The Amazing Extremophiles

In the dark depths of the Gowanus Canal, strange lifeforms lurk... Guests: Brad Vogel, volunteer at the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club; Elizabeth Hénaff, computational biologist and artist at New York University For more, go to It’s a great place to sign up for our newsletter, view show transcripts, and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You can listen to The Amazing Extremophiles online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

The Amazing Extremophiles is an episode from Unexplainable by Vox.

This episode is 26:26 long.

This episode was published on Feb 11, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Unexplainable when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.