The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Popular Science
Science and ideas · Ongoing · ~64 min
Taste attributes: documentarycomedytalk-showslowfresh & originalrealisticlinearemotive & stirringsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA fresh, realistic ideas podcast, otherwise balanced. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Based on your film and TV taste: podcasts are matched on the same ten characteristics, with your own match bands.
About this podcast
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The…
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- Publisher
- Popular Science
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 64 minutes
- Latest episode
- 4 November 2026
- Categories
- Science, Education, Society & Culture
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- How we score
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