Geek Chic's Weird Science
By Lliana Bird, Dr Jack Lewis And Richard Boffin
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Episodes: 102
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Your weekly dose of weird science.
Join neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis and science enthusiast Lliana Bird as they take an irreverent look at the latest news from the weird and wonderful world of science. Science never sounded so good!
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THE COVID-19 VACCINATION SPECIAL PART 2
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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THE COVID-19 VACCINATION SPECIAL PART 1
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May 24, 2021 |
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#100 - Highlights from 100 Episodes!
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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#99 - The Science of Sin
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Dec 25, 2018 |
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#98 - Milky Spiders, Design-A-Life & Brand New Animals!
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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#97 - Fish Fingers, Clever Crows & Marijuana Memories
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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#96 - Da Vinci's eye, bathe away your depression, and gay mice parents
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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#95 - The Octopus on X, Goblins in Space and the location of free will
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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#94 - The truth about mobile phones and cancer, the purpose of dreams and whether right or left wingers are more likely to cheat
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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#93 - The wrong side of the bed
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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#92 - We're Back!!!!
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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#91 - Platypus milk, Titan’s crystals, how to relive your dreams and RIP Stephen Hawking
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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#90 - Booze Or Weed? which is worse for the brain? Black Mirror, We're the Monkees
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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#89 - Cheddar Man, Transgender Breastfeed And Ants tending to the wounded
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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#88 - Talking killer whales, reef disease, monkey clone and are friends on the same wave length?
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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#87 - 2017 A Year In Review
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Dec 26, 2017 |
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#86 - Pepsi Lobsters, Bonafide Man-Flu and Injecting Instructions into brains
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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#85 - Costa Rica's renewable energy, can virtual reality help schizophrenia?, how different booze affect our emotions and the joys of coffee!
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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#84 - The brand new orangutan, asteroids curing cancer and how your brain changes in space
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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#83 Halloween Special: The Science Of Vampires
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Oct 29, 2017 |
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#82 - Growing drugs in chicken eggs, policing pollution from the skies, and why you're less likely to die if your surgeon is female.
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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#81 - Music for psychopaths, Moon living, two-faced cats and continents under the sea
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Oct 02, 2017 |
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Episode 80: How Social Media Might Be Changing Our Brains Part 2
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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Episode 79: How Social Media Might Be Changing Our Brains Part 1
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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Episode 78: The Science Of Game Of Thrones
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Aug 21, 2017 |
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Episode 77: Live from WOMAD
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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Episode 76: Ravens making future plans, why neurotic people may live longer, can baby poop tell you how smart your baby is, and falling sperm counts
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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Episode 75: Live At Latitude Festival 2017
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Jul 24, 2017 |
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Episode 74: Reverse Zombies, Birds Waging Chemical Warfare On Insects & The Return Of Boaty McBoatface
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Jul 03, 2017 |
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Episode 73: LIVE at the Cheltenham Science Festival
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Jun 19, 2017 |
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Episode 72: Voles in love, brains eating themselves and gay vultures
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Jun 09, 2017 |
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Episode 71: Plastic Munching Caterpillars, Ancient Comets, Saturn's Moon and Were Hobbits Real?
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May 15, 2017 |
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Episode 70: Flying Cars, Drunken Crayfish, Diet Coke and are Vampires right about blood?
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Apr 29, 2017 |
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Episode 69: Skyscrapers hanging from asteroids, mind controlled turtles, marmite brain, seawater to drinking water and should your boss let you have a nap at work?
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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Episode 68: Are older people as good at judging music as the young? Can A.I. beat the poker pros? How much pee is in our swimming pools and How the Wooly Mammoth became extinct .
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Mar 13, 2017 |
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Episode 67: Bees playing football, can Facebook save your life? and is NASA a step closing to finding life on other planets
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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Episode 66: Curing cancer with Salmonella, Whooping Bees and the return of the wooly mammoth
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Feb 25, 2017 |
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Episode 65: Do kids prefer pets to their siblings?, Why do we sleep?, How to turn Hydrogen into metal and can Porn Sites teach sex ed?
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Feb 10, 2017 |
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Episode 64: Teenage worms, killer mice, no more fillings and does Nutella really cause cancer
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Jan 16, 2017 |
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Episode 63: 2016 a year in review
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Dec 31, 2016 |
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Episode 62: A tribute to John Glenn, Preserved Dino-Tail, Pubic Hair grooming and STD's and finally Magic Mushrooms helping Anxiety
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Dec 14, 2016 |
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Episode 61: The Supermoon Special
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Nov 15, 2016 |
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Episode 60: Carbon Dioxide turned into Alcohol, Worm Meat and Monkey's making tools
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Nov 07, 2016 |
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Episode 59: Cod Accents, The Mars Race, Ape's Understanding that somethings are all in your head and Debunked no sex before football?
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Oct 16, 2016 |
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Episode 58: Horse Communication, Singing Fish, A.I. Pop Songs and The End of Rosetta
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Oct 02, 2016 |
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Episode 57: Cuttlefish, Dolphin Talk, Nano Fish and Grow you own Sperm
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Sep 18, 2016 |
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Episode 56: Green Slime with sight, Paracetamol lies and Pigtails
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Aug 31, 2016 |
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Episode 55: Goats, Sea Otters saving the world and Crops on Mars
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Jul 19, 2016 |
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Episode 54: Singing Gorillas, Maths Spy and The Pill For The Male
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Mar 22, 2016 |
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Episode 53: Lack Of Sleep Munchies, Solar Power Clothes and Flying planes without training
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Mar 08, 2016 |
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Episode 52: Miracle Cure, Horses and Gravity Waves
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Feb 19, 2016 |
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Episode 51: The power of bee sperm, Pluto's planetary replacement and Macabre Head-Transplants
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Jan 29, 2016 |
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Episode 50: Musical Marmosets, Talking Yoga Pants, Self-Watering Plant Pots and Steven Pinker’s illuminating response to the 2016 Edge question
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Jan 20, 2016 |
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Episode 49: 2015 - A Year In Retrospective
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Dec 24, 2015 |
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Episode 48: Grow your own Vocal Chords, The Perfect Diet and Pigeon Pathologists
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Nov 21, 2015 |
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Episode 47: Moon stretch marks, Another Universe? and Miracle Eye Drops
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Nov 13, 2015 |
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Episode 46: The Apocalypse Special
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Nov 01, 2015 |
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Episode 45: Swimsuits That Clean The Sea, Travelling and A New Mass Extinction
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Oct 27, 2015 |
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Episode 44: Psychopaths, Hallucinations and Kittens
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Oct 16, 2015 |
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Episode 43: The Physics Girl
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Oct 02, 2015 |
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Episode 42: Johnny Mnemonic Brain Chips, Batband Headphones and Warbling Mice.
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Sep 19, 2015 |
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Episode 41: Marine Special - The Jellyfish Apocalypse (and other weird tales from the sea)
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Aug 10, 2015 |
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Episode 40: Killer robots, magic mirrors, lego roads and Pluto's tail
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Jul 31, 2015 |
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Episode 39: The Hunt For E.T., Happy Moon-iversary, Pimp My Horn and the Oldest Sperm In The World
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Jul 24, 2015 |
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Episode 38: Pluto, A new Ice Age, Cocaine against a woman's brain and growing a mini heart
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Jul 20, 2015 |
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Episode 37: Heavy metal makes you happy, reversing memory loss, underwater strawberry farming and Pluto revealed
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Jul 11, 2015 |
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Episode 36: Seeing in tongues, vitamin acne bombs & the ever-present threat posed by skinny jeans
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Jul 06, 2015 |
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Episode 35: dogs holding grudges, Wild chimps brewing wine, kittens making us happy, the horror of internet rationing and...the return of Philae!
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Jun 19, 2015 |
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Episode 34: Chimp chefs, starlight-propelled spacecraft and grow-your-own drugs
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Jun 12, 2015 |
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Episode 33: The Science Of Rock And Roll
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Jun 05, 2015 |
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Episode 32: The Science Of Drugs
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May 22, 2015 |
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Episode 31: The Science Of Sex
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May 15, 2015 |
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Episode 30: Late Night Snacking, Ear Worms And Insomnia
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May 08, 2015 |
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Episode 29: A Dolphin And Whale Special
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Apr 26, 2015 |
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Episode 28: Brontosaurus, Aliens and Fast Food
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Apr 10, 2015 |
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Episode 27: Classical Cats, Healthier and Tastier Chocolate and Robot Birds
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Apr 03, 2015 |
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Episode 26: Rainbow Gravity, Antibiotic Mayhem and precious metal poo panning
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Mar 27, 2015 |
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Episode 25: Flying Cars, Powdered Alcohol and Happy Accidents
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Mar 20, 2015 |
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Episode 24: Cyborg Cockroaches, Human Urine as renewable energy and flying a plane with your mind.
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Mar 13, 2015 |
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Episode 23: Biomusic Special
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Feb 27, 2015 |
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Episode 22: Language looking on the bright side of life, The Core and Robot Carers
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Feb 20, 2015 |
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Episode 21: Valentines Day Special
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Feb 13, 2015 |
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Episode 20: Booze Special
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Feb 06, 2015 |
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Episode 19: The Science Of Rapping
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Jan 30, 2015 |
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Episode 18: Superhuman Special
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Jan 24, 2015 |
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Episode 17: 2014 A Year In Review
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Dec 16, 2014 |
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Episode 16: Paranormal Special - Where Science And Magic Meet
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Dec 05, 2014 |
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Episode 15: Digital Animals, Atlantis and Slow Motion Dreams
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Nov 28, 2014 |
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Episode 14: Woolly Mammoths, Smoking Solutions, Coffee Jolts and Water From Thin Air
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Nov 21, 2014 |
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Episode 13: Peanut Butter diamonds, Bats, Video Games and Cyborgs
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Nov 14, 2014 |
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Episode 12: Underwater breathing, Magic Mushrooms and The perfect murder
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Nov 07, 2014 |
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Episode 11: Halloween special: An interview with a real witch, a zombie expert, & can you really die of fright?
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Oct 31, 2014 |
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Episode 10: A cure for paralysis? Tractor beams, Hover boards and a pasta parable
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Oct 24, 2014 |
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Episode 9: Nobel Prize Special
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Oct 17, 2014 |
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Episode 8: Free Willy talks to Flipper, growing a penis and life after death
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Oct 10, 2014 |
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Episode 7: Teleportation Special
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Oct 06, 2014 |
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Episode 6: The 3 C's - Coffee, Chimps & Comets
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Oct 03, 2014 |
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Episode 5: Invisibility Cloaks, Teleportation Conundrum & Banana Peels
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Sep 26, 2014 |
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Episode 4: Crisp packets saving lives, social media brain reshaping, memory wiping
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Sep 23, 2014 |
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Episode 3: Jack the ripper special
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Sep 23, 2014 |
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Episode 2: Healthy food addiction, Vulcan telepathy, King of the Dinosaurs
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Sep 23, 2014 |
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Episode 1: Pandas faking pregnancies, lesbian orgasms and dolphins who squeal
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Sep 22, 2014 |