Science for the People

By Rachelle Saunders, Bethany Brookshire, and Carolyn Wilke

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 Aug 29, 2020

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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.

Episode Date
#642 The Last Episode
Dec 31, 2023
#641 The Last Nerd Gift Guide
Dec 16, 2023
#640 The Last Science Book Club
Dec 07, 2023
#639 The One About Periods
Nov 20, 2023
#638 Do you feel love? What about ecstasy?
Nov 07, 2023
#637 A special announcement
Nov 06, 2023
#636 Life on an unruly planet
Oct 24, 2023
#635 Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Oct 09, 2023
#634 Back to the future
Sep 25, 2023
#633 An Ice History
Sep 14, 2023
#632 We are what we eat
Aug 28, 2023
#631 Tenacious Beasts
Aug 14, 2023
#630 The Jewel Box
Jul 31, 2023
#629 How birds go the distance
Jul 05, 2023
#628 Brave the Wild River
Jun 19, 2023
#627 Ancient Migrations
Jun 05, 2023
#626 Our Friend, the Wasp
May 25, 2023
#625 This one really is about aliens
May 09, 2023
#624 The Devil’s Element
Apr 24, 2023
#623 Peopling the Americas
Apr 11, 2023
#622 What's wrong Colonel Sanders? Feeling chicken?
Mar 27, 2023
#621 Of memoir and sea creatures
Mar 13, 2023
#620 The Matter of Everything
Feb 27, 2023
#619 Breathless
Feb 16, 2023
#618 This is your brain on music
Jan 30, 2023
#617 Emotional Ignorance
Jan 16, 2023
#616 The one about sex
Dec 20, 2022
#615 2022 Science Book Haul
Dec 06, 2022
#614 Clocks, Mugs and Other Nerdy Gift Ideas
Nov 22, 2022
#613 Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains
Nov 10, 2022
#612 The Poopisode
Oct 25, 2022
#611 Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life
Oct 17, 2022
#610 Thieving Trees
Sep 26, 2022
#609 A world of universal vaccines
Sep 12, 2022
#608 Bone Proteins and Body Farms
Aug 31, 2022
#607 Shark Matters
Aug 22, 2022
#606 Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent
Aug 03, 2022
#605 Designing wilderness
Jul 18, 2022
#604 Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces
Jul 08, 2022
#603 Remaking the face
Jun 07, 2022
#602 Working while Marginalized
May 23, 2022
#601 This is not about dinosaurs
Apr 25, 2022
#600 The one about vaginas
Apr 11, 2022
#599 Losing Our Minds
Mar 29, 2022
#598 Train, boat, truck, it's the supply chain
Mar 14, 2022
#597 The Trouble With Passion
Feb 18, 2022
#596 Tailoring your brain with science
Jan 31, 2022
#595 Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning Through Making
Jan 17, 2022
#594 Science to look forward to in 2022
Jan 04, 2022
#593 Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonising Academia
Dec 23, 2021
#592 The One About Nerdy Gifts, 2021 Edition
Dec 06, 2021
#591 The One About Science Books, 2021 Edition
Nov 28, 2021
#590 Furry felons and mammalian misdemeanors
Oct 28, 2021
#589 Damsels and Dragons
Oct 20, 2021
#588 What's Wild About Wilderness
Sep 30, 2021
#587 Dripping with Sweat
Aug 03, 2021
#586 Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern
Jun 27, 2021
#585 Lightning Flowers
May 17, 2021
#584 Time for the Gory Details
Apr 16, 2021
#583 The Unavoidable Complexities of Food
Mar 30, 2021
#582 Cities Lost and Found
Mar 01, 2021
#581 The Art and Science of Play
Feb 02, 2021
#580 So Long 2020, We Won't Miss You
Jan 07, 2021
#579 It's a Pandemic, Why Are We So Bored?!
Dec 21, 2020
#578 Science Books for Science Nerds
Dec 08, 2020
#577 Vaccine Moonshot
Nov 09, 2020
#ANN1 Programming Announcement: Slowing Down for a Bit
Nov 02, 2020
#576 Science Communication in Creative Places
Oct 19, 2020
#575 Tasting Qualities
Oct 05, 2020
#574 State of the Heart
Sep 20, 2020
#573 Penis. That's It. That's the title.
Sep 13, 2020
#572 The Alchemy of Us
Sep 07, 2020
#571 The Address Book
Aug 24, 2020
#570 Sea Ice
Aug 16, 2020
#569 Facing Fear
Aug 10, 2020
#568 Poker Face Psychology
Jul 27, 2020
#567 Because Internet
Jul 20, 2020
#566 Is Your Gut Leaking?
Jul 12, 2020
#565 The Great Wide Indoors
Jun 28, 2020
#564 Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies
Jun 21, 2020
#563 Dissecting Bumble Bee Health
Jun 14, 2020
#BLM Black Lives Matter
Jun 07, 2020
#562 Superbug to Bedside
May 24, 2020
#561 The Race to Identify All Living Things
May 17, 2020
#560 That's the Yeast of your Worries
May 10, 2020
#559 Notes From a Transplant Surgeon
Apr 26, 2020
#558 Good Drugs, Bad Companies
Apr 19, 2020
#557 Homeschool STEM Resource Extravaganza
Apr 12, 2020
#556 The Power of Friendship
Mar 29, 2020
#555 Coronavirus
Mar 22, 2020
#554 Coders
Mar 15, 2020
#553 Scan All Fishes
Mar 08, 2020
#552 The First Cell
Feb 23, 2020
#551 Translating Science, Part 2
Feb 16, 2020
#550 Translating Science, Part 1
Feb 09, 2020
#549 Let's Get Slimy
Feb 02, 2020
#548 Land and Ocean Conservation 101
Jan 19, 2020
#547 The D Factor: The Dark Side of Your Personality
Jan 12, 2020
#546 2019, But Make It Science
Jan 04, 2020
#545 Where Have All the Antibiotics Gone?
Dec 21, 2019
#544 Prosperity Without Growth
Dec 14, 2019
#543 Give a Nerd a Gift
Dec 07, 2019
#542 Climate Doomsday
Nov 30, 2019
#541 Wayfinding
Nov 16, 2019
#540 Specialize? Or Generalize?
Nov 09, 2019
#539 A Bit of Bird Behaviour
Oct 26, 2019
#538 Nobels and Astrophysics
Oct 19, 2019
#537 Science Journalism, Hold the Hype
Oct 11, 2019
#536 Let Them Eat Dirt
Sep 27, 2019
#535 Superior
Sep 20, 2019
#534 Bacteria are Coming for Your OJ
Sep 13, 2019
#533 Breaking the Rodent Glass Ceiling
Aug 31, 2019
#532 A Class Conversation
Aug 23, 2019
#SB2 2019 Science Birthday Minisode: Mary Golda Ross
Aug 09, 2019
#531 Induced Seismicity
Aug 02, 2019
#530 Why Aren't We Dead Yet?
Jul 19, 2019
#529 Do You Really Want to Find Out Who's Your Daddy?
Jul 05, 2019
#528 A Shock Machine and The Lost Boys
Jun 28, 2019
#527 Honey I CRISPR'd the Kids
Jun 14, 2019
#526 Let Me See You Sweat
Jun 07, 2019
#525 Chernobyl
May 31, 2019
#524 The Human Network
May 17, 2019
#523 Happy As A Clam (Garden)
May 10, 2019
#522 Home Alone?
May 03, 2019
#521 The Curious Life of Krill
Apr 19, 2019
#520 A Closer Look at Objectivism
Apr 12, 2019
#519 Animal Architects
Apr 05, 2019
#518 With Genetic Knowledge Comes the Need for Counselling
Mar 22, 2019
#517 Life in Plastic, Not Fantastic
Mar 15, 2019
#516 The Keys to Skeletons Lost
Mar 08, 2019
#515 Humanimal
Mar 01, 2019
#514 Arctic Energy (Rebroadcast)
Feb 22, 2019
#513 Dinosaur Tails
Feb 15, 2019
#512 All Over The Map
Feb 08, 2019
#511 Ok you worked out, now what?
Feb 01, 2019
#510 Gene Drives (Rebroadcast)
Jan 25, 2019
#509 Anisogamy: The Beginning of Male and Female
Jan 18, 2019
#508 Freedom's Laboratory
Jan 11, 2019
#507 Poaching, and We Don't Mean Eggs
Jan 04, 2019
#506 Everybody Poops (Rebroadcast)
Dec 28, 2018
#505 Top Science Stories of 2018
Dec 21, 2018
#504 The Art of Logic
Dec 14, 2018
#503 Postpartum Blues (Rebroadcast)
Dec 07, 2018
#502 Nerd Gift Extravaganza
Nov 30, 2018
#501 Hidden Technology
Nov 23, 2018
#500 500th Episode
Nov 16, 2018
#499 Technology, Work and The Future (Rebroadcast)
Nov 09, 2018
#498 The Poison Squad
Nov 02, 2018
#497 Built
Oct 26, 2018
#496 Anti-Intellectualism: Down With the Scientist!
Oct 19, 2018
#495 Earth Science in Space
Oct 12, 2018
#494 The Tangled Taxonomic Tree
Oct 05, 2018
#493 Trowel Blazing (Rebroadcast)
Sep 28, 2018
#492 Flint Water Crisis
Sep 21, 2018
#491 Frankenstein LIVES
Sep 14, 2018
#490 Breaking Down Chemical Weapons
Sep 07, 2018
#489 Sand
Aug 31, 2018
#488 Big Chicken (Rebroadcast)
Aug 24, 2018
#487 Knitting in PEARL
Aug 17, 2018
#486 Volcanoes
Aug 10, 2018
#485 Fine Times with Wine
Aug 03, 2018
#484 Animal Weapons (Rebroadcast)
Jul 27, 2018
#483 Wild Moms
Jul 20, 2018
#482 Body Builders
Jul 13, 2018
#481 23 and You
Jul 06, 2018
#480 Cursing and Conversation
Jun 29, 2018
#479 Garden of Marvels (Rebroadcast)
Jun 22, 2018
#478 She Has Her Mother's Laugh
Jun 15, 2018
#477 Cure for Catastrophe
Jun 08, 2018
#476 Science in Fiction
Jun 01, 2018
#SB1 2018 Science Birthday Bonus Short Minisode: Lloyd Quarterman
May 31, 2018
#475 Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You (Rebroadcast)
May 25, 2018
#474 Appearance Matters
May 18, 2018
#473 Colour Me... Structurally?
May 11, 2018
#472 A Good Bout of Plague
May 04, 2018
#471 Pigs and Fish: Personality in Animals
Apr 27, 2018
#470 Information Spookyhighway
Apr 20, 2018
#469 The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Apr 13, 2018
#468 Slicing into Surgery
Apr 06, 2018
#467 Pests in the City (Rebroadcast)
Mar 30, 2018
#466 Wildfire
Mar 23, 2018
#465 How The Nose Knows
Mar 16, 2018
#464 How We Endure
Mar 09, 2018
#463 Trench to Bedside (Rebroadcast)
Mar 02, 2018
#462 The Future of Energy
Feb 23, 2018
#461 Adhesives
Feb 16, 2018
#460 Brake For Menopause
Feb 09, 2018
#459 Postpartum Blues
Feb 02, 2018
#458 Circumcision (Rebroadcast)
Jan 26, 2018
#457 Trowel Blazing
Jan 19, 2018
#456 Inside a Conservation NGO
Jan 12, 2018
#455 New Year's Resolutions
Jan 05, 2018
#454 Sports Science (Rebroadcast)
Dec 29, 2017
#453 The Biggest Science Stories of 2017
Dec 22, 2017
#452 Face Recognition and Identity
Dec 15, 2017
#451 Merry Science Giftmas
Dec 08, 2017
#450 Sing a Little Song
Dec 01, 2017
#449 Arctic Energy
Nov 24, 2017
#448 Pavlov (Rebroadcast)
Nov 17, 2017
#447 Stormy Weather
Nov 10, 2017
#446 Frogs From the Skin In
Nov 03, 2017
#445 AI: Ant Intelligence
Oct 27, 2017
#444 The V-Word (Rebroadcast)
Oct 20, 2017
#443 Batteries
Oct 13, 2017
#442 From Nobel to Ig Nobel
Oct 06, 2017
#441 Superhuman
Sep 29, 2017
#440 Weapons of Math Destruction (Rebroadcast)
Sep 22, 2017
#439 Flooded
Sep 15, 2017
#438 Big Chicken
Sep 08, 2017
#437 Tiny Bubbles, Big Impact
Sep 01, 2017
#436 Beauty is A Beast (Rebroadcast)
Aug 25, 2017
#435 Total Eclipse of the Sun
Aug 18, 2017
#434 The Dictionary
Aug 11, 2017
#433 The State of Science Journalism
Aug 04, 2017
#432 A Sting In The Tail (Rebroadcast)
Jul 28, 2017
#431 Memory and Emotion
Jul 21, 2017
#430 Bacteria in Bodies and On The Farm
Jul 14, 2017
#429 Gene Drives
Jul 07, 2017
#428 Cities of the Future (Rebroadcast)
Jun 30, 2017
#427 The Life Project
Jun 23, 2017
#426 Everybody Poops
Jun 16, 2017
#425 Cooperative Microbes
Jun 09, 2017
#424 Biohacking (Rebroadcast)
Jun 02, 2017
#423 Built On Bones
May 26, 2017
#422 Is Our Children Learning
May 19, 2017
#421 Hopeful Monsters
May 12, 2017
#420 Medical Marijuana (Rebroadcast)
May 05, 2017
#419 The Death and Life of the Single-Family House
Apr 28, 2017
#418 Animal Research Revisited
Apr 21, 2017
#417 Lab-Cultured Beef
Apr 14, 2017
#416 Bodies Everywhere (Rebroadcast)
Apr 07, 2017
#415 Weapons of Math Destruction
Mar 31, 2017
#414 Perpetual Now
Mar 24, 2017
#413 Concrete
Mar 17, 2017
#412 PTSD
Mar 10, 2017
#411 Coal Wars (Rebroadcast)
Mar 03, 2017
#410 The Big Sleep
Feb 24, 2017
#409 Trump War On Science
Feb 17, 2017
#408 The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar
Feb 10, 2017
#407 Voices Within
Feb 03, 2017
#406 Running Low (Rebroadcast)
Jan 27, 2017
#405 STEM Pipeline
Jan 20, 2017
#404 Sex In The Sea
Jan 13, 2017
#403 Indigenous DNA
Jan 06, 2017
#402 Boozy Science (Rebroadcast)
Dec 30, 2016
#401 The Serengeti Rules
Dec 23, 2016
#400 What Doesn't Kill You...
Dec 16, 2016
#399 The Sugar Pill
Dec 09, 2016
#398 Gifts For Nerds
Dec 02, 2016
#397 Risk Management
Nov 25, 2016
#396 Trench to Bedside
Nov 18, 2016
#395 Happy People (Rebroadcast)
Nov 11, 2016
#394 On the Origin of Bad Science
Nov 04, 2016
#393 Check Your Facts
Oct 28, 2016
#392 Venomous
Oct 21, 2016
#391 Effective Altruism (Rebroadcast)
Oct 14, 2016
#390 Decolonizing Colonization
Oct 07, 2016
#389 The Jazz of Physics
Sep 30, 2016
#388 Fish
Sep 23, 2016
#387 The Melting World (Rebroadcast)
Sep 16, 2016
#386 Humans Vs Robots
Sep 09, 2016
#385 Sociolinguistics
Sep 02, 2016
#384 Grunt
Aug 26, 2016
#383 The Atomic Era (Rebroadcast)
Aug 19, 2016
#382 Risk of Going Nowhere
Aug 12, 2016
#381 The Triumph of Seeds
Aug 05, 2016
#380 Yer A Wizard Harry
Jul 29, 2016
#379 A Special Hell (Rebroadcast)
Jul 22, 2016
#378 Paris Climate Agreement
Jul 15, 2016
#377 Hearing From The Humanities
Jul 08, 2016
#376 Technology, Work and The Future
Jul 01, 2016
#375 Severed (Rebroadcast)
Jun 24, 2016
#374 The Ninth Planet
Jun 17, 2016
#373 The Confidence Game
Jun 10, 2016
#372 The Planet Remade
Jun 03, 2016
#371 Meningitis
May 27, 2016
#370 Me, Myself, and Why (Rebroadcast)
May 20, 2016
#369 Fraud and Forgery
May 13, 2016
#368 Beyond the Galaxy
May 06, 2016
#367 Neurodiversity
Apr 29, 2016
#366 Self-Driving Cars
Apr 22, 2016
#365 Evolutionary Psychology
Apr 15, 2016
#364 Combat-Ready Kitchen
Apr 08, 2016
#363 Falling Into The Fire (Rebroadcast)
Apr 01, 2016
#362 Roadkill
Mar 25, 2016
#361 Too Hot To Handle
Mar 18, 2016
#360 Medical Marijuana
Mar 11, 2016
#359 In The Courtroom
Mar 04, 2016
#358 Zika
Feb 26, 2016
#357 The Brain Electric
Feb 19, 2016
#356 Insects En Masse
Feb 12, 2016
#355 Superstorm (Rebroadcast)
Feb 05, 2016
#354 HIV and AIDS: Updated and Revisited
Jan 29, 2016
#353 Scream
Jan 22, 2016
#352 Good Thinking
Jan 15, 2016
#351 Contraception
Jan 08, 2016
#350 Science In Wonderland
Jan 01, 2016
#349 Getting Away With Murder (REBROADCAST)
Dec 25, 2015
#348 Artificial Intelligence
Dec 18, 2015
#347 Where Do Camels Belong?
Dec 11, 2015