Big Picture Science
Big Picture Science weaves together a universe of big ideas – from robots to memory to antimatter to dinosaurs.
Big Picture Science
Show overview
Big Picture Science has been publishing since 2006, and across the 20 years since has built a catalogue of 697 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 630 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 39 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 57 episodes published.
From the publisher
The surprising connections in science and technology that give you the Big Picture. Astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley are joined each week by leading researchers, techies, and journalists to provide a smart and humorous take on science. Our regular "Skeptic Check" episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.