Shirtloads of Science Podcast
1) Will AI Take Our Jobs? Part Three of the Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev (462)
In the final episode of the Great AI Safety Debrief series with Dr. Petr Lebedev, we discuss job eradication, AI alignment and the rise in cases of AI deceiving humans. Petr unpacks ideas like AI sche...Show More
2) Is AI Outsmarting Us? Part Two of the Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev (461)
In part two, Dr. Petr Lebedev and I dive deeper into how modern AI systems are grown, not programmed, and the emergence of Shutdown Resistance. We explore AI performance in math and coding competition...Show More
3) The Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev - Part One (460)
Intelligence is emerging from sand and less than 1% of the population seems to care! Physicist and science communicator Petr Lebedev joins the podcast following his SXSW talk to explore why AI is adv...Show More
4) The Milky Way's Mysterious Glow with Prof. Geraint Lewis (459)
A mysterious glow from the centre of the Milky Way has scientists intrigued. Astrophysicist Geraint Lewis explains how this gamma-ray excess, first detected in 2009, could be evidence of dark matter p...Show More
5) Climate Overshoot: The World Beyond 1.5 Degrees with Dr. Andy Reisinger (458)
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Andy Reisinger, an internationally recognised expert in climate change science and policy, with a focus on mitigation and agricultural emissions. Together, we unpack...Show More
Climate Overshoot: The World Beyond 1.5 Degrees with Dr. Andy Reisinger (458)
30:01 | Dec 27th, 2025
6) More Everyday Consumer Good Facts Part 2 with Ashley Iredale (457)
Consumer technology expert Ashley Iredale returns for part two, bringing more surprising facts about everyday household appliances. We break down why your fridge actually contains more heaters than co...Show More
7) Cooking Dinner In Your Dishwasher?! & Other Fun Facts with Ashley Iredale (456)
This episode i'm joined by Ashley Iredale, a consumer technologist and content producer whose winding career through industrial design has armed him with a trove of quirky tips and practical wisdom. ...Show More
Cooking Dinner In Your Dishwasher?! & Other Fun Facts with Ashley Iredale (456)
18:35 | Dec 13th, 2025
8) The Discovery That Changed Astrophysics with Prof. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (455)
In this episode, I'm joined by the legendary Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell - the pioneering astrophysicist who discovered pulsars, launching an entirely new field of astrophysics. She began her PhD...Show More
9) Sunscreen Safety in Australia with John Staton (454)
This week I'm joined by John Staton, one of Australia's leading sunscreen-testing experts, to unpack the big headlines surrounding sunscreen safety. A recent Choice report revealed that 16 out of the ...Show More
10) What are Time Crystals? with Prof. Geraint Lewis (452)
In this episode, friend of the show and astrophysicist Professor Geraint Lewis returns to help me wrap my head around one of the strangest ideas in modern physics: Time Crystals. After stumbling acros...Show More