Evolution Unfiltered is a podcast in which Evolution — the four-billion-year-old process itself — finally tells her side of the story.
Not through diagrams or simplified metaphors, but as a narrator with perspective, personality, and four billion years of evidence. This is not science education dressed up as entertainment. It is narrative storytelling grounded in scientific reality.
After centuries of being summarized, misquoted, and reduced to finch beaks, Evolution (who goes by Evi) hires a public relations firm to repair her reputation. The firm assigns Catherine Keenan, a communications professional whose first major client turns out to be a cosmic process with strong opinions about the Cambrian Explosion.
What follows is part interview, part memoir, and part correction of the historical record — and unlike any science podcast you’ve heard before.
Who You’ll Meet
Evi is Evolution herself: focused on mechanisms over morals, unimpressed by human progress narratives, and distinctly irritated by how her work has been summarized. She treats mass extinctions as “things that happened” and remains unconvinced that this should be controversial.
Catherine Keenan is the PR manager tasked with making Evi’s account intelligible to a human audience. She asks clarifying questions, pushes back when necessary, and occasionally documents her professional exasperation in diary entries.
Emergence PR is the agency representing Evolution. Their role is to frame, disclose, and contain the narrative. Their founder, Cat Yeldi, writes occasionally about what it takes to build storytelling infrastructure for clients operating on geological timescales.
(For full profiles, see Voices.)
Where to Start
Begin with Episode 1: “The Call.”
This is where Evi and Catherine meet for the first time. The episode establishes the premise, introduces the dynamic, and sets the tone for everything that follows.
This is a serialized story. Episodes are designed to be heard in order.
Listen to Episode 1 → The First Call
What to Expect
This project covers four billion years of evolutionary history as a continuous narrative.
The preseason starts with the first conversation between Evi and Catherine. Season 1 begins with the origin of life and traces the early transformation of Earth. Episodes are released weekly. The story builds. Evolution finally gets to speak for herself.
Start with Episode 1 → The First Call
How to Follow Along
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Episodes are supported by Catherine’s diary entries, Emergence PR memos, and occasional notes from Evi herself. These are published between episodes and add depth to the narrative.