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The Show About Science

The Show About Science

The Show About Science

Created by Nate when he was 5 years-old, The Show About Science is an awesome adventure into the wondrous world of scientific research and discovery! Over the last 9 years, Nate has filled each episode with fascinating information from scientists and educators from around the globe.

Parent info: The Show About Science is recommended for ages 6-10 and 11 plus. It's an Episodic show that can be listened to in any order. Made in the USA, it's about Science for kids. Launched in 2015, it has 1 season.

There are 126 episodes

Episodes
The most recent appears first.

  • Inside the Smithsonian's Hidden Cheetah Sanctuary

    18 min Episode 113 24 June 2026

    In this episode of The Show About Science, Nate visits the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, to learn how scientists are working to protect cheetahs from extinction. He talks with carnivore keeper Amber Ded…

  • The Coldest Cold Case

    24 min Episode 112 10 February 2026

    In 1991, hikers in the Alps spotted what looked like a doll frozen in the ice. It wasn’t a toy. It was a body. What police thought was a recent accident turns out to be something far stranger.…

  • The Refugee Seeds

    28 min Episode 111 15 March 2025

    Seeds hold history. They carry the genetic blueprints of the past and the key to our future. But when disaster strikes, how far will scientists go to save them before they’re lost forever?…

  • STEM Flights with Dragan Lazić and Carley Walker

    15 min Episode 110 14 September 2024

    What is it like to fly a plane while attempting to make a podcast from 2,000 feet in the air? And can we pull this off?…

  • The Great Cicada Symphony with Jorin Graham

    16 min Episode 109 27 July 2024

    It's the hottest day of the year, and deep underground, a mysterious countdown has finally hit zero. After years of silence, millions of cicadas are emerging from the earth, ready to take the stage in a once-in-a-lifetime event. But how do these creatures sync…

  • The Anachronisms in our Backyards with David Zaya

    23 min Episode 108 27 May 2024

    In this episode of The Show About Science, Nate unearths the surprising history of the Kentucky Coffee Trees growing in his backyard and quickly becomes obsessed with germinating their seeds. This obsession leads him to a lab at the University of Illinois at C…

  • Bacteriophages with Ben Chan

    14 min Episode 107 24 March 2024

    Bacteriophages, also known as ‘phages,’ are the most common lifeform on the planet. They are constantly hunting for bacteria to infect and kill. What if we could harness these tiny microbes to help us in our fight against harmful, disease-causing bacteria? On …

  • Urban Water Chemistry with Stephen MacAvoy and Melissa Pierce

    26 min Episode 106 27 January 2024

    In this episode of The Show About Science, Nate heads to the banks of the Chicago River to meet up with Melissa Pierce, PhD, the Technical Program Director at Current, a nonprofit water innovation hub. Together, they explore the complex world of urban water ch…

  • A City on Mars with Zach Weinersmith

    26 min Episode 105 1 December 2023

    What it would really entail to conquer the relentless Martian elements, engineer a thriving, self-reliant biosphere, and craft life-preserving abodes within the alien realms of lava tubes?…

  • The Twenty-One with Elizabeth Rusch

    17 min Episode 104 16 October 2023

    What happens when 21 kids sue the U.S. government for a dream of a world without climate change? On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate interviews Elizabeth Rusch about the kids who are working to make that dream a reality. Elizabeth is the author of …

  • The Puzzling Platypus with Frank Grützner

    18 min Episode 103 23 September 2023

    The platypus is a fascinating animal that has perplexed generations of scientists. Now researchers are studying the platypus on the molecular level, and it's just as surprising.…

  • Our Extreme Universe with Kimberly Arcand

    22 min Episode 102 8 August 2023

    Dr. Kimberly Arcand is a Visualization and Emerging Technology Scientist at NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard, and Smithsonian.…

  • The Science of Sound with Kimberly Arcand, Martin Gruebele, Carla Scaletti, and Mark Temple

    20 min Episode 101 3 June 2023

    Can sound help us understand the complex patterns in our universe? This question leads Nate to Symbolic Sound in Champaign, Illinois, where composer Carla Scaletti guides him on a journey where sound, music, and data intertwine in captivating and thought-provo…

  • Big Tree with Brian Selznick

    17 min Episode 100 18 April 2023

    Brian Selznick is an illustrator and author best known for his books The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck, and The Marvels and Kaleidoscope. Brian joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to talk about the science behind his latest book, Big …

  • Accelerating Science to Eradicate Disease with Priscilla Chan and Stephen Quake

    16 min Episode 99 5 March 2023

    The CZ Biohub’s inspiring story began when Priscilla Chan asked Stephen Quake a seemingly impossible question: “Is it possible to cure, prevent, and manage disease in our children’s lifetime?”.…

  • The Tiny Zebrafish Hotel with Merlin Lange, Loïc Royer, and Shruthi VijayKumar

    16 min Episode 98 19 February 2023

    On the third installment of our CZ Biohub series, we visit a lab nicknamed "Le Petit Hotel de Poisson" (The Tiny Fish Hotel) where scientists are using zebrafish as a model organism to study human development. Along the way, we'll meet Loïc A. Royer, who leads…

  • Mapping the Cell with Manuel Leonetti

    12 min Episode 97 31 January 2023

    This is the second episode of our four part series focused on the CZ Biohub in San Francisco where scientists are working to cure, prevent, or manage disease by the end of the century.…

  • Bioengineering Malaria with Paul Lebel

    12 min Episode 96 12 January 2023

    Over the next 4 episodes, we're going to take you on a tour of the CZ Biohub in San Francisco where scientists are working to cure, prevent, or manage disease by the end of the century.…

  • Santa Science and the Physics of Christmas (Rerun)

    16 min 22 December 2022

    We're revisiting one of our favorite episodes of The Show About Science from 2015. Back when Nate was 5 years old, he interviewed Santa Claus about the science behind his workshop and what happens when kids send drawings of new toys for Santa to produce in his…

  • Two Degrees with Alan Gratz

    17 min Episode 95 6 November 2022

    Alan Gratz is the New York Times bestselling author of 18 novels for young readers, including Ground Zero, Refugee, Allies, Grenade, Prisoner B-3087, Projekt 1065, and Ban This Book. His latest novel, Two Degrees, puts climate change front and center as four d…

  • The Art of DALL-E 2 with Mark Chen

    16 min Season 1 Episode 94 6 October 2022

    DALL-E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from written text descriptions. Mark Chen is a research scientist at OpenAI, the company the created DALL-E 2. He joins Nate on this episode to explain how AI is putting the art in artificial…

  • The Physics of Baseball with Alan Nathan

    20 min Episode 93 3 August 2022

    Alan Nathan has been a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois since 1977, but for the past 10 years, he has expanded his research interests to focus on the physics of baseball. His work looks at the dynamics of the collision betwe…

  • The Kings of Pain with Adam Thorn and Rob Alleva

    14 min Episode 92 25 May 2022

    The History Channel show, “Kings of Pain,” follows wildlife biologist Adam Thorn and professional animal handler Rob “Caveman” Alleva as they get bitten and stung by some of the most dangerous animals and vicious stinging insects in the world. On this episode …

  • Proteins and Proteomics with Neil Kelleher

    23 min Episode 91 4 May 2022

    Proteins are one of the main drivers of human diseases. Scientists are now mapping all of the proteins in the human body in a similar way to how the Human Genome Project mapped genes. On this episode of The Show About Science, Neil Kelleher, PhD invites Nate t…

  • The Tale of Tails with Bo Xia

    13 min Episode 90 8 February 2022

    Why don't I have a tail? That's the question that Bo Xia asked himself when he was a little kid. Bo is now a PhD candidate at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Bo's latest research attempts to answer his childhood question by identifying the mutation that resul…

  • The Fungi Hunt with Ellen Holste

    18 min Episode 89 21 September 2021

    Hidden ten miles south of Hastings, Michigan and only accessible via an old gravel road is the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, a nature center and biological field station. On this episode of The Show About Science, we meet Ellen Holste, PhD. Ellen is the Commun…

  • Time Travel with Paul Davies

    16 min Episode 88 11 August 2021

    Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist at Arizona State University where he leads the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. His research focuses mainly on quantum gravity, the theory of quantum black holes and the nature of time. On this episode o…

  • The Search in the Stars with Wael Farah

    15 min Episode 87 24 June 2021

    Wael Farah is a research scientist at the SETI Institute, where he searches the stars for alien life. The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), where Wael conducts his research, is located at the Hat Creek Observatory in Northern California. The ATA is a collection of …

  • How Dogs Think with Gregory Berns

    15 min Episode 86 3 April 2021

    What do our dogs think about all day? Do dogs experience emotions like people do? Gregory Berns is a bestselling author and a professor at Emory University where he studies animal neuroscience. On this episode of The Show Show About Science, he joins Nate to t…

  • Firebeetles with Sara Lewis

    15 min Episode 85 6 February 2021

    In some parts of the world they're known as fireflies. In other parts, they're called lightning bugs. On this episode of The Show About Science, Sara M. Lewis from the Department of Biology at Tufts University joins Nate to talk about these fascinating and mys…

  • The Serendipitous Zebrafish Discovery with Keith Cheng and Máté Varga

    19 min Episode 84 11 December 2020

    A scientist from Budapest who immigrated to the US in the 1930s. A beloved and common pet store fish. And a researcher looking at genes that suppress the growth of cancerous tumors. On this episode of The Show About Science, these three worlds serendipitously …

  • Supernovas with Sarafina Nance

    11 min Episode 83 9 September 2020

    Sarafina Nance is an American astrophysicist and science communicator who is a PhD student in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. She joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to talk about supernovas.…

  • Transmissions From the Quarantine: Remote Learning

    6 min 9 September 2020

    Want to be on the show? Call our hotline: (202)681-9144. You can also email your voice recordings to showaboutscience@gmail.com.…

  • Cockroaches with Dominic Evangelista

    15 min Episode 82 25 July 2020

    Dominic Evangelista is an evolutionary biologist who studies how biodiversity originates through evolutionary processes. And what creature on this planet is more diverse then bugs? On this episode of The Show About Science, Dominic and Nate dive through the i…

  • Ick! with Melissa Stewart

    9 min Episode 81 7 July 2020

    Okay kids, prepare your parents for a totally gross and super awesome interview! On this episode of The Show About Science, author Melissa Stewart takes us on a gross journey through the animal world. Find out where the Bone-Eating Snot Flower Worm calls home,…

  • Lemurs with Anne Yoder

    13 min Episode 80 26 May 2020

    Anne Yoder is a biologist, researcher, and professor at Duke University. When Anne was in college, a serendipitous visit to the Duke Lemur Center inspired her fascination with lemurs, Madagascar, and all things evolutionary. She would later go on to become the…

  • Planetary Geology with Bethany Ehlmann

    13 min Episode 79 9 May 2020

    Bethany Ehlmann is a professor of planetary science at CalTech and a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to talk about her work on the three Mars Rover missions (Spirit, Opportunity a…

  • Transmissions From The Quarantine: What Day Is It?

    7 min 9 May 2020

    New transmissions!…

  • Transmissions From The Quarantine: Day 8

    10 min 21 March 2020

    New transmissions on this episode from Kelton, Sharon, and Liv.…

  • Transmissions From The Quarantine: Day 5

    12 min 19 March 2020

    Call our hotline and let us know: (202)681-9144. You can also email your voice recordings to showaboutscience@gmail.com.…

  • Transmissions From The Quarantine: Day 2

    6 min 15 March 2020

    We have transmissions from Hannah and Antonio in Italy (which has been on lockdown for a week) and Arlo in Virginia.…

  • Transmissions From The Quarantine: Day 1

    3 min 14 March 2020

    School has been shut down. People are working from home. Now more than ever, we need to stay connected. What are you doing to keep busy? How are you feeling right now? Call our hotline and let us know: (202)681-9144. You can also email your voice recordings to…

  • The Coronavirus with Tara C. Smith

    13 min Episode 78 11 March 2020

    Tara C. Smith has studied infectious diseases for twenty years in the U.S. and other countries around the globe. She currently leads the Smith Emerging Infections Laboratory at Kent State University which focuses on the transmission and evolution of zoonotic p…

  • The Cosmic Microwave Background with Sasha Rahlin

    11 min Episode 77 18 December 2019

    The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10-meter diameter telescope located in Antarctica that is taking pictures of our Universe. Sasha Rahlin is an observational cosmologist and part of the team at Fermilab collecting and analyzing data from SPT. On this episode…

  • The Global Genome Initiative with Vanessa González

    14 min Episode 76 23 October 2019

    Everything that's alive has a genome. On this episode of The Show About Science, we go behind the scenes at The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History where scientists are working to preserve and catalog the DNA of life on Earth. Our guest is Vanessa…

  • They Call Me Dr. Poop with Rachel Santymire

    12 min Episode 75 16 September 2019

    What can we learn from studying poop? Who better to ask than Dr. Poop! Rachel Santymire, Ph.D., is director of Lincoln Park Zoo’s Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, and she's earned her Dr. Poop nickname by studying the physiology of animals usin…

  • Asian Carp with Eve Barrs

    14 min Episode 73 21 July 2019

    On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate visits the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago to talk about asian carp and the risks they pose to the Great Lakes.…

  • Nanotechnology with Mark Hersam

    11 min Episode 72 13 June 2019

    Mark Hersam is a professor of Chemistry and Materials Science Engineering at Northwestern University. He joins Nate in The Show About Science studio to talk about nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes and how a pencil and some scotch tape led to the Nobel Prize win…

  • A Tumble Extravaganza

    18 min Episode 71 31 May 2019

    On this episode of The Show About Science, we’re teaming up with Lindsay and Marshall, the hosts of Tumble, to listen back to some of their favorite moments from Season 4 of the show.…

  • Meet the Mesopredators with Laura Prugh

    11 min Episode 70 12 May 2019

    Laura Prugh is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Sciences at the University of Washington. There, she studies the dynamics of wildlife populations and communities, with a particular interest in facilitation, trophic interactions, and indirect eff…

  • Do House-Elves Clean Your Brain While You Sleep with Ken Paller

    12 min Episode 68 16 January 2019

    "Do House-Elves Clean Your Brain While You Sleep?" That's the title of an exciting new article featured in Frontiers for Young Minds by Ken Paller. Ken is a professor at Northwestern University where he designs experiments that can provide insights into memory…

  • Youth v. Climate Part 2 with Dr. Sylvia Earle (Live)

    14 min Episode 67 2 January 2019

    Nate returns to the Coal+Ice stage with his second guest, Sylvia Earle, for another live taping of The Show About Science. Dr. Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, and author working to protect the ocean and its wildlife. This episode was recorded in front of…

  • Youth v. Climate Part 1 with Captain Don Walsh (Live)

    12 min Episode 66 19 December 2018

    Captain Don Walsh is a retired U.S. Navy submarine captain, who in addition to his work as an oceanographer has made 40 expeditions to the Arctic. On January 23, 1960, he and Jacques Piccard descended to the deepest point in the world, the Mariana Trench. Nate…

  • Parasites and Viruses with Shannon Bennett (Live at the Apple Store 09/12/2018)

    10 min Episode 65 9 December 2018

    Shannon Bennett is the Chief of Science and the Harry W. and Diana V. Hind Dean of Science and Research Collections at the California Academy of Sciences. When Shannon Bennett traveled to Liberia in college, she never guessed the experience would launch her li…

  • Space Junk with John Crassidis

    10 min Episode 64 21 November 2018

    After graduating with his PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, John Crassidis went to work at the NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center. Now he's a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he builds satellites and researches the massi…

  • Be Straw Free with Milo Cress

    12 min Episode 63 8 November 2018

    Milo Cress was 9 when he started the Be Straw Free project. Now 17, Milo's research and activism have convinced organizations like Starbucks and the Shedd Aquarium to stop offering customers plastic straws. Milo joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Sci…

  • Introducing The Show About Titanic (Bonus Episode)

    12 min Season 1 Trailer 14 November 2019

    I've been helping to produce a new podcast called The Show About Titanic. It's hosted by my friend Edward who knows everything there is to know about the Titanic. This episode is called "Halomonas Titanicae with Bhavleen Kaur" and all of you science fans are g…

  • Andrew & Polly from Ear Snacks Go for the Moon (Bonus Episode)

    8 min 9 September 2019

    Our podcasting pals, Andrew & Polly, have some awesome news and I'm super excited to share it with you!…

  • Forensic Science with Mike Haag

    16 min Episode 74 11 August 2019

    Over on my other podcast, The Show About Politics & History, we've been visiting The Sixth Floor Museum to understand what happened when President John F. Kennedy visited Dallas in 1963. Before listening to this episode, I'd recommend listening to those episod…

  • Why Are Kids Striking Against Climate Change? (Bonus Episode)

    11 min 29 April 2019

    Hey Show About Science fans! I've been working hard on a new podcast and I want to share a few episodes with you. It's called The Show About Politics and I know you're going to love it. If you do, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to podc…

  • Talking (More Than) Politics With Jeb Bush (Bonus Episode)

    11 min 26 April 2019

    Hey Show About Science fans! I've been working hard on a new podcast and I want to share a few episodes with you. It's called The Show About Politics and I know you're going to love it. If you do, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to podc…

  • The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks (Bonus Episode)

    15 min 23 April 2019

    Hey Show About Science fans! I've been working hard on a new podcast and I want to share a few episodes with you. It's called The Show About Politics and I know you're going to love it. If you do, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you listen to podc…

  • A Field Trip to the California Academy of Sciences

    15 min Episode 69 21 January 2019

    It's time for a field trip! On this episode, Nate heads out of the studio to visit three scientists who work at The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. First, Nate interviews Terry Gosliner, who studies sea slugs and the coral reefs they call home…

  • Black Holes with Bob McNees

    15 min Episode 62 24 October 2018

    In outer space, there are objects so powerful that nothing can escape their gravitational pull. They're called black holes. Bob McNees is a physicist at Loyola University who studies gravity, general relativity, and the physics of black holes. Bob joins Nate o…

  • Cryptokitties with Dieter Shirley

    12 min Episode 61 10 October 2018

    CryptoKitties is a game centered around breedable, collectible, and oh-so-adorable creatures called CryptoKitties! CryptoKitties is one of the world’s first games to be built on blockchain technology—the same breakthrough that makes things like Bitcoin and Eth…

  • Organic Farming with Verd Nolan

    11 min Episode 60 26 September 2018

    Verd has been growing food for as long as he can remember, beginning in his family’s backyard garden in Oak Park, Illinois. At age sixteen, he left home to live and work on a communal farm in Austin, Texas, where he stayed for ten years and met his future wife…

  • Manatee Research with Sheri Barton

    11 min Episode 59 19 September 2018

    Manatees are large marine mammals found in shallow coastal waters near Florida, Brazil, and the west coast of Africa. Manatees are occasionally called sea cows, because, like cows, they are slow, peaceful, and graze on plants. Sheri Barton is a Senior Biologis…

  • The Microbiome with Stefan Green

    13 min Episode 58 29 August 2018

    Did you know that there are tiny microbes that call our bodies home? These microorganisms live on and inside of us. You can even take a test to learn which ones make up your microbiome. Stefan Green is a microbial ecologist who runs the DNA Sequencing Lab at t…

  • Happy Atoms with Jesse Schell

    10 min Episode 57 15 August 2018

    Jesse Schell is a video game designer and a professor of entertainment technology at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the creator of “Happy Atoms,” a game that helps kids learn how atoms bond to form new molecules. Jesse joins Nate on this episode to tal…

  • 3D Printed Organs with Anthony Atala

    11 min Season 1 Episode 56 1 August 2018

    When organs like kidneys and livers fail, it can be scary—especially for kids. But the science of regenerative medicine, where new organs are created from a patient's own cells and tissue, is a promising new field in medicine. Dr. Anthony Atala is the Director…

  • Cicada Killer Wasps with Blake Newton

    9 min Episode 55 18 July 2018

    Last summer, Nate was walking to the train when he spotted a giant wasp carrying a cicada. Later he discovered that the insect he saw was a cicada killer wasp. These insects will paralyze cicadas with their venomous sting, but luckily rarely sting humans. Blak…

  • Rust and Corrosion with David Shoesmith

    9 min Episode 54 4 July 2018

    David Shoesmith is a professor of electrochemistry and corrosion science at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science to explain why metal rusts and how it corrodes. They also talk about an experiment …

  • Amazing Kids Doing Amazing Things

    14 min Episode 53 20 June 2018

    Kids can do amazing things. And if you need proof of that, look no further than this episode of The Show About Science! First up is kid inventor Allie Weber, the host of the YouTube channel Tech-nic-Allie Speaking. After that is the story of Sophia Spencer, wh…

  • Baby Teeth with Tanya Smith

    9 min Episode 52 7 June 2018

    What can we learning from studying teeth? As it turns out, quite a bit! Dr. Tanya Smith is working to understand how teeth grow, why they vary, and how this information can advance the field of human evolutionary biology. Dr. Smith joins Nate on this episode t…

  • Learning to See the World Around Us with J Steele-Louchart

    11 min Episode 51 24 May 2018

    J Steele-Louchart is a Perceptual Navigation Instructor with World…

  • Ice Cream Science with Rich Hartel

    11 min Episode 50 9 May 2018

    What could be more fun than learning about the science of ice cream? Eating it of course! Rich Hartel is a professor and food engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he runs the Hartel Lab. He joins Nate on the show today to talk about the scienc…

  • Thermophiles with Tim McDermott

    11 min Episode 49 25 April 2018

    A thermophile is an organism that thrives in very high temperatures. You can find them living in the hot springs at Yellowstone National Park. These geothermal pools draw visitors to the park each year because of their beautiful colors. Tim McDermott is a soil…

  • The Science of Science Podcasts with Tim Howard

    16 min Episode 48 11 April 2018

    Tim Howard turned a vacation to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands into an amazing hour of great audio for WNYC's Radiolab. He now works as an editor on Reply All, a podcast about the internet. Tim joins Nate on this episode to talk about the science of audio s…

  • The Sea Otter Food Court with Patrick Webster

    17 min Episode 47 30 March 2018

    Patrick Webster visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California as a young, curious kid. There he fell in love with the sea otters that called the aquarium home. After studying marine biology and volunteering with the otters for 4 and a half years, Patrick now…

  • DNA Testing with 23andMe’s Jhulianna Cintron

    10 min Episode 46 14 March 2018

    A few months back, Nate spit into a tube and put it in the mail to have his DNA analyzed by a company called 23andMe. On this episode of The Show About About Science, Nate travels to the headquarters of 23andMe in Mountain View, California to learn more about …

  • Exploring the Ocean with Samantha Wishnak

    10 min Episode 45 28 February 2018

    Hey future ocean explorers! Do you dream of discovering new species of squids, octopuses and cuttlefish? Well stop dreaming, because on this episode of The Show About Science, we (virtually) go aboard the Nautilus, a deep sea exploration ship and the home of t…

  • How To Study the Brain with Marc Berman

    9 min Episode 44 14 February 2018

    Marc Berman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. He recently conducted a study that looks at whether a walk in the park can actually improve memory and attention. The results may surprise you. In this episode,…

  • What in the World are Salps with Larry Madin

    11 min Episode 43 31 January 2018

    Larry Madin is a Senior Scientist and the Deputy Director and Vice President for Research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, MA. He’s also an expert on Salps, an amazing tube shaped sea creature that feeds on phytoplankton and us…

  • Treating Childhood Cancer with Beth Stewart

    12 min Episode 42 17 January 2018

    Every day, 42 families in the U.S. learn that their child or teen has cancer. Elizabeth A. Stewart, MD is a doctor at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital researching ways to improve pediatric cancer treatments. She joins Nate on The Show About Science to tal…

  • Deep Look with Josh Cassidy and Lauren Sommer

    11 min Episode 41 4 January 2018

    How do caddisflies use underwater tape to protect themselves from predators? What is a palm weevil and why are they destroying all of the palm trees in Southern California? How do baby dragonfly’s eat? These are just a few of the questions answered on the KQED…

  • Coral Reef Restoration with Dave Vaughan

    14 min Episode 40 30 December 2017

    Coral reefs are important for the health of our oceans and planet. These reefs produce much of the oxygen that we breath and provide a habitat for the fish we eat. Recently, there’s been a lot of reporting on how climate change is causing the widespread death …

  • Chemical Safety with Maureen Wood

    10 min Episode 39 13 December 2017

    Maureen Wood studies chemical accident prevention for the European Union. On this episode of The Show About Science, she talks to Nate about how government scientists work to prevent dangerous accidents in factories and what a trip to the pool can teach us abo…

  • Animal Inventions with Professor Gizmo Gearloose

    17 min Episode 38 29 November 2017

    Since 1989, Professor Gizmo Gearloose (aka Christine Buik) has been providing programs to delight and inspire people of all ages with live animals, storytelling, music and audience participation. Christine joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Science t…

  • Great Apes and Humans with Jim Calcagno

    17 min Episode 37 15 November 2017

    Jim Calcagno is a biological anthropologist with research and teaching interests in paleoanthropology, dental anthropology, primate behavioral ecology, and evolutionary anthropology. On this episode of the Show About Science, Nate talks to Dr. Calcagno about g…

  • The Field Museum with Emily Graslie

    22 min Episode 36 1 November 2017

    Emily Graslie is the the host of The Brain Scoop and the Chief Curiosity Correspondent at The Field Museum in Chicago. The Brain Scoop is an educational YouTube channel devoted to exploring all aspects relating to the curious world of natural history museums, …

  • Sloths with Nadia Moraes-Barros

    9 min Episode 35 18 October 2017

    If you’re ever in a tropical forest in South or Central America, look up into the trees and you just might spot a sloth. But don’t go too early, these lazy creatures like to sleep late. On this episode, Nate talks about Sloths with Nadia Moraes-Barros, a resea…

  • Frontiers for Young Minds with Bob Knight

    12 min Episode 34 2 October 2017

    Frontiers for Young Minds is a scientific journal where the kids are in charge. Scientists submit research papers explaining their work and then kids do the peer review. Bob Knight is a professor at UC Berkeley with a research program focused on human neurosci…

  • Sea Turtle Inc. with Khrystyne Jamerson

    13 min Episode 33 1 September 2017

    South Padre Island, Texas is home to some amazing wildlife! It is also home to Sea Turtle Inc., a sea turtle hospital with a mission to rescue and rehabilitate injured sea turtles. Each year, mama sea turtles return to the beaches of South Padre to lay their e…

  • TRAPPIST-1 and Exoplanets with Michael Gillon

    9 min Episode 32 1 August 2017

    About 40 light-years (235 trillion miles) from Earth is a system of seven planets relatively close to the constellation Aquarius. Located outside of our solar system, these planets are scientifically known as exoplanets. This particular exoplanet system, calle…

  • Organic Chemistry with Will Dichtel

    10 min Episode 31 1 July 2017

    Will Dichtel is a chemist at Northwestern University and a 2015 MacArthur Fellow. His research is focused on the development of porous polymers known as covalent organic frameworks. On this episode of The Show About Science, Will talks to Nate about his work a…

  • We Love Science!

    14 min Episode 30 1 July 2017

    On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate is reporting from the March for Science in Chicago (http://sciencemarchchicago.com). Over 60,000 Chicagoans marched on April 22, 2017 to show their love and support for the work that scientists do. Listen to thi…

  • Marching for Science and Extraterrestrials with Luoth Chou

    11 min Episode 29 19 April 2017

    Luoth Chou studies organic geochemistry, microbiology and astrobiology. ​On this episode of The Show About Science, she joins Nate to talk about her research and The March for Science, a series of rallies and marches set to be held in Washington, D.C. and over…

  • Cracking the Genetic Code with Kevin Esvelt

    11 min Episode 28 3 April 2017

    Kevin Esvelt leads the Sculpting Evolution Group at MIT. Their work explores “evolutionary and ecological engineering and responsive science.” Kevin joins Nate on the program to help him with some homework and to discuss a tool for gene editing called CRISPR.…

  • Brains On! with Sanden Totten

    17 min Episode 27 28 February 2017

    In our most ambitious episode to date, Nate visits KPCC, the home of Southern California Public Radio, for a tour of the station. Your tour guide for this episode is Sanden Totten, host of the popular kids science podcast, Brains On! Nate was rolling tape from…

  • Biology and Tarantula Hawks with Coyote Peterson

    14 min Episode 26 12 February 2017

    Coyote Peterson is the host of The Brave Wilderness Channel on Youtube. His passion for wildlife has driven him to embark upon a quest to make animal conservation and education entertaining for the next wave of explorers. On this episode, Nate and Coyote talk …

  • Alphanatomy with Karen Bucher

    10 min Episode 25 28 January 2017

    On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate chats with Karen Bucher. Karen is the senior medical illustrator for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and a faculty member of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Biomedical Visualization…

  • Climate Change, Evolution and Bacon with John Wiens

    11 min Episode 24 7 January 2017

    Dr. John Wiens runs the Wiens Lab at the University of Arizona. In his research, he focuses on evolution and ecology, primarily using reptiles and amphibians as model systems. He joins Nate on the show to talk about what climate change is, it’s impact on evolu…

  • The Show About Science Raffle!

    1 min 18 December 2016

    Hey Show About Science super fans! We’re having a raffle!! We’re giving away 4 prizes to 4 lucky listeners. The fourth place prize is a set of 8 butterflies drawn by Nate. The second and third place prizes are Star Wars toys. And the grand prize is a Show Abou…

  • Maker Lab with Jack Challoner

    12 min Episode 23 5 December 2016

    On this episode, Nate talks to author Jack Challoner about his latest book, Maker Lab. Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution and supporting STEM education initiatives, Maker Lab includes 28 kid-safe projects and crafts that will get young inv…

  • Fake Sugar and Fruit Flies with Monica Dus

    10 min Episode 22 15 November 2016

    On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate interviews Monica Dus, PhD, a molecular biologist at the University of Michigan. She is an expert in fruit fly genetics and her research explores how high-sugar diets may lead to obesity by altering our brain che…

  • Ants with Mikey Bustos

    12 min Episode 21 16 October 2016

    In this episode of The Show About Science, Nate interviews Mikey Bustos, the owner of AntsCanada Ant Store, an online shop which specialises in ant-keeping. Mikey is also the host of the AntsCanada youtube channel. The two met face to face on one of Mikey's re…

  • Butterflies with Doug Taron

    12 min Episode 20 11 October 2016

    On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate takes the show on the road to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago to visit the Butterfly Haven there. Later in the episode, he interviews Doug Taron, PhD, Chief Curator of the Chicago Academy of Sciences…

  • Evolution with Cliff Tabin

    16 min Episode 19 24 August 2016

    On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate interviews Cliff Tabin, PhD., the Chairman of the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. His work ranges from studying the process by which embryos form to how life evolved into all the different type…

  • Physics with Dianna Cowern

    10 min Episode 18 27 June 2016

    Dianna Cowern is better known as Physics Girl on youtube. And her videos are filled with amazing experiments that you can try at home. Dianna joins Nate to talk about Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton and everyday physics. They try to figure out how these two …

  • Vultures with Corinne Kendall

    6 min Episode 17 6 June 2016

    We just moved and my dad needed some time to setup the podcast studio at our new house. While he was doing that, I was playing in my new backyard! But now we're back with a new episode of The Show About Science. Today on the podcast, Corinne Kendall joins me t…

  • Radiation with Huban Gowadia

    13 min Episode 16 14 May 2016

    The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office is a small department within Homeland Security with a big mission to protect the public from nuclear terrorism. DNDO is composed of scientists, military, former law enforcement, and policy analysts and their work requires …

  • Alligators with Adam Rosenblatt

    12 min Episode 15 3 May 2016

    If you've ever wanted to know how to catch an alligator, this is the podcast you've been waiting for. In this episode of The Show About Science, Nate talks to Adam Rosenblatt, a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University and alligator expert. Adam’s research fo…

  • Recycling with Rick Zultner from Terracycle

    11 min Episode 14 9 April 2016

    There’s two very exciting days in the month of April. One is my birthday and the other is Earth Day. So in honor of Earth Day later this month, I interviewed my friend Rick Zultner from Terracycle. Terracycle is developing new ways to recycle more than just pa…

  • Triskaidekaphobia and Superstitions

    8 min Episode 13 3 April 2016

    This is the 13th episode of The Show About Science, and people with triskaidekaphobia might be afraid to listen. Triskaidekaphobia is an extreme superstition regarding the number 13. In this episode, I talk to Stuart Vyse, a behavioral scientist, teacher, and …

  • Bat Biology with Stephanie Findlay

    10 min Episode 12 5 March 2016

    In this episode of The Show About Science, Nate talks to Stephanie Findlay about bats. You'll be amazed at how little you know about these amazing nocturnal creatures. Stephanie is a masters student at the University of Calgary studying bat biology under Dr. R…

  • Fossils and Rocks with Duncan Findlay

    10 min Episode 11 27 February 2016

    In this episode of The Show About Science, Nate talks to geologist Duncan Findlay. Duncan has a PhD in reconstructing the palaeoenvironment using geochemistry, sedimentaology, macropalaeontology and modern analogues and an MSc degree in micropalaeontology. Wha…

  • Bees, Mosquitoes and Dragons with Joe Hanson

    13 min Episode 10 13 February 2016

    In this episode of The Show About Science, Nate interviews Joe Hanson, the creator/host/writer of PBS Digital Studios’ It’s Okay To Be Smart. Nate talks to Joe about woolly mammoths, bees, mosquitoes and the science behind HBO's Game of Thrones. Make sure to c…

  • Cells and Viruses with The Amoeba Sisters

    12 min Episode 9 30 January 2016

    When I was 2, one of the first science videos I ever watched was by the Amoeba Sisters - two amorphous amoebas that teach science. I think the topic of that video was viruses. I played it over and over and over. Then I watched the next one. Fast forward 3 year…

  • How to Become an Astronaut with Mike Mongo

    12 min Episode 8 15 January 2016

    Mike Mongo dreamed of becoming an astronaut when he was young, but making those dreams a reality can be challenging. Now Mike is an astronaut instructor who encourages kids to follow their interstellar dreams. In this episode of The Show About Science, Mike te…

  • Chemistry with Ian and Greg from Stop. Think. Science!

    8 min Episode 7 6 January 2016

    In this episode, Ian and Greg, the hosts of Stop. Think. Science! join Nate to talk about molecules, chemical compounds and dangerous chemical reactions. Later in the program, Nate talks about his favorite TED-Ed videos and the one he just can't bring himself …

  • Santa Science and the Physics of Christmas

    15 min Episode 6 17 December 2015

    In this very exciting episode of The Show About Science, Nate talks to Santa Claus about the science behind his workshop and what happens when kids send drawings of new toys for Santa to produce in his present factory. Santa than suggests that Nate talk to Rog…

  • Punk Rock Medicine with Dr. Daryl

    8 min Episode 5 29 October 2015

    In this episode of the Show About Science, Nate talks to Dr. Daryl. Dr. Daryl is an emergency medicine doctor who also fronts Chicago's famed punk rock band, The Bollweevils. Nate and Daryl talk about fractures, broken bones, blood pressure and the "elephant" …

  • Gross Science with Anna Rothschild

    7 min Episode 4 18 October 2015

    On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate interviews Anna Rothschild, the host of Nova's Gross Science. Nate asks Anna what she knows about cow and kangaroo burps, ribbon worms, and infections. He also gets more information on everyone's favorite topic, …

  • Food Science with Shannon

    6 min Episode 3 4 October 2015

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  • Sea Creatures with Adam

    4 min Episode 2 8 August 2015

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  • Science with Mom

    3 min Episode 1 18 July 2015

    The very first episode of The Show About Science!

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