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Your weekly dose of weird science. Join neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis and science enthusiast Lliana Bird as they take an irreverent look at the latest news from the weird and wonderful world of science. Science never sounded so good!

Lliana Bird, Dr Jack Lewis And Richard Boffin


    • Jun 8, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 102 EPISODES


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    THE COVID-19 VACCINATION SPECIAL PART 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 23:45


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

    THE COVID-19 VACCINATION SPECIAL PART 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 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.

    #100 - Highlights from 100 Episodes!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 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 of the Podcast at the end of the show so make sure you stick around until the end to hear that. If you enjoyed this episode or any of our others, please consider becoming a Patron and support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/join/GCWeirdScience? From Lliana, Dr Jack and all the team, thank you for listening over the last 100 episodes! Keep it Geek, Keep it Chic. x @GCweirdscience #GeekChicWeirdScience

    #99 - The Science of Sin

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2018 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/Science-Sin-Things-Know-Shouldnt/dp/1472936167 You can find the videos they discussed here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoND7Mpa1VVMeh3hIbOwkXg In the new year we'll have reached episode 100 and we want to stay ad-free so if you enjoyed this episode or any of our others, please consider becoming a Patron and support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/join/GCWeirdScience? Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year from Lliana, Dr Jack, Producer Travis and all of the Geek Chic team x @GCweirdscience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 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 ad-free so if you enjoyed this episode or any of our others, please consider becoming a Patron and support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/join/GCWeirdScience? @GCweirdscience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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    #97 - Fish Fingers, Clever Crows & Marijuana Memories

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 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 if you enjoyed this episode or any of our others, please consider becoming a Patron and support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/join/GCWeirdScience? @GCweirdscience #GeekChicWeirdScience

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 37:13


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 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

    #94 - The truth about mobile phones and cancer, the purpose of dreams and whether right or left wingers are more likely to cheat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018 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

    #93 - The wrong side of the bed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 37:22


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

    #92 - We're Back!!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2018 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 episodes.   @GCWeirdScience   #GeekChicWeirdScience

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2018 35:28


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2018 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

    #87 - 2017 A Year In Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2017 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    

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2017 28:34


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

    #85 - Costa Rica's renewable energy, can virtual reality help schizophrenia?, how different booze affect our emotions and the joys of coffee!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2017 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 

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2017 35:49


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

    #83 Halloween Special: The Science Of Vampires

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2017 59:01


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

    #82 - Growing drugs in chicken eggs, policing pollution from the skies, and why you're less likely to die if your surgeon is female.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2017 38:11


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2017 32:26


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 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    

    Episode 78: The Science Of Game Of Thrones

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2017 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    

    Episode 77: Live from WOMAD

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2017 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 

    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2017 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

    Episode 75: Live At Latitude Festival 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017 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    

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 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    

    Episode 73: LIVE at the Cheltenham Science Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2017 62:50


    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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2017 35:16


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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2017 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2017 31:15


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

    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?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 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

    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 .

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017 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

    Episode 67: Bees playing football, can Facebook save your life? and is NASA a step closing to finding life on other planets

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2017 23:02


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

    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?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2017 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2017 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

    Episode 63: 2016 a year in review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2016 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.

    Episode 62: A tribute to John Glenn, Preserved Dino-Tail, Pubic Hair grooming and STD's and finally Magic Mushrooms helping Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2016 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 

    Episode 61: The Supermoon Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2016 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  

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2016 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

    Episode 59: Cod Accents, The Mars Race, Ape's Understanding that somethings are all in your head and Debunked no sex before football?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2016 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2016 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    

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2016 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2016 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

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2016 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    #GeekChicWeirdScience

    Episode 54: Singing Gorillas, Maths Spy and The Pill For The Male

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2016 24:43


    In this weeks episode the team look at Singing Gorillas, Maths Spy and The Pill For The Male   @GCWeirdScience   #GeekChicWeirdScience      

    Episode 53: Lack Of Sleep Munchies, Solar Power Clothes and Flying planes without training

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2016 31:23


    This week the team look at Lack Of Sleep Munchies, Solar Power Clothes and Flying planes without training.     @GCWeirdScience   #GeekChicWeirdScience

    Episode 52: Miracle Cure, Horses and Gravity Waves

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2016 27:17


    Miraculous cure for blood cancer, horses can read your facial expressions and gravity waves finally discovered 100 years after Einstein predicted them.   @GCWeirdScience    #GeekChicWeirdScience

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