Recommended Podcasts
The following podcast links include STEM-related podcasts and Youtube channels we listen to or view.
Some are purely STEM related whilst others include a wider variety of topics (some searchable &/or with transcripts etc) beyond a narrow STEM definition and incorporate how science and technology is helping produce powerful art for our STEAM - powered civilization. A link to Q-CTRL’s learning center even offers to teach you quantum computing!
Some are deadly serious and others are more light hearted. However ALL are interesting and / or inspiring and / or thought provoking. ENJOY!
Do let us know if you have your own particular favourites we have missed at contact@alltheus.com.
We would love some recommendations for good engineering podcasts!
Green – STEAM and making our civilisation more sustainable for AllTheUs on our little blue dot
PODCASTS AND YOUTUBE CHANNELS
Network / Podcast Name
Country
ABC Big Ideas
ABC Conversations
ABC Future Tense
ABC Great Moments in Science w Dr Karl
ABC Ockhams Razor
ABC Science Friction
ABC Science Show
ABC Sum of All Parts
BBC Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry
BBC Digital Planet
BBC Discovery
BBC Inside Science
BBC Live Science
BBC Material World
BBC Science In Action - Home Page
BBC Science Focus
BBC The Science Hour
CBC Quirks & Quarks
NASA Houston We Have A Podcast
NPR Shortwave
NZ Nanogirls Great Science Adventures
Oz Branch Out
Oz Moonshot
Oz Space Nuts
UK Guardian Science Weekly/home
US Adafruit (not just podcast, many tech resources, advice, knowledge n wisdom)
US Daniel & Jorge Explain The Universe
US Embedded fm (Visit the homepage &/or have a peak at some transcripts)
US IRL Online Life Is Real Life (podcast by Mozilla, the non-profit behind Firefox)
US Ologies
US Qanta (Also refer to its Youtube channel here)
US Science AAAS
US Startalk
US Techstuff with Jonathan Strickland
US The Joy Of x
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
AsapScience - Mitchell Moffit & Gregory Brown do science. Their new show ‘Shut it Off ASAP' looks at surviving off grid with science, engineering and fun!
D.O.R.K.S – (“Discussing Our Research and Knowledge Socially”) Co-hosted by Kelly Wienersmith and Scott Solomon of Rice University this channel features people discussing their STEAMY passions in a loosely conversational style with audience questions.
Kurzgesagt (German for ‘In A Nutshell) - This edutainment channel beautifully blends science and philosophy.
Mark Rober - Former NASA & Apple engineer now doing great videos
MinutePhysics – Quick (not tiny!) cool physics and other sweet science.
Qanta Magazine – As an award-winning, editorially independent magazine published by the Simons Foundation it is great for coverage of physics and mathematical research developments (see podcasts too)
Sabine Hossenfelder – A great channel for succinct, information dense presentations from a professional scientist.
SciShow – For the curious about the curious
Smarter Every day - Aerospace engineer Destin Sandlin tackles science questions, performs experiments, and shows how gadgets work or how they’re made.
The Backyard Scientist - making instruments & doing science/chemistry experiments.
The Science Asylum - Nick Lucid is passionate about science and math. He educates and engages you with the excitement of it all.
The Slow Mo Guys - Great science in slow motion!
Veritasium – Dr Derek Mueller makes videos blending physics, everyday objects, and issues relevant to life and science education.
Vsauce - The channel’s videos span scientific topics and range across philosophy, mathematics, pop culture, technology, and psychology.(Their Curiousity Box subscription product raises funds for Alzheimer research and science communication).
ENGINEERING – Making the world a better place - YOUTUBE CHANNELS
"You can look at practically any part of anything manmade around you and think, 'Some engineer was frustrated while designing this.' It's a little human connection." Randall Munroe
Interesting Engineering – Engineering is continuously transforming the world. IE tells you how with stories that help you understand how mechanisms are put together to create astounding things.
Learn Engineering - LESICS Videos that clear misconceptions and explain technology in a simple way.
Practical Engineering Deconstructing the built world, infrastructure and civil engineering with, usefully, a real civil engineer (Grady Hillhouse).
MATHEMATICS – Pure, provable knowledge (or knot!) – Youtube Channels
Numberphile – For the love of maths
Stand Up Mathematics – Matt Parker making maths fun
COMPUTER STUFF
YOUTUBE
Scott Hanselman Computer Stuff They Didn’t Teach You
Quantum Computing
Q-CTRL is offering to teach you quantum computing here