From Cells to Us…How!? | The Biology of Life Explained
From Cells to Us…How!? | The Story of Life and Biology is a storytelling biology podcast for people who are curious about science—even if they never thought of themselves as “science people.”
We start at the origin of life and move forward through evolution and the history of biology, unpacking how single cells became everything from bacteria to humans. Along the way, we explore the big questions: How did life begin? How did it change? And how did we figure it out?
Expect 90s references, pop culture callbacks, and memorable analogies that make complex biology click.
No textbooks. No prerequisites. Just curiosity, storytelling, and a sense of humor.
Hosted by Jackie Mullins—genetics researcher, phlebotomist, biomedical engineer, and lifelong biology enthusiast who believes science deserves better storytelling.
From Cells to Us…How!? | The Biology of Life Explained
Latest Episodes
EP 12 - From one to many (multicellularity)
For three billion years, life went solo.Then one day, some cells forgot to separate after dividing — and that tiny accident changed the history of Earth.In Episode 12 of From Cells to Us… How?!, we explore the rise of mul...
Ep 11 - Sexual Reproduction
Sex Didn’t Evolve to Make BabiesWhat if I told you sex didn’t evolve to reproduce?A billion years ago, single-celled organisms were already doing something that looks a lot like sex — and it had nothing to do with babies.No...
Ep 10 - Inside the cell city
Episode 10: Inside the Cell City 🧬What if your cells weren’t just blobs… but fully functioning cities?In this episode, we take a tour inside the eukaryotic cell — where proteins are built, packaged, shipped, and even recycl...
Ep 9 - The cell that ate the sun (photosynthesis)
A cell eats another cell… again.But this time? It doesn’t just get energy — it gets the ability to make food from sunlight.In this episode, we dive into chloroplasts, photosynthesis, and the moment life figured out how to turn sun...