie Peabody sneaks listeners through the Smithsonian’s side door, telling stories that can’t be heard anywhere else. Check out si.edu/sidedoor and follow @SidedoorPod for more info. 