Show overview
Science, Spoken has been publishing since 2016, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 2,361 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 310 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 6 min and 9 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.7 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2018, with 511 episodes published. Published by WIRED.
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View all 2,361 episodesIntroducing WIRED Politics Lab!
Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech and politics from the WIRED team.Join host Leah Feiger and a rotation of guests as they guide you through the exciting, challenging, and sometimes entertaining vortex of internet extremism, conspiracies, and disinformation on WIRED Politics Lab.You can find the information needed to lift the fog of disinformation we find ourselves in everyday right on this feed.Listen to WIRED Politics Lab: https://listen.wired.com/politicslab_feeddrop Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Introducing WIRED's Gadget Lab!
Although we paused on publishing narrated versions of WIRED articles in this feed, you will still hear the latest in tech from the WIRED team.On WIRED's Gadget Lab, you'll find hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore tackling the biggest questions in the world of tech with knowledgeable WIRED reporters.You can expect the best of WIRED's breaking news and tech analysis right here in this feed.Listen to WIRED's Gadget Lab: https://listen.wired.com/YDai_aaZ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing
Human cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics
Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane
Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor
Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Race for the Next Ozempic
The next wave of obesity drugs could help people lose even more weight—and make some pharma companies a fortune. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Abortion Rights Groups Rush to Back Kamala Harris
Activists believe that the vice president, who is already the leading voice for reproductive rights in the Biden administration, will champion their cause. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hospitals Around the World Are Struggling in the Aftermath of the Great IT Meltdown
Doctors find themselves without critical systems and diagnostic tools—and face the daunting reality that a full recovery could take days—after CrowdStrike’s botched deployment of a software update. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Newly Discovered Moon Caves Could One Day House Astronauts
Analysis of lunar imagery has ended a longstanding debate over whether there are accessible underground areas on the Moon; an emptied lava tube in the Sea of Tranquility is of particular interest. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
To Find Alien Life, We Might Have to Kill It
Missions to explore other worlds, like Mars or Saturn’s moon Titan, could disrupt or destroy extraterrestrial life in the process of seeking it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The New UK Government Wants Clean Energy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Public Transport Reform
Legislation in coming years will set up a publicly owned clean power company and leverage the Crown Estate for investment in green infrastructure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
It Will Soon Be Easier for Americans to Recycle Batteries
Improperly discarded batteries leak toxic chemicals and are prone to exploding. A new program funded by the Department of Energy will prop up battery drop-off sites across the US. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google DeepMind's Chatbot-Powered Robot Is Part of a Bigger Revolution
Robotics researchers are exploring how large language models can give physical machines more smarts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Ready to Implant a Second Volunteer
In a livestreamed update on X, Elon Musk and Neuralink executives gave an update on the company's next study participant—and its next-generation brain implant. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era
Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy
Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Ancient Technology Is Helping Millions Stay Cool
Cheap, low-energy evaporative cooling devices are keeping water, food, people, and even whole buildings cool across India. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Health Care Should Be Designed for the Extremes of Life
Much of health care is designed with the “comfortable middle” of society in mind, says designer Yves Behar, when it should be tailored to children, the elderly, and those with disabilities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How a Group of Butterflies Managed to Fly 4,200 Kilometers Without Stopping
When butterflies not native to South America appeared on a beach in French Guiana, entomologists started sleuthing to prove where they came from—and how they might have got there. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices