50 episodes
This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media
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4.1 • 454 Ratings
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The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each show TWIS discusses the latest in cutting edge science news on topics such as genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuro science, and a show favorite Countdown to World Robot Domination. The show is hosted by Dr. Kirsten Sanford, a PhD in neuroscience, Justin Jackson, a wisecracking professional car salesman and armchair physicist, and Blair Bazdarich, a zoologist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and hear a science news program like no other.
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Take a Healthy Science Bath
This Week: Space Success, H5N2, Toxo Trojan, Restoring Hearing, Water, Sponges, Policing Problems, AI Pathology, Menstruation Brain, Roman Bathing, And Much More Science!
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How Now Science Cow?
This Week: NASA Psyche mission, Noise Cancelation, Indigenous Land Management, Forest Fires, Crows, Stick Insects, Cow Cuddling, Toddlers Love Robots, Dinosaur Brains, And Much More Science!
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Something in This Show is Shocking!
This Week: Shocking Stories, Solar Focus, Orange Rivers, Stress, Alzheimer's Hope, Grasslands, Falcons, New Sixth Sense, Elephants, Neanderthal Dating, Bird Brains, Mouse Monogamy, LARPing, And Much More Science!
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Solar Flares Make All The People Look Up
This Week: People Looking Up, Milky Way Flares, Old Stars, Martian Dirt, Weaponized Beetles, Shark Food, Stone Age Bear, Orca, Flexible Neurons, Good Internet, And Much More Science!
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Where Are All the Science Moms?
This Week: Glueballs Exist!, Cows, Parrot Parents, Leprosy, Bad Business, Light Vaporization, Neanderface, Olive Oil, Hybrid Brains, Brain Scaffolding, Tiny Implants, Implant Abandonment, And Much More Science!
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Science is in Our DNA
This Week: Computerized CRISPR, Gut Microbiota, Lava Lakes!, Diabetes, Synthetic Living Cells, Chickadee Memory, Artificial Sweetener, Consciousness for All, And Much More Science!
Customer Reviews
Long time listener
Wow, I just rediscovered this podcast. I used to listen a long time ago. And it’s nice to hear that it’s basically the same. Good show. But could be better. My advice, 20% less Justin (volume and speaking) 10% more Blair, and 10% more objectivity. IMHO. Then this would be a great show. No offense Justin, love you, sure we’d get along, but thinking about the over all quality of the show
Good science but not very well presented
I want so badly to like this podcast, but the female host is obnoxious (criticizing Allie Ward, REALLY??), uses weird voices, and interrupts a lot. Presenter tip: Sarcasm often doesn’t land well.
The chatty banter could work, but I would strongly prefer the material shared in the style of Science Friday. I’ve never heard Ira Flatow sounds unprofessional or rude. (And he uses “comprise” correctly.)
Great diversity of content and love the long length
One of the best science news podcasts around!