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Podcast Profile: Behind The Science Podcast

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113 episodes
2023 to 2026
Median: 61 minutes
Collection: Science

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Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

This podcast explores the stories and research processes behind scientific papers, focusing largely on work connected to the Philippines. Conversations and lecture-style episodes unpack how studies are designed, what data and methods are used, and what the findings imply in real-world settings, often highlighting the setbacks and practical constraints researchers face.

A major theme is risk and resilience in hazard-prone environments. The show frequently examines earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, flooding, river dynamics, and disaster preparedness, including the use of numerical modeling, historical records, satellite remote sensing, and social-media text mining to improve understanding and response. Climate change appears across multiple episodes through discussions of shifting storm behavior, future flood risk, and ocean warming and acidification.

Another core thread is food, agriculture, and fisheries science. Episodes cover crop protection and seed quality, organic inputs, biological control of pests, plant diseases and bioinformatics, biotech and biosafety questions, and food safety and post-harvest handling. In fisheries and coastal management, topics include stock assessment, gear selectivity and bycatch, local management arrangements, aquaculture prospects, and threats to marine resources over coming decades, alongside coral reef monitoring and restoration challenges.

The podcast also ventures into engineering, computing, and the physical sciences, featuring AI applications (such as urban livability mapping and weather forecasting), microfluidics and biotechnology tools, low-cost diagnostics, photonics and precision measurement, geochemistry and potential energy resources, and even theoretical and computational physics and astronomy. Across topics, the emphasis is on connecting peer-reviewed research to policy, livelihoods, and on-the-ground decision-making.

Episodes:

Lec2 - Manila Trench tsunami scenarios 2026-Mar-01 12 minutes

Ep111 - Local community participation in coastal resource management of Palaui Island 2026-Feb-26 73 minutes

Lec1 - This island in Lumaniag, Batangas was formed by storms 2026-Feb-23 9 minutes

Ep110 - Urban planning with AI 2026-Feb-19 70 minutes

Ep109 - Fungi as natural pest control 2026-Feb-12 69 minutes

Ep108 - Prioritizing disaster response using social media posts 2026-Feb-05 66 minutes

Ep107 - Improving rice seed quality using organic fertilizers 2026-Jan-29 66 minutes

Ep106 - Quantum violation of free-fall motion 2026-Jan-22 59 minutes

Ep105 - 2 years of Behind The Science Podcast 2026-Jan-15 41 minutes

Ep104 - What If Super Typhoons Rolly and Odette Occurred Under Past and Future Climate 2026-Jan-08 56 minutes

Ep103 - Splitting light beams using a metal-dielectric interface for precision optics 2025-Dec-18 67 minutes

Ep102 - Bakit dumadami ang mga water hyacinth? 2025-Dec-11 62 minutes

Ep101 - Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Forecasting in the Philippines using AI 2025-Dec-04 63 minutes

Ep100 - Developing a Microfluidic Platform for Cell Encapsulation in Alginate Hydrogel Microparticles 2025-Dec-01 62 minutes

Ep99 - Threats to small pelagic fisheries and milkfish aquaculture in the Philippines over the next 30 years 2025-Nov-27 65 minutes

Ep98 - Chasing Super Typhoon Uwan 2025-Nov-24 59 minutes

Ep97 - First successful production of adult corals derived from cryopreserved larvae 2025-Nov-20 66 minutes

Ep96 - Insect resistance in traditional corn: First report of cross-pollination with BT corn in the Philippines 2025-Nov-13 64 minutes

Ep95 - Tracking 30 years of land cover change in Albay and its effects on flooding 2025-Nov-06 59 minutes

Ep94 - Bioinformatics meets agriculture: Searching fungal DNA for genes behind fruit scabs 2025-Oct-30 63 minutes

Ep93 - How can the Philippine Eagle help us understand the expansion of the universe 2025-Oct-23 78 minutes

Ep92 - Gentleman's Agreement management strategy for aramang in Aparri, Cagayan: is it effective? 2025-Oct-16 64 minutes

Ep91 - Fortifying rice with vitamin A 2025-Oct-09 63 minutes

Ep90 - The correct fish hook size for sustainable longline fishing 2025-Oct-06 66 minutes

Ep89 - Strengthening disaster readiness in Metro Manila through simulation drills 2025-Oct-02 67 minutes

Ep88 - Detecting diseases using egg whites and powdered milk 2025-Sep-25 52 minutes

Ep87 - Spawning ground at risk - Overfishing of espada in Babuyan Channel 2025-Sep-18 66 minutes

Ep86 - Sustainable management of rice straws 2025-Sep-15 60 minutes

Ep85 - A theoretical framework to discriminate chiral molecules 2025-Sep-11 77 minutes

Ep84 - Measuring earthquake impact on the construction sector 2025-Sep-04 68 minutes

Ep83 - Regulatory challenges in coral restoration application in the Philippines 2025-Sep-02 62 minutes

Ep82 - Challenges and opportunities for sustainable mining in the Philippines 2025-Aug-28 64 minutes

Ep81 - How to publish your research | The Philippine Journal of Fisheries 2025-Aug-21 70 minutes

Ep80 - Store your rabbit meat within 4 hours from slaughtering 2025-Aug-14 69 minutes

Ep79 - Creating a Philippine earthquake catalog from the Spanish records 2025-Aug-07 60 minutes

Ep78 - Prehistoric earthquakes recorded by shoreline changes in Lingayen Gulf 2025-Aug-07 63 minutes

Ep77 - How probiotics could help reduce methane emissions from carabaos 2025-Jul-31 58 minutes

Ep76 - Synthesizing cyanobacteria inspired molecules for anticancer research 2025-Jul-31 66 minutes

Ep75 - How will climate change affect the flood risk of Carigara, Leyte? 2025-Jul-26 59 minutes

Ep74 - Init ng panahon, pwede bang sanhi ng brain aneurysm? 2025-Jul-16 66 minutes

Ep73 - Biodiversity and aquaculture potential of ulang in Cairawan River, Antique 2025-Jul-10 58 minutes

Ep72 - Inside the Macolod Corridor: Where is the Magma Coming From? 2025-Jul-03 74 minutes

Ep71 - Can you exercise during pregnancy? 2025-Jun-26 56 minutes

Ep70 - Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in Native Chickens 2025-Jun-19 67 minutes

Ep69 - A new grading system to measure the health of coral reefs 2025-Jun-12 69 minutes

Ep68 - Geologic hydrogen: a possible renewable energy source in Zambales 2025-Jun-05 65 minutes

Ep67 - Reconfiguring river management in the Philippines 2025-Jun-05 72 minutes

Ep66 - How Satellites Help Us Measure Rainfall More Accurately in the Philippines 2025-May-29 63 minutes

Ep65 - Ocean acidification and warming: the evil twin of climate change 2025-May-22 71 minutes

Ep64 - We found 2 species of Kalachuchi in UP Los Baños 2025-May-08 63 minutes

Ep63 - Climate change and mental health in the Philippines 2025-Apr-24 58 minutes

Ep62 - What made Odette a super typhoon? 2025-Apr-17 62 minutes

Ep61 - May epekto ba ang ipot ng ibon sa Tubbataha Reef 2025-Apr-10 49 minutes

Ep60 - Measuring water quality using satellites 2025-Apr-02 70 minutes

Ep59 - Gaano kalaki ang patak ng ulan? 2025-Mar-20 42 minutes

Ep58 - Deep Sea Precious Corals in Japan 2025-Mar-13 57 minutes

Ep57 - Underwater hot springs in Mabini, Batangas 2025-Mar-06 63 minutes

Ep56 - Rock fractures in the geothermal reservoir of Southern Negros 2025-Feb-27 41 minutes

Ep55 - Evolving disaster resilience in the Philippines 2025-Feb-20 42 minutes

Ep54 - Parasites in marine snails 2025-Feb-13 52 minutes

Ep53 - Interaction between coral reefs, sea level, and tectonics 2025-Feb-06 54 minutes

Ep52 - Marine microbes in Benham Rise 2025-Jan-30 41 minutes

Ep51 - Integrating economics with marine science 2025-Jan-23 54 minutes

Ep50 - An Asian and Australian lineage of the Yellowstripe Scad [microevolution] 2025-Jan-16 47 minutes

Ep49 - Wind damage assessment of Super Typhoon Odette 2025-Jan-09 57 minutes

Ep48 - Improving the Dengue Vaccine 2024-Dec-19 44 minutes

Ep47 - Examining the life history of squids using ear bones 2024-Dec-12 61 minutes

Ep46 - Mapping the landslide susceptibility of Leyte 2024-Dec-05 52 minutes

Ep45 - Improve your mental health with telepsychiatry 2024-Nov-28 81 minutes

Ep44 - Benthic compostion of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Philippines 2024-Nov-14 61 minutes

Ep43 - A multiscale flood model for the Marikina-Pasig River Basin 2024-Nov-07 59 minutes

Ep42 - Mapping the karstification potential of central Cebu, Philippines 2024-Oct-31 57 minutes

Ep41 - A new species of leaf beetle in the Philippines 2024-Oct-24 57 minutes

Ep40 - Coral Health in Calatagan, Batangas Measured Using Colors 2024-Oct-17 60 minutes

Ep 39 - Fish fossil studies in the Philippines 2024-Oct-10 64 minutes

Ep38 - Sinking cities in the Philippines measured from satellites 2024-Oct-03 37 minutes

Ep37 - Bakit maulan na ang pasko? 2024-Sep-26 68 minutes

Ep36 - We stayed at Pag-asa Island Research Station for 3 months | West Philippine Sea 2024-Sep-19 79 minutes

Ep35 - Uncovering prehistoric earthquakes in Surigao 2024-Sep-12 71 minutes

Ep34 - Earthquake and tsunami hazard modelling 2024-Sep-05 34 minutes

Ep33 - My Miss Philippines Earth 2020 & 2023 Journey 2024-Aug-29 32 minutes

Ep32 - Paleoclimate reconstruction using corals 2024-Aug-22 83 minutes

Ep31 - Earthquakes in Mindanao and stress transfer 2024-Aug-15 68 minutes

Ep30 - AI and food safety 2024-Aug-08 69 minutes

Ep29 - The 2017 Leyte earthquake: Which part of the fault accumulates stress? 2024-Aug-01 56 minutes

Ep28 - Usapang giant clam, helmet shell at Pag-asa Island 2024-Jul-25 67 minutes

Ep27 - Meet the Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub 2024-Jul-20 100 minutes

Ep26 - Chromium occurrence in a nickel laterite mining area in Palawan 2024-Jul-18 55 minutes

Ep25 - Mainstreaming climate and disaster risk assessment in the comprehensive land use plan 2024-Jul-11 61 minutes

Ep24 - Creating the super seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii 2024-Jul-04 58 minutes

Ep23 - Reducing the carbon footprint of rice production 2024-Jun-27 42 minutes

Ep22 - Glass eel Anguilla marmorata in Cagayan River 2024-Jun-20 59 minutes

Ep21 - Successful disaster risk management is invisible 2024-Jun-13 57 minutes

Ep20 - Effect of food diet on brain function 2024-Jun-06 63 minutes

Ep19 - The problem with the New Manila International Airport 2024-May-30 75 minutes

Ep18 - Permaculture research in the Philippines 2024-May-23 73 minutes

Ep17 - Iodine-129 in Philippine corals record nuclear activities 2024-May-16 47 minutes

Ep16 - Ground movement from the 2020 Masbate earthquake measured from satellites 2024-May-09 33 minutes

Ep15 - Baybayin translator using machine learning 2024-May-02 58 minutes

Ep14 - Potential fisheries production in the West Philippine Sea 2024-Apr-25 58 minutes

Ep13 - The 1897 predecessor of Typhoon Yolanda 2024-Apr-18 63 minutes

Ep12 - Anatomy of the 2018 Naga City landslide 2024-Apr-11 54 minutes

Ep11 - The science behind the COVID response 2024-Apr-04 55 minutes

Ep10 - New insights from the 2020 Taal eruption 2024-Mar-21 56 minutes

Ep9 - Bakit bumubula ang lupa sa ilalim ng dagat? 2024-Mar-07 66 minutes

Ep8 - Modeling the giant landslide in Iriga Volcano 2024-Feb-22 58 minutes

Ep7 - Finding plants in ancient cuisine using molecular fossils 2024-Feb-08 76 minutes

Ep6 - Using drones for post-disaster mapping 2024-Jan-30 42 minutes

Ep5 - Rapid mapping of coral reefs using underwater cameras 2024-Jan-11 46 minutes

Ep4 - The chemistry of traditional Filipino alcoholic beverages 2023-Dec-19 43 minutes

Ep3 - Kape at paracetamol: mga emerging pollutant na sa dagat 2023-Nov-29 30 minutes

Ep2 - Searching for past tsunamis using sediment deposits 2023-Nov-29 48 minutes

Ep1 - Epekto ng mga bundok sa bagyo 2023-Nov-29 39 minutes