How To Die in the 21st Century with Dr. Hannah Gould (469)

We're scared to say the D word! But why is talking about death such a taboo? Dr. Hannah Gould, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Melbourn...

How Two Students Fixed the Focus of James Webb from Earth with Prof. Peter Tuthil, Dr. Louis Desdoigts & Max Charles (468)

When a problem with the James Webb Space Telescope left its images frustratingly out of focus, the solution wasn't fixed in space... it was fixed from...

Forensic Science: Fact, Fiction, and Failure with Dr Linzi Wilson-Wilde and Hannah Jarman (467)

This episode features Dr. Linzi Wilson-Wilde and Hannah Jarman discussing the realities of forensic science beyond shows like CSI. Through cases such...

The Wellness Woo Economy with Kate Thomas (466)

Pharmacist and science communicator Kate Thomas shares how a viral debunking video launched her into the world of online health education. In this epi...

The Hidden Health Impact of Microplastics with Prof. Michaela Lucas (465)

***Prof Lucas would like to provide the following clarification in regards to comments relating to prenatal BPA exposure and male autism spectrum diso...

Deeepfakes Online and The Future of Truth with Dr. Anna Broinowski (464)

I'm joined by Dr. Anna Broinowski - Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Film and Screen Arts at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sy...

The Rise In Nitrous Misuse with Assoc. Prof. Angela Chiew (463)

Nitrous oxide (better known as "laughing gas") is widely used in medicine as a safe anaesthetic and pain reliever. It's also found in whipped cream ca...

Will AI Take Our Jobs? Part Three of the Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev (462)

In the final episode of the Great AI Safety Debrief series with Dr. Petr Lebedev, we discuss job eradication, AI alignment and the rise in cases of AI...

Is AI Outsmarting Us? Part Two of the Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev (461)

In part two, Dr. Petr Lebedev and I dive deeper into how modern AI systems are grown, not programmed, and the emergence of Shutdown Resistance. We exp...

The Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev - Part One (460)

Intelligence is emerging from sand and less than 1% of the population seems to care!

Physicist and science communicator Dr. Petr Lebede...

The Milky Way's Mysterious Glow with Prof. Geraint Lewis (459)

A mysterious glow from the centre of the Milky Way has scientists intrigued. Astrophysicist Geraint Lewis explains how this gamma-ray excess, first de...

Food Additives: What's Safe, What's Not? with Prof. Clare Collins (451)

In this episode, I'm joined by Professor Clare Collins, Australian dietitian and Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle....

Staying Safe Online Part 2 with Troy Hunt (439)

In part two with Online Safety Consultant Troy Hunt (Have I Been Pwned), we unpack the risks of online age verification in light of Australia's social...

The Human Side of Misinformation Part 2 with Assoc. Prof. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu (445)

In part two, Associate Professor Marian-Andrei Rizoiu from the University of Technology Sydney explains how misinformation and toxic online cultures s...

Rethinking Laundry for the Planet With Dr Holly Kaye Smith (430)

Most of us throw our clothes in the wash without a second thought, but what if that habit is doing more harm than good? In this episode, Dr. Holly Kay...

Climate Overshoot: The World Beyond 1.5 Degrees with Dr. Andy Reisinger (458)

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Andy Reisinger, an internationally recognised expert in climate change science and policy, with a focus on mitigati...

More Everyday Consumer Good Facts Part 2 with Ashley Iredale (457)

Consumer technology expert Ashley Iredale returns for part two, bringing more surprising facts about everyday household appliances. We break down why...

Cooking Dinner In Your Dishwasher?! & Other Fun Facts with Ashley Iredale (456)

This episode i'm joined by Ashley Iredale, a consumer technologist and content producer whose winding career through industrial design has armed him w...

The Discovery That Changed Astrophysics with Prof. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (455)

In this episode, I'm joined by the legendary Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell - the pioneering astrophysicist who discovered pulsars, launching an enti...

Sunscreen Safety in Australia with John Staton (454)

This week I'm joined by John Staton, one of Australia's leading sunscreen-testing experts, to unpack the big headlines surrounding sunscreen safety. A...

What are Time Crystals? with Prof. Geraint Lewis (452)

In this episode, friend of the show and astrophysicist Professor Geraint Lewis returns to help me wrap my head around one of the strangest ideas in mo...

Science in Oz: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with Dr. Catherine Ball (452)

In this episode, futurist and award-winning scientist Dr Catherine Ball dives into the state of science in Australia, uncovering the good, the bad, an...

Innovative Nanotechnology for Cancer Detection with Dr. Renee Goreham (450)

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Renee Goreham, a physicist and nanotechnologist at the University of Newcastle, and passionate science communicator....

Gene Therapy & Rare Diseases with Assoc. Prof Leszek Lisowski (449)

In this episode, we speak with Associate Professor Leszek Lisowski, Head of the Translational Vectorology Unit at the Children's Medical Research Inst...

The Brain’s Energy Bill: From Childhood to Old Age with Assoc. Prof Sharna Jamadar (448)

In this episode, we're joined by Associate Professor Sharna Jamadar, a cognitive neuroscientist at Monash University, to explore how the brain uses en...

Onionlike Layers of Exploding Stars with Prof. Geraint Lewis (447)

My go-to guy for all cosmic things Prof. Geraint Lewis, astrophysicist at the University of Sydney, returns to unpack a fascinating New York Times art...

The Aftermath of Cosmic Collisions with Prof. Geriant Lewis (446)

In this episode, friend of the show Geriant Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy within the University of Sydney, jo...

The Human Side of Misinformation Part 1 with Assoc. Prof. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu (444)

In this episode, I sit down with Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Associate Professor and head of the Behavioral Data Science Lab at the University of Technology...

Science Under Siege with Prof. Michael Mann & Prof. Peter Hotez (443)

In this episode, we sit down with two of today's most prominent defenders of science: Professor Michael Mann, world-renowned climate scientist, and Pr...

From DNA to Policy: Protecting Threatened Species with Prof. Carolyn Hogg (442)

In part two of our conversation with Professor Carolyn Hogg, Research Manager of the Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group at the University of Sydney,...

Whales, Wildlife, and Conserving Threatened Species with Prof. Carolyn Hogg (441)

From collecting urine samples in Antarctica to sampling whale snot to study reproduction, Dr. Carolyn Hogg's career is anything but ordinary. In this...

Lightning, Fertiliser, and the Future of Green Nitrogen with Professor PJ Cullen (440)

In this episode, Professor PJ Cullen, Chemical Engineering expert from the University of Sydney, breaks down the global nitrogen challenge. We explore...

Have I been Pwned? With Troy Hunt (438)

In this episode, we're joined by Troy Hunt, Australian online security consultant, creator of Have I Been Pwned, and one of the world's leading voices...

Climate After Net Zero with Prof. Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick (437)

In this episode, we sit down with Australian climate scientist Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick to explore the story of climate science, how we fir...

A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Professor Donna Strickland (436)

I had the honor of sitting down with Professor Donna Strickland, Nobel Prize-winning physicist the third woman in history to receive the prestigious a...

Part 2 with Prof. Carolyn Hogg (442)

Wikipedia Part Two with Dr. Heather Ford (435)

In part two of our chat with Dr. Heather Ford, we delve deeper into the hidden dynamics of Wikipedia — the world's largest encyclopedia and 8th most v...

Wikipedia: The Power and the Pitfalls Part One with Dr. Heather Ford (434)

I'm joined by Dr. Heather Ford, ARC Future Fellow and Professor in the School of Communications at UTS, to explore the fascinating world of Wikipedia....

Hypersonics Part Two with Dr. Graham Wild (433)

In part two of my conversation with Dr. Graham Wild, we dive deeper into the fascinating world of hypersonic machines. We explore how sound waves beha...

Hypersonics Part One with Dr. Graham Wild (432)

Aviation expert Dr. Graham Wild returns to take us beyond the basics of flight and into the high-speed world of subsonic vs. hypersonic aircraft. We b...