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SciShow Tangents is the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every other Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz as they try to one-up and amaze each other with weird and funny scientific research... while not getting distracted. There will be tangents about video games, music, weird smells, surprisingly deep insights about life, and of course, poop, but it always comes back to the science.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Science facts and humor • Tangential topics • Guest experts • Patreon teasers • Weird and funny scientific research • Life insights • Diverse themes: animals, objects, concepts"SciShow Tangents" is a podcast that blends scientific inquiry with humor and a touch of playful competition. Hosted by Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz, along with occasional special guests, the show explores a wide range of scientific topics while allowing room for digressions on various subjects including video games, music, life insights, and humor —often touching on quirky and entertaining analogies.
A consistent theme throughout the episodes is the exploration of everyday topics seen through the lens of science, making complex subjects accessible and engaging. The podcast covers an eclectic mix of subjects such as biological themes (e.g., bananas, turtles, bacteria, feathers), physical phenomena (e.g., darkness, speed, oil, refrigeration), and human-related topics (e.g., hygiene, hormones, growth, textiles). Each episode aims to turn seemingly mundane or familiar topics into captivating discussions by highlighting lesser-known facts and curiosities.
Episodes also delve into the whimsical side of science with discussions on oddities like poop, garbage, and slime, often addressing these topics with a blend of light-heartedness and educational rigor. The show occasionally features special thematic months, such as Trick or Treat Month, which explores spooky science topics with guest hosts, further adding to its diverse content mix.
Recurring elements include teasers and bonus content that encourage listener engagement through Patreon, offering deeper dives into specific themes. The podcast's approach often involves breaking down science into bite-sized, humorous segments that maintain scientific accuracy while ensuring that the content remains entertaining.
Overall, "SciShow Tangents" caters to those who enjoy learning about the world through a mix of scientific exploration and light-hearted banter, providing educational content with a consistently entertaining twist.
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Gay Animals with Field Guide to Gay Animals 2024-Jun-25 52 minutes |
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Bananas with Answer in Progress 2024-Jun-11 49 minutes |
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Teaser: Turtles Cut For Time Question 2024-Jun-05 3 minutes |
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Cloning 2024-May-28 50 minutes |
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Glue 2024-May-14 46 minutes |
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Introducing Crash Course Pods: The Universe 2024-May-07 48 minutes |
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Machine Learning 2024-Apr-30 47 minutes |
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Teaser: Hygiene Patreon Bonus Episode 2024-Apr-26 5 minutes |
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Turtles 2024-Apr-16 46 minutes |
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Teaser: Big vs. Small Patreon Bonus Episode 2024-Apr-03 6 minutes |
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Textiles 2024-Apr-02 44 minutes |
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Feathers 2024-Mar-19 43 minutes |
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Garbage 2024-Mar-05 45 minutes |
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Hormones 2024-Feb-20 43 minutes |
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Cheese 2024-Feb-06 47 minutes |
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Darkness 2024-Jan-23 41 minutes |
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Refrigeration 2024-Jan-09 45 minutes |
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Quiet 2023-Dec-26 42 minutes |
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Oil 2023-Dec-12 44 minutes |
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Telescopes 2023-Nov-28 45 minutes |
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Batteries 2023-Nov-14 48 minutes |
Trick or Treat Month: Slime with Alexis Nikole Nelson!2023-Oct-31 42 minutes |
Trick or Treat Month: Theories with Dan Schreiber!2023-Oct-17 54 minutes |
Trick or Treat Month: Tombs with Siobhan Thompson!2023-Oct-03 49 minutes |
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Hygiene 2023-Sep-19 45 minutes |
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Big vs Small with Tiny Matters 2023-Sep-05 48 minutes |
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Dust 2023-Aug-22 41 minutes |
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Blue 2023-Aug-08 43 minutes |
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Bacteria 2023-Jul-25 44 minutes |
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Shells 2023-Jul-11 41 minutes |
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Speed 2023-Jun-27 44 minutes |
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Numbers 2023-Jun-13 48 minutes |
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Upcoming Schedule Announcement 2023-Jun-06 less than a minute |
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Crust with Ashley Roboto 2023-May-23 44 minutes |
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Glass 2023-May-09 42 minutes |
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Color 2023-Apr-25 42 minutes |
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Growth 2023-Apr-11 40 minutes |
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Ants 2023-Mar-28 44 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Weather 2023-Mar-21 34 minutes |
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Aging 2023-Mar-14 47 minutes |
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Farming 2023-Mar-07 39 minutes |
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Lasers 2023-Feb-28 40 minutes |
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Poop 2023-Feb-21 41 minutes |
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Mating 2023-Feb-14 42 minutes |
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Spit 2023-Feb-07 38 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Artificial Intelligence 2023-Jan-31 38 minutes |
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Rubber 2023-Jan-24 37 minutes |
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Tails 2023-Jan-17 39 minutes |
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Gas 2023-Jan-10 38 minutes |
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Memory 2023-Jan-03 40 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Sleep 2022-Dec-27 33 minutes |
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Cold 2022-Dec-20 38 minutes |
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Testing New Games with Deboki Chakravarti 2022-Dec-13 42 minutes |
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Poison 2022-Dec-06 39 minutes |
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Crystals with Tyler Thrasher 2022-Nov-29 41 minutes |
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Wings with Stefan Chin 2022-Nov-22 38 minutes |
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Sight 2022-Nov-15 38 minutes |
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Pain 2022-Nov-08 38 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Teeth 2022-Nov-01 34 minutes |
Trick or Treat Month: Blood with Justin and Sydnee McElroy!2022-Oct-25 49 minutes |
Trick or Treat Month: Gourds with Jackson Bird!2022-Oct-18 38 minutes |
Trick or Treat Month: Creepy Crawlies with Lulu Miller!2022-Oct-11 41 minutes |
Trick or Treat Month: Preserved Foods with Bill Oakley!2022-Oct-04 43 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - The Science of Scary Sounds - A SciShow Tangents Adventure 2022-Sep-27 18 minutes |
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Radiation 2022-Sep-20 38 minutes |
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Babies 2022-Sep-13 41 minutes |
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Coral Reefs 2022-Sep-06 38 minutes |
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A.N.A.G.R.A.M. - Unlocked Patreon Bonus Episode 2022-Aug-30 28 minutes |
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Cities 2022-Aug-23 38 minutes |
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Carbon 2022-Aug-16 41 minutes |
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Skin 2022-Aug-09 40 minutes |
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Spaceships 2022-Aug-02 42 minutes |
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Bubbles 2022-Jul-26 37 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Candy 2022-Jul-19 34 minutes |
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Dinosaurs 2022-Jul-12 43 minutes |
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Play 2022-Jul-05 42 minutes |
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Books with Vanessa Zoltan 2022-Jun-28 45 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Waves 2022-Jun-21 37 minutes |
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Beaches 2022-Jun-14 39 minutes |
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Fuel 2022-Jun-07 40 minutes |
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Paper 2022-May-31 40 minutes |
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Symbiosis 2022-May-24 36 minutes |
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Worms 2022-May-17 41 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Pee 2022-May-10 31 minutes |
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Asteroids 2022-May-03 42 minutes |
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Rocks 2022-Apr-26 35 minutes |
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Recycling 2022-Apr-19 38 minutes |
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Soft Things 2022-Apr-12 35 minutes |
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Nerves 2022-Apr-05 39 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Flowers 2022-Mar-29 32 minutes |
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Homes 2022-Mar-22 35 minutes |
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Green 2022-Mar-15 35 minutes |
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Computers 2022-Mar-08 42 minutes |
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Venus 2022-Mar-01 43 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - The Internet 2022-Feb-22 29 minutes |
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Butts 2022-Feb-15 44 minutes |
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Hands & Feet 2022-Feb-08 36 minutes |
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Heads 2022-Feb-01 38 minutes |
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Birds of Prey 2022-Jan-25 37 minutes |
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Yeast 2022-Jan-18 37 minutes |
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Mirrors 2022-Jan-11 40 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Timekeeping 2022-Jan-04 33 minutes |
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Stump Ceri - Unlocked Patreon Bonus Episode 2021-Dec-28 34 minutes |
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The North & South Poles 2021-Dec-21 37 minutes |
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Cells 2021-Dec-14 37 minutes |
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Snakes 2021-Dec-07 35 minutes |
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Food 2021-Nov-30 37 minutes |
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Cosmetics 2021-Nov-23 35 minutes |
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Ceri's Cnidarian Song - Deluxe Edition 2021-Nov-18 1 minute |
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Cnidarians 2021-Nov-16 35 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Flightless Birds 2021-Nov-09 31 minutes |
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Heat 2021-Nov-02 33 minutes |
Graveyard Smash - It was a Dark and Stormy Month2021-Oct-26 35 minutes |
The Moon with Deboki Chakravarti - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month2021-Oct-19 33 minutes |
Cats with Deboki Chakravarti - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month2021-Oct-12 35 minutes |
Storms - It Was a Dark & Stormy Month2021-Oct-05 34 minutes |
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Mosquitos 2021-Sep-28 31 minutes |
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Brains 2021-Sep-21 37 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Trees 2021-Sep-14 31 minutes |
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Power Generation 2021-Sep-07 33 minutes |
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Elephants 2021-Aug-31 31 minutes |
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Water 2021-Aug-24 32 minutes |
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Listener Questions- Unlocked Patreon Bonus Episode 2021-Aug-17 31 minutes |
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Volcanoes 2021-Aug-10 31 minutes |
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Toilets with Deboki Chakravarti 2021-Aug-03 40 minutes |
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Surgery 2021-Jul-27 33 minutes |
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Waves 2021-Jul-20 37 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Allergies 2021-Jul-13 33 minutes |
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Teeth 2021-Jul-06 34 minutes |
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Cyborgs with AshleyRoboto 2021-Jun-29 37 minutes |
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Fruit 2021-Jun-22 36 minutes |
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Dogs with Frankie Jonas 2021-Jun-15 34 minutes |
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Electricity 2021-Jun-08 37 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Cars 2021-Jun-01 32 minutes |
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DNA with Amanda Wacker 2021-May-25 32 minutes |
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Smell 2021-May-18 33 minutes |
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Sticky Things 2021-May-11 33 minutes |
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Dirt 2021-May-04 32 minutes |
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Tools 2021-Apr-27 37 minutes |
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Fish with Kurtis Conner 2021-Apr-20 29 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Fungi 2021-Apr-13 33 minutes |
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Flowers 2021-Apr-06 32 minutes |
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Marsupials 2021-Mar-30 32 minutes |
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Armor 2021-Mar-23 30 minutes |
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Pee 2021-Mar-16 31 minutes |
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Exoplanets 2021-Mar-09 36 minutes |
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Candy 2021-Mar-02 34 minutes |
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Climate Control 2021-Feb-23 36 minutes |
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Listener Mailbag 2 2021-Feb-16 29 minutes |
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Immortality with Deboki Chakravarti 2021-Feb-09 36 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Giant Rodents 2021-Feb-02 33 minutes |
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Ceri's Weather Shanty - Deluxe Edition 2021-Jan-27 1 minute |
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Weather 2021-Jan-26 34 minutes |
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Ears 2021-Jan-19 32 minutes |
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Cephalopods 2021-Jan-12 31 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Enhanced Classics - Experiments in Space 2021-Jan-05 35 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Enhanced Classics - Light 2020-Dec-29 35 minutes |
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Stefan's Favorite Things 2020-Dec-22 35 minutes |
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Ceri's Favorite Things 2020-Dec-15 35 minutes |
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Sam's Favorite Things 2020-Dec-08 31 minutes |
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Hank's Favorite Things 2020-Dec-01 32 minutes |
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Vegetables 2020-Nov-24 35 minutes |
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Wood 2020-Nov-17 35 minutes |
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Architecture 2020-Nov-10 31 minutes |
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Migration 2020-Nov-03 32 minutes |
The Science of Scary Sounds - A SciShow Tangents Audio Adventure2020-Oct-30 18 minutes |
Monster Month: Monster Mash2020-Oct-27 31 minutes |
Monster Month: Vampires2020-Oct-20 33 minutes |
Monster Month: Living Dead2020-Oct-13 34 minutes |
Monster Month: Ghosts!2020-Oct-06 31 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Bats 2020-Sep-29 33 minutes |
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Language with Deboki Chakravarti 2020-Sep-22 34 minutes |
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Eyeballs 2020-Sep-15 32 minutes |
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Cars 2020-Sep-08 31 minutes |
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Black Holes 2020-Sep-01 34 minutes |
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Milk 2020-Aug-18 30 minutes |
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Listener Mailbag 2020-Aug-11 29 minutes |
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Glowing Things 2020-Aug-04 30 minutes |
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Proteins 2020-Jul-28 33 minutes |
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Frogs 2020-Jul-21 33 minutes |
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SciShow Tangents Classics - Bees 2020-Jul-14 32 minutes |
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Diseases 2020-Jul-07 29 minutes |
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Whales 2020-Jun-30 30 minutes |
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Flying Machines 2020-Jun-23 30 minutes |
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The Internet 2020-Jun-16 29 minutes |
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Allergies 2020-Jun-09 32 minutes |
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Healing 2020-May-26 33 minutes |
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Games 2020-May-19 32 minutes |
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Hair 2020-May-12 30 minutes |
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Salt 2020-May-05 31 minutes |
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Holes 2020-Apr-28 33 minutes |
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Trees 2020-Apr-21 30 minutes |
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Robots 2020-Apr-14 31 minutes |
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Rivers 2020-Apr-07 32 minutes |
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Ducks 2020-Mar-31 36 minutes |
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Museums 2020-Mar-24 34 minutes |
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Experiments in Space 2020-Mar-17 35 minutes |
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Sugar with Deboki Chakravarti 2020-Mar-10 35 minutes |
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Viruses with Deboki Chakravarti 2020-Mar-03 33 minutes |
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Oceans 2020-Feb-25 31 minutes |
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Subatomic 2020-Feb-18 34 minutes |
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Hearts 2020-Feb-11 34 minutes |
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Meat 2020-Feb-04 33 minutes |
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Music 2020-Jan-28 31 minutes |
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Running 2020-Jan-21 30 minutes |
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Magnets 2020-Jan-14 31 minutes |
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Money 2020-Jan-07 32 minutes |
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Light 2019-Dec-31 31 minutes |
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Radio 2019-Dec-24 35 minutes |
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Festive Ecology 2019-Dec-17 33 minutes |
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Ceramics 2019-Dec-10 32 minutes |
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Bones 2019-Dec-03 29 minutes |
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Nutrition 2019-Nov-26 30 minutes |
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Transportation 2019-Nov-19 29 minutes |
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Cryptography 2019-Nov-12 32 minutes |
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Fire 2019-Nov-05 31 minutes |
Fear Month: Spiders!2019-Oct-29 32 minutes |
Fear Month: Claustrophobia2019-Oct-22 33 minutes |
Fear Month: Decomposition!2019-Oct-15 32 minutes |
Fear Month: Sharks!2019-Oct-08 30 minutes |
Fear Month: Failure with Caitlin Hofmeister!2019-Oct-01 33 minutes |
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Plastic 2019-Sep-24 29 minutes |
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Teens 2019-Sep-17 31 minutes |
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Fashion 2019-Sep-10 31 minutes |
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Navigation 2019-Sep-03 31 minutes |
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Precious Metals 2019-Aug-27 31 minutes |
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Extremophiles 2019-Aug-20 33 minutes |
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Acid 2019-Aug-13 32 minutes |
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Deserts 2019-Aug-06 30 minutes |
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Metamorphosis 2019-Jul-30 33 minutes |
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Fungi 2019-Jul-23 32 minutes |
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The Apollo Program 2019-Jul-16 29 minutes |
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Cancer 2019-Jul-09 30 minutes |
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Natural Disasters 2019-Jul-02 32 minutes |
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Fossils with Kallie Moore 2019-Jun-25 30 minutes |
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Communication with Vanessa Hill 2019-Jun-18 32 minutes |
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Digestion 2019-Jun-11 31 minutes |
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Messes with Joe Hanson 2019-Jun-04 35 minutes |
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Sleep 2019-May-28 32 minutes |
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Cooking 2019-May-21 30 minutes |
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Mars 2019-May-14 29 minutes |
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Sound 2019-May-07 33 minutes |
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Mutation with Trace Dominguez 2019-Apr-30 33 minutes |
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Agriculture 2019-Apr-23 34 minutes |
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Pregnancy 2019-Apr-16 31 minutes |
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Ancient Mega with Blake de Pastino 2019-Apr-09 33 minutes |
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Bats 2019-Apr-02 32 minutes |
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Charles Darwin 2019-Mar-26 32 minutes |
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Timekeeping 2019-Mar-19 32 minutes |
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Giant Rodents 2019-Mar-12 32 minutes |
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Celebrity Science with Elah Feder 2019-Mar-05 45 minutes |
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Bees 2019-Feb-26 31 minutes |
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Artificial Intelligence 2019-Feb-19 36 minutes |
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The Sun with Caitlin Hofmeister 2019-Feb-12 31 minutes |
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Stimulants 2019-Feb-05 32 minutes |
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Flight 2019-Jan-29 33 minutes |
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Mucus 2019-Jan-22 33 minutes |
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Dragons 2019-Jan-15 33 minutes |
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Ice and Snow 2019-Jan-08 33 minutes |
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Exercise 2019-Jan-01 31 minutes |
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Parasites with Sally Le Page 2018-Dec-25 34 minutes |
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Advertising 2018-Dec-18 31 minutes |
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Eggs 2018-Dec-11 28 minutes |
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Taste 2018-Dec-04 33 minutes |
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Satellites 2018-Nov-27 34 minutes |
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Flightless Birds 2018-Nov-20 31 minutes |
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Science Hoaxes 2018-Nov-13 36 minutes |
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Introducing: SciShow Tangents 2018-Nov-02 3 minutes |