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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AMDC538 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 04/01/13
I've been listening to this show for the past six years. Along with scientific American and Ted Talks, this is my primary portal into the world of science, technology and humanities. I'm grateful that Robin has stuck around so long, and has produced such an extensive body of knowldge,...Read full review »
dsfsdfsfs via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/28/13
The Frankenstein episode is really well done, but in the film clips, why has the Mel Brooks version been mixed in with the Kenneth Branagh version without explanation or attribution? Weird way to do things.
Calijanthe via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 08/11/18
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