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Sing for Science

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Sing For Science is a science-and-music podcast where musicians sit down with scientists to explore the scientific ideas hidden in their most iconic songs. Listen to JD from Korn talk about “Dead Bodies Everywhere” with a mortuary-science expert, Sia explore one of her breakup ballads with an attachment-theory psychologist, and many, many more. Created and hosted by New York musician Matt Whyte, the show seeks to uncover connections wherever they may exist and build bridges between seemingly dis...

Episodes (99)

Sheila E: The Glamorous Life (Rhythm Neuroscience with Hugo Merchant)

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Jan 10, 202443:22pending

Encore: MGMT: A Family of Trees (Forest Ecology with Suzanne Simard)

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Dec 20, 202357:02pending

Cat Power: Cat Power Sings Dylan (Nostalgia Neuroscience with Hetvi Doshi)

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Nov 29, 202343:39pending

Encore: Mac DeMarco: Chamber of Reflection (Acoustics with Russ Berger)

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Oct 18, 202340:08pending

Ice Nine Kills: Hip To Be Scared (Horror Movie Science with Sarah Rose Cavanagh)

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Sep 27, 202338:07pending

Ice Nine Kills (Audience Q&A MIT Museum Taping)

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Sep 27, 202321:47pending

Eartheater: Mitosis (Cell Biology with Elizabeth Hénaff)

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Sep 6, 202335:36pending

311: All Mixed Up (Building Utopia with Rutger Bregman)

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Aug 16, 202352:08pending

Ted Hearne: Farming (Agriculture Science with Dr. Sarah Taber)

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Jul 26, 202345:22pending

Ringo Starr: Send Love, Spread Peace (Meditation Science with Bob Roth)

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Jul 7, 202333:23pending

Joan As Police Woman: The Magic (The Science of Transcendence with Maria Popova)

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Jun 14, 202346:42pending

Dermot Kennedy: See Yourself in My Eyes (Science of Street Performance with Psyc...

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May 24, 202346:49pending

Onuka (Ukraine): Vidlik (Radiobiology with Chernobyl researcher Olena Pareniuk)

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Apr 26, 202349:21pending

Best of Season 2 (Part 1)

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Mar 29, 202359:40pending

Best of Season 1 (Part 2)

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Feb 22, 202355:20pending

Best of Season 1 (Part 1)

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Feb 8, 202358:14pending

Ani DiFranco: The Atom (Quantum Physics with Melissa Franklin)

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Dec 21, 202229:58pending

Richard Reed Parry & Susie Ibarra: Overtone Heartbeats (Cardiology with Sandeep...

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Dec 14, 202228:45pending

Rhiannon Giddens: At the Purchaser's Option (Ethnomusicology with Portia Maultsb...

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Dec 7, 202257:01pending

Jonathan Davis (Korn): Dead Bodies Everywhere (Mortuary Science with Mary Roach)

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Nov 30, 202248:29pending

Rivers Cuomo (Weezer): Come Undone (Computer Programming with Guido Van Rossum)

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Nov 23, 202243:03pending

Alec Benjamin: Dopamine Addict (Addiction Science with Anne Lembke)

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Nov 16, 202241:56pending

Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse): The Best Room (Mycology with Paul Stamets)

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Nov 9, 202250:50pending

Margo Price: Fight to Make It (Abortion Science with Monica Mclemore)

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Nov 2, 202256:16pending

Nick Kroll: Changes (Puberty Science with Emily Breidbart)

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Oct 26, 202253:13pending

mxmtoon: Florida (Ethnobotany/Plant Medicine with Cassandra Quave)

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Oct 19, 202242:15pending

Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant (Nutritional Anthropology with Ellen Messer)

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Oct 12, 202256:11pending

Jeff Tweedy (Wilco): Less Than You Think (Consciousness/Psychology with Shimon E...

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Oct 5, 202257:13pending

Kilo Kish: New Tricks (Neuroplasticity with Wendy Suzuki)

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Mar 23, 202225:35pending

Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life (Neuroscience of Improvisation with Charles Limb)

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Mar 16, 202250:57pending

Davoné Tines: The Black Clown (Voter Suppression/Data Science with Todd Hendrick...

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Mar 9, 202253:42pending

Ruth B: Spaceship (Rocket Science with Christina Hernandez)

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Mar 2, 202242:44pending

Portugal. The Man: Feel It Still (Indigenous Data Science with Desi Small-Rodrig...

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Feb 23, 202255:25pending

Duran Duran: Save a Prayer (Particle Physics with Brian Cox)

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Feb 16, 20221:05:28pending

Majid Jordan: Waves of Blue (Marine Exploration with Fabian Cousteau)

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Feb 9, 202240:40pending

Blondie: Rapture (Climate Science with Michael Mann)

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Feb 2, 202246:26pending

José González: El Invento (Epidemiology/Covid 19 with Michael Osterholm)

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Jan 26, 202245:27pending

Lamb of God: Checkmate (Social Psychology/Intergroup Conflict with Tony Lemieux)

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Jan 19, 202248:45pending

Sia: Elastic Heart (Psychology/Attachment Theory with Alexandra Katehakis)

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Jan 12, 202251:19pending

Run DMC: Peter Piper (Folklore of Nursery Rhymes with Jennifer Schacker)

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Dec 9, 202052:28pending

Aly & AJ: Attack of Panic (Neuroscience/Anxiety with Joseph LeDoux)

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Dec 2, 202048:49pending

AlunaGeorge: Together (Conflict Resolution with Priya Parker)

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Nov 25, 202045:18pending

Living Colour: Cult of Personality (Psychology of Fascism with Ruth Ben-Ghiat)

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Nov 18, 20201:03:30pending

Mac DeMarco: Chamber of Reflection (Acoustics with Russ Berger)

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Nov 11, 202040:08pending

Renée Fleming: Ave Maria (Neuroscience/Parkinson’s Research with Bin Hu)

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Nov 4, 202039:28pending

Connie Britton: Rivers Between Us (River Conservation with Paul Gallay)

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Oct 28, 202046:24pending

Norah Jones: Don’t Know Why (Scientific Inquiry with Shawn Otto)

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Oct 21, 202043:54pending

MGMT: A Family of Trees (Forest Ecology with Suzanne Simard)

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Oct 14, 202057:02pending

Coming Soon: Sing for Science

Sing for Science

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