Top Science Podcasts

“The Joy of Why” is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the cosmologist and author Janna Levin take turns interviewing leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time. New episodes are released every other Wednesday.

Quanta Magazine is a Pulitzer Prize–winning, editorially independent online publication launched and supported by the Simons Foundation to illuminate big ideas in science and math through public service journalism. Quanta’s reporters and editors focus on developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences, emphasizing timely, accurate, in-depth and well-crafted articles for its broad discerning audience. In 2023, Steven Strogatz received a National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications partly for his work on “The Joy of Why.”

Dig into the past and explore the greatest mysteries of natural history with the team behind the hit YouTube series <em>PBS Eons. From the dawn of the dinosaurs to downtown Los Angeles, we’re covering what we know — and what we still don’t know — about the history of life on Earth.

BioCentury's streaming commentary on biotech industry trends, plus interviews with KOLs.

For three decades, BioCentury has helped biopharma executives and investors make business-critical decisions and build larger networks with peers across the innovation ecosystem.

Will humans really colonise Mars one day? Will I ever ride my own hoverboard like Marty McFly? How long will it be until we can book holidays in space? Where's my jetpack?

Back in the 1980s, TV and films promised us everything from jetpacks to flying cars and holidays in space - so what happened to those Space Age dreams? Every week, join space journalist and author, Sarah Cruddas and broadcaster Luke Moore for Where's My Jetpack? Each episode, we look into a different piece of retrofuturistic technology that never was, to find out if these brilliant inventions are still just science fiction or, by looking in the right places, may be just around the corner.

New episodes released every Thursday.

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The Stewardship Spotlight podcast is brought to you by the Antimicrobial Stewardship Project at the Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy at the University of Minnesota. In this series, we have discussions with world-renowned experts on topics related to antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, including antibiotic development, the use of advanced diagnostic technologies, health literacy and science communication, and much more. 

Ever wanted to feel more at home when outside or long for a larger community? Join us, Joel and Leah Larabell {creators of High Garden Tea}, as we have lighthearted conversations about different neighbors in nature and how we can welcome them into our daily lives. We are missing out on a huge part of our family, and it’s time we get to know them a little better- the Wildlings. Each plant, animal, fungi and piece of our natural world that we better understand, the more we can bring the outdoors into our home and feel at home when outdoors. We'll be teaching herbalism, talking wild foods, meeting animals, sharing nature connection, ecotherapy and forest conservation tips, all the while sipping on tea and inviting you in for a cup . So be warned, this may lead to chronic actual tree hugging.

A podcast on climate change hosted by the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan Jørgensen. Inviting some of the world’s leading experts, policy makers and activists to share their thoughts with us. Not only to address the challenges and dilemmas inherent in climate change. But also to talk about its possible solutions.