Show overview
Dr Karl Podcast has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 260 episodes. That works out to roughly 160 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 38 min and 40 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 21 episodes already out so far this year. Published by {"triplej","triple j"}.
From the publisher
Join Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Lucy Smith and their scientific guests, with a bunch of curious triple j listeners for a weekly injection of science, myth-bashing and answers!
Latest Episodes
View all 260 episodesShower farts, regenerative bodies and bass face
Dog breath, ugly cry face and sleeping pelicans
Magic mushrooms, hiccup rhythms and meteorites
Peptide tans, brain charge and seeing in the dark
The history of burials, mushroom spore suits and hydro cremation
AI ethics, touching grass and the AMOC
The vagus nerves, lightspeed travel and peripheral night vision
Rogue planets, dark matter and time dilation
Nose picking, dermatillomania and the weight of the world
Leech brains, animal instincts and echidna quirks
Artemis II, decomposition and breast milk
Do soap suds affect cleanliness? How does salt in the ocean form? How many mushrooms would it take to decompose a human body?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.
Faster-than-light travel, the Van Allen Belt and AI space exploration
Why do we go to space? How do you design a rocket? And what movie about space gets it most right?Dr Karl and special guest Jaxon Liebeck answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.
Super voids, satellite noise and asteroid navigation
Are black holes really holes? How heavy is a dark star? And what happens when we're mindful?Dr Karl and Dr Laura Driessen answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.
Morning vs. motion sickness, sunburnt eyes and colour blind dreams
Does light travel forever? Why does the dancefloor get so sweaty? And can your friends match your freak?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.
Share house smells, sleeping mosquitoes and multiverse supercomputers
Why are chocolate and coffee the perfect pair? What's the point of having hairy feet? And how do you make the perfect frozen marg?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.
Synesthesia, lime cordial v. bacteria & fusion reactors
Does a plucked hair grow back? Why does nicotine suppress your appetite? And how high is the sky?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith
The Challenger Legacy - new Dr Karl podcast
Doctors, here's a sneak peek of a brand new podcast co-hosted by Dr Karl.
Murphy's Law, mouth ulcers and MSG
Where is the centre of the universe? What would happen if the speed of light increased? And what is Dr Karl's favourite maternity fact?Dr Karl answers these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.
Human buoyancy, acclimatising and syncing periods
Would we die without dioxygen? Where did spiders come from? And can you learn to hack the cold?Dr Karl and Zoe Kean (OAM!) answer these questions and more on triple j Mornings with Lucy Smith.
Human cannonballs, outrunning the Sun and burning beds
Does Missy Higgins have geometrically impossible standards? How high do hot air balloons go? And how much is too much 'Sugar On My Tongue'? Dr Karl answers these questions and more in this special episode of Science with Dr Karl with Lucy Smith.