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“Annoying with headphones”
iphonehassle via Apple Podcasts ·
Italy ·
08/29/24
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“Gah the upspeak! The overproduction! The pointless commentary. Unlistenable.”
k8wma via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/24/24
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“I would recommend this podcast it is short and funny and really interesting. This podcast has guest that are smart and funny and they keep us up to date with what’s happening in the world. This podcast is really good, funny, and it also gives us interesting facts about the topics they are talking...”Read full review »
Lil Curtis with a switch via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/23/24
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“Overall, this podcast is really educational for how short every episode is. I found it really easy to put it on while I was busy doing something else. My only complaint has to be the three ads that are in every episode. It takes away from the already short run time from the podcast, especially...”Read full review »
Nate_jacian via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/23/24
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“Overall, I believe that this podcast is light-hearted and educational. I enjoyed listening to their space-related episodes because they were very informational. The only criticism I have, however, is the ridiculous amount of ads at the beginning, middle, and end of each episode. Unfortunately,...”Read full review »
J Aneth via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/23/24
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“Overall the podcast is good if you love learning about random science facts and facts that could be useful or are fun to know.”
Water bottle45 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/21/24
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“This podcast is very well produced with very good content, an approachable take to said subjects , and a good cast of hosts. There are very few issues with this podcast but the elephant in the room is the frequency at which ads pop up. But the quality of the content makes up for the ad to content...”Read full review »
EddieTooFaded via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/21/24
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“The “Short Wave” podcast, in general, exemplifies the art of gaslighting rather than offering genuine insights. Across various episodes, the podcast tends to present information in a way that manipulates and confuses its audience rather than providing clear, evidence-based analysis.”
Oskarbu via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/16/24
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“Love the informative topics and the bite-sized episodes. However, there are too many ads for how short the show is. 2-3 ad breaks for a 15 minute show is too many ads.”
Annie Jordan6 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/05/24
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“On 2/2/24, smooth d tickle really took time to publicly whine about this show. 🤣
The term snowflake seems ironically perfect for this guy.
Great show!!
You know you’re doing something right if smooth d tickle can’t handle it.”
asdfghjkl12345🏀 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/05/24
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“Thanks, Regina, Emily, et al. Keep up the great work!”
n0nehm via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/25/24
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“The Folks they interview are so thoughtful, interesting and knowledgeable. Short Wave-Plus is one of my most favorite podcasts. I listen to it every day during the week.”
Fran from PT via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/24/24
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“I’ve been a member of my local public radio for decades, and the fact that this podcast has a significantly lower content-to-ad ratio than the for-profit podcasts I listen to is insulting. Why did I donate all these years to get more advertising in your podcast than anywhere rlse? And on top of...”Read full review »
NeutronPressure via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/20/24
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“The content is excellent, but the hosts sound like school teachers working hard to get a bunch of middle school kids excited about science. I really hate that researchers are always described as “nerds” about their subject. It sounds so juvenile. Are you going to call oncologists “cancer nerds”?...”Read full review »
Mogadeet1451 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/14/24
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“Good hosts, interesting topics, & knowledgeable guests. Unfortunately it’s hard to hear them speaking with the overpowering “background” music & unnecessary sound effects. It used to be added to just the intro/end (which is fine) but now there’s music pretty much the whole time. This...”Read full review »
Unemployed Hero via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/03/24
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“Could’ve been ok however Eve Herold spoken like a real ableist which completely threw me off this podcast.”
Poshum via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/12/24
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“I am really disappointed by these women being sexist and racist against men and whites. Also, the content stinks.”
Smooth d tickle via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/03/24
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“When was their ever easiest and sexiest comments I’ve been listening for several years now and have not heard one. Great podcast! Don’t listen to the negative reviews!”
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United States of America ·
02/01/24
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“I find it interesting you chose to renew an episode from March of 2022 today about - who would be affected most by overturning Roe - I am a democrat, but y’all be stirring up controversial topics at opportunistic times.”
Nickifiable via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/15/24
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“Simple and infantile ideas presented as a big deal.”
Bad Bad Bad and more Bad via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/13/24
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“I disagree with a recent comment I read. Maddie and Emily are great. I am not really a fan of Aaron Scott. I'm sure he is a brilliant human but he acts as if he is completely lost and aloof and it is unbecoming. Used to be my daily go to. Now I just skip.”Read full review »
ScatchNsniff via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/16/23
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“Cheese without bones.”
DaveFromOz_777 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/06/23
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“Ever since the show got rid of Maddie and Emily, the show’s quality has increased 10 fold. It’s still lighthearted and fun without coming off as immature or annoying. Love my little daily dose of science!”
tessygy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/25/23
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“This show serves up such interesting bits of science news that you otherwise wouldn’t hear about. It can also offer practical insights. With all the doom and gloom out there, this show does wonders to restore my faith in the future and humanity.”
EagleTheBruin via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/18/23
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“Hello NPR,
I stand most of my day while working on computer but with this episode I will walk around 5 minutes every half hour and see if tha helps more and report. Thank you to professor for the research.
Kind Regards
Vivek - Downunder”
Vivekdownunder via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
10/07/23
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“You gotta admire one thing about NPR over any other news source. affirming today’s victims with Yesterdays history”
soharaking via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/30/23
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“This is an awesome podcast! Recommend for all ages.”
OGTKOR via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/30/23
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“I used to love this podcast, but over the last few years I’ve noticed that they insert political views about race and gender in nearly every episode. These are certainly valid topics to talk about, but it feels very forced and detracts from the actual science. For example, in the latest episode...”Read full review »
Ddocman123 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/21/23
“Interesting enough, but rarely covers physics and almost never covers chemistry or geology. After years of listening to it, the openly racist and sexist comments have, however, warn me down.”
NigelHorne via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/17/23
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“I just subscribed to Short Wave podcast today 8/3/23 & listened to my first episode (a review on the Oppenheimer movie 🎥) which I enjoyed immensely. My disappointment stems from my expectation (probably miss informed) that the annual subscription was add free. The episode was 12 minutes, of...”Read full review »
@cjeffersondavis via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/04/23
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“I really want to love this podcast. I find the subjects and information fascinating, but I find myself frustrated for the first few minutes of every episode wanting to get to the substance. I sincerely wish these were edited down — remove some of the filler back and forth and long introductions...”Read full review »
DapperToad via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/10/23
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“I absolutely hate that they never mark the episodes that are repeated. I don’t have have an issue with them repeating episodes, but I’d like to know if the one in my feed is one I’ve heard before. I don’t know how many times I’ve been listening to an episode & think that I’ve heard it before....”Read full review »
Accesette via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/22/23
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“Digestible for all. This is my absolute #1 favorite podcast, I’ve been listening for a long time. As we are in the midst of a solar flare I’m thankful for learning about them here. It’s been haunting me since I heard the episode lol. Thankful I have learn about real life events and phenomena...”Read full review »
221155phl via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/19/23
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“Short wave is my favorite NPR show! Please do not cancel or minimize efforts towards this show! The journalism efforts that go into informing the audience with so much information along with science facts and findings on each topic is amazing and amazingly well done! Spoke with facts, un-biased,...”Read full review »
Pure garbage,garbage via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/12/23
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“what a wonderful podcast to stumble upon—informative, poetic (yes, science can be), alas then I hear it will be no longer? Please reconsider!”
wander in meadows via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/28/23
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“Good content, hard to take seriously with all the giggling.”
Capt Chem via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/24/23
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“Sometimes I can’t find anything to listen to, but there’s always a treasure trove of fascinating articles that open my mind to a new aspect of an old world on your show. Thank you so much for your work!”
crussellmo via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/24/23
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“Anyone who actually reads the research and understands basic science knows that the paper they discuss in the raccoon dog episode in no way points to natural origin. Samples taken months after known human cases, in an area of market where there was a bathroom, the list of issues goes on and on…...”Read full review »
Xoxo79 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/03/23
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“This podcast is ok. It’s a little too sugary sweet for my taste sometimes. Really end up picking and choosing when I can handle the tone.”
Estorm08 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/25/23
“I started listening to this podcast at episode #1 and really enjoyed it for the first year. However it keeps drifting further and further away from science and further and further into opinions while trying to voice those opinions as facts. I keep trying this podcast from time to time only to...”Read full review »
TriRussell via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/24/23
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“Until the new tech is perfected-can the results be tiered differently for African Americans and non-white patients? Can a study be done using the Pulse Ox followed by the more accurate blood/gas measurement (sorry I’m not a doc) and come up with a table to convert the biased Pulse Ox to a more...”Read full review »
TSA (The Senior Advisor ;) via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/13/23
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“Great short pods about science! However, they used to denote when an episode was a replay and they stopped doing that. Some of us listen to so many podcasts that we don’t have time for re-listens! I’ll give back one star if you start marking episodes as “encore” again, when applicable.”
listener_kc via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/13/23
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“This is one of my favorite daily podcasts! I love the variety of scientific topics they cover, the many people they interview and the quick educational snippets. The hosts are great and I love anytime they use a pun with the show name and daily topic! Keep up the great work!”
Caitmarie05 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/15/22
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“He sounds like an overly-earnest 8th grade boy.
I expect more professionalism from NPR.”
Helena123456789 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/01/22
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“Heavy political slant and not science. Hard to decide how much is science vs. pushing a message. Skip through about half of them after a couple minutes.”
Woco moto via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/30/22
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“Why even donate if I have to then subscribe for extra episodes?”
Kimbobinator via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/20/22
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“The show lost me on the condom show. For the record I have a degree in biology. The show leans towards woman which is ok, but at times don't seem very inclusive on that end. Example the bladder case was more about UTI's but that is ok. I realize there are other people listening other than...”Read full review »
Rich Cl via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/26/22
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