“I started listening to the Nature podcast in interest of learning about the cutting edge of science, since Nature is a premier scientific journal. I was listening to other scientific podcasts at the time, including the podcast for The Naked Scientists with Dr. Chris Smith. Dr. Smith is the same host for both. Nature's standard format is Dr. Smith interviewing the scientist spokesperson for the research being highlighted. If he had an engaging researcher, then it was an interesting interview. Unfortunately, he rarely had the good luck to interview such a researcher. The podcast format never changed. It became so the podcasts were piling up, and I was dreading to listen to them because they were so dull. I loved the timeliness of the information, but I just could not listen to the podcast. So, after several months of trying to listen, I had to unsubscribe. If you have a higher tolerance to droning interviews, you may well like this podcast and find it very interesting. The science is excellent, the format execution is poor.”Read full review »
adrienne10 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/24/09
“This is my favorite Podcast. I'm sorry someone had to leave recently (Chris Smith, I think? He was the most lively speaker I would have to say). The new music is good though. I'm glad the music during the news summary changed after one episode, because it was very repetative, distracting and...”Read full review »
a non y-mous via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/11/13
“This is probably the most mis-named podcast I have yet discovered. It is barely about 'nature' at all, but a thinly-disguised attempt at making the most suspect, corporate 'science' sound warm and friendly. In one episode, they try to make out that the interests of Monsanto and...”Read full review »
biobee via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/16/10