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Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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Today: #37 in Science on our combined chart.
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| Date | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | #29 | #28 |
About the show
Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!
Latest episodes
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Supervoids
September 29, 2026 · 48 minDaniel and Kelly explore the structure of the Universe and examine its emptiest places, making no effort to spare the scatological humor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions #51
September 24, 2026 · 49 minDaniel and Kelly answer listener questions about special relativity, organisms that eat plastic, and whether the future is already determined. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Do Animals Make Mistakes? (featuring Dr. Andy Sih)
September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minDaniel and Kelly chat with Dr. Andy Sih about the kinds of mistakes wild animals make, and why they make them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Did we just discover dark matter?
September 17, 2026 · 52 minDaniel and Kelly talk about the recent observation of a dark matter candidate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions #50
September 15, 2026 · 51 minDaniel and Kelly answer listener questions about scent dialects, drilling through the ice above the oceans of Enceladus, and why some animals have penises. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Addiction (featuring Dr. Marcelo Wood)
September 10, 2026 · 58 minDaniel and Kelly interview Dr. Marcelo Wood about what addiction does to our brains, why some of us become addicted to drugs while others don't, what drugs do to our brains in the long term, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Is dark energy a fudge factor?
September 8, 2026 · 55 minDaniel and Kelly talk about whether physicists are trying to understand the expansion of the Universe, or pull the cosmic wool over everyone's eyes. Also, horse milk comes up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Listener Questions #49
September 3, 2026 · 52 minDaniel and Kelly answer questions about alternatives to the Big Bang, scurvy, and supercontinents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.