That's What I Call Science!
National award-winning radio show and podcast bringing a fresh new perspective on the issues that matter to you from the heart of Tasmania. We cover all things Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM) from medical marijuana to science behind mental health issues, we feature expert guests and get to the guts of the issue.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 293
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 59: Can't see the forest for the drones!
Camera drones are quickly becoming one of the most popular consumer technologies for people of all ages. In research and industry, drones are proving to be invaluable tools with their use bounded onl…
Episode 58: Raven mad! Birds in the Bass Strait
How does the change in land use affect the types of birds that thrive in Tasmania, and what are we missing when birds go extinct? These are some of the eggciting questions Matt Fielding (@mattwfieldi…
Episode 57: How a Tasmanian pearl of wisdom saved the Australian oyster industry
Love them or hate them, the loss of the oyster industry would have huge impacts on the Tasmanian economy. When a global oyster virus began to wipe out the French oyster industry, Tasmania was one ste…
Episode 56: Small island BIG energy!
In this episode we explore all things hydro power related including the exciting opportunities of pumped hydro. Wind and Solar are renewable resources which vary significantly based on the weather, s…
Episode 55: Health Literacy starts young
Health literacy helps us access, understand and use information to make decisions
about our health and medical care. Our health literacy is not an individual skill but
an asset for the individual and t…
Episode 54: Mindfulness - more important now than ever?
Mindfulness is a practice that has shown positive benefits for stress management and health, but what’s it all about?
Tune in to hear Niamh Chapman and Dr. Larissa Bartlett discuss what is mindfulnes…
Episode 53: The Science of Likes: Social Media Tech
In this week's episode Niamh and Meredith chat to Dr Emily Lowe-Calverly, a researcher from the University of Tasmania, about the science of 'Likes' and how psychology might be the driving force behi…
Episode 52: Inspiring women in Kenya
Celebrating women - final installation of our International Women's Day series.
The team from Science in the Pub recently awarded an Inspiring Women in STEM grant to an international PhD student to al…
Episode 51: International Women's Day Part 2 - Australian of the Year TAS
For the second installation for our 3 part International Women’s Day miniseries we were lucky enough to interview the 2019 Australian of the Year for Tasmania, Dr Jess Melbourne-Thomas. We’re talking…
Episode 50: International Women's Day Part 1 - The Co-Hosts
In celebration of International women’s day (8th of March), we have an awesome 3-part special!
To kick it off, we have an episode with ALL of our team members at TWICS.
Tune in to get to know the wom…
Episode 49: Behind the curtain, the science and tech of AI
There are a lot of misconceptions out there about what Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are and what they can be used for. To dispel some of the myths, Niamh sat down with Tasmanian games…
Episode 48: Intercept of Indigenous Knowledge and Marine Science
There is a wealth of Indigenous Knowledge in Australia, today we are talking about the intersection between Indigenous Knowledge of sea country and marine science. Host Niamh Chapman interviewed thre…
Episode 47: Novel Coronavirus
In this week’s episode we discuss the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that was first reported from Wuhan, China, on the 31st of December 2019. With the internet being strife with fake s…
Episode 46: Engineering solutions for bushfire resilience
Can power grids cause bushfires and what advances have made engineering climate change resilient infrastructure a possibility for our communities? Niamh Chapman and Dr. Sarah Lyden interviewed Samant…
Episode 45: Wildlife conservation and bushfires
There have been harrowing sights of wildlife loss over the course of the catastrophic bushfire season. This episode we interviewed Dr Sue Baker, Research Fellow in forest ecology at the University of…
Episode 44: Climate Change and Bushfire Risk
The first episode of 2020 covers the topic on everyone’s lips this summer – the Australian bushfires. We chat with Dr Grant Williamson and Dr Bec Harris from the University of Tasmania about the role…
Episode 43: Seed Banks - security for our future
This week we caught up with budding botanist, Fiona Walsh from Utas School of Natural Science. Listen in as Kelsey and Niamh explore what seed banks are, how they how they might be used and how they …
Episode 42: Goodbye MS - The team tackling a devastating disease
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that is complex and can be debilitating. Here in Hobart, we have a comprehensive approach to MS research, spanning many scientific disciplines, to imp…
Episode 41: Hay Fever - there's an app for that!
The summer season is here (or is it in Tassie?!), with it that typically means higher pollen that will trigger allergic reactions in many people.
Hay fever affects up to 1 in 5 Aussies at some point …
Episode 40: STEM Awards
This week we interviewed the winners of the Tasmanian STEM excellence awards. These awards highlight and acknowledge our local science community and showcase the amazing achievements happening right …