Dr. Kiki Sanford

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

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The kickass weekly science and technology radio show presenting a humorous and irreverent look at the week in science and tech. Each show TWIS discusses the latest in cutting edge science news on topics such as genetic engineering, cybernetics, space exploration, neuro science, and a show favorite Countdown to World Robot Domination. The show is hosted by Dr. Kirsten Sanford, a PhD in neuroscience, Justin Jackson, a wisecracking professional car salesman and armchair physicist, and Blair Bazdarich, a zoologist. Consistently voted one of the top science radio shows on the web - check it out and...

Author

Dr. Kiki Sanford

Category

Science

Podcast website

www.twis.org

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

01 March, 2017 – Episode 608 – This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS) 03.03.2017

Interview re: March Mammal Madness with Dr. Katie Hinde, Reproduction Interruption, Gene Drive Resistance, One Neuron Rules, Oldest Life Evidence, The Anthropocene Epoch, Plastic Bee Nests, Bees Play Ball, Whoopsie Bee!, And Much More...

05 December, 2013 - Episode 441 - This Week in Science 11.12.2013

Dead Comets Have No Tails, Asian Space Race, GMO Corn Retraction, Memory Sperm, Oldest Human DNA Evah, Crocs Are Smarter Still, Sneaky Sharks, Interview w/ Richard Price of Academia.edu, Matching Your Mate, Promise For Huntington's, Grab A Bartender, Frisky Fruit Flies, Planet Formation Quandary, Axions Are Dark Matter?, And Much More...

TWIS_2009_01_13 14.01.2009

Transmission Dismission, Chemical Replication, Defrosting Beef, Little Girl is Back!, My How the Fruit Flies, Mossie Love Songs, This Week in Science History, and Headline Round-up.

TWIS_2009_01_06 07.01.2009

Tiny Eyes, Roving Mars, Feeling Secure, Vitamin Hopes, Alcoholic Assays, and an Interview w/ Scott Sigler re: Contagious.

TWIS_2008_12_30 30.12.2008

Science and Celebrities, Predictions for 2009, Mars Alive, Bacteria Support Groups, Bird Songsters, Favoring Orangutans, and TWIS Question of the Month!

TWIS_2008_12_23 24.12.2008

The Top 11 Science Stories of 2008... Merry TWIS-mas!!!

TWIS_2008_12_16 16.12.2008

Science in the White House!, Jellyfish Rule, Brain Reading, This Week in the End of the World, Penile Precautions, and This Week in World Robot Domination Interview with David Calikins.

TWIS_2008_12_09 10.12.2008

Sperm Don't Lie, We Will Remember, Fishy Waterways, Historical Starlight, Super-Tough Mother, Secrets of a Killer, and Much More!

TWIS_2008_12_02 02.12.2008

Genetic Questions, Fungal Frolics, Turtle Soup, Fighting Fat, Driving Me Crazy, TWiWorld Robot Domination, Behavior Issues, and TWiThe End of the World.

TWIS_2008_11_25 25.11.2008

Miracles Discussed, Flies Gone Wild, Mammoth Operations, To the Birds, Sweet Space, Planetary Discovery, Madness, Genetic Explanations, and Learning to Speak.

TWIS_2008_11_18 19.11.2008

Climate Change Denial, Microbes in the Sea, Microbes in your Gut, The Weird From Washington, TV Sadness, Bleach Works, Wide-Hipped Women, Anti-Matter Xplosion, and Rocky CO2

TWIS_2008_11_11 11.11.2008

Cooties, City Ants And Traffic, Bacterial Brilliance, Memory Storage, Half A Bird Brain, Diamonds From tequila, Robot Domination of Sorts, and Dark Matters.

TWIS_2008_11_04 04.11.2008

It's Election Day! Vote For Science!, Tunnel To The Sun, Antimatter in Outer Space, Find of Fungal Nature, Water on Mars, Electricity on Titan, An Ancient iceman, AND the Weird From Washington w/ Dr. Michael Stebbins.

TWIS_2008_10_28 29.10.2008

Flax Oil No-No, Martian Methane, MacGyver Rays, Gamma Waves For Kids, Self-Tazering, Everyday Is Halloween, and Interview With Ben Crockett From BirdPost.com

TWIS_2008_10_21 21.10.2008

Monkey Brains, Human Brains, Hubble, Migrating Dead Peeps, Nutritional Conspiracies Abound, and the Weird From Washington With Dr. Michael Stebbins.

TWIS_2008_10_14 14.10.2008

Space the Final Frontier, Nobel and Ignobel Prizes, Intelligent Machines, Jesus Sharks, Short Term Memory Loss, Why Justin's Working On His Pecs, Warning For Bald Men, Girls Gone Math, and Another Bisphenol-A Study

TWIS_2008_10_07 07.10.2008

Justin Takes a Handout, This Week in the End of the World, Say No To Pets, Cosmic Soap Bubble, This Week in World Robot Domination, Fans For SIDS, Blood For Downs, and The Weird From Washington.

TWIS_2008_09_30 30.09.2008

Moon Dust, Stem Cells, Wrestling With Herpes, Flu News, Dino Lungs, This Week in Mars, and an interview w/four science festival organizers from around the globe.

TWIS_2008_09_23 23.09.2008

The Best Darn Disclaimer Ever, Leaching Plastic Problems, GM Benefits, Spore Launching, Primordial Fish Finds, Beneficial Bacteria, This Week in The End of The World, The Baghdad Surge, and The Weird From Washington with Dr. Michael Stebbins.

TWIS_2008_09_16 17.09.2008

LHC and Minion Kids, Dino Luck, Market Research, Paper Crumpling Complaint, Scary Bacteria, Boom! Gamma Rays, Sumpin' Like Us, and Interview w/ Douglas Erwin author of Extinction.

TWIS_2008_09_09 09.09.2008

This Week in the End of the World?, Body Obsession and Being Positive, Junk to Thumbs, Hello LHC!, Girls and Science, Bacteria and Rattlesnakes, Water Bears in Space, and Watchful Helicopters

TWIS_2008_09_02 02.09.2008

windmill batting averages, cellular reprogramming, fly acrobatics, hairy ears, this week in the end of the world, and interview w/ Dr. P. Michael Conn and James V. Parker about animal research and the war between scientists and activists.

TWIS_2008_08_26 26.08.2008

Blood, Brains, and the Universe, TWIStributors Phone and File, Toxoplasma Gondii (Oh No!), Horny Beetles, and Artificial Enhancement Galore.

TWIS_2008_08_19 19.08.2008

Bike Seats For Men, Man-made Photosynthesis, Nanotubes or The Hulk?, Dr. Video-Master, This Week in the End of the World, Beer Goggled, and an interview w/ Dr. Sean Carroll about the physics of time.

TWIS_2008_08_12 12.08.2008

PomPom Danger, LHC FTW!, Mama's Sick, Invisbility redux, Size Does Matter, Winning Plays, The Weird From Washington, Australia Bashing, News You Can Use, Chicken Feather Walls, and Much More

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