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Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist

Science, Actually Presents : The Nerd and the Scientist

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Astrophysicist Kovi Rose and scicommer Benjamin Salles love space, and bad puns, and are united in their shared belief that they're brilliantly funny.

Science, Actually 2023
Astronomy & Space Science Science
Episodes
  • I Know You Are But What Am Ion?
    Jan 8 2026

    In this episode, Kovi and Benjamin dive headfirst into the Ig Nobel Prize, science’s annual celebration of research that makes you laugh first and think later. The lads cover everything from the prize’s origins and its wonderfully weird traditions to the unforgettable “winners” themselves, all while celebrating the curious, human side of scientific discovery. It is a reminder that science is not just serious. Sometimes it is very, very funny.

    And because the Ig Nobels deserve a little swagger:

    Iggy Iggy Iggy, can’t you see

    Sometimes your prize entertains me

    Thank you, Biggie.

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    55 mins
  • Just Shooting The Shtars : Guest : Space Case Sarah
    Dec 25 2025

    Everybody look busy! Our boss is back. For those of you who don't know, Kovi and Benjamin first nerded together as co-hosts on the Space Case Sarah Show, hosted by our return guest - the space case herself - Sarah Treadwell. Tune in to hear about her PhD journey, being a professional science communicator, what her son's favorite planet name is (nope, not what we thought either), and what does one actually do with a space inflatable planetarium?

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 99 Problems And Nerds Aint One : Guest : David Ezrakhovich
    Dec 11 2025

    Do you think about databases? Do you think like a databse? This week's guest David Ezrakhovich does. Listen to Kovi and Benjamin's 70th episode (holy moly 70!) as David shares with us how his journey and his mindset led him to becoming a multi-disciplinary engineer. ...and all that happens somewhere in the middle of three nerds being nerds.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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