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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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01:36:39

Free to be Science-y

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/10/10

This Week: Nobel Prize Time, Tired Blood, Cheesy Spider Feet, What Are You Eating?, Connected States, Intersex spider found, Leafcutter Ants, Dolphin Alzheimers, ChatGPMouseBrain, Nanoparticles, and Much More Science!

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02:16:37

This One Is For the Fearless

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/10/03

This Week: Cassini, Fungal Evolution, Swimming Jaguars, Mouse Microbes, Cancer News, Lizard Snake, Dodo Birds, Electricity & Crabs, Cold Robot, Getting Oldest, Junk Food Brain, and Much More Fearless Science!

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02:10:03

How to Pronounce Acetaminophen

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/09/26

This Week: It's IgNobel Season!, Cats!, Fish, Extinct Herbivores, Magic Mushrooms, Plastic Brains, Astrocyte Conductors, Social Spiders, and Much More Science to Pronounce!

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47:44

Interview: Science Under Siege

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/09/23

This Week: Interview with Dr. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., about Science Under Siege.

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01:55:25

Sentient Meat Science

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/09/19

This Week: Life on Mars, HomoNaledi, Koala Vaccines, Bugs Against Cancer, Human Bees, Earthquake Energy, Alcoholic Chimps, Bad Math, Clone Ants, and Much More Science!

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02:02:39

Science Unplugged

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/09/05

This Week: Government Climate Propaganda, Health Gutted, SeeMe, Less Pain With ADRIANA, It's Not You, It's Us, Justin Trashes a Study, Correlation? Causation on the Toilet?, Electrical Immunity?, Spleendid Healing, That Succulent Glow, and Much More Science Unplugged!

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02:32:30

You Can't Retract Good Science

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/08/29

This Week: Interstellar Interloper, Mind's Eye, Jumping Spiders, Pig Lungs, Covid Shots, Ape Medicine, Cane Toads, Bird Poop, Justin Trashes a Study, Phantom limb, Big Brainy Thumb, Nature Words, and Much More Good Science!

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02:15:55

What is Your Science Policy ?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/08/23

This Week: Interview with Adriana Bankston, Jakalopes, Bat Hugs, Mystery Skull, Autism, Flowers for Robots, Baby Brains, Decoding Inner Speech, Space Threats, And Much More Science!

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02:04:25

Prompting You to Think Scientifically

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/08/08

This Week: Funding State, mRNA HIV vaccine, Radioactive rhino horn, Wasting Source, Editing Diabetes, Roaches, Cockatoos, GLP1, Snails, Roach Bots, Political Sway, and Much More to Prompt You to Think Scientifically!

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01:56:47

This is the Science You Can Trust

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/08/01

This Week: Atomic Slits, Vaccines Work, Wifi Fingerprint, Ancient Teeth, Deep Life, Fat for Tumors, Immunity in your head, Cultural Function, Brain Generics, and Much More Science you can trust!

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02:19:27

Guided by Science

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/07/25

This Week: Interview W/Matthew Facciani, Australia, Stonehenge, Blood Pressure, Moth Dreams, Friendly Brains, Replication Win, Undoing Strokes, Meaning & Memory, And Much More Science!

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01:20:59

What WILL We Never Know?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/07/11

This Week: A Different Science Fair, Cucumbers, Zoonotic Time Travel, Tortoises, Crabs, Chimps, New Brain Cells, Dance Brains, and Much More Science to Know!

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02:16:33

Does This Show Need a Science Title?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/07/06

This Week: LLM-assisted writing, Exercise Pills, Long Lived Mice, Scotland's Birds, Orcas' Pets, Fish Schools, High Elevation Scents, Climate Change, Triglycerides, Spatial Cognition, and Much More Science!

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02:27:40

The Future of Science Starts Now

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/06/28

This Week: Vera's First Look, Dragons, Fertility. Anthrobots, Vascular Organoids, Orcas, Octopi, Car T, Type 1 Cure, Ears, Glow Brains, Morning Chorus, and Much More Science!

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01:14:20

Arach-did-you-know??

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/06/20

This Week: Early Humans, Terriers, T Gondii, Spiders, Sugar Substitute, Weight Loss Drug, Weight Loss, Live Longer Eat More, and Much More Science on this Episode!

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53:39

Panel? More like Shamel!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/06/13

This Week: Sham Panel, Strategic Hawks, Chimps, Cucumbers, and Bats Fight Cancer, Napping Bees, and Much More Science!

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01:42:00

Just Banging Rocks on Trees

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/06/05

This Week: Science State, Frogs, Light Limits, Trash Parrot Update, A Tiny Violin, Baboons and Rocks, Birds Flying Far North, Garbage Gull, Making Myelin, Mouth Tape, and Much More Science!

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01:40:26

Do Dolphins Discuss Science?

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/05/23

This Week: CRISPR, Government-Sanctioned Mass Extinction, Bugs in Space, Shrinking Clownfish, Bees Sleep, Dolphins Talk, Blocking Cell Death, Toothy Origins, and Much More Science!

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58:10

Librarians Will Save Democracy

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/05/16

This Week: Science, Knowledge, & Power, Forever Chemicals, AI Exaggeration, Internal Inference, Prey Trapping, Labile Language, Librarians Saving Democracy, and Much More Science!

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02:29:34

Science! You Get What You Pay For!

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast ·

2025/05/09

This Week: Tiny Life, Human Fungus, Honeyguides, Survey Says, Vaccines and Menstruation, Art with Porpoise, Cuttlefish, Shrimp, Brain Computer Interface, Neanderthals, Tiny Town, On Being, and Much More Science!

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