Explaining Science to my Dad

A physics graduate answers her non-scientist Dad’s silly science questions. Available via our website, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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NEW EPISODE!

Lily has recovered from the excitement of JWST's first science images, and she's ready for Lloyd's next question: "How can we use a telescope to look for aliens?"

Feat. @evi_ahrer from @WarwickAstro Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability

https://t.co/O2De0HH4GB

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New episode out tomorrow! We'll be chatting all things James Webb, exoplanet atmospheres, and aliens... Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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Explaining Science to my Dad is having a series break this week (so we can recover from the JWST images), but we'll be back with the second part of series 2 in 2 weeks!

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Spoiler alert: cake isn't actually bad for you

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New ep out now!

Lloyd has been trying to eat more vegetables, but he can’t stop thinking about cake. Which has him thinking: why does cake taste so good if it’s bad for us?

Feat Harry Klee from @kleelab @UF and author @MarkSchatzker (The Dorito Effect).

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Explaining Science to my Dad is 1 year old today! 🎉🎉

Thank you to every brilliant scientist who’s helped Lily explain and every curious person who’s tuned in to our little podcast.

We still can’t really believe that anyone wants to listen to our silly science conversations!

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Fancy listening to something that will make you feel a bit more optimistic about the future of our planet?

Ep 10: "Can plastic-eating enzymes really save the planet?", is out NOW.

Feat. Daniel Acosta from @UTAustin. Listen wherever you get your pods.

https://t.co/2RSttQ8f1S

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New episode out tomorrow, and it's a lovely one if you want to feel a little bit more optimistic about the future of our planet.

"Can plastic-eating enzymes really save the planet?" with Daniel Acosta from @UTAustin. Available tomorrow, 14th June, wherever you get your podcasts.

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New episode out now! "What is dark matter, and how on earth do you look for it?".

Feat. the brilliant Dr Michaela Queitsch-Maitland from @UoMparticle and Savannah Shively from @UCIrvine, both working on the new @FASERexperiment at @CERN.

Available wherever you get your pods!

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New episode coming soon! Lloyd's been reading about dark matter, and he's got questions.

"What is dark matter, and how do you look for it?" feat. Dr Michaela Queitsch-Maitland from @UoMparticle and Savannah Shively from @UCIrvine.

Out Tues 31st May, wherever you get your pods.

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Professor, doctor, researcher, and now...vocal coach? Not sure if the last one is entirely applicable, but catch Dr. Nathan Welham of @WiscOtoHNS explaining vocal cords, pitch, and more!

#WhyWiscSurgery

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New episode out now!

Lloyd wants to know why Lily is better at singing than he is, in this week's episode: "Why can we sing?"

Featuring the brilliant Nathan Welham from @WiscSurgery.

Available on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://t.co/XOYUqxmzm5

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New episode out tomorrow! Get your vocal cords warm for this one, because Dad wants to know: Why Can We Sing? Featuring Nathan Welham from @WiscSurgery

Available wherever you get your podcasts

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Important debate between Lily and Lloyd: is Pythagoras more of a philosopher or more of a mathematician?

The humanities grad and the science grad hash this one out in our next episode “Why Can We Sing?”, out on Monday.

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Don't forget that you can submit questions for us to answer via https://t.co/6qAUeJkuYD. We love a listener question!

Lily can only take so many questions from Lloyd's strange brain...

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Thanks Nic!

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On our next episode, we'll be solving the puzzle of why @shepherd_lils can sing and @lloydshep can... hold a tune...

Episode 8: "Why Can We Sing?", featuring Professor Nathan Welham from @WiscSurgery, is out on Monday 16th May. Available wherever you get your pods.

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New episode today!

Lily is joined by @elle_bethune from @EdinburghUni as they try to make Lloyd feel a little bit less troubled about the weirdness of water, and unpack what it is that makes water so special and important for life on Earth and beyond our solar system 🌊🪐

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New episode of explaining science to my dad out tomorrow! We’ll be talking water weirdness and life on other planets 🪐🌊

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Is this Fred or George Weasley? If you knew, how did you know? Aren't they supposed to be... identical?

Find out what's going on in episode 6 of Explaining Science to my Dad, available on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.