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The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ weekly science/tech news roundup • biology, animal behavior, ecology, evolution • medicine, vaccines, cancer, organoids, brain and memory research • climate change, environment, conservation • space, physics, AI, science policy and misinformationThis podcast is a weekly roundup of science and technology news delivered with an irreverent tone, mixing quick takes on new research with longer conversations with working scientists and science-policy voices. Across recent installments, the show ranges widely through biology, medicine, neuroscience, and ecology, often emphasizing how new findings are produced, interpreted, and sometimes disputed.
A recurring thread is human health and the life sciences: updates on vaccines and infectious disease, cancer and metabolic research, brain and memory studies, aging, and emerging tools such as organoids (“mini-brains”), gene editing, and other lab techniques used to model disease and test treatments. The hosts also spend significant time on animal behavior and evolution—covering insects, birds, mammals, and marine life—using unusual case studies to explore cognition, communication, reproduction, and adaptation.
Environmental and Earth-system topics appear frequently, including climate change, extreme weather, ocean and current dynamics, wildfire management, invasive species, pollution and “forever chemicals,” and conservation challenges in human-dominated landscapes. Technology and physics threads weave in through space exploration and astronomy (including missions and questions about life beyond Earth), quantum or computing-related themes, and debates around AI’s role in research, media, and society.
Alongside the science itself, the podcast regularly touches on the broader scientific enterprise: research funding and institutions, replication and study quality, misinformation, and how policy and politics shape what science can do and how it is communicated.
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TWISoween 20262026-Oct-30 84 minutes |
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Can You See Everything? 2026-Oct-23 99 minutes |
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More Fun Than Fossilized Feces 2026-Oct-16 107 minutes |
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To Mow or Not to Mow... 2026-Oct-09 100 minutes |
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Surviving in Hot Water 2026-Sep-25 114 minutes |
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Reasons to Think About Rome 2026-Sep-18 98 minutes |
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How to Win in Science 2026-Sep-11 106 minutes |
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The Butterfly Effect 2026-Sep-04 53 minutes |
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What's Up With Weather in the West? 2026-Aug-28 98 minutes |
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Did Science Find It Yet? 2026-Aug-20 92 minutes |
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Five Slimes To Rule Them All 2026-Aug-14 96 minutes |
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Welcome to the NEW Golden Age 2026-Aug-07 100 minutes |
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The Dish on Disease-in-a-Dish 2026-Jul-31 69 minutes |
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Invasive Science 2026-Jul-24 77 minutes |
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Uncanny Science 2026-Jul-17 50 minutes |
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Shrinking Cephalopod Brains, Science! 2026-Jul-10 92 minutes |
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Lighting Up the Skies 2026-Jul-03 98 minutes |
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Deploy The Quantum Science! 2026-Jun-26 90 minutes |
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The Ladies Want Smarts 2026-Jun-19 125 minutes |
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We're Going Science Supersonic 2026-Jun-13 74 minutes |
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Science Needs You! 2026-Jun-06 109 minutes |
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Under the Sea Science Venting 2026-Jun-04 135 minutes |
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Humpty Dumpty Sat On the Science 2026-May-22 121 minutes |
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Unicorns Are Real 2026-May-15 162 minutes |
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Science de Mayo 2026-May-08 164 minutes |
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What Is Science Worried About? 2026-May-01 76 minutes |
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What's The Earth Worth? 2026-Apr-24 118 minutes |
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Science isn't so taxing 2026-Apr-17 104 minutes |
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To The Moon, Artemis! 2026-Apr-10 131 minutes |
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Science myths defanged! 2026-Mar-27 118 minutes |
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Gnaw On This For a Bit 2026-Mar-13 54 minutes |
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This Week in Blair's Animal Corner 2026-Mar-07 53 minutes |
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Stabilizing The Changing Brain 2026-Feb-27 73 minutes |
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When Do We Know Enough? 2026-Feb-20 111 minutes |
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Let's Pretend With Some Science! 2026-Feb-12 48 minutes |
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Just A Little Duct Tape & Science 2026-Feb-06 126 minutes |
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Snakes on a train? 2026-Jan-30 132 minutes |
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Why Tilt at Windmills? 2026-Jan-23 78 minutes |
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The Uncertainty of Science 2026-Jan-17 126 minutes |
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Sanitize Your Timeline with Science 2026-Jan-09 95 minutes |
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Tilting at Tumbleweeds 2025-Dec-12 72 minutes |
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What's in a Name? 2025-Dec-06 70 minutes |
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TWISgiving Gratitude 2025-Dec-01 69 minutes |
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What Does the Bin Chicken Say? 2025-Nov-21 126 minutes |
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Science & Wine Roulette 2025-Nov-14 102 minutes |
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The Verifiable Science Show 2025-Nov-07 98 minutes |
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TWISoween 2025 2025-Oct-31 37 minutes |
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What Do Aliens Know Anyway? 2025-Oct-24 135 minutes |
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Free to be Science-y 2025-Oct-10 96 minutes |
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This One Is For the Fearless 2025-Oct-03 136 minutes |