Living Room Logic – Irish Science Podcast

It's season 3!

The $10bn James Webb telescope, named after the 1960s leader of NASA who saw the moon landing through, has been in the works since the 1990s and astronomy has laid all of their eggs in…

One of the worst things about COVID-19 has been the uncertainty of what happens next. Professor Walsh is a member of the disease modeling team that projects cases and hospitalizations for NPHET. Thes…

Omicron is the latest thing COVID-19 has dumped on our windscreen just as we thought we left the driveway and were going places. This episode Andrew talks through the science of the most mutated vari…

The climate is changing, and as this episode airs, world leaders are deciding the global plan for climate action at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

In the episode, Andrew sits nervously as Aidan walks hi…

It is unequivocal that humans have changed the earth's climate. For this season finale, Dr Aidan puts his climate expert cap on and guides Andrew through this contentious and misunderstood topic. Tog…

Dr Daniel Jolley is a social psychologist who studies why people believe conspiracy theories and if they are worth worrying about. From 5G to jet fuel melting steel beams to Bill Gates microchipping …

Ever worry about genetically modified food? What about genetically modified humans!? This episode Andrew and Aidan explore the ways humans have tweaked the genetics of many organisms for our benefit,…

To make the science of appliance even more fun, Andrew and Aidan crack out some facts, splutter how unnecessarily complicated some appliances are and get absolutely smashed. This history of appliance…

This episode, Andrew and Aidan cover a difficult, but important topic - today we talk about cancer. We explore the many ways cancers have been treated through time, how far our understanding of cance…

This episode, Aidan interviews US Army Sergeant Emmet Long about Guns - breaking down how guns work, why they’ve changed over time, and how this has redefined the way wars are fought today.

This seaso…

This week we talk about Percy and his adventure to Mars. From drones on mars to the future of colinising the red planet, from Matt Damon in the martian or alien volcanoes, this week we wander thought…

For the second half of this two-part topic, Andrew and Aidan chat about the history of addictive disorders in humans, and how these issues have flowed well into the modern age.

This season is supporte…

For the first of this two-part topic, Aidan and Andrew discuss the science of addiction, its links to

our brain’s evolutionary history, and why happy rats don’t want cocaine.

This season is supported b…

In this weeks episode, Andrew interviews Dr Fiona Gallagher about the last pandemic which ravaged Ireland. How the country responded, the formation of the Irish medical board (an ancient NPHET) and h…

Season 2 has landed with the biggest bang in space and time!

To kick off this freshly cooked season, Andrew and Aidan retell the origin story of the entire universe using some of the most supported th…

We are back! Launching on Monday July 12th we will start releasing episodes weekly for the next 10 weeks. We have loads of great stories and interviews which revolve around the world of science and t…

This episode marks the end of Spread the Good, a miniseries that has hopefully helped you digest the last 8 weeks of everything COVID-19 related, and get through the final weeks of Ireland’s lockdown…

Andrew spends the vast 7 minutes of this episode of spread the good going through the news of the week. In a fantastic turn of events, there is little to talk about. We did around 300'000 vaccination…

This week Andrew talks through the latest stats for Ireland on COVID-19. He also dives into the complexity of antigen testing. Their use, why LIDL and Tony Hoolahan are butting heads, where Dr Ronan …

This episode Andrew has more good news about Ireland’s fight against covid, and describes the balance we are finding between the vaccine rollout and reopening the country. Aidan highlights the balanc…