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Back With Wet Wetware: Dangerous Games

#717 Boeing MD-80, Orca: Danger[ous] Games, 'Love, Laugh, Betel Nut', Organoids and ODC26, Bubbles: The Vomit Eating Dolphin, MotoRap, Interview w/ David Klyne: Back Pain and Study, and Space News

Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)

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Produced and recorded by Max for Know Idea at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and audio and cover image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution via 4zzz Podcasts (@4zzzpodcasts) for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Ethical Ig Nobels

4U 1820-30 @ 716/second, Stealing Candy from Babies, Cookie µBites, Probiotics for Heat Stress, MotoRap, Stepping on Snakes for Science, and Space News

Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)

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Produced and recorded by Max at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Ignobel

Your Brain On Pollution

715 Health Check, Paraborg Cybug Swarm, Highway Pollution and Cognition, 'One Size Fits Small', MotoRap, REWIND: Beached by Alzheimers, Defining Pristimantis, and Space News.

Hosts: Max, Issy, and Gabe (and Maximillian)

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Produced and recorded by Max for Know Idea at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Podcast audio and cover image edited by Tobi for Creative Broadcasters Limited and distributed by 4zzz Podcasts (@4zzzpodcasts).

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DOOM, Draculas, and The Colour Purple.

REWIND: Flamingo Feeding Fashion, Purple Is The New Black, Finding Vegan Dracula x3, REWIND: Waving at Cuttlefish, MotoRap, QuakeCon and Doom on EVERYTHING: What's NeXT?, and Space News

Hosts: Max and Issy (and Maximillian)

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Produced and recorded by Max at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Image Credit: The mouth of a juvenile Australian brook lamprey by DETSI Principal Scientist David Moffatt

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Seeding Science for National Science Week 2026

Sextilis BC, Training Asymmetry and Emotion Recognition in Canines, Unlikely Seed Spreaders, Shark Dandruff for Science, STEM Increase - Correlation or Causation, MotoRap, Aging Achilles, Crashing After Release, and Space News

Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)

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Produced and recorded by Max for Know Idea at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution via 4zzz Podcasts (@4zzzpodcasts) for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

ScienceWeek

Fiercely Independent Science - Targeted Wiping

#712 Can-Am, N.E.U.SLee.P., The Red Back Somersaulting Mating Ritual, What is Kenough?, Coordinated Humpback Hunting, MotoRap, Ninajirachi Aside, Wanna Cry, Fermenting Finesse in Cocoa, and Space News

# Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)

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Produced and recorded by Max for Know Idea at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution via 4zzz Podcasts (@4zzzpodcasts) for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Muppets Jump on Science and eSafety Outcomes

Eucalyptus Domination, Predicting Melody, 'PA.RA.C.H.U.T.E.': A Randomised Controlled Trial, Marine Muppet Minotaur MPREG, MotoRap, Night Vision Upgrades to Multicolour, eSafety Results of Social Media Ban, and Space News

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Produced and recorded by Max for Know Idea at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution via 4zzz Podcasts (@4zzzpodcasts) for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Hitting The Fish for Orca Excitement

PREX 710, Viral Sunfish Piñata, Diving Deep into Phantom Midges, Barista Approved Bio-Diesel, Bubbles Key for Floating on Junk, Learning About The Likweli, AusAlert 'Success', and Space News

# Hosts: Max, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)

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📸 ID: Monkey Image Sourced from Hart JA, Amboko JD, Arenson JL, Horton ER, Coates KF, Kapale J-PI, et al. (2026) 'Likweli: A remarkable new species of Colobus monkey from the Lomami National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.' PLoS One 21(7): e0349857. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349857 - Fig 2. Colobus congoensis and C. satanas in life.. Larvae Image Sourced from 'A micro CT scan of the larva showing the air sacs in situ. Credit: Philip Matthews'

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Produced and recorded by Max at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Getting 🧠'y

REWIND: Rusty Runoff, Vitamin [C]ortex. REWIND: Sharky Threesome, P.A.D.ding Brain Scans, MotoRap, Fable of Mythos, Indigenous Smallpox Epidemic, and Space News

Hosts: Max and Issy (and Maximillian)

REWIND segments sourced from Episode #666: We Saw You Across the Bar and We Really Like Your Vibe - September 26, 2025

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Produced and recorded by Max at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Uncanny and Uncancellable Listening

US708, How Great Can A Greater Glider Glide?, Uncanny Macaque, Listening to Pinnipeds, MotoRap, Benefits of Being Culturally Picky, Listener Query, Fermenting Uranium Contaminated Wastewater, and Space News

# Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)

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📸 ID: Glider Photograph: Sami Raines/WWF, Macaque Images: Fig 3. Uncanny valley experiment in Martini, Bognár, Vogels, and Giese "Realistic monkey body animation reveals an uncanny valley in macaque body perception"

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Produced and recorded by Max at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country. Audio and Cover Image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.