On the air weekly for 30+ years, Australia's legendary The Science Show ranks with PBS's Nova.
The Science Show is one of the flagship productions of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and arguably the finest hour long science-oriented radio show available in the English language. Australian Robin Williams, who has hosted the show for the last 30 something years, seems to be able to get any Nobel Prize winning scientist in the world on the phone on short notice, and often does. Even when the shows concern a uniquely Australian issue, the science behind the issue is frequently mindblowing, and worthy of a world audience. (Also worthy of a world audience is Australia's other great science show, Originz, a privately produced podcast.) The Science Show is one of those rare science shows that, while aimed at a mass audience, doesn't compromise the intelligence of its content for popularity's sake. Major league!!Read full review »
amreview1 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/12/09
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Robyn Williams has the rare gift of being able to ask questions and interject with additional information without seeming to undercut his guests. His enormous knowlege of so many fields of science, coupled with his obvious joy in increasing that knowlege, carries the listener along and makes even...Read full review »
Ian Mackereth via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 03/10/07
Its very well produced and Robyn is an excellent host, been hosting this since science began (probably) and its an iconic show in Australia. Its subject matter is very very wide ranging: its a science show and not a tech show. That said, its highly enjoyable and you can skip the bits that dont...Read full review »
londo43 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 08/21/16
I love this podcast, Robyn Williams broad range of interests and knowledge, his style and humor, I look forward to it every week. And the music, the soaring music, Bach? CPE? Please let me know.
hateindieantiscience via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/26/20
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