Science(ish)

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Flâneur and irrepressible commentator, Rick Edwards, and "Indiana Jones in a lab coat" Dr. Michael Brooks, delve into the science behind popular culture.

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102 episodes
Updated Mar 6, 2020

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Apr 21, 2017 · 7 min
Special(ish) 023 – Big Data Brother
Co-founder of The Open Data Institute, Sir Nigel Shadbolt, elaborates on the themes explored in the latest Scienceish,1984: How easy has surveillance become in an age of Big Data and – counter intuitive as it may seem - is making our data public th...
Mar 17, 2017 · 59 min
1984, Series 2 Episode 2
Rick and Michael delve into the 1949 classic in search of answers. Are humans fatally vulnerable to authority? Does our behaviour change when we think we’re being watched? And are we currently living in 1984? Uplifting stuff.https://radiowolfgang.com...
Feb 14, 2017 · 1 hr 7 min
The Matrix, Series 2 Episode 1
Taking a trip down a Matrix-inspired rabbit hole, the boys ponder the potential for ‘bullet time’, the science behind becoming an instant Kung Fu expert, and whether our universe is, in fact, a computer simulation. Standard. https://radiowolfgang.com...
Feb 7, 2017 · 5 min
Scienceish Season Two Trailer
Scienceish is BACK! On VALENTINE'S DAY! With that classic love story...THE MATRIX. Listen to the trailer now.https://radiowolfgang.com/s/scienceish
Nov 30, 2016 · 19 min
Special(ish) 022 – The Red Planet
Dr Joe Michalski talks us through the terrain of Mars. Michalski specialises in the mineralogical and geomorphic studies of the Red Planet. Turns out we've got more in common with the martians than we thought.
Nov 22, 2016 · 17 min
Special(ish) 021 – Mauna Loa
Dr Sheyna Gifford has just emerged from Earth's longest NASA-sponsored simulated Mars mission. As chief medic for MARS 500, she lived for a year in a dome on Hawaiian mountain Mauna Loa. Here Gifford muses over the mission.
Nov 15, 2016 · 1 hr 1 min
017 – The Martian
The boys are back in the studio to tackle Ridley Scott’s blockbuster ‘The Martian’. With a manned mission to Mars on the cards, some of the big cosmic questions need answering: How are we going to get there? Will we survive?https://radiowolfgang.com/...
Oct 25, 2016 · 1 hr 15 min
016 – Her
Live from the British Science Festival, Rick and Michael unpack Spike Jonze’s computer love story “Her”. Featuring the disembodied voices of author and psychotherapist Dr Aaron Balick and web psychologist Nathalie Nahai.https://radiowolfgang.com/s/sc...
Oct 18, 2016 · 14 min
Special(ish) 019 – Flight to Mars
In anticipation of our forthcoming Science(ish) episode, we sonically explore one man’s survival on the red planet in this musical edition of Special(ish).
Oct 5, 2016 · 10 min
Special(ish) 018 – Harmon-E
In this episode, eHarmony’s data scientist Jon Morra discusses the ways in which machine learning and data science are applied to help connect people for successful long term relationships.
Sep 21, 2016 · 8 min
Special(ish) 017 – The Uncanny
Is flesh and blood still necessary to be considered alive? Writer and psychotherapist Dr Aaron Balick and web psychologist Nathalie Nahai draw on Freud’s definition of 'The Uncanny’ to ponder the future of human level AI.
Sep 13, 2016 · 49 min
015 – Big Data
Science(ish) goes live as part of Science Museum Lates. In this special podcast recording, Rick and Michael delve into the blockbuster data movies Her, Ex Machina and Enemy of the State live on stage with some special guests.https://radiowolfgang.com...
Sep 8, 2016 · 7 min
Special(ish) 016 – Finding Your Voice
In advance of our next Science(ish) on ‘Her’, a film starring Scarlett Johansson’s disembodied voice, we speak to leading speech therapist Christella Antoni. Here Antoni explains the process of male-to-female voice modification.
Aug 31, 2016 · 8 min
Special(ish) 015 – Back to Reality
How realistic is the classroom staple Lord of the Flies? Would children really devolve from civilised schoolboys to murderous prepubescents in a matter of days? We talk to teachers and students past and present for their views.
Aug 24, 2016 · 46 min
014 – Lord Of The Flies
In this episode Rick and Michael dissect the 1954 novel Lord of the Flies by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding.https://radiowolfgang.com/s/scienceish
Aug 21, 2016 · 10 min
Special(ish) 014 – Piggy in the Middle
From test tube babies on Bear Grylls' 'The Island' to a violent end for poor little piggy, Rick and Michael offer an especially scientific (and potentially unethical) preview of our next Science(ish) episode, Lord of the Flies.
Aug 3, 2016 · 8 min
Special(ish) 013 – King of the Swingers
If you thought we were the only species capable of infidelity, think again. In this episode of Special(ish), Rick and Michael explore the cunning world of animal deception with help from primatologist, Dr. Kit Opie.
Jul 27, 2016 · 45 min
013 – The Abyss
Rick & Michael delve into the underwater world of James Cameron’s 'The Abyss'. Ignoring, as Michael puts it “those silly wet aliens” this episode explores the limits of the human body, liquid breathing & what lurks in the deep.https...
Jul 20, 2016 · 6 min
Special(ish) 012 – Stuck in the Mud
In 1990 Professor Cindy Lee Van Dover became the first woman to pilot deep-ocean submersible Alvin. In anticipation of Science(ish) episode 'The Abyss’, Cindy recalls a particularly sticky dive involving Alvin and the seabed.
Jul 13, 2016 · 12 min
Special(ish) 011 – The Deep
In this Specialish, world scuba diving record holder Verna Du Preez describes her experiences of the deep and talks about just how difficult it is to ascend. Dr Oliver Firth offers insight into the extreme physiology of diving.