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The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.
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Science Unplugged

Science Unplugged

2025-09-0502:08:43

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Government Climate Propaganda, Health Gutted, SeeMe, Less Pain With ADRIANA, It’s Not You, It’s Us, Justin Trashes a Study, Correlation? Causation on the Toilet?, Electrical Immunity?, Spleendid Healing, That Succulent Glow, and Much More Science Unplugged! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited […] The post 3 September, 2025 – Episode 1028 – Science Unplugged appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interstellar Interloper, Mind’s Eye, Jumping Spiders, Pig Lungs, Covid Shots, Ape Medicine, Cane Toads, Bird Poop, Justin Trashes a Study, Phantom limb, Big Brainy Thumb, Nature Words, and Much More Good Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast […] The post 28 August, 2025 – Episode 1027 – You Can’t Retract Good Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview with Adriana Bankston, Jakalopes, Bat Hugs, Mystery Skull, Autism, Flowers for Robots, Baby Brains, Decoding Inner Speech, Space Threats, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that […] The post 20 August, 2025 – Episode 1026 – What is Your Science Policy ? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Funding State, mRNA HIV vaccine, Radioactive rhino horn, Wasting Source, Editing Diabetes, Roaches, Cockatoos, GLP1, Snails, Roach Bots, Political Sway, and Much More to Prompt You to Think Scientifically! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or […] The post 6 August, 2025 – Episode 1025 – Prompting You to Think Scientifically appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week:  Atomic Slits, Vaccines Work, Wifi Fingerprint, Ancient Teeth, Deep Life, Fat for Tumors, Immunity in your head, Cultural Function, Brain Generics, and Much More Science you can trust! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 30 July, 2025 – Episode 1024 – This is the Science You Can Trust appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Guided by Science

Guided by Science

2025-07-2502:23:29

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Matthew Facciani, Australia, Stonehenge, Blood Pressure, Moth Dreams, Friendly Brains, Replication Win, Undoing Strokes, Meaning & Memory, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can […] The post 23 July, 2025 – Episode 1023 – Guided by Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What WILL We Never Know?

What WILL We Never Know?

2025-07-1101:21:28

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week:  A Different Science Fair, Cucumbers, Zoonotic Time Travel, Tortoises, Crabs, Chimps, New Brain Cells, Dance Brains, and Much More Science to Know! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS […] The post 09 July, 2025 – Episode 1022 – What WILL We Never Know? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: LLM-assisted writing, Exercise Pills, Long Lived Mice, Scotland’s Birds, Orcas’ Pets, Fish Schools, High Elevation Scents, Climate Change, Triglycerides, Spatial Cognition, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you […] The post 2 July, 2025 – Episode 2021 – Does This Show Need a Science Title? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week:  Vera’s First Look, Dragons, Fertility. Anthrobots, Vascular Organoids, Orcas, Octopi, Car T, Type 1 Cure, Ears, Glow Brains, Morning Chorus, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can […] The post 25 June, 2025 – Episode 1020 – The Future of Science Starts Now appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Arach-did-you-know??

Arach-did-you-know??

2025-06-2001:22:23

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Early Humans, Terriers, T Gondii, Spiders, Sugar Substitute, Weight Loss Drug, Weight Loss, Live Longer Eat More, and Much More Science on this Episode! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can […] The post 18 June, 2025 – Episode 1019 – Arach-did-you-know?? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Sham Panel, Strategic Hawks, Chimps, Cucumbers, and Bats Fight Cancer, Napping Bees, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS in all the podcast directories. If […] The post 11 June, 2025 – Episode 1018 – Panel? More like Shamel! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Just Banging Rocks on Trees

Just Banging Rocks on Trees

2025-06-0501:53:03

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Science State, Frogs, Light Limits, Trash Parrot Update, A Tiny Violin, Baboons and Rocks, Birds Flying Far North, Garbage Gull, Making Myelin, Mouth Tape, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 4 June, 2025 – Episode 1017 – Just Banging Rocks on Trees appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: CRISPR, Government-Sanctioned Mass Extinction, Bugs in Space, Shrinking Clownfish, Bees Sleep, Dolphins Talk, Blocking Cell Death, Toothy Origins, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS […] The post 21 May, 2025 – Episode 1016 – Do Dolphins Discuss Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Science, Knowledge, & Power, Forever Chemicals, AI Exaggeration, Internal Inference, Prey Trapping, Labile Language, Librarians Saving Democracy, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS in […] The post 14 May, 2025 – Episode 1015 – Librarians Will Save Democracy appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Tiny Life, Human Fungus, Honeyguides, Survey Says, Vaccines and Menstruation, Art with Porpoise, Cuttlefish, Shrimp, Brain Computer Interface, Neanderthals, Tiny Town, On Being, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember […] The post 7 May, 2025 – Episode 1014 – Science! You Get What You Pay For! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Black Start, Bird Flu, Zoo Life, Blonde Beer, Anti-Microbiotic, Hippie Spiders, Real Pokemon, NIH, Musically Speaking, Screaming Trees, Electrome Eclipse, and Much More Science Power! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you […] The post 30 April, 2025 – Episode 1013 – When is a Power Grid a Metaphor? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Natan Shahar, Carbon Capturing, Gator Biting, Fur Babies, Cow Burps, Climate Change Cost, Canceling Women Studies, Life in Spce, Deathbots, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember […] The post 23 April, 2025 – Episode 1012 – Can We Capture All The Carbon? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
You Can't Trust This

You Can't Trust This

2025-04-1802:21:11

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Scalable Meat, Marriage, Gorillas, Crpws, Gowanus Canal, Fiddler Crabs, Bird Song, Cats, Healthcare, Sensory, and Much More Science you can trust! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. Remember that you can find TWIS in […] The post 16 April, 2025 – Episode 1011 – You Can’t Trust This appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Not Dire Wolves, Miso & Moonglass, Bad Dogs, Mouse Brains & Human Intelligence, Inflammation & Behavior, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in […] The post 09 April, 2025 – Episode 1010 – How Dire is the Science News? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
It's Just so Taxing

It's Just so Taxing

2025-04-0401:33:36

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Reverence for Youth, Venom, Fossils, Bird Disguises, Bats, Bird Road Rage, NDEs, Global Warming, Taxing Science, And Much More! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, remember that you can find TWIS in all […] The post 2 April, 2025 – Episode 1009 – It’s Just so Taxing appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
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Khodaei Mehran

nice episode as always guys, thank you

Sep 6th
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AJ MacDonald

5 percent science, 95 percent politics and insipid conversation. Left wing zealots who can't stand to have their dogmas challenged with real science. The worst part is the SLOW talking, like they're speaking to 5 year olds.

Jul 29th
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Happy⚛️Heretic

Another Castbox winner in the science category! The variety of interesting topics will feed your scientific curiosity. I highly recommend giving this show a listen.

May 30th
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