
Show overview
Quirks and Quarks launched in 2025 and has put out 59 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 55 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-CA-language Science show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 47 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 47 episodes published. Published by CBC.
Episodes
59
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
54 min
Cadence
Weekly
From the publisher
CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom... and everything in between.
Latest Episodes
View all 59 episodesHow to nuke an asteroid, and more…
Nov 6, 202654 min
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Oct 30, 202654 min
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Oct 23, 202654 min
Scientists find anti-aging secrets in a 194-year-old tortoise
Oct 16, 202654 min
Nobel laureates share their winning science
Oct 9, 202654 min
How feasting black holes time their burps
Oct 2, 202654 min
How corals tell us climate change is supersizing El Niño
Sep 25, 202654 min
Coral archives reveal a shift in El Niño strength
Sep 25, 202616 min
A feather found in dino poop and more...
Sep 18, 202654 min
Summertime and the science isn’t always easy
Sep 11, 202654 min
Sweat, comets and dino milk. It’s our summer question show!
Sep 4, 202654 min
How to battle climate apathy, and more stories about humans
Aug 28, 202654 min
Celebrating 50 years of Quirks & Quarks!
Aug 21, 202654 min
Sensing space junk, and other stellar stories
Aug 14, 202654 min
Dust? Tongues? Uranus? It’s our Holiday Question Show!
Aug 7, 202654 min
Monkeys swallow soil to eat more junk food, and other summery science
Jul 31, 202654 min
Using ants to make yogurt, and other producer picks
Jul 24, 202654 min
Whales, sex and rocks — it's our book show!
Jul 17, 202654 min
Pumas vs. penguins, and other clever carnivores
Jul 10, 202654 min
Summer Science Spectacular
Jul 3, 202654 min
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