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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future
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Ri Science Podcast

The Royal Institution

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Explore a new area of science every month from the world's sharpest minds. 'From the Theatre' episodes every second Wednesday of the month, bringing you talks from the Ri's world-renowned Theatre. Ri Science Podcast original episodes every last Wednesday of the month, lifting the lid on the science all around us.
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NASA's Curious Universe

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Come get curious with NASA. As an official NASA podcast, Curious Universe brings you mind-blowing science and space adventures you won't find anywhere else. Explore the cosmos alongside astronauts, scientists, engineers, and other top NASA experts who are achieving remarkable feats in science, space exploration, and aeronautics. Learn something new about the wild and wonderful universe we share. All you need to get started is a little curiosity. NASA's Curious Universe is an official NASA po ...
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StarTalk Radio

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Science, pop culture, and comedy collide on StarTalk Radio! Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and Director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, and his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities, and scientific experts explore astronomy, physics, and everything else there is to know about life in the universe. New episodes premiere Tuesdays. Keep Looking Up! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podca ...
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Astronomy Cast

Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay

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Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (Planetary Science Institute), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. Astronomy Cast is supported thru patreon.com/AstronomyCast.
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Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future.
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Mythfits

Mythfits - Kari Byron and Tory Belleci

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Best known for blowing things up (for science, of course) and putting wild theories to the test, best friends Kari Byron and Tory Belleci are back - armed with stories from behind-the-scenes of MythBusters and just enough knowledge to be dangerous.
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SciFi OTR

Radio Nostalgia Network

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Welcome to the Old Time Radio Scifi , From its earliest time, radio has always been interested in Science Fiction. There has been science fiction on the radio since before Buck Rogers in 1932. Radio SciFi characters leaped into your living room as the listener would be taken on an adventure into time and space each week. Join us each week as we explore the unknown universe of science fiction only on the Old Time Radio Network.
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EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News

Dr. Pamela Gay, Erik Madaus, Ally Pelphrey

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Get your weekly dose of all that's new in space and astronomy with Escape Velocity Space News. The sky is not the limit, as we bring you the latest scientific discoveries and rocket launches. EVSN is brought to you by the team behind CosmoQuest at the Planetary Science Institute and features hosts Dr. Pamela L. Gay and Erik Madaus, with audio engineering by Ally Pelphrey. EVSN is supported through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CosmoQuestX.
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X Minus One Podcast

Humphrey Camardella Productions

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X Minus One is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon, along with a few original scripts. For baby boomer's that liked The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone and for ...
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UFO...No!

Ben Austin

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Welcome to UFO...No! the podcast that covers the weird, the whacky and the obscure. We connect the dots that most people are too normal to connect! Are UFOs actually aliens or are they top secret technology? Is anal probing a real threat? We're a blend of believers and skeptics, speculators of the unknown.
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Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates, and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bruce Betts as they dive deep into space science and exploration. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you in ...
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Houston We Have a Podcast

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible.
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Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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The new space age is upon us, and This Week in Space leaves no topic untouched. Every Friday, join Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine, Rod Pyle and Managing Editor of Space.com, Tariq Malik as they explore everything related to the cosmos. You can join Club TWiT for $10 per month and get ad-free audio and video feeds for all our shows plus everything else the club offers...or get just this podcast ad-free for $5 per month. New episodes posted every Friday.
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The Space Shot

John Mulnix

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Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot.
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Scifi Friday

Radio Memories Network

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SciFi Friday takes you back to the early days of science fiction. Each week we explore the programs that layed the foundation for science fiction of today.
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Welcome to Science News Daily, brought to you by Brief! Our AI selects the latest stories and top headlines and then delivers them to you each day in less than ten minutes (for more details, visit www.brief.news/how-it-works). Tune in to get your daily news on fascinating topics, including physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy, and more. Whether you're a science enthusiast, researcher, or simply curious about the wonders of the natural world, this podcast is your ultimate source for all thi ...
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Mile Higher

Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios

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Crime. Conspiracy. Cognizance. Mile Higher is hosted by husband & wife duo Josh Thomas and Kendall Rae! Our show focuses on True Crime but we delve into many other topics including conspiracy theories, unexplained phenomena, metaphysics, futurism, ancient civilizations and news stories the mainstream media doesn't cover. Our guests include experts in these topics as well as like-minded individuals who share our passion for uncovering the truth and exploring the mysteries of our universe. Com ...
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This week on Planetary Radio, we’re sharing a special conversation from our friends at the Smart Girl Dumb Questions podcast. Host Nayeema Raza sits down with The Planetary Society’s Chief of Space Policy, Casey Dreier, to explore one of the most common questions in space exploration: Why does space matter, and is it really worth the cost? Casey br…
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This December, space scientist and renowned science communicator Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock will be presenting the CHRISTMAS LECTURES in their 200th year titled ‘Is there life beyond earth?’. Maggie joins us on the podcast this month to explore the history of space imaging and the huge number of projects she has worked on throughout her career, a…
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(0:10): Moss Spores Survive 9-Month Space Station Exposure, Paving Way for Off-World Agriculture (2:22): New Synaptic Plasticity Mechanism: VLK Inhibition Offers Hope for Pain Relief Without Side Effects (4:34): Eli Lilly's New Oral Weight Loss Pill Promises Affordable, Needle-Free Alternative to Costly Injections (6:54): Shallow Coastal Habitats C…
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First up on the podcast, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi for a rundown of online news stories. They talk about lichen that dine on dino bones, the physics of the lip-out problem in golf, and a brain-computer interface that can decode a tonal language (Chinese) from brain waves. Next on the show, Jeremy Munday, a professor of …
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From lunar regolith to metal-rich asteroids, this episode examines how off-world resources could spark the largest economic boom in human history — and what the fuel, transport, and political math actually looks like. Checkout Rifftrax https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Extinction Cyc…
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Blue Origin is fresh off an incredible few weeks—a successful second launch and first landing of New Glenn, followed by an exciting unveil of upgrades to the vehicle, including an enormous new version, New Glenn 9x4. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 32 executive producers—Lee, Natasha Tsakos, Fred, Will and Lars from Agile, …
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It’s a wonderful time of the year: squash, pumpkin, and gourd season. But how do those giant, award-winning pumpkins grow so big? And what’s the difference between a gourd and a squash? In a conversation from 2023, Ira talks with Dr. Chris Hernandez, director of the University of New Hampshire’s squash, pumpkin, and melon breeding program to explor…
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(0:10): Philippines Champions Radiation Tech to Combat Plastic Pollution at Global IAEA Forum (2:27): UC Davis Study Reveals Crucial Flaw in Using Rhesus Macaques for TIGIT Cancer Therapy Research (4:14): Urbanization Fuels Rapid Evolution in Keihanshin's Plant Species, Study Reveals (6:10): Breakthrough Discovery of Adipogenin: A New Target for Ob…
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Have you ever gotten to the end of, say, a jar of peanut butter and wondered if it should go in trash or recycling? If it’s worth rinsing out? And where will it actually end up? Journalist Alexander Clapp had those same questions, and went to great lengths to answer them—visiting five continents to chronicle how our trash travels. Along the way, he…
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Caroline Smith is passionate about space rocks, whether they’re samples collected from the surface of asteroids and the Moon and hopefully Mars one day soon, or meteorites, those alien rock fragments that have survived their fiery descents through our atmosphere to land here on Earth. She is Head of Collections and Principal Curator of Meteorites a…
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Can you listen to a picture of the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice welcome back Chandra X-ray Observatory data-sonification expert Kim Arcand of the to explore how translating cosmic data into sound lets us sense the universe in entirely new ways. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://s…
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In this Fanbase Feature, The Fanbase Weekly co-host Bryant Dillon is joined by special guests Matthew Noe (Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian for Harvard Medical School – Countway Library, board member of the Graphic Medicine International Collection and the American Library Association, Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table) and Art …
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 772: 2025 Gift Guide By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Nov 9, 2025. It's time once again for our annual gift-giving guide. We've got recommendations for books, movies, TV shows, games, and of course astronomy gear to satisfy the space nerds in your family. The Christmas season is almost upon us, and with it comes e…
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(0:10): China's JUNO Neutrino Detector Achieves World-Leading Precision in Solar Neutrino Research (1:52): Revolutionary Metasurface Design Boosts Nonlinear Optical Effects in 2D Crystals for Quantum Photonics (4:09): Volunteers Harness eDNA to Track Marine Species Amid Rising Ocean Temperatures (6:01): Study Urges Medicaid Reforms to Boost Methado…
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What happens when lightning strikes you? Can your town really be "tornado-proof"? Tory and Kari talk to a lightning strike survivor with his story on surviving a lightning strike. Storm chaser Edgar O'Neal also joins to give safety advice and answer the question: Do tornadoes REALLY skip towns? Plus, Keri's epic lightning experience, viral storm vi…
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In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe consider the 1974 Thai co-production "Hanuman vs. & Ultraman," in which the hindu god Hanuman teams up with the Ultra Seven to defeat evil monsters and dastardly human plots. (originally published 5/28/2021) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Twenty years ago, a young oncologist started journaling to process his experience treating cancer patients. That cathartic act became the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Fifteen years after the book was published, how has our understanding of preventing and treating cancer changed? Host Flora Lichtman…
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The end of Japan's Akatsuki mission means the end of humanity's missions to Venus - for now! But what have we learned from our missions to Venus and should we return? Dhara and Ed spill all the details about the history of missions to Earth's "toxic twin". Also: new Euclid images. LINKS Space Lates: https://www.spacecentre.co.uk/whats-o... Latest E…
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Poltergeist activity is already freaky enough on its own. And spontaneous human combustion? That’s a whole different flavor of nightmare. But when you put those two things together—hauntings and mysterious fires—you get a whole new category of “Nope.” As it turns out, there are more of these weird cases than most people realize. Thanks to the TIN F…
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To colonize the Milky Way, humanity must travel in fleets, not alone. Ark Swarms shows how interstellar swarms can secure our future among the stars. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robots-run-the-econo…
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To colonize the Milky Way, humanity must travel in fleets, not alone. Ark Swarms shows how interstellar swarms can secure our future among the stars. Checkout Scav: https://go.nebula.tv/scav?ref=isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video Autonomous Space Industry: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-autonomous-space-industry-when-ai-robots-run-the-econo…
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Were you inspired by "Star Trek" (or one of its innumerable spinoffs) as a young person? We know we were, so it was a pleasure to invite Glen Swanson, author of the new Star Trek history book "Inspired Enterprise" onto the show. We've all heard lore about the original series, but Swanson, who was previously the Chief Historian at the Johnson Space …
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There was a time when almost everyone, from Alexander Graham Bell to the Wall Street Journal, believed there was a supremely intelligent civilization on Mars, one that was probably trying to talk to Earthlings. Most of this belief could be traced to an amateur astronomer and charismatic speaker named Percival Lowell. David Baron tells this story in…
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African grey parrots are internet stars. It’s easy to see why—the charismatic birds sing, tell jokes, and sling profanities. But how do the endangered birds get from African forests to your feed? Wildlife crime reporter Rene Ebersole joins Host Flora Lichtman to describe her investigation into the global parrot trade, and the black market for wild …
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Space: the final frontier, a deep dark realm full of questions and mysteries - many of which science can't yet satisfactorily answer. But that won't stop the Curious Cases team! In a special edition recorded in front of an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre in London, Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain team up with a panel of guests who know their way aro…
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Albert Einstein was, well, Albert Einstein. But was he right? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice investigate what it took to prove Einstein right, with theoretical physicist Dr. Jim Gates. Originally Aired October 19, 2020. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-…
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