Best Extra Crispy Podcasts (2025)

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Naomi Oreskes The Big Myth and a new theory for the origin of black holes 54:05

2d ago54:05

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Naomi Oreskes talks about Donald Trump and her latest book The Big Myth ahead of her visit to Australia in early March.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: Are we on the brink of another pandemic? 13:24

12m ago13:24

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The H5N1 strain of avian influenza is currently ripping through the US, infecting wild animals, livestock and people. One person has died, and around 70 more infections have been confirmed. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has made massive cuts to the nation's leading science and health agencies, and announced plans to withdraw from the World He…

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Scope for all as some cities leap ahead with green initiatives 53:03

4d ago53:03

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San Antonio Texas has restored the San Antonio River encouraging plants and animals back to the city.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: What history can teach us about ‘city-killer’ asteroids 13:11

3d ago13:11

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An asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 is causing a stir among the space community and a frenzy in the media. It currently has a 2.3 per cent chance of crashing into Earth three days before Christmas in 2032. But this is not our first asteroid rodeo. Get in touch with us: [email protected] Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Vale Felicia Huppert 54:05

6d ago54:05

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Vale the Professor of Happiness Felicia HuppertBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: Varroa is here but honey bees strike back 13:30

10d ago13:30

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Varroa is the parasite responsible for destroying bee colonies all around the world and is regarded as "the greatest biological threat to Australia's honey bee population." The good news is that some honey bees can fight back. And they're being helped by breeders, scientists and artificial insemination on the tiniest scale. Learn more on Lab Notes,…

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The wonder of Australia’s deserts 54:04

13d ago54:04

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Unlike other deserts, Australian deserts experience occasional high rainfall. It supports a unique ecology.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: Why the Australian sun has a real sting to it 13:33

17d ago13:33

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Australia's summer UV levels are high enough to cause sunburn in as little as 11 minutes. Yet the summer sun in the Northern Hemisphere rarely feels that full on. So why does our sunlight have that extra "bite"? Spoiler: it's not the hole in the ozone layer. Learn more on Lab Notes, the show that brings you the science of new discoveries and curren…

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Old rocks, old humans, old sharks, and links to today 54:04

23d ago54:04

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Opals, ancient humans and sharks dating back 465 million years. This week we see how today’s world has been shaped from the distant past.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: More than whale food — krill are climate heroes 13:19

24d ago13:19

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Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) do much more than fill whales' bellies. These tiny crustaceans also play a huge role in Earth's carbon cycle. They sequester around 40 million tonnes of carbon each year, mostly in their poo — that's the equivalent of taking 35 million cars off the road. Yet there's plenty we don't know about these thumb-sized cr…

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Science Show Summer - Australia’s “Indiana Jones” and the lost Age of Mammals 53:50

27d ago53:50

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Opalised fossils previously overlooked at the Australian Museum have overturned our understanding of the origin of mammals with the emergence of a whole new age of mammals: The Age of Monotremes.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Lab Notes: A debunked vaccine theory rears its ugly head — again 13:15

1M ago13:15

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Robert F Kennedy Jr is tipped to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services. Over the years, RFK Jr has repeatedly pushed the claim that childhood vaccines cause autism spectrum disorder — a theory that's been well and truly debunked. So where did this idea come from? What's bowel disease got to do with it? And what might the US expect wit…

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Micronesian community and scientists unite to protect remote Ulithi atoll 54:03

1M ago54:03

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A remote community in the western Pacific is working with scientists to battle the effects of invasive species, a leaking WW2 oil tanker and climate change.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Science Extra: Echoes of a tsunami 50:06

1M ago50:06

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Strewn throughout the sands of an island in the Great Barrier Reef, shards of pottery lay for thousands of years before an archaeologist quite literally stumbled across them 20 years ago. As more pieces were lifted from the sand, a question was also raised: Who shaped and fired these clay pots? We also get to the bottom of a strange phenomenon that…

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Science Show Summer - Hedy Lamarr - actress, inventor, and amateur engineer 54:08

1M ago54:08

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Hollywood promoted her as the most beautiful woman in the world. But Hedy Lamarr was more than good looks. She invented and patented a new form of communication which is used widely today and even allows mobile phones to work.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Science Extra: The anatomy of a scam 50:06

1M ago50:06

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Do you get texts telling you there’s an unclaimed parcel waiting for you at the post office? Turns out scammers can find out if we’re expecting something in the post and time a scam text to coincide with our online purchases -- and it could all be completely legal. And while 2024 saw advances in artificial intelligence, they didn’t seem to wow us l…

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Science Show Summer - Merlin meets Dr Crispy 52:42

2M ago52:42

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CRISPR is the most powerful means of gene editing ever developed. It led to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier being awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2020. Jennifer Doudna speaks with Merlin Crossley about CRISPR, its capability, and the ethical questions which arise.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Science Extra: March of the cane toads 50:06

2M ago50:06

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Up with the sparrows or hanging with the night owls: we humans like to put ourselves into one of two camps. But when it comes to native animals, this idea of either being awake during the day or at night just doesn’t hold up. And while cane toads have already traversed most of northern Australia, there is an ambitious project to stop the pests from…

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Science Show Summer - The Extremely Large Telescope 54:06

2M ago54:06

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It might be the largest telescope humans will ever build. Jonathan Webb visits the site in Chile’s high dry Atacama Desert.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Science Extra: Weight of the world 50:05

2M ago50:05

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Once considered a problem for high-income countries, being overweight is now on the rise in low- and middle-income parts of the world. At least 2.5 billion adults are now overweight or obese. What’s causing this collective weight gain? And if 2023 was the year of hype about weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, 2024 felt like the year of acceptance. We f…

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Science Show Summer - A wire around the world 53:39

2M ago53:39

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Paul Davies retraces one of the great engineering achievements of the 19th century – the construction of a telegraph wire from the UK to Australia.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Science Extra: More auroras in store? 50:05

2M ago50:05

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More than 30 years ago, astronomers came up with the bold idea to build the world’s biggest radio telescopes. One is now taking shape in the Western Australian outback, where scientists and engineers are installing more than 130,000 Christmas-tree-shaped antennas onto the red earth. And those stunning auroras over the past year? There’s a good chan…

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Science books for Christmas and a portrait of Matthew Bailes 51:51

2M ago51:51

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Bianca Nogrady traces the scientific journey of astronomer and Prime Minister’s Science Prize winner Matthew Bailes.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Mysterious signal and a mysterious place 53:23

3M ago53:23

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A signal that stumped seismologists for a year has finally been identified. And an author takes us to a distant location.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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PM’s Innovation Prize for childhood cancer drug 53:58

3M ago53:58

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Momelotinib, a drug to help treat myelofibrosis has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, a rare achievement for an all-Australian team.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Australia’s “Indiana Jones” and the lost Age of Mammals 54:04

3M ago54:04

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Opalised fossils previously overlooked at the Australian Museum have overturned our understanding of the origin of mammals with the emergence of a whole new age of mammals: The Age of Monotremes.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Prime Minister’s teaching prizes, platypuses with high PFAS and house bricks from sugar cane waste 54:06

3M ago54:06

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Platypuses in NSW are carrying PFAS chemicals many times over accepted levels indicate widespread contaminationBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Big astronomical flash imminent and gay behaviour across the animal world 52:20

3M ago52:20

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Gay behaviour has been observed amongst at least 1,500 animal species.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Cheaper hydrogen, marine invertebrates and European wasps threaten biodiversity 53:12

4M ago53:12

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Tianyi Ma at RMIT Melbourne has won the Prime Minister’s Physical Science Prize for his work producing cheaper hydrogen and using captured carbon dioxide for the green production of basic chemicals.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Stephen Hawking’s voice – and what he left behind! 53:50

4M ago53:50

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Tim Mendham tells us about Alfred Russel Wallace who worked with Darwin establishing theories of evolution and natural selection but who is barely known.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Bryde’s whales prolific in east coast Australian waters 53:33

4M ago53:33

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Bryde’s whale seen year-round in Australian east coast waters and reports from the British Science Festival.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Nobel Prizes, Prime Minister's Science Prizes, unis under pressure, and remembering Mawson 53:24

5M ago53:24

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The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Surprise Hon Doc for Rose, but why did we forget Louise? 54:06

5M ago54:06

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This week we look at some brilliant figures in science who after being allowed to fade from memory are now at last being recognised.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Dark energy – not necessarily constant 54:06

5M ago54:06

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After more than twenty years of observations, Tamara Davis has revealed that dark energy, the mysterious force driving the expansion of the universe may not be constant.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Extremely Large Telescope - under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert. 54:06

5M ago54:06

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It might be the largest telescope humans will ever build. We visit the site in Chile’s high dry Atacama Desert.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Huxleys – a scientific dynasty 54:05

6M ago54:05

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Richard Fidler speaks to author Alison Bashford who has written about a hundred years of modern science and culture, told through a one family history.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Seabirds have stomachs full of plastic 54:05

6M ago54:05

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Plastic is being eaten by seabirds. Some migratory birds can no longer fly. And micro amounts are entering the cells of other creatures. Including us.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Science Show celebrates 49 years 51:43

6M ago51:43

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The first Science Show was broadcast on 30th August 1975. This week’s program takes a suitably cosmic view of Australia, its origins and its future.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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New chemical reaction promises to slash price of some pharmaceuticals 53:28

6M ago53:28

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A new chemical reaction eliminates 6 steps in the manufacture of some drugs promising big savings of time and money.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Merlin meets Dr Crispy 54:06

7M ago54:06

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CRISPR is the most powerful means of gene editing ever developed. It led to Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier being awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2020. Jennifer Doudna speaks with Merlin Crossley about CRISPR, its capability, and the ethical questions which arise.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Fire destroying the Amazon, northern hemisphere forests and a tropical island suffers drought. 54:05

7M ago54:05

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Drought in the Amazon has left the forest tinder dry and now burning out of control. Wilderness areas and national parks across north America are on fire. The effects of climate change are hitting hard with threats of major shifts to world weather patterns as shown by the tropical island of Yap in the western Pacific coming perilously close to runn…

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Vanity to Discrimination 28:46

7M ago28:46

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In this episode of Shadow Work Library, Jessica Depatie explores the individual and collective shadow of vanity and its transformation into the gift of discrimination through the lens of the 12th Gene Key. Topics Discussed:- Introduction to the Gene Keys and their relevance to personal and spiritual development.- The multifaceted nature of vanity a…

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Biodiversity crucial on land, in rivers and in our guts 54:02

7M ago54:02

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We go to the Scottish Highlands where biodiversity is being reintroduced to cleared fields, and a comic book explores biodiversity in our guts where bacteria perform essential services.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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One billion people at risk as temperatures rise, sex genes, Shackleton VR and tennis 54:13

7M ago54:13

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As temperatures rise, it is estimated one billion people will be displaced from their land.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Stanford University: the great university with a dark side 54:02

8M ago54:02

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The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are to be combined as one in 2026. So how do you start a new university? You could look at the most successful universities and see what makes them great. Stanford University, just south of San Francisco amid Silicon Valley in one of the great universities. Its graduates have created …

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The deep dark ocean – Exploring the abyss 54:02

8M ago54:02

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The ocean depths may be out of sight, but they play an important role in climate and the cycling of nutrients.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The world's largest underground lab and the hunt for dark matter 55:16

8M ago55:16

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From deep within a mountain in Italy, scientists hope increasingly sophisticated experiments are closing in on the hidden matter of the universe.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The hunt for a crucial update to Einstein's revolutionary theories 54:19

8M ago54:19

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For the next big steps in physics many believe it's time for a shake-up of the field's core theories - including those proposed by Einstein himself.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The lab listening to Earth's mysterious seismic rumbles 54:07

8M ago54:07

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Deep in an abandoned silver mine in Germany, seismometres monitor the song of the Earth - including its most mysterious rumbles.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation