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All About Podcasts
Podcasts
General Interest (science-related)
Podcasts from Scientific Journals
Podcasts by Subject:
Biology
Climate Change
Energy
Environment
Fish / Aquaculture / Oceans
Forestry
Genetics
GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Plants
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All About Podcasts
- A podcast is like a radio program that you can download to your computer
and listen to (or watch, if it's video). You can play your podcasts either on your computer or on a portable
mp3
player such as an iPod.
- You can download the audio or video files directly from the podcast's
website, or you can use a program such as
Ziepod or iTunes (or many others) to manage your podcasts. These
programs keep checking to see if there are new episodes for any podcasts you're
subscribed to, and they can automatically download new material for you.
- Where there is an orange button like this:
 below, just click on
the button, and copy the URL of the page it links to. You can paste this
URL into any podcast program, including iTunes, to make a subscription to the
podcast.
Where there are iTunes buttons like this:
 , all you have to do is click on the
button, which will load iTunes and take you to the podcast subscription page in
that program.
- Want more podcasts? You can find lots more in a podcast directory
such as Podcast.net.
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Podcasts
General Interest (science-related)
CSIRO podcast
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Podcasts from scientists at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation), Australia's national science agency. Approx. 6-8
episodes monthly, each about five minutes long.
National Geographic
- National Geographic offers several podcasts on various topics.
Nature Stories
- 15-30 minute weekly podcasts from The Nature Conservancy with stories of
people and the natural world.
| Science Update |
| - Scientific news. Like the journal Science, the
radio program Science Update is produced by the AAAS (American
Association for the Advancement of Science). Available in daily or
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Daily Edition
- one-minute podcast every weekday |
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Weekly Edition
- 6-7 minute podcast every week |
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Quirks and Quarks
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CBC Radio's weekly hour-long science show.
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Podcasts from scientific journals
ACS Chemical Biology
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Monthly half-hour podcasts discussing content that appears in the journal and interviewing
article authors.
Heredity
- Authors discuss their latest papers in Heredity. Monthly
half-hour podcasts.
Nature
- Weekly half-hour podcasts, general research/science news.
New Scientist
- Weekly half-hour podcasts on various scientific topics.
Science
- Science produces a half-hour podcast every week or two on stories that appear
in the journal.
| Scientific American podcasts |
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Science Talk
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- weekly 20-30 minute podcasts on science and technology topics. |
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60-Second Science
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- minute-long podcast every weekday. |
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Podcasts
- by Subject:
Biology
ACS Chemical Biology
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Monthly half-hour podcasts discussing content that appears in the journal and interviewing
article authors.
Biohumanities
- Podcasts from the semiannual Queensland Biohumanities Conference, as well as an
occasional independent episode on topics related to biology
as it impacts the humanities, especially philosophical issues. Published a few times per year.
MicrobeWorld
- 90-second podcasts every weekday on news in the world of microbes, produced by the American Society for
Microbiology.
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Climate Change
ClimateCast
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Monthly podcast from the University of New Hampshire on climate change
topics. Currently not being updated (last episode is August 2006).
Global
Climate Change: Exploring Our World and Ourselves
A series of 7 lectures at the University of Arizona, each about an hour, from
various professors on topics related to climate change. Available in
either video or audio.
Some individual podcast episodes on the 2007 IPCC report:
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
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Ecoshock News interviews Dr. Andrew Weaver, one of the authors of
the IPCC report. Feb. 9, 2007. 11 minutes,
10 MB
mp3 file. |
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The Green
Majority, a Toronto radio show, interviews Dr. Richard Peltier of
the University of Toronto about the IPCC report. Feb. 9, 2007. 1
hour, 27
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Guardian
Unlimited's correspondent David Adam discusses
the IPCC report. Feb. 3, 2007. 3 minutes,
1.4 MB
mp3 file. |
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Science Friday interviews
Dr. Kevin Trenberth, one of the authors of the IPCC report.
Feb 2, 2007. 12 minutes,
5 MB mp3 file. |
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Two press
briefings prior to the release of the IPCC report, with Dr. Benjamin Santer, Dr.
Naomi Oreskes, and Dr. Robert Watson. Jan. 17, 2007.
Briefing 1 (70 minutes, 8 MB mp3),
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Energy
Inside Renewable Energy
- Weekly 20-30 minute podcasts on renewable energy topics.
theWatt
- 40 minute podcasts on energy news, opinion, technology, global warming, and policy.
Irregular frequency (usually a few times per month).
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Environment
Earthwatch Radio
- Two-minute podcasts every weekday from University of Wisconsin students and staff on environmental issues
and research,
with a particular focus on oceans, the Great Lakes, and climate change.
Environment - Yale Podcast
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Podcasts from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, on topics
related to environmental research. Irregular (one every few months).
Environminute
- Daily 60-second podcasts on topics related to the environment,
sustainability, and what individuals can do.
Exploring
Environmental History
- 20-30 minute podcasts on topics in environmental history. Irregular
frequency (6-8 per year).
Human Dimensions of Environmental Systems
- Podcasts for a graduate seminar course offered at the University of Illinois. (2006-2007)
50-minute episodes, once or twice per month.
Living
Planet
- Weekly podcasts
on world environmental news. Most episodes are approx. half an hour.
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Fish / Aquaculture / Oceans
California Aquaculture Podcast
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5-20 minute podcasts from the University of California on aquaculture topics.
Forests and Oceans for the
Future (UBC seminar series)
- One-hour podcasts of seminars held at the University of British Columbia on topics
related to natural resource sustainability. Irregular frequency (approx. 5 times
annually, during the Sept.-April school year).
Our Ocean World
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90-second podcasts every weekday of news and information on ocean topics, including the ocean
as a whole and particular species living within it.
Science and the Sea
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Weekly two-minute podcasts on marine science topics.
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Forestry
Forests and Oceans for the
Future (UBC seminar series)
- One-hour podcasts of seminars held at the University of British Columbia on topics
related to natural resource sustainability. Irregular frequency (approx. 5 times
annually, during the Sept.-April school year).
Southern Regional Extension Forestry (US)
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20-30 minute video podcasts on topics related to forestry, particularly in the southern U.S.
Published irregularly (several times per month), but currently not being updated
(last episode is October 2006).
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Genetics
BioBits
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20 minute podcasts from the University of Utah on topics related to genetics, published
irregularly (every few months). Note: If the above orange button link won't
open in your browser, just copy the following URL instead:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/podcasts/xmlindex.cfm
Heredity
- Authors discuss their latest papers in the journal Heredity.
Monthly half-hour podcasts.
Nature -
Genetics
- Irregular half-hour podcasts from the journal Nature.
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GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
A VerySpatial Podcast
- Weekly 10-30 minute podcasts discussing technological advances related to GIS.
GIS and Location Technology
- Irregular (sometimes monthly) 20-40 minute podcasts on GIS topics.
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Plants
Plants, Pathogens, and People
- 6-8 minute podcasts for a course on plant pathology offered at the University of Illinois.
(Spring 2007)
Know of a podcast
that should be on our list?
Tell us!
Last updated: April 2007.
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