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This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

Author: Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media

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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

2025-09-0502:02:39

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!
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Dr. Jessica Hebert, Earthly Solutions, A Plastic Problem, Making Babies, Hair From Where?, Blood In Space, 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 find […] The post 20 March, 2024 – Episode 964 – Is Earth the Plastic Placenta Planet? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Watery Comet, Failed cancer drug, Pollen heat, Defective Black Holes?, Parkinson’s Disease, eDNYOU, Zebra Finches, Hammerhead sharks, Mushroom-based materials, Pandemic Brain, Magnetic Brain Direction, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 17 May 2023 – Episode 926 – How Can A Failure Be A Winner in Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Who's Thankful for Science?

Who's Thankful for Science?

2022-11-2601:44:58

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Bat, Global Warming, Bird Weather, Floaters Vs Sinkers, Waste not, want not, Plant Memory, Baby Fish, Frogs, Chimps, Whales, Extinctions, Self-medicating Birds, Makeup, And Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And, […] The post 23 November, 2022 – Episode 902 – Who’s Thankful for Science? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: AI Updates Theory, Living with dogs, Termite Travels, Gliding Salamanders, Aging Cells Go Placental, Jackdaw Coordination, Diabetic COVID Susceptibility, Not More Severe, Vaccination & Long COVID, Dolphins pee pals, Sea turtles need shades, Corvid Smarts, Comparing Sleeping Brains, And Much More… Become a Patron! […] The post 25 May, 2022 – Episode 877 – Don’t Forget Your Towel OR Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
This Show has Teeth!

This Show has Teeth!

2022-04-2801:50:05

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Death, Regeneration, Fear, All Your Base, Snot Bugs, Yamanaka factor, Locating Lupus, Lockdowns, New mRNA Vaccines, Great Tits, Teeth, Fire Control, Microbe Survivalists, Brain Ocean, Altered Arousal, And Much More… Become a Patron! Check out the full episode of our science podcast on YouTube. […] The post 27 April, 2022 – Episode 873 – This Show has Teeth! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Unicorns Are Real

Unicorns Are Real

2026-05-1502:42:17

This Week: Interview w/Alaina Levine, Science Unicorns, Cancer Gone, Carnivorous Plants, Outdoor Cats, Carnivorous Rice, Gluca Gone, Insect Pain, Wings, Sleepy Time, and Much More!
Science de Mayo

Science de Mayo

2026-05-0802:44:36

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Guest Host Philip Shane, Death Of A Great Mind, Plastic Heat, Fish Filth, Swedish Power, Double Trouble, Sweet Myelin, Folding Proteins, Baby Mom Yawns, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. […] The post 06 May, 2026 – Episode 1057 – Science de Mayo appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Bye-Bye Science Board, Fluoride, Coffee, Bees Love Viruses, Sexist Birds, Yawns, Melatonin, 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 all the podcast directories. […] The post 29 April, 2026 – Episode 1056 – What Is Science Worried About? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What's The Earth Worth?

What's The Earth Worth?

2026-04-2401:58:14

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Sara Kobilka, Slowing Currents, Hard Freeze, It’s All Connected, Plant Lives, Cocaine Salmon, This Is New, Mars Stuff, and Much More Earth Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that […] The post 22 April, 2026 – Episode 1055 – What’s The Earth Worth? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Science isn't so taxing

Science isn't so taxing

2026-04-1701:44:01

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Physics, Solar Wood, Motherhood Kills, Sunbirds Suck, Octopi, Limb Regeneration, Chatty Cetaceans, Ai is Bad, Hearing The Universe, 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 […] The post 15 April, 2026 – Episode 1054 – Science isn’t so taxing appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
To The Moon, Artemis!

To The Moon, Artemis!

2026-04-1002:11:18

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Guest Host Brian Dunning, Humans Around the Moon, Faster Than Light, Localizing Carbon, Voorhies Law?, Mouse Aging is FTL, ADHD MGMT, Forced Decisions, Cognitive Surrender, and Much More Science! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or […] The post 08 April, 2026 – Episode 1053 – To The Moon, Artemis! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Science myths defanged!

Science myths defanged!

2026-03-2701:58:08

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Hot Plants, Blair’s Animal Oopsie, Sounds About Right, In-infinite Cloning, Male Fruit Fly Flirting, Platypodes, Control Factors Mouse Vision, and Much More Sciencer! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can […] The post 25 March, 2026 – Episode 1052 – Science myths defanged! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Gnaw On This For a Bit

Gnaw On This For a Bit

2026-03-1354:51

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: European Ignobel, NIH, Tamper-Free Viruses, Origami Vaccines, Garbled Messages, Brain Cell Centers, Gnawing Need, and Much More Science to Gnaw on! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that you can find TWIS […] The post 11 March, 2026 – Episode 1051 – Gnaw On This For a Bit appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Animal Science, Bats, Caribou, Dogs, Fish, 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 podcast directories. If you are looking for science podcasts […] The post 4 March, 2026 – Episode 1050 – This Week in Blair’s Animal Corner appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Interview W/Nicola Allen PhD., Stabilizing The Brain, Space Alerts, Artemis, Bouba Kiki, Birder Brains, Drunken Apes, 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 find TWIS […] The post 25 February, 2026 – Episode 1049 – Stabilizing The Changing Brain appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
When Do We Know Enough?

When Do We Know Enough?

2026-02-2001:51:54

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Life on Mars, Interstellar Water, Snakes, PFAS, Wind Farms, Sea Silk, Frogs, Zebra Finches, Organoids, Brain Training, Alzheimer’s, and Much More Science to Know! Become a Patron! Check out the full unedited episode of our science podcast on YouTube or Twitch. And remember that […] The post 18 February, 2026 – Episode 1048 – When Do We Know Enough? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Twilight ALAN Problems, YouTube, Sea Lion Moms, Apes Play Pretend, 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 all the podcast directories. If you […] The post 11 February, 2026 – Episode 1047 – Let’s Pretend With Some Science! appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Story Updates!, Vapor Tracking, Roadkill, Lanternfly, Worms, Caterpillars, Conservation, Prediction From Memory, SpacexAi, Defining Consciousness, 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 find TWIS in […] The post 4 February, 2026 – Episode 1046 – Just A Little Duct Tape & Science appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
Snakes on a train?

Snakes on a train?

2026-01-3002:12:36

What is in the This Week in Science Podcast? This Week: Nasal Vaccine, Artificial Light & Pollen Season, EVs, Train Snakes, Heavy Hoppers, Hot Tubbin Macaque, Howlers, Language, Parkinsons, Dread, 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 […] The post 28 January, 2026 – Snakes on a train? appeared first on This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast.
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Esher (T3k 'n' 5tuff)

Love Justin and Blair, but Just Kiki episodes are a nice change of pace from time to time.

Jun 11th
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Esher (T3k 'n' 5tuff)

Been listening to TWIS since the TWIT days. So many years of awesome science. Love these nerds.❤️

Feb 16th
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Liam Koni

Can Justin get some speech lessons scheduled? Getting hard to listen to his 'drunken scientist' schtick. Love his mind but . . .

Dec 31st
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Susan Spengler

learn something new

Dec 21st
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Michael McGinnis

the male presenter is too annoying to listen to. he sure does love to hear his own voice. actually, they're both idiots.

Jun 26th
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