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Podcast Profile: This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

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50 episodes
2024 to 2025
Median: 114 minutes
Collection: Science


Description (podcaster-provided):

The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each show TWIS discusses the latest in cutting edge science news on topics such as genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuro science, and a show favorite Countdown to World Robot Domination. The show is hosted by Dr. Kirsten Sanford, a PhD in neuroscience, Justin Jackson, a wisecracking professional car salesman and armchair physicist, and Blair Bazdarich, a zoologist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and hear a science news program like no other.


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

➤ Cutting-edge science news • Humorous and irreverent insights • Genetic engineering • Neuroscience • Space exploration • Environmental issues • Animal behavior • Technology innovations • Interviews with experts • Thought-provoking discussions

This podcast offers a vibrant exploration of the week in science and technology, featuring a humorous and irreverent approach to presenting cutting-edge science news. The content spans a wide array of contemporary scientific topics, providing insights into genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuroscience, and the recurring theme of World Robot Domination. Episodes frequently dive into the realms of the natural world, discussing animals such as octopi, orcas, dolphins, bees, and many others, highlighting their unique behaviors and ecological roles.

In addition to the rich zoological content, this podcast addresses advances in medical science, tackling subjects like fertility, cancer research, CRISPR technology, and brain studies. Lists of topics in episodes often indicate discussions on technological innovations such as brain-computer interfaces, AI, and novel engineering feats. Environmental science and climate-related subjects are covered through topics that discuss carbon capture technologies, climate change challenges, and environmental conservation strategies, like Indigenous land management.

The show doesn't shy away from quirky scientific inquiries either, bringing attention to oddities like vomiting sharks, glowing brains, and anthropomorphic studies on animals and insects, such as ant queens and elephant wrinkles. Occasionally, the podcast delves into sociocultural intersections with science, examining the impact of science on democracy, cognition, and human behavior.

Throughout its episodes, the podcast is marked by its playful yet informative style, keen on engaging listeners with diverse subject matter that spans the serious to the strange, aiming to make science accessible and intriguing for its audience. Whether discussing the latest breakthroughs or timeless mysteries, each episode provides a dive into the wonders and workings of our world and beyond.


Episodes:
Episode Image Does This Show Need a Science Title?
2025-Jul-06
136 minutes
Episode Image The Future of Science Starts Now
2025-Jun-28
147 minutes
Episode Image Arach-did-you-know??
2025-Jun-20
74 minutes
Episode Image Panel? More like Shamel!
2025-Jun-13
53 minutes
Episode Image Just Banging Rocks on Trees
2025-Jun-05
101 minutes
Episode Image Do Dolphins Discuss Science?
2025-May-23
100 minutes
Episode Image Librarians Will Save Democracy
2025-May-16
58 minutes
Episode Image Science! You Get What You Pay For!
2025-May-09
149 minutes
Episode Image When is a Power Grid a Metaphor?
2025-May-02
117 minutes
Episode Image Can We Capture All The Carbon?
2025-Apr-26
147 minutes
Episode Image You Can't Trust This
2025-Apr-18
139 minutes
Episode Image How Dire is the Science News?
2025-Apr-11
56 minutes
Episode Image It's Just so Taxing
2025-Apr-04
92 minutes
Episode Image Where is the Group Chat for Science?
2025-Mar-27
110 minutes
Episode Image Can You Hear Us Now?
2025-Mar-20
99 minutes
Episode Image Knowledge Dies in Silence
2025-Mar-14
110 minutes
Episode Image Time Keeps On Slippin'
2025-Mar-07
129 minutes
Episode Image Need a Few Science Talking Points?
2025-Feb-28
86 minutes
Episode Image The Science of Psyops
2025-Feb-20
88 minutes
Episode Image Oops All Animal Corner
2025-Feb-14
23 minutes
Episode Image Has The Science Bell Been Rung?
2025-Feb-07
97 minutes
Episode Image We Predict This is 1000 Weeks of TWIS
2025-Jan-24
174 minutes
Episode Image TWIS Out Of Time
2025-Jan-17
78 minutes
Episode Image 2024 Top Science Stories Review
2025-Jan-10
120 minutes
Episode Image What Will TWISmas Bring?
2024-Dec-21
124 minutes
Episode Image Science Learning Made Easy!
2024-Dec-13
99 minutes
Episode Image Why Do We Do the Things We Do?
2024-Dec-06
115 minutes
Episode Image A TWISgiving Stuffed with Science
2024-Nov-30
130 minutes
Episode Image Play Around With Science!
2024-Nov-22
124 minutes
Episode Image Science Is Better When Done Together
2024-Nov-15
118 minutes
Episode Image Science for the Greater Good
2024-Nov-01
89 minutes
Episode Image How Much Toilet Water Would You Drink?
2024-Oct-25
122 minutes
Episode Image Some JWSTful Thinking About the Universe
2024-Oct-18
143 minutes
Episode Image Who Are The Science Winners?
2024-Oct-11
120 minutes
Episode Image Slapfight Science Night
2024-Oct-01
130 minutes
Episode Image Take Out The Trash, Pour out the Cats
2024-Sep-20
137 minutes
Episode Image Have We Learned Anything?
2024-Sep-13
114 minutes
Episode Image Will Robots Labor For Us?
2024-Sep-06
122 minutes
Episode Image Stuck in Spaaaaaace!
2024-Aug-30
116 minutes
Episode Image Wow! How Do We Know That?
2024-Aug-23
120 minutes
Episode Image Is This A Mayo-Science Fusion Podcast?
2024-Aug-15
86 minutes
Episode Image Will Science Take Us From Tropes to Hopes on This Oblate Sphere... oid?
2024-Aug-09
130 minutes
Episode Image How is Science Just Like the Olympics?
2024-Aug-01
107 minutes
Episode Image Is This Tractor Beam Hope?
2024-Jul-26
91 minutes
Episode Image 17 July, 2024 – Episode 978 – How Are Animals Better Than People?
2024-Jul-19
112 minutes
Episode Image How To Reprogram Your Brain
2024-Jul-12
135 minutes
Episode Image Free To Be Science-Y
2024-Jul-05
104 minutes
Episode Image Is This The Science Awakening?
2024-Jun-21
92 minutes
Episode Image Making Science Popular with Vomiting Sharks
2024-Jun-13
98 minutes
Episode Image Take a Healthy Science Bath
2024-Jun-07