Science for the People

#642 The Last Episode

Join the team of Science for the People for one last episode, where we interview... ourselves. We talk about our time as Skeptically Speaking and Science for the People, the rebranding, our favourite episodes, how the podcast has changed us, and what it's been like to be a science podcast from 2009 to 2023. To our listeners: thank you all for sticking with us all these years, for supporting us, and most importantly for listening. We hope you'll continue to ask questions, to support science, and to think critically about the world around you. It's been an honour and a pleasure to have been Science for the People. Episode Mentions and other Shout Outs: Marion Kilgour's first appearance, as a guest talking about supermarket science: #4 Science of Love Marion's first guest hosting episode: #397 Risk Management Rachelle Saunders' first guest hosting episode: #119 Mistakes Were Made Bethany's first appearance as a guest: #100 Semen Science Bethany's first episode as a host: #362 Roadkill The episode that changed Bethany's mind: #310 Circumcision Carolyn Wilke's first episode as a host: #553 Scan All Fishes The one with Adam Savage: #25 Surprise Guest Adam Savage! The one with Randall Munroe: #27 Randall Munroe of XKCD The ones with Mary Roach: #385 Grunt #590 Furry Felons and Mammalian Misdemeanors The ones with Ed Yong: #146 Spider Silk #262 Me, Myself, and Why #430 Bacteria in Bodies and On The Farm The one with Dan Savage: #361 Too Hot To Handle The one with Noam Chomsky: #222 The Evolution of Language Carolyn's favourites: #567 Because Internet #631 Tenacious Beasts Bethany's favourite: #415 Weapons of Math Destruction Rachelle's favourites: #236 Fukushima #434 The Dictionary #585 Lightning Flowers #564 Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies Marion's favourites: #622 What's Wrong Colonel Sanders? Feeling Chicken? #487 Knitting in PEARL Another shout out favourite from Rachelle: #577 Vaccine Moonshot More favourites from Bethany: #560 That's the Yeast of Your Worries #579 It's a Pandemic, Why Are We So Bored? Ryan's favourites: #521 The Curious Life of Krill #208 Brain on Fire K.O.'s favourites: #85 Cooking for Geeks #95 The Science of Allergies Betsy Ladyzhets and The Sick Times newsletter about Long Covid Ed Yong's reporting archive at The Atlantic where you can find his Long Covid stories The one with Andy Weir: #312 Impossible Space The one with Roberto Trotta: #293 The Edge of the Sky In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald On Being with Krista Tippett The one about rebranding to Science for the People: #234 Science for the People The new Science for the People organisation we are not affiliated with and often get confused with Bethany's book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains" Bethany's website Voxtopica K.O. at Particulate Media Carolyn's website Ryan's game Catlandia

#641 The Last Nerd Gift Guide

For the last time, Bethany and Rachelle skip gleefully across the world wide web, plucking nerdy objects out of obscurity to shine a spotlight on in hopes a few of these fascinating, delightful things find their way into the right kind of geeky forever-home. Maybe there's someone in your life one of these things would be perfect for, and we've just solved your holiday gift-buying dilemma! Maybe there's something in this list you fall in love with and pass along as ideas to people looking to buy gifts for you. Or maybe, just maybe, you decide it's time to get yourself a little something special. Because it's also ok to give ourselves a little delight now and then. So grab a cup of tea, coffee, hot cocoa, cider, or other cosy holiday beverage and pull up our companion gift guide blog post so you can follow along with this last instalment of one of our favourite traditions here at Science for the People.

#640 The Last Science Book Club

For the last time, Joanne Manaster and John Dupuis talk us through their favourite science reads from the last year, and add a little "time travel" seasoning in to keep things interesting, harkening back to old favs as well as talking about the best of the best from 2023. As always, we've got our companion blog post ready with the full book list, including links to Amazon where you can find more information. Happy reading!

#639 The One About Periods

Period. Menstruation. For something that roughly half the human population does, we sure don't talk about it much. But it's a fascinating biological phenomenon with a really interesting history, and the potential for a better future. We're talking with anthropologist Kate Clancy about her book Period: The Real Story of Menstruation.

#638 Do you feel love? What about ecstasy?

If you're plugged in to science news (and you, our listeners, definitely are) then you know that psychedelics like ketamine and LSD are having a moment in therapy. But what about Ecstasy (MDMA)? What makes it different, and what could it do? This week we talk with Rachel Nuwer about her new book I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World.