50 episodes
This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media
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4.1 • 453 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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Is This Tractor Beam Hope?
This Week: Dark Oxygen, Breaking Heat Records, Tractor Beam?, Ancient Argentinian People, Static Butterflies, Avian Flu, Regeneration Genes, Common Gestures, Cuttlefish Falsehoods, Waste Management, And Much More Science!
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How Are Animals Better Than People?
This Week: Space Shelter?, Boyz-Ah, Counting Poos, Cancer Donations, Plastic Proteins, Prime Bats, Seagulls prefer Seafood, Global Warming, Mushroom Chaos, Open Scope, Animals Society, Sense of Self, And Much More Science!
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How To Reprogram Your Brain
This Week: Bat Hearts, Baby Brain, Bone Building, Absorbent solids, Flu Boobs, Black Holes, Big Bad Bacteria, Prime Editing, Ancient Theaters, Plague Problems, Big Brains, Reprogramming for Good, And Much More Science!
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Free To Be Science-Y
This Week: Dead Humans, Fungal Future, Ant News, 12,000-year-old Comet Dust, Little Bird Big Memory, Dead Mammoths, Chimp Pharmacist, Lemur Divas, Bat Lab, Sleep Apnea, Brain Bath, Algorithmic Accusations, Robot Faces, And Much More Science!
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Is This The Science Awakening?
This Week: Awakening Or Snore?, Island Rats, Null Result Rats, Healer Army, Bird Flu, Hepatitis E, Plastic Penis Problems, Cancer Sniffing Bees, Boring Urban Birds, Dwindling Arousal, And Much More Science!
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Making Science Popular with Vomiting Sharks
This Week: JWST, Supplements, Shark Vomit, Old in Space, Young in Space, Giraffes, Elephants, Bad Air, Brain Maps, Handy Babies, 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!