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Astrophysicist Kovi Rose and scicommer Benjamin Salles love space, and bad puns, and are united in their shared belief that they're brilliantly funny.
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S9E2 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderdoctor : Guest : Anastasia Shavrova
As this episode's guest, Anastasia Shavrova, explains - the road to studying and falling in love with spiders begins with hating spiders and loving ants. As Anastasia explains why some spiders' third…
S9E1 Around The World In 90 Minutes : Guest : Rex Walheim
What goes up, must come down - even if you send it up to space three times aboard a space shuttle. Just ask our latest guest, Rex Walheim, who flew on shuttle Atlantis three times - including the…
S8E10 I've Got 55 Problems and Books Are All of Them : Guest : Jennifer Swanson
Jennifer Swanson woke up one day and thought, "what have I done with my life?" So at the ripe old age of 5 (yes, FIVE), she wrote and illustrated her first book about science. Since then she didn't…
S8E9 Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!
Welcome to The Nerd and The Scientist's Book Club. Today Kovi and Benjamin will be talking about Project Hail Mary. Specifically - THE BOOK - as Kovi hasn't seen the movie yet. The book does raise…
S8E8 Floating Nutella : Artemis II
As they watched a jar of Nutella float by, Kovi and Benjamin knew right then and there they needed to do an episode about all the goings on aboard Artemis II. From a broken toilet to googly eyes on…
S8E7 Fellowship of the Sciences : Guest : Zoe Xirocostas
Dr. Zoe Xirocostas joins Kovi and Benjamin to talk about peer reviews, getting grants for research, the effort behind getting a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), and creating mutant…
S8E6 Transatlantic Gravitas : Guest : Daniel Orvomaa
How do we explain this one? It's the 'Part Two' of Kovi and Benjamin's previous episode where they were waiting for their guest, Daniel Orvomaa of the Talking Ass podcast, who never showed up. It's…
S8E5 Oh Danny Boy, The Nerds, The Nerds Are Calling...
Hot Dogs and Toilet Paper and Action Figures, OH MY! All studied up and ready to record a double episode with the Talking Ass' very own Daniel Orvomaa - Daniel had a scheduling mix up, didn't make…
S8E4 When Protoplanetary Disks Start Throwing Things : Guest : Naman Bajaj
There are 1.5 million freshly minted engineers in India every year. One of them, this week's guest Naman Bajaj, said, "well, I guess they've got enough of those," changed course, became an…
S8E3 Zel’Dovich Pancakes
Kovi and Benjamin were getting their questions and notes in order, preparing for another amazing episode with another amazing guest - when there was a sudden reschedule that left the boys alone,…
S8E2 I Know You Are But What Am Ion?
In this episode, Kovi and Benjamin dive headfirst into the Ig Nobel Prize, science’s annual celebration of research that makes you laugh first and think later. The lads cover everything from the…
S8E1 Just Shooting The Shtars : Guest : Space Case Sarah
Everybody look busy! Our boss is back. For those of you who don't know, Kovi and Benjamin first nerded together as co-hosts on the Space Case Sarah Show, hosted by our return guest - the space case…
S7E10 99 Problems And Nerds Aint One : Guest : David Ezrakhovich
Do you think about databases? Do you think like a databse? This week's guest David Ezrakhovich does. Listen to Kovi and Benjamin's 70th episode (holy moly 70!) as David shares with us how his journey…
S7E9 Say Hello To My Lunar Friend! : Guest : Howard Isaacson
Where do 'nearby stars' end and 'distant stars' begin? Learn the answer to that question from UC Berkeley astronomer Howard Isaacson! Kovi and Benjamin swoon as Howard gets romantic about astronomy,…
S7E8 Diamonds are a high-pressure scientist's best friend : Guest : Helen Maynard Casley
Dr. Helen Maynard Casley, (one of) THE principal scientists at ANSTO (Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), sets Kovi's and Benjamin's brains alight as she talks about working on…
S7E7 Expansion Of The Nerdiverse : Guest : Dr. Blitz
Dr. Blitz, Kovi and Benjamin showed up in matching shirts, glasses and microphones to talk about all things Star Trek, the path Dr. Blitz took from a young age to become the scientist he is today,…
S7E6 Two Bee Or Not Two Bee : Guest : Sarah Aamidor
Multidisciplinary biologist and bee expert Sarah Aamidor returns for part two - or should we say Part Bee - of her deep dive conversation with Kovi and Benjamin about some of the weirdest things bees…
S7E5 Pew! Pew! : Guest : Cameron Jones
Zap! Zorp! Zew! This week's guest is Cameron Jones! Boom! Fweet! Bzzzt! Join us as he explains his work in free space optics communicaton! Zzzzap! Vreeee! Pew! Pew! Which means he uses lasers to talk…
S7E4 Weird Universe : Guest : Prof. Erika Hamden
Just in case you missed her wildly popular TikToks, or you missed her YouTube channel, or you missed her TED Talks, or you missed her creating a space telescope from scratch, or you didn't get your…
S7E3 Gag Me With a Supernova : Names In Space
This week, Kovi and Benjamin take a breather before drinking from the firehose of science guests lining up to chat with them. Tune in as they dive into spacecraft, telescopes, and observatories named…
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Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist has published 82 episodes since September 2023, covering topics in Comedy, Science.
Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 50m.
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