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

TWIS_2008_08_05 05.08.2008

Solar Powered Hydrogen, Cellphone Rant, Alzheimer's Cure?, Run Faster, Get Tested, Particles For Paint, & Interview w/ Dr. Leonard Susskind re: Black Holes

TWIS_2008_07_29 29.07.2008

Justin's NASA rant, Venus Alive, Martian Assault, Lab On A Chip, The Northern Lights, Enzyme Alert, Drunk Wisdom, Parasite Biomassive, Orangutan Aspirin, Shree Trews, & The Weird From Washington W/Dr. Michael Stebbins

TWIS_2008_07_22 22.07.2008

Microbes rule, Bronze Men, The End of the World, World Robot Domination, Fishing Ban Works, Antarctic rocks, Bonding, Volcanoes Kill, and much, much more.

TWIS - July 08, 2008 Broadcast 11.07.2008

TBD

This Week in Science - July 1, 2008 Broadcast 02.07.2008

TBD

TWIS_2008_06_24 24.06.2008

LHC Won't Suck, Handy British Neandertals, Robo-Disco Attack!, End of the World, Jonathan Calls, Old Sand Clues, Bye-bye Birdie, Silly-Con, A Weighty Hormone, Squirrelly Sex, Croco Hears A Who, Crazy Ass Frogs, Chemical Similarities, Reducing Retardation, Hungry Hungry Black Hole, and Superplane!

TWIS_2008_06_17 17.06.2008

Meteoric Rise Of Life, Icy Mars, TWIWorld Robot Domination, Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!!!, How Much for the Kidney?, Eyes to the Brain, and The Weird From Washington w/ Dr. Michael Stebbins

TWIS_2008_06_10 10.06.2008

Art of Painting Barn Swallows, Cuddling Cuttlefish, Influential Mommy Diet, Shaking Up Antarctica, Simplifying the Human Brain, The Serotonin Factor, Hot Babies!, Following People, and Interview w/ Science Writer Carl Zimmer

TWIS_2008_06_03 04.06.2008

World Science Festival Redux, Gut Biotics, Cats and Dolphins, Methane Wishes, Monkey Brains!, Go Dula Go!, Salty Mars, NanoSponge, The Weird in Washington w/ Dr. Michael Stebbins.

This Week in Science - May 06, 2008 Broadcast 07.05.2008

Kirsten's on her own!, Interview with Dr. Gary Marcus, author of Kluge, and The Weird From Washington with Dr. Michael Stebbins, plus a brief rundown of science headlines.

This Week in Science - April 29, 2008 Broadcast 29.04.2008

Insect Cellulo-phones, Human Isolation, T. Chicken, Lizard Speciation, Abstract Math, This Week in World Robot Domination, and Interview with Science Writer, George Johnson, about The 10 Most Beautiful Experiments.

This Week in Science - April 22, 2008 Broadcast 23.04.2008

It's Fundraiser Week at KDVS. Donate! Listen! Enjoy Science!

This Week in Science - April 15, 2008 Broadcast 16.04.2008

Who's That Co-Host?!?, This Week in World Robot Domination, Scientist Drugs, Co-Ed Classrooms, Mind Memory Slots, Black Hole Activation, and Super Scopes.

This Week in Science - April 08, 2008 Broadcast 08.04.2008

Lungless Frogs, Mammoth Deaths, Poopy DNA, Non-Automotive Hybrids, Old Yoga, Hungry Milky Way, Finding Higgs, The Weird From Washington, Quakin' Laptops, Danger-nastics, 5th Graders Are Smart.

This Week in Science - April 01, 2008 Broadcast 02.04.2008

Plastic Oceans, Love You Long Time?, Stopping the Collider, Birthing Genes, Moon Blocks, Headlines!!!, and Interview w/ Scott Sigler, Infected Author of Infected.

This Week in Science - March 25, 2008 Broadcast 26.03.2008

Lemur Fingers, The Fastest Dinosaur, The Ant Farm, Farming Algae, Sperm News, This Week in World, Robot Domination, BigDog Revisited, The Weird From Washington, Women Want, and Space Tid-Bits.

This Week in Science - March 18, 2008 Broadcast 18.03.2008

Island Cretins, New Blood, Aussie Bashing Banned, Rugged Face of Mars, Squirrel Stress, World Robot Domination, Bird News, Fungus Sex, Great Symbiosis Batman, Cleanin' up Nuclear, and a Planetary Breath.

This Week in Science - March 11, 2008 Broadcast 13.03.2008

Technology Saves TWIS, Death Ahead!, More Hobbit Controversy, Whiskey Cleaners, Swimming in the Sea, Media and Racism, Hybrid Hubbub, Where You At Krill?, Nuke Cleanup, Got Plutonium?, Stoney Bacteria, RNA-na-nana-na-na-nanaaa, Aging Views, TWiWRD.

This Week in Science - March 04, 2008 Broadcast 04.03.2008

Literal Eye-Tooth, Genetic Jimmy-Hat, TWIStributors!, TWIWorld Robot Domination, Darwin Was Wrong?!?, Human Descent, Octopus?, The Truth About Boys And Girls, and Interview w/ Absinthe Expert, Ted Breaux. Thanks to FutureGen for the transcript.(continued)Justin: Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! The following hour of programming does not necessarily represent the views or opinions at the Univers...

This Week in Science - February 26, 2008 Broadcast 26.02.2008

Drugs For Animals, Stemming Diabetes, Electrons On Film, Invisi-Rings, Viking Fashion, and The Weird From Washington w/ Dr. Mike Stebbins.

This Week in Science - February 11, 2008 Broadcast 14.02.2008

Is It Love?, Hot Or Not, Barnacles Rock, Social Monitors, Rapunzel et al, Predicting the Pres, Coffee Sniffer, The Weird From Washington, Start Eating Purple!

This Week in Science - February 5, 2008 Broadcast 07.02.2008

Kirsten Moves, No More Tears, Bacteria Pop, All Ears, Chirping Tale, Papal Proclamation, Problem With Semen, Cloning Tricycle, Making DNA, Creation "Science", Baby Bathing Badness, Children and Medicine, T-Ray Pictures

This Week in Science - January 29, 2008 Broadcast 29.01.2008

Paper Airplanes From Space, Attack of the Clones, Bloody Switcheroo, Crater Pondering, Great Space Super-Collider, This Week in the End of the World, Listen To Your Kids, DNA Mystery, and The Weird From Washington With Dr. Michael Stebbins.

This Week in Science - January 22, 2008 Broadcast 22.01.2008

Genes For Lupus, Only The Lonely, TWin Parasites, Old Becomes New, Superhuman Sight, They Fear Us, Eat It Up Yum, Skull For sale, TWin World Robot Domination.

This Week in Science - January 15, 2008 Broadcast 17.01.2008

Agression = Sex?, Genetics of Disease, Do You Hear What I Hear?, Superconducting Silicon, Fruit Fly Glow, World Robot Domination, The Weird From Washing ton, TWIStribution, Giant Earths and more...

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