We were so ready for vacation that we were late with this episode. And just in time for ::checks notes:: late summer, it's the horror special! First Joseph and Fintan discuss the mysterious Le Blob, which Le Monde reports is heading to space to

Episode 6: Utrecht's measure of a professor

Aug 5th, 2021 32m 12s

Fintan takes us to the Netherlands, where a new method of measuring the performance of academics is about to be trialled. Will it deflate the impact factor rating system? Also: Joseph describes an investigative news story about drug companies f

Episode 5: The App and the Rapper

Jul 23rd, 2021 45m 53s

The biggest science story in Europe right now is without a doubt the tragic, extensive flooding that has struck the Rhineland, Limburg, the Meuse Valley, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Climate change is striking the world hard in 2021, and we tal

Episode 4: Antarctic architecture in Venice

Jul 7th, 2021 31m 22s

Fitting that an episode with a Venetian setting just has water running all through it. Fintan describes how Antarctic architecture became a feature of this year's Venice Biennale, including a description of a soundscape that frankly sounds terr

Episode 3: Disease threats, #ichbinhanna, and thanks for all the fish

Jun 23rd, 2021 35m 26s

The potential pandemic threats special! Just what Fintan wants to hear after a year and a half of COVID. Plus we report on a Twitter protest among young researchers in Germany and an odd incentive for vaccinations in the Netherlands. In his ent

Episode 2: Research has a language problem

Jun 9th, 2021 32m 39s

Fintan describes a protest among scientists regarding English as the lingua franca for research publishing. Also discussed: the climactic Shell decision in the Netherlands and an attempt to spread misinformation in the EU about COVID vaccines t

Episode 1: Mink Viking funerals, the lowdown on Sputnik V, and asteroid vs. planetoid

May 26th, 2021 37m 48s

(CW: some gruesome talk about very unfortunate minks.) This week we delve into the topic that everyone loves to hate: COVID-19, of course. But we do it by way of minks and Russia’s flagship vaccine programme. Plus Fintan has a story related to

Episode 0.1 (Pilot): Wine...in...Spaaaaaaaace and Europe’s Run-In with the Polar Vortex

May 23rd, 2021 30m 8s

In the first pilot episode of 50 Ways to Say Science, Fintan explains how and why a crate of expensive French wine took a round trip to the International Space Station. Joseph shows how Europe, much like the Americas, has to deal with the infam

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Trailer: 50 Ways to Say Science

May 23rd, 2021 30s

50 Ways to Say Science is a podcast about science news across the European continent. Join science writers Fintan Burke and Joseph Piergrossi as they explore the science happening on the world’s crossroads that is Europe, focusing on stories th

Episode 0.2 (Pilot): Austria’s butterflies moving on up in a bad way, Poland’s mummy surprise

May 23rd, 2021 25m 14s

On this second pilot for 50 Ways to Say Science, Joseph gives a rundown of Russia’s proposed exit from the International Space Station. Fintan talks about butterflies that are running into problems with climate change in the Austrian Alps. (Rec

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