Smart Enough to Know Better

166.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Death becomes her

06 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg talks to a mortuary assistant about what happens to your body after you pop your clogs.

166 - Smart Enough to Dust Mites

15 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Science Week, Space Force, Henrietta Lacks, Thanos' snap, Greedy Gulls.

165.5 - Wah Wonders Why - The Tax Man Cometh

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A breakdown of Greg's tax

165 - Smart Enough to Touch Tones

18 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dan and Greg chat to Yuma Antoine Decaux about navigating the universe with sound.

164.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Lost Women of Science - Space4Women

05 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr SpaceJunk - A/Prof Alice Gorman returns to share her bounty of knowledge

164 - Old Enough to Know Better

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Carrington Vanston interview Greg and Dan about the podcast and how it came to be.

163 - Smart Enough to Drill Bits

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sex underwater, Apples, Drilling, De-orbiting satellites.

162.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy? - The price on your head

10 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin, the podcast's Philosopher-in-residence, returns to discuss with Greg how much a human life should be valued.

162 - Smart Enough to Wear Wolves

18 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Toothpaste and OJ, Werewolves on the moon, Peak unhappiness, Terminal velocity of arrows.

161.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Snapshots

28 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg takes a global snapshot talking to people around the globe about their pandemic experience. From the U.S, Grenada, New Zealand, Phillipines, ...

161 - Smart Enough to Bat Viruses

22 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the pandemic a little bit but then move onto more fun topics like busy birthdays, ideal glass, losing a moon, chromosomes.

160.5 - Wah Wonders Why - It's Show Time!

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Betelgeuse is pulsing with Kat Ross

160 - Smart Enough to Glaze Mugs

23 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Altruism testing, porcelain recycling, drainage and puddles.

159.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Lost Women of Science

09 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg is joined by Dr Alice Gorman and Kathryn Ross to discuss the experience of women in science.

159 - Smart Enough to Perfect Pixels

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ultima Thule, Retro Consoles, Vampire power, Movies in the 2020s, Colder as you climb, More continents.

158.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy?! - Compromise

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg talks to Kevin Lowe about compromise.

158 - Smart Enough to Peck Pickles

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Prepping, Raising Children, Pickles, Angry Empathy. Also Soda Blasting, Nitrogen, Pink Noise and walks of shame about continents and dog years.

157.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Sad Astra

22 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg and Dan really complain (possibly a bit too much) about a film by a celebrated director that frustrated both of them.

157 - Smart Enough to Click Bait

24 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A conversation with Darren Hamley about dolphins and teaching.

156.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Taste Test

10 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A chocolate experiment

156 - Smart Enough to Shoot Stars

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

An interview about where rocks come from with Space Rock Scientist Dr. Lucy Forman

155.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What Price Victory - Checkin (Ada)

12 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg checks in on Ada from the 'What Price Victory' episode.

155 - Smart Enough to Wee Ones

21 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sinking the ISS. Syrup. Holding your pee. Protesting. Killing Jar Jar.

154.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What Price Victory - Checkin (Eloise)

31 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg checks in with Eloise regarding what horrors babies inflict on bodies.

154 - Smart Enough to Eye Tests

18 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Optometrist Ben. Also grass and ants, Dengue fever update and 20 minutes at the end where we just chat.

153.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Food of the Gods

03 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg dives deep into the world of chocolate.

153 - Smart Enough to Loot Crates

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bombing the moon, Touch surfaces, Office temperature, the Lymphatic system.

70 - A Sky Full of Cake

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Interview: Brendan Griffen - Dark Energy

44 - The Claw!!

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Interview: The secret interview, Tal Waterhouse, Dr Carol Oliver and Dr Joel Gilmore.

30 - A Logical Knot

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Interview: Logic with Kevin Lowe. Segments: Alkaline diets, Telescope array, Doctor Chiropractor.

14.5 - Wah? What is it good for?

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg has a rant about space funding. Dan cowers.

152.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Devil in the detail

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When the scientific method goes awry. Greg ropes Dan into this one.

152 - Smart Enough to Star Fields

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Indigenous Astronomy with Dr. Duane Hamacher

151.5 - Wah Wonders Why - It takes ≥ two to tango

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Polyamory with Scott and Amy

151 - Smart Enough to Baby Brains

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Overly smart bombs, Beluga planes, Baby brains, Chips, Pokemon brains, Zombie foetus.

150 - Smart Enough to Dub Steps

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dub step, Pancakes, Nova, Enviro-science. With Joel Gilmore

149.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy - Eugenics

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Lowe returns to discuss eugenics and genetic engineering.

149 - Smart Enough to Pan Cakes

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Dr Wes Fraser about some very special astral bodies.

148.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Astroquest

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Three short interviews with the creators of Astrofest. Kirsten Gottschalk, Dr Luke Davies and Lisa Evans.

148 - Smart Enough to Bug Motels

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mars None, Flying Fish and Boobies, Sleeping with dogs, Killing Cockroaches, DNA hacking, Cryptozoo Healing.

147 - Smart Enough to Bare Bear Bair

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bears, Cats, Dogs, Bluebottles, Indian/asian Mynas, Chicago and its river.

146.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Jefferson Starfish

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Doctor Who fan made radio show by Nat Bochenski

146 - Smart Enough to Man Flues

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Supernumery nipples. Men getting sick. Fingerprinting urine. New Zealand. The Tassie Devil.

145.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Whether the Weather will Wither the Wether

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Climate change. Just how doomed are we? With Dr Sarah Perkins

145 - Smart Enough to King Parrots

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Blue Sky, Birds, Speed of Death, Pain Killers, Empty Universe, Cup of Tea.

144.5 - Wah Wonders Why - What the Philosophy!?

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg talks to ethicist Kevin Lowe about the backfire effect, fear as the basis of society and whether philosophy is a real thing anyway.

144 - Smart Enough to Catch the Breeze

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Measuring the wind, Animals that get skin cancer, Sneaky Rex. Iceland 999. Quakes Sketch: Bear Claws

143.5 - Wah Wonders Why - Science!

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Wah talks about the scientific process Short Story - Cuckoo Music - Ossuary 6 - Air. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creati...

143 - Smart Enough to Ice Lands

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg's trip to Iceland, broken mouse, smelly toilet, clover. Song: MCPC

142.5 - Dan's Memory

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dan explains the Peg Memory Trick.

142 - Smart Enough to Back Doors

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Frost, Anal Carbs, Second Brain, Roman invasion of Great Britain.

141.5 - Wah Wonders About Time Travel

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Greg and Dan talk all things Time Travel.

141 - Smart Enough to Scar Tissues

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Scars, Inhaling health, Front facing eyes, Plastic Bags, Kodiak Island. Sketch: Cthulhu by Gaslight.

140.5 - Wah Wonders What Price Victory

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What would you pay to compensate for your "flaws"? Greg interviews several people about what they didn't have and whether they chose to buy it.

140 - Smart Enough to Start a Space Bar

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to Jaron Mitchell from 4 Pines Beer about their plans to launch beer into space. Also, flaws in the marshmallow test.

139.5 - Wah Wonders Why - No Moon

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

No Moon with Kate Harborne A/Prof Cassandra Perryman Gretchen McCulloch Lingthusiasm Dr Harriet Mills Dan Beeston

139 - Smart Enough to Count Mammals

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Hangovers, Hidden mammals, Prickly Pears, Social media bubbles, Cordova 999AD. Sketch: Diamond Store.

138.5 - Wah Wonder About Teleportation

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg chats to Kevin Lowe and Dr Greg Watson about the ethics of teleportation.

138 - Smart Enough to Launch Vegemite

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: FM spaceships, Cooked TV, James Gilmore and the Gilmore Space Corporation plus a freezing game show. Sketch: Solo odds

137 - Smart Enough to Shave Furries

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Jute and thread counts, domesticating humans, centaurs and Chu.

123 - Froth!

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We interview Dr. Helen Czerski about ocean bubbles and froth.

136 - Smart Enough to Frighten Birds

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Falcon Heavy and the Space Tesla, mammals with nighttime vision, The black death

135 - Smart Enough to Crack Space Whips

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Dr Alice Gorman, elephant communication

134 - Smart Enough to Juggle Balls

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: 2017 was pretty great, Orange peel, Man is nicer than Monkeys, Testicle Transplants, Egypt, Cooking God.

133 - Smart Enough to Guess Passwords

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Acid in food, Fluffy ffffing dinosaurs, Flare Stacks, Knife injuries by night, and Pimping Thailand. Sketch: Police Academy

132 - Smart Enough to Launch Cucumbers

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We chat to Dr Michele Bannister about Interstellar 1 and its trajectory through our solar system.

131 - Smart Enough to Stuff Dinosaurs

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Counter shading camouflage, creepy occupations, ocean hitchhikers, the young, skunks, Moldovia and Dracula.

130 - Smart Enough to Unite States

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dan and Greg traveled to the land of the USA. They ramble on for an hour and a frickin' half about all the sciencey stuff they found there.

129 - Smart Enough to Know Nutty Robots

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Bell chats about macadamia nuts and robots Also magnet fishing and who's murder bird is who?

128 - Smart Enough to Know Pheromone Trains

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Kirsti Abbott talks about Ants.

127 - Smart Enough to Know our Medium Mean Mode

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Averages, Drinking pee, Counting Spiders, Australian Hats.

126 - Smart Enough to Know Stone Zuul

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Caitlin Syme explains two exciting dinosaur fossils.

125 - Smart Enough to Know Spider Diets

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Spider diets, Smurfs, Musk brain mesh, Sweat, Pimping Sicily

124 - Getting Dogs Drunk

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Beer, Sharks, New Continent, Sad Dogs, Tonga.

122 - Your New Organ and You

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The blackest black. A brand new organ. Popcorn popcorn. The weight of everything. English China. Moscow 1400AD. Coke as a pesticide.

121 - Waporised

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Interview: Cavitation bubbles with Dr Danail Obreschkow

120 - A Fish of a Time

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Space Law, Sea Sickness, Ethiopia 500AD, Dolphin speech, Cow Burps and Methane.

119 - Deep Sausages

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mars, Blisters, Grip strength, Glue, Pre Incan Tech, Smiling Losers.

118 - A lovely bowl of Bufo Marinus

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg and Dan chat to Michelle Franklin about the Cane Toad epidemic. Also addresses and ultrasounds.

117 - Squeezing buttocks live at the Planting Festival

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg and Dan run their game show LIVE at the Planting Festival at Woodford.

116 - A Blunt Chat with Dr. Cassandra Perryman

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cassandra Perryman on drugs and addiction

115 - Black Suits

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Crows and tubes, Sonic Booms, Magnetic tapes, Celebrity poop.

114 - The Harvest

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Organ donation with Dr. Aimee Cunningham

113 - Hair Brained

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Crows sense of self, Frizzy Hair, Sucking blood, Going Loco in Merv.

112 - Planet Nein

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg and Dan, with the help of Dr Michele Bannister discuss the Pluto flyby results and the mysterious planet found on the outskirts of our solar syst...

111 - Valentine’s Goo

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gravitational Waves, Freezing stuff, Chins, Elephants, Trees Breaking, Vikings.

110 - Balloon Horror

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg and Dan, with the help of Dr Cassandra Perryman, Dr Greg Watson and Natalie Bochenski, get the stories of a bunch of science keenos at the Woodfo...

84 - The Future of Work

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Interview: Dr Stefan Hajkowicz and the future of work.

109 - Woodford 2 Frog Bonk

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg and Dan, with the help of Spencer Howsen, Dr Cassandra Perryman and Caitlin Syme get the stories of a bunch of science keenos at the Woodford Fol...

108 - Woodford 1 Bug Junk

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Greg and Dan, with the help of Spencer Howsen and Dr. Jen Parson get the stories of a bunch of science keenos at the Woodford Folk Festival.

107.5 - A Very Hitler Christmas

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Peaches, Resources, Baby Hitler

107 - Bags of Blood

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Pumpkins, Bags under the eyes, Jedis, Coins. Sketches: Neanderthal Farming, Tax, Time Travel Story.

106 - Default Minimum Incoming

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Interview: Scott Santen talks about the idea of a default minimum income.

105 - Hey Chicken! You Yella?

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: White shirts, Ant medication, Petrol reclaimation and Pimp my Time Kentucky. Sketches: Echo Location, Mars Attacks, Broken Video Game.

104 - Dan and Greg talk rubbish

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Interview: Kristin Metzeling about recycling

103 - Lie in it

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Make your bed. Mt Fuji. Babies are goal oriented. Pimp Tehran 500BC

102 - The Lost Interview

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Interview: Madeline O'Leary - Epilepsy and Fish.

101 - Horizontal Partying

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Adrenalin, Grandmothers, Air Turbines, Rome 1. Sketches: Earthquake, Probe, Sketch Artist

100 - A turtle poking out LIVE

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 100 was recorded live at the Powerhouse Turbine Platform. We play a game show where the audience brings us science stories. Sponsored by sp...

99 - Adrift and Encrusted

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Segments: Vegan Diet, Barnacles, Magnetic Pole Flip, Columbus and the Pox. Sketches: Multiverse