Best Weirdstuff Podcasts (2024)

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THE COVID-19 VACCINATION SPECIAL PART 2 23:45

3+ y ago23:45

23:45

Part 2 of the 3 part special episode focused on the COVID-19 Vaccinations.

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THE COVID-19 VACCINATION SPECIAL PART 1 24:00

3+ y ago24:00

24:00

The team return for a COVID-19 Special 3 part episode looking into the COVID 19 Vaccines. We want to send our deepest sympathy to everyone around the world affected by the pandemic. Stay Safe.

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#100 - Highlights from 100 Episodes! 49:09

6y ago49:09

49:09

WE MADE IT! EPISODE 100! This is such a special episode, we're taking you back through the last 100 episodes as Birdy and Dr Jack tell us about their favourite moments and stories covered in the show over the last 4 years, you'll also get to hear them as we've dug into the archive especially! It's been incredible and there's some news on the future…

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#99 - The Science of Sin 43:47

6y ago43:47

43:47

Welcome to Episode 99 of Geek Chic's Weird Science! This week is a very special episode as Birdy and Dr Jack are looking at just one topic, SIN. This year Dr Jack released a book entitled 'The Science of Sin: Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn't' so they're looking at that and delving deep. You can buy the book here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/…

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#98 - Milky Spiders, Design-A-Life & Brand New Animals! 40:24

6y ago40:24

40:24

It's time for Geek Chic's Weird Science #98! Today, Birdy & Dr Jack get a bit deep and discuss the some potentially life changing gene news... yes Birdy does do a 'Jean' joke. Lots of new animals have been discovered, who's the favourite? PLUS could Dr Jack be the new Nostradamus?! We're getting closer and closer to episode 100 and we want to stay …

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#97 - Fish Fingers, Clever Crows & Marijuana Memories 36:26

6y ago36:26

36:26

Welcome to Geek Chic's Weird Science #97! On today's show, Birdy & Dr Jack discuss (amongst other things) the teatime treat that's surprisingly sustainable, just how smart our feathered friends are and how you can help your brain after a dabble with the ol' waccy baccy. We're getting closer and closer to episode 100 and we want to stay ad-free so i…

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#96 - Da Vinci's eye, bathe away your depression, and gay mice parents 37:13

6y ago37:13

37:13

This week the team look at Da Vinci's eye, bathe away your depression, and gay mice parents

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#95 - The Octopus on X, Goblins in Space and the location of free will 31:30

6y ago31:30

31:30

We're back! the final set of episodes has begun! this week the team look at Octopuses on X, Goblins in Space and the location of free will. Thank you all for all your continued support. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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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 39:11

6+ y ago39:11

39:11

This week the team look at The truth about mobile phones and cancer, the purpose of dreams and whether right or left wingers are more likely to cheat @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#93 - The wrong side of the bed 37:22

6+ y ago37:22

37:22

Another edition of the podcast that looks at the weird and wonderful stories in the world of science @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#92 - We're Back!!!! 32:31

6+ y ago32:31

32:31

We're back! after some time away on Maternity Leave, the team reunite to have a look at some of their favourite stories of the last few months while being away from the podcast! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#91 - Platypus milk, Titan’s crystals, how to relive your dreams and RIP Stephen Hawking 29:29

6+ y ago29:29

29:29

Geek Chic’s last episode before going on maternity leave explores the powers of platypus milk, discusses whether Titans crystal could spell alien life, reveals how to relive your dreams whilst awake and bids farewell to the legendary Professor Stephen Hawking. We’ll be back in around 6 weeks, in the meantime please do enjoy our archive of past epis…

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#90 - Booze Or Weed? which is worse for the brain? Black Mirror, We're the Monkees 31:26

6+ y ago31:26

31:26

Episode 90 - A special announcement from the team plus - Booze Or Weed? which is worse for the brain? Black Mirror, We're the Monkees @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#89 - Cheddar Man, Transgender Breastfeed And Ants tending to the wounded 35:28

6+ y ago35:28

35:28

This week the team look at Cheddar Man, Transgender Breastfeed And Ants tending to the wounded. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#88 - Talking killer whales, reef disease, monkey clone and are friends on the same wave length? 38:07

7y ago38:07

38:07

Happy belated new year!!! the first episode of 2018 looks at Talking killer whales, reef disease, monkey clone and are friends on the same wave length? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#87 - 2017 A Year In Review 45:46

7y ago45:46

45:46

The Geek Chic team take a look back at some of their favourite stories of 2017! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the Geek Chic team! Thank you for all your support. See You In 2018! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#86 - Pepsi Lobsters, Bonafide Man-Flu and Injecting Instructions into brains 28:34

7y ago28:34

28:34

This week the team look at Pepsi Lobsters, Bonafide Man-Flu and Injecting Instructions into brains @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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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! 37:55

7y ago37:55

37:55

The team look at the weird and wonderful news from the world of science. This week looks at Costa Rica's renewable energy, can virtual reality help schizophrenia?, how different booze affect our emotions and the joys of coffee! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#84 - The brand new orangutan, asteroids curing cancer and how your brain changes in space 35:49

7y ago35:49

35:49

This week the team look at The brand new orangutan, asteroids curing cancer and how your brain changes in space @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#83 Halloween Special: The Science Of Vampires 59:01

7y ago59:01

59:01

Noel Fielding, Carla Valentine & Prof Of Goth join us for a live Halloween Special: The Science Of Vampires @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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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. 40:37

7y ago40:37

40:37

this week the team discuss Growing drugs in chicken eggs, policing pollution from the skies, and why you're less likely to die if your surgeon is female. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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#81 - Music for psychopaths, Moon living, two-faced cats and continents under the sea 38:11

7y ago38:11

38:11

This week the team look at Music for psychopaths, Moon living, two-faced cats and continents under the sea. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 80: How Social Media Might Be Changing Our Brains Part 2 32:26

7y ago32:26

32:26

The concluding part of how social media might be changing our brains featuring Special Guest Ellen Helsper. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 79: How Social Media Might Be Changing Our Brains Part 1 27:08

7y ago27:08

27:08

In the first of a two part episode, the team are joined by Special Guest Ellen Helsper to look into how social media might be changing our brains. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 78: The Science Of Game Of Thrones 39:42

7y ago39:42

39:42

In this very special episode, the team are joined by Helen Keen as they look into the science of one of the biggest TV shows in the world, Game Of Thrones @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 77: Live from WOMAD 41:10

7+ y ago41:10

41:10

This special live episode is from WOMAD 2017, the team are joined by special guests and look into the stories of the latest breakthroughs on SETI's search for E.T., 20 million mosquitos released by Google, the Bermuda Triangle, and Tiny Swimming Robots! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience #GEEKCHICLIVE…

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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 34:39

7+ y ago34:39

34:39

Back into the studio for the team as they look at ravens making future plans, why neurotic people may live longer, can baby poop tell you how smart your baby is, and falling sperm counts @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 75: Live At Latitude Festival 2017 50:41

7+ y ago50:41

50:41

Robin Ince & Helen Keen join the team live at Latitude Festival to talk altruistic chimps, cannibalistic caterpillars and why chocolate is good for your brain. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience @GeekChicLIVE

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Episode 74: Reverse Zombies, Birds Waging Chemical Warfare On Insects & The Return Of Boaty McBoatface 38:22

7+ y ago38:22

38:22

This week the team are back to look at Reverse Zombies, Birds Waging Chemical Warfare On Insects & The Return Of Boaty McBoatface @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 73: LIVE at the Cheltenham Science Festival 1:02:50

7+ y ago1:02:50

1:02:50

Geek Chic LIVE at the Cheltenham Science Festival with special guests Greg Foot & Caspar Addyman joining Lliana Bird & Dr Jack to talk ravens holding grudges, A.I death clocks and the taste of water.... @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience #GeekChicLive

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Episode 72: Voles in love, brains eating themselves and gay vultures 35:16

7+ y ago35:16

35:16

This week the team look at Voles in love, brains eating themselves and gay vultures @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 71: Plastic Munching Caterpillars, Ancient Comets, Saturn's Moon and Were Hobbits Real? 25:34

7+ y ago25:34

25:34

In a jam packed episode the team look at Plastic Munching Caterpillars, Ancient Comets, Saturn's Moon and Were Hobbits Real? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 70: Flying Cars, Drunken Crayfish, Diet Coke and are Vampires right about blood? 31:15

7+ y ago31:15

31:15

This week the team look at Flying Cars, Drunken Crayfish, Diet Coke and are Vampires right about blood? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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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? 36:34

7+ y ago36:34

36:34

This week the team look at the latest stories from the weird and wonderful world of science including Skyscrapers hanging from asteroids, mind controlled turtles, marmite brain, seawater to drinking water and should your boss let you have a nap at work? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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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 . 37:31

7+ y ago37:31

37:31

This week the team look at the weird and wonderful stories in the science world. 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 . @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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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 28:37

7+ y ago28:37

28:37

this week the team look at Bees playing football, the question of whether Facebook save your life? and is NASA a step closing to finding life on other planets. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 66: Curing cancer with Salmonella, Whooping Bees and the return of the wooly mammoth 23:02

7+ y ago23:02

23:02

This week the team look at Curing cancer with Salmonella, Whooping Bees and the return of the wooly mammoth @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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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? 29:59

7+ y ago29:59

29:59

This Week - Do kids prefer pets to their siblings?, Why do we sleep?, How to turn Hydrogen into metal and can Porn Sites teach sex ed? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 64: Teenage worms, killer mice, no more fillings and does Nutella really cause cancer 31:44

8y ago31:44

31:44

Happy 2017! Geek Chic returns with Teenage worms, killer mice, no more fillings and the question - does Nutella really cause cancer. @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 63: 2016 a year in review 36:17

8y ago36:17

36:17

Seasons Greetings The team take a look back at some of the best stories of 2016 Have a wonderful 2017 from all of the team at Geek Chic Weird Science.

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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 25:47

8y ago25:47

25:47

This week the team pay a tribute to John Glenn, and look into the weeks stories in the world of weird science including Preserved Dino-Tail, Pubic Hair grooming and STD's and finally Magic Mushrooms helping Anxiety @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 61: The Supermoon Special 36:34

8y ago36:34

36:34

This week the team tackle, the Supermoon, Ticklish Rats and Does friendship help chimps destress? With Special Guest - The Moon Himself (From The Mighty Boosh) @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 60: Carbon Dioxide turned into Alcohol, Worm Meat and Monkey's making tools 33:47

8y ago33:47

33:47

This week the team looks at Carbon Dioxide being turned into Alcohol, Worm Meat replacing beef and Monkey's making tools that our ancestors made...... @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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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? 24:57

8y ago24:57

24:57

This week the team look at Cod Accents, The Mars Race, Ape's Understanding that somethings are all in your head and the possible Debunked no sex before football theory? @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 58: Horse Communication, Singing Fish, A.I. Pop Songs and The End of Rosetta 33:22

8y ago33:22

33:22

This week the team look at Horses Communicating with humans, Fish singing in chorus and A.I. Pop Songs PLUS we say a fond farewell to our old friend, Rosetta @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 57: Cuttlefish, Dolphin Talk, Nano Fish and Grow you own Sperm 28:33

8y ago28:33

28:33

This week the team look at counting cuttlefish, talking dolphins, cancer curing nano fish and how to grow you own sperm! @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 56: Green Slime with sight, Paracetamol lies and Pigtails 36:03

8y ago36:03

36:03

The Geek Chic team return after the summer break with a brand new episode looking at the weird and wonderful stories in the world of science @GCWeirdScience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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Episode 55: Goats, Sea Otters saving the world and Crops on Mars 30:56

8+ y ago30:56

30:56

WE'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After a rather long break, we return with a whole bunch of podcasts for you! And we return with the subject of...... Goats being man's best friend? Crops on Mars and finally Sea Otters saving the world On behalf of all the Geek Chic team, we thank you so much for all your continued support. @GCWeirdScence #GeekChicWeirdSci…