Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
by The Naked Scientists
Is this your podcast?The Naked Scientists is a renowned science communication group known for making complex scientific concepts accessible and engaging to the public. They are celebrated for their ability to distill intricate topics into understandable formats…
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Audience Interest
- scientific reports
- health topics
Podcast Focus
- special scientific reports
- investigations by experts
Publishing Consistency
- 19 years active
- weekly episodes
Platform Reach
- available on major platforms
- growing listener base
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 19 chart positions in 19 markets.
By chart position
- 🇬🇧GB · Life Sciences#8730K to 100K
- 🇦🇺AU · Life Sciences#1185K to 30K
- 🇩🇪DE · Life Sciences#1375K to 30K
- 🇮🇹IT · Life Sciences#9710K to 30K
- 🇰🇷KR · Life Sciences#1461K to 10K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
44K to 169K🎙 Weekly cadence·985 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
88K to 338K🇬🇧30%🇦🇺9%🇩🇪9%+16 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
26K to 101K38K real followers tracked across platforms
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Recent episodes
Driven to End Malaria: World Malaria Day 2026
Apr 26, 2026
7m 29s
Moths hear plants, and what fingerprints do for touch
Feb 28, 2026
37m 42s
Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth
Nov 30, 2025
40m 06s
Aspirin vs Clopidogrel: The blood thinner battle
Oct 3, 2025
5m 23s
Public Success, Private Grief: remembering Peter Cowley
Sep 23, 2025
36m 32s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/26/26 |  Driven to End Malaria: World Malaria Day 2026✨ | malariapublic health+4 | Ashley Burkett | PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative | — | malariaWorld Malaria Day+5 | — | 7m 29s | |
| 2/28/26 |  Moths hear plants, and what fingerprints do for touch✨ | mothsplants+4 | — | Naked Scientists | Eiffel TowerFrance | mothsplants+5 | — | 37m 42s | |
| 11/30/25 |  Nocebos, and why the eyes of some species stay shut at birth✨ | nocebo effectspecies development+4 | — | Naked Scientists | — | noceboplacebo+5 | — | 40m 06s | |
| 10/3/25 |  Aspirin vs Clopidogrel: The blood thinner battle✨ | blood thinnershealth+5 | — | AspirinClopidogrel+1 | — | blood thinnersaspirin+5 | — | 5m 23s | |
| 9/23/25 |  Public Success, Private Grief: remembering Peter Cowley✨ | entrepreneurshipgrief+3 | — | Naked Scientists | — | Peter Cowleyentrepreneur+5 | — | 36m 32s | |
| 9/10/25 |  Keeping humans healthy in orbit✨ | space travelhuman health+3 | Mark Shelhamer | John Hopkins Medical School | — | space travelastronaut health+3 | — | 6m 47s | |
| 9/8/25 |  Ants doing gene therapy, and tadpole microbiomes✨ | gene therapymicrobiomes+4 | — | eLife Podcast | — | antsgene therapy+6 | — | 43m 15s | |
| 7/9/25 |  Synthetic sustainable spuds✨ | synthetic biologyagriculture+3 | Angie Burnett | potatoAdvanced Research and Invention Agency | UKglobal population | synthetic biologypotato+5 | — | 5m 59s | |
| 6/23/25 |  Scientists say they've bent spacetime✨ | spacetimescience fiction+4 | — | Naked Scientists | — | spacetimeelectrical sparks+4 | — | 4m 39s | |
| 6/19/25 |  Finland's giant virus, and monkeys take care of their teeth✨ | giant virusmonkeys+5 | — | sugareLife+1 | Finlandhydra | giant virusFinland+6 | — | 38m 48s | |
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| 6/16/25 |  Naked Scientists SOS | Cambridge University have informed us that, for cost cutting reasons, they intend to make Dr Chris Smith redundant. Naturally, this jeopardises the Naked Scientists programme, which is produced under his role. He will also lose his medical job. We regard this as a terrible decision and we intend to protest. Please listen to this short podcast to hear how you can help. Together we hope we can turn around this terrible decision... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 6/5/25 |  Insect extinctions, and AI shot in the arm for drug design | In episode 10 of the Cambridge Prisms Podcast, the shocking finding that as many as 2 invertebrate species are going extinct each week in Australia: what can be done? Also, the shot in the arm that AI is administering to the drug discovery industry, how do you measure the microplastic problem, and why climate tipping points are a serious problem for the drinking water industry. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 5/23/25 |  Storing data with "molecular firecrackers" | Your personal data could soon be stored not on a phone or server but locked inside a molecule so tiny it's invisible to the naked eye. Researchers have cracked the code on storing digital information in synthetic molecules called polymers - long chains of anything from plastic to protein made from building blocks known as monomers. Each monomer sends out a unique electrical signal that a special electrochemical technique can decode, turning these tiny sequences into passwords or secret messages. This game-changing technology could redefine data security without relying on traditional storage... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 5/19/25 |  Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky | What if a parasite could rewire your brain - not to harm you, but to make you... more romantic? This week on The Naked Scientists, we're exploring the bizarre world of Wolbachia - a bacterium that turns female fruit flies into mating machines. Marushka Soobben with the story... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 5/12/25 |  Speedy, soft robot powered by air alone | Using only soft tubes and a continuous stream of air, a team of researchers at AMOLF in Amsterdam have created one of the fastest and simplest soft robots to date. Marushka Soobben with the story... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 4/24/25 |  Frog toxicity, and what a year's schooling does to the brain | What is the impact of an extra year at school on the brain? Also, how poison dart frogs come by their toxins, using movies to track the developing infant nervous system, the insect-spread bacterial plant parasite that is a mastermind of matchmaking, and a new cancer tool to link disease with the best drugs. Chris Smith takes a look at some of the most powerful papers out this month in eLife... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 4/3/25 |  What climate change does to kelp forests | In this episode, how climate change impacts kelp forests, selecting for less animal-friendly variants, refining AI models for better water infrastructure design, classifying extinct marine megafauna and when best to swim with them, the coast consequences of climate change, and why a better understanding of the planet's drylands is critical... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 2/26/25 |  Hollywood helps brain scientists probe thoughts | This month, how films are helping neuroscientists link brain activity patterns to specific thought processes, a breakthrough in managing opiate overdose, a technique to study animal teamwork, extracting more information from brain scan data, and how childhood adversity blunts later fear responses... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 12/24/24 |  Personalised medicine, droughts, and dryland research | Personalised medicine and gene screens for disease, why dinosaurs disappeared, planning for droughts, and new vistas in the drylands arena... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 12/20/24 |  Evolving flu, and the desert decomposition conundrum | Predicting how influenza viruses will evolve, how deserts decompose matter despite the dry, what worms are revealing about a gene linked to autism, and what makes mice fearful of cat smells. Dr Chris Smith talks to the authors of the latest leading research in eLife... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 11/1/24 |  Cancer mood control, and birth products blocking pain | This month, signs that cancers communicate with the brain to alter mood, why antibodies are unreliable in research, evidence that social training can cut stress and boost brain volume, and agents derived from birth products that suppress inflammation and kill pain... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 10/25/24 |  Future cancer care, and the cost of large animal extinction | In this episode, why approaches to cancer care need a pro-active approach in future, the opportunities arising for the cancer vaccine space, competency-based medical training, the environmental costs of losing large animals, and why water resilience needs careful planning now... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 9/10/24 |  Vampire bacteria, "hangry" males, and ants using moonlight | This month, Chris Smith hears how blood-thirsty bacteria sniff out wounds to trigger infections, how ants navigate at night, how male and female brains respond differently to starvation, and inflammation linked to premature labour... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 7/31/24 |  Microbiomes control blood pressure, and the cost of water | This month, evidence that the microbiome is controlling blood pressure - so will we treat hypertension with probiotics in future? Also, plastic is everywhere and an urgent environmental threat, but is the public aware, or do they care? We also consider the economics of animal extinction and species conservation, the price we pay for water, and the role of the "blue carbon" in keeping CO2 in check... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
| 4/19/24 |  Hibernation, Ketamine and Aphantasia | This month, how animals hibernate and evidence that muscle myosin makes its own heat in the cold, brain scans to reveal how ketamine relieves resistant depression, the way the brain changes when animals build a bond, the evolution of flu outbreaks, and how aphantasia affects autobiographical memory. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists | — | ||||||
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19 placements across 19 markets.