I soooo wanted to enjoy this podcast
I tried this podcast out a few months ago and couldn't stand slogging through all of the fluff to get to the actual content. I gave a couple more episodes a chance today, and I just couldn't do it. I'm not looking for a podcast of a sixty-year-old, terminally-republican, genetically-constipated guy reading abstracts from journals. I enjoy hearing actual personality in hosts. But these two sound so vapid that it's painful. If I wanted to hear drunken giggles interspersed with "totally" and "fer real," I'd visit a frat house. I'm glad that some folks enjoy it; I love science and appreciate that it is being shared with an audience who appreciate it with this feed. I'm not trying to change the mind of anybody who likes TWIS... just a word of warning for those who have already had enough of adolescence. It's just too sophomoric and "science-lite" for me.Read full review »
sottovoce via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/03/06
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tdreyer1 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/15/07
I tried this podcast but like some others here I found the discussion to be very superficial. Justin is not very useful on this podcast and really represents some sort of cliched "california ditz" to act as a sad sort of comic relief. It is irritatingly like a morning radio show...gah! ...Read full review »
specific_ imp via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/21/06
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RufflesVX via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 04/23/08
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