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Catch up
About 15 minutes of whatever is funny, meaningful, annoying, delightful, or needlessly specific that week.
A variety science podcast
Science gets complicated. People do too.
We read the research, try to understand it, and then invite the people who did the work to tell us what we got right, what we got wrong, and what we completely missed.
Live Tuesdays at 5:15 PM ET • audio release Wednesday
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Coming next
First full episode coming soon
What are we reading, what do we think it means, and what will the person who actually did the work tell us we missed?
Guest: Guest announcement coming soon
How the show works
Read it. Talk about it. Ask the expert. Wander somewhere weird.
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Try to understand something
We take on research—or occasionally a creative work—and work through what we think it means in approachable language.
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Ask someone who knows
An author or expert joins us to tell us what landed, what didn't, and what nuance disappeared on the way.
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Variety Corner
Heather changes the subject, raises the stakes, introduces something creative, or simply laughs at us.
“Being curious doesn't mean pretending to know everything. It means doing the work, respecting expertise, asking better questions, and being willing to change your mind.”
Why this exists
Love is part of the method.
We started this because we wanted something to make together—and an excuse to keep spending time together. The science matters. So do kindness, creativity, positive regard, laughter, and being allowed to be imperfect humans in public.
Meet the humansHave something we should read?
Send us a paper, creative work, guest suggestion, or a polite explanation of something we misunderstood.
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