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This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media

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,

science news commentary

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01:57:13

When is a Power Grid a Metaphor?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/05/02

This Week: Black Start, Bird Flu, Zoo Life, Blonde Beer, Anti-Microbiotic, Hippie Spiders, Real Pokemon, NIH, Musically Speaking, Screaming Trees, Electrome Eclipse, and Much More Science Power!

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02:27:36

Can We Capture All The Carbon?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/04/26

This Week: Interview W/Natan Shahar, Carbon Capturing, Gator Biting, Fur Babies, Cow Burps, Climate Change Cost, Canceling Women Studies, Life in Spce, Deathbots, And Much More Science!

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02:19:42

You Can't Trust This

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/04/18

This Week: Scalable Meat, Marriage, Gorillas, Crpws, Gowanus Canal, Fiddler Crabs, Bird Song, Cats, Healthcare, Sensory, and Much More Science you can trust!

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56:42

How Dire is the Science News?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/04/11

This Week: Not Dire Wolves, Miso & Moonglass, Bad Dogs, Mouse Brains & Human Intelligence, Inflammation & Behavior, And Much More Science!

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01:32:02

It's Just so Taxing

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/04/04

This Week: Reverence for Youth, Venom, Fossils, Bird Disguises, Bats, Bird Road Rage, NDEs, Global Warming, Taxing Science, And Much More!

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01:50:47

Where is the Group Chat for Science?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/03/27

This Week: Pig Livers, Planet Power, Meme Coin, Grabby Glucose, Genomic Bottleneck, Lithium Mining, Baby Brains, Shark Sounds, And Much More Science!

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01:39:05

Can You Hear Us Now?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/03/20

This Week: Space Landings, Euclid, Sound Bending, CRISPR, Tsunamis, The Avacado Connection, Mouse Morticians, Mouse Chatter, Bird Chatter, And Much More Science to Hear!

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01:50:56

Knowledge Dies in Silence

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/03/14

This Week: Space, Space, and More Space!, Plastic Plant Problems, Bigger Cells, Democracy & Murder?, East Asian Lineage, Alzheimer's, It's All in Your Head, And Much More Science Knowledge!

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02:09:54

Time Keeps On Slippin'

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/03/07

This Week: Firefly & Astronauts, Weekends and Surgeries, Narwhal Tooth, Fusion Update, Heart Health Watch, Sound Spring, Sharks, Rat Sommeliers, Processed Foods, Mediterranean Diet, AI, Synthetic Intelligence, Love Types, And Much More Time for Science!

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01:26:12

Need a Few Science Talking Points?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/02/28

This Week: The Stellarator!, Animal Emotions AI, Islet Surgery, Stressed Monkeys, Animal Awareness, Oxygen Pill, More Memory, Melatonin, And Much More Science!

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01:28:51

The Science of Psyops

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/02/20

This Week: Interview W/Annalee Newitz, Fish, Fruit Flies, Not So Sweetner, Anti-bacterial Anti-depressants, And Much More Science!

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23:52

Oops All Animal Corner

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/02/14

This Week: Blair's Animal Corner, Baby Turtles, Mantis Shrimp, Flies, And Much More!

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01:37:48

Has The Science Bell Been Rung?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/02/07

This Week: Science In Danger?, Frogs, Better Pain, Revive Your System, Octopus, Bats, Mice, Active Listening, And Much More!

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02:54:15

We Predict This is 1000 Weeks of TWIS

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/01/24

This Week: Predictions from 2024, We Predict for 2025: Dark Matter, AI, Quantum Computing, Space Exploration, Universal Flu Vaccine, TWIS Experimentation, Space X, Mitochondria, Fusion Tech, And Much More Science!

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01:18:02

TWIS Out Of Time

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/01/17

This Week: The End Of Social Social Media, Climate Collusion, Researcher Targets, Smelly Spider Legs, Ants with Grudges, And Much More Science!

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02:00:55

2024 Top Science Stories Review

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/01/10

This Week: What does This Week in Science think were the year's top science stories? This end-of-year episode counts down the Top 11 science news stories of 2024 and much more science!

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02:04:50

What Will TWISmas Bring?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2024/12/21

This Week: Mirror Life Questions, Cats, Moon Rocks Redux, Frosty Weather Neanderthals, Carnivorous Squirrels, Giraffes, Sleepless Science, Eating Your Age, Thought vs Sensation, Cafe Calm, And Much More Science!

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01:39:55

Science Learning Made Easy!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2024/12/13

This Week: Abstract Quantum Something, Coffee Lobby?, Filtration Nation, Tiny Space Rocks, No Hubble tension?, The Hubble tension is real!, Brain Sculpting, Listen & Learn, And Much More Science!

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01:55:45

Why Do We Do the Things We Do?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2024/12/06

This Week: Why Glyphosate, Immune or Nervous?, No Sleep in College, Freaky Friday Mouse, Neanderthal Interventions, Mammoth, Muscle Molecules, Tattoo Technology, Emotional History, And Much More Science!

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02:10:38

A TWISgiving Stuffed with Science

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2024/11/30

This Week: Positively Energetic, Life found on an asteroid?, Pokémon Go, No Neutrinos, Embedded lab on a chip, Peach Reach, Coral Vitamins, New Pollinators, Neanderthal Adhesive, Cannabis Psychosis, Turned Off, Turkey Talk, And Much More Science!

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