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Science for the People

Science for the People is a long-format interview podcast that explores the connections between science, popular culture, history, and public policy, to help listeners understand the evidence and arguments behind what's in the news and on the shelves. Our hosts sit down with science researchers, writers, authors, journalists, and experts to discuss science from the past, the science that affects our lives today, and how science might change our future.

#544 Prosperity Without Growth

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#543 Give a Nerd a Gift

60 hours 0 mins; December 06, 2019

#542 Climate Doomsday

60 hours 0 mins; November 29, 2019

#541 Wayfinding

60 hours 0 mins; November 15, 2019

#540 Specialize? Or Generalize?

60 hours 0 mins; November 08, 2019

#539 A Bit of Bird Behaviour

60 hours 0 mins; October 25, 2019

#538 Nobels and Astrophysics

60 hours 0 mins; October 18, 2019

#537 Science Journalism, Hold the Hype

60 hours 0 mins; October 10, 2019

#536 Let Them Eat Dirt

60 hours 0 mins; September 26, 2019

#535 Superior

60 hours 0 mins; September 19, 2019

#534 Bacteria are Coming for Your OJ

60 hours 0 mins; September 12, 2019

#533 Breaking the Rodent Glass Ceiling

60 hours 0 mins; August 30, 2019

#532 A Class Conversation

60 hours 0 mins; August 22, 2019

#SB2 2019 Science Birthday Minisode: Mary Golda Ross

60 hours 0 mins; August 08, 2019

#531 Induced Seismicity

60 hours 0 mins; August 01, 2019

#530 Why Aren't We Dead Yet?

60 hours 0 mins; July 18, 2019

#529 Do You Really Want to Find Out Who's Your Daddy?

60 hours 0 mins; July 04, 2019

#528 A Shock Machine and The Lost Boys

60 hours 0 mins; June 27, 2019

#527 Honey I CRISPR'd the Kids

60 hours 0 mins; June 13, 2019

#526 Let Me See You Sweat

60 hours 0 mins; June 06, 2019

#525 Chernobyl

60 hours 0 mins; May 30, 2019

#524 The Human Network

60 hours 0 mins; May 16, 2019

#523 Happy As A Clam (Garden)

60 hours 0 mins; May 09, 2019

#522 Home Alone?

60 hours 0 mins; May 02, 2019

#521 The Curious Life of Krill

60 hours 0 mins; April 18, 2019

#520 A Closer Look at Objectivism

60 hours 0 mins; April 11, 2019

#519 Animal Architects

60 hours 0 mins; April 04, 2019

#518 With Genetic Knowledge Comes the Need for Counselling

60 hours 0 mins; March 21, 2019

#517 Life in Plastic, Not Fantastic

60 hours 0 mins; March 14, 2019

#516 The Keys to Skeletons Lost

60 hours 0 mins; March 07, 2019

#515 Humanimal

60 hours 0 mins; February 28, 2019

#514 Arctic Energy (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; February 21, 2019

#513 Dinosaur Tails

60 hours 0 mins; February 14, 2019

#512 All Over The Map

60 hours 0 mins; February 07, 2019

#511 Ok you worked out, now what?

60 hours 0 mins; January 31, 2019

#510 Gene Drives (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; January 24, 2019

#509 Anisogamy: The Beginning of Male and Female

60 hours 0 mins; January 17, 2019

#508 Freedom's Laboratory

60 hours 0 mins; January 10, 2019

#507 Poaching, and We Don't Mean Eggs

60 hours 0 mins; January 03, 2019

#506 Everybody Poops (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; December 27, 2018

#505 Top Science Stories of 2018

60 hours 0 mins; December 20, 2018

#504 The Art of Logic

60 hours 0 mins; December 13, 2018

#503 Postpartum Blues (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; December 06, 2018

#502 Nerd Gift Extravaganza

60 hours 0 mins; November 29, 2018

#501 Hidden Technology

60 hours 0 mins; November 22, 2018

#500 500th Episode

60 hours 0 mins; November 15, 2018

#499 Technology, Work and The Future (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; November 08, 2018

#498 The Poison Squad

60 hours 0 mins; November 01, 2018

#497 Built

60 hours 0 mins; October 25, 2018

#496 Anti-Intellectualism: Down With the Scientist!

60 hours 0 mins; October 18, 2018

#495 Earth Science in Space

60 hours 0 mins; October 11, 2018

#494 The Tangled Taxonomic Tree

60 hours 0 mins; October 04, 2018

#493 Trowel Blazing (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; September 27, 2018

#492 Flint Water Crisis

60 hours 0 mins; September 20, 2018

#491 Frankenstein LIVES

60 hours 0 mins; September 13, 2018

#490 Breaking Down Chemical Weapons

60 hours 0 mins; September 06, 2018

#489 Sand

60 hours 0 mins; August 30, 2018

#488 Big Chicken (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; August 23, 2018

#487 Knitting in PEARL

60 hours 0 mins; August 16, 2018

#486 Volcanoes

60 hours 0 mins; August 09, 2018

#485 Fine Times with Wine

60 hours 0 mins; August 02, 2018

#484 Animal Weapons (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; July 26, 2018

#483 Wild Moms

60 hours 0 mins; July 19, 2018

#482 Body Builders

60 hours 0 mins; July 12, 2018

#481 23 and You

60 hours 0 mins; July 05, 2018

#480 Cursing and Conversation

60 hours 0 mins; June 28, 2018

#479 Garden of Marvels (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; June 21, 2018

#478 She Has Her Mother's Laugh

60 hours 0 mins; June 14, 2018

#477 Cure for Catastrophe

60 hours 0 mins; June 07, 2018

#476 Science in Fiction

60 hours 0 mins; May 31, 2018

#SB1 2018 Science Birthday Bonus Short Minisode: Lloyd Quarterman

60 hours 0 mins; May 30, 2018

#475 Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; May 24, 2018

#474 Appearance Matters

60 hours 0 mins; May 17, 2018

#473 Colour Me... Structurally?

60 hours 0 mins; May 10, 2018

#472 A Good Bout of Plague

60 hours 0 mins; May 03, 2018

#471 Pigs and Fish: Personality in Animals

60 hours 0 mins; April 26, 2018

#470 Information Spookyhighway

60 hours 0 mins; April 19, 2018

#469 The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

60 hours 0 mins; April 12, 2018

#468 Slicing into Surgery

60 hours 0 mins; April 05, 2018

#467 Pests in the City (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; March 29, 2018

#466 Wildfire

60 hours 0 mins; March 22, 2018

#465 How The Nose Knows

60 hours 0 mins; March 15, 2018

#464 How We Endure

60 hours 0 mins; March 08, 2018

#463 Trench to Bedside (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; March 01, 2018

#462 The Future of Energy

60 hours 0 mins; February 22, 2018

#461 Adhesives

60 hours 0 mins; February 15, 2018

#460 Brake For Menopause

60 hours 0 mins; February 08, 2018

#459 Postpartum Blues

60 hours 0 mins; February 01, 2018

#458 Circumcision (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; January 25, 2018

#457 Trowel Blazing

60 hours 0 mins; January 18, 2018

#456 Inside a Conservation NGO

60 hours 0 mins; January 11, 2018

#455 New Year's Resolutions

60 hours 0 mins; January 04, 2018

#454 Sports Science (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; December 28, 2017

#453 The Biggest Science Stories of 2017

60 hours 0 mins; December 21, 2017

#452 Face Recognition and Identity

60 hours 0 mins; December 14, 2017

#451 Merry Science Giftmas

60 hours 0 mins; December 07, 2017

#450 Sing a Little Song

60 hours 0 mins; November 30, 2017

#449 Arctic Energy

60 hours 0 mins; November 23, 2017

#448 Pavlov (Rebroadcast)

60 hours 0 mins; November 16, 2017

#447 Stormy Weather

60 hours 0 mins; November 09, 2017

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