The Rest Is Science
GoalhangerJoin mathematician Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (Vsauce) as they dig into the weird scientific questions that often go unexplored. Welcome to The Rest Is Science, a show that sits in the fascinating space between what we think we know, and what we actually know. Why do we assume we understand things like time, randomness, or even gravity? Once you start questioning thes... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 37 | Founded | 4 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | MathematicsSciencePhysics | |||
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Great information, entertaining content. Very good.
Podcast Addict410 days agoQuartz- Good show, please fix audio levels
Great podcast. However when listening to this at night my volume level has to be about 2% as the podcast is very loud, then Hannah’s voice is often vastly louder than Michael’s. Please do some fine tuning on sound levels for us that listen at night or sleep to. Thanks
Apple Podcasts5<[CJW]>
United Kingdom11 days ago - Potato is only a vegetable once a day
Re: the vegetable discussion. Here’s another thing. My dietitian told me that in my eating plan potato only counts as a vegetable once a day, after which it counts as a carb.
Turns out vegetables are not always vegetables. They are situation-dependant entities.
Thanks for all the lovely science.
Apple Podcasts5Nan in Oz
Australia13 days ago - Good and bad
Good: you know these two. Effective and charismatic science communicators with many years of experience each.
Bad: ads. Not only are there a lot of them, but they play sponsor-provided ads rather than reading copy.
You know, the very reason people switched to podcasts from radio.
It’s grating. Corporate ads are just disgusting and derail the whole show.
I can only listen when I have my phone nearby so I can skip the atrocious ads.
Apple Podcasts3BillyBuckets
United States16 days ago - Not the right people
I understand that Hannah Fry’s full time job is now content creation but a mathematician and a YouTuber just didn’t work for this podcast. Rutherford & Fry worked better because it was less sensationalist. Not really worth the listen.
Apple Podcasts3David5554United Kingdom16 days ago
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