Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
Dr. Cara Santa Maria is a clinical health psychologist, television presenter, and science communicator. Since 2014, her podcast Talk Nerdy has been a place for conversations with interesting people about interesting topi...
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- Helen Pearson1 ep
- Jennifer Doleac1 ep
- Ashanté M. Reese1 ep
Also: Candis Watts Smith, Marlene Zuk, Julia Minson, Dr. Caroline Tracey, Robert J. Sampson, Daphne O. Martschenko, Laura Poppick, Trisha Pasricha, Chad M. Topaz, Dr. Jennie Durant, Allison M. Alford, Dr. Emma Chapman, Grace Farris, Maria Tatar, Zoe Nyssa, Jessica Riskin, Roxanne Khamsi
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- 🇺🇸United States · Natural SciencesHOME#34104K to 550K
- 🇳🇱Netherlands · Natural Sciences#99.5K to 50K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Natural Sciences#364.3K to 23K
- 🇦🇷AR · Natural Sciences#172.7K to 14K
- 🇲🇽Mexico · Natural Sciences#512.1K to 11K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
136K to 721K🎙 ~2x weekly·617 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
273K to 1.4M🇺🇸76%🇳🇱7%🇨🇦3%+7 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
150K to 793K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/19/26 | The Real Sherlock Holmes w/ Lindsey Fitzharris | In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by New York Times bestselling author, television host, and medical historian, Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris. They discuss her newest book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes. Follow Lindsey: @drlindseyfitzharris | 1h 05m 25s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Bogland w/ Merritt R. Turetsky | In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by professor, ecosystem ecologist, and climate scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, Merritt R. Turetsky. They discuss her Merritt’s new book, Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life. Follow Merritt: @queenofpeat | 57m 49s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Monstrous Bitch w/ Eleanor Johnson | In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and the author of five books, Dr. Eleanor Johnson. They discuss her most recent book, Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women. Follow Eleanor’s substack: @eleanorsHorrors | 58m 51s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Time Without Clocks w/ Cathy Haynes | In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by UK based curator, writer, artist, and educator Cathy Haynes. Cathy has been researching, writing, and developing a creative practice on aspects of time for more than two decades. They discuss her book, The Fullness of Time: Marking the Day by Birdsong, Blooms, Shadows, and Stars. Follow Cathy: @Cathy.Haynes.UK | 1h 06m 59s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | Punctuation w/ Florence Hazrat | In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by researcher, writer, and punctuation expert, Florence Hazrat. They discuss her latest book, On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World. Follow Florence: @thepunctuationlady | 1h 08m 18s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | The Datafication of Language w/ Xiaochang Li | In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, Dr. Xiaochang Li. They discuss her book, Divination Engines: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and the Making of Algorithmic Culture. Follow Dr. Li: @xiaochang | 1h 12m 02s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 | biological anthropologygender spectrum+3 | Agustín Fuentes | Princeton UniversitySex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary | — | Agustín Fuentesbiological anthropology+3 | — | 1h 04m 54s | ||
| 8/31/26 | urban neighborhoodsreinvestment+3 | Beryl Satter | Rutgers University-NewarkCash on the Block: The Broken Promise of Reinvestment in Black Urban Neighborhoods | — | Beryl SatterCash on the Block+3 | — | 1h 08m 03s | ||
| 8/24/26 | sciencehistory+3 | Dr. Edna Bonhomme | Tending to Our Wounds: A Diasporic Memoir | — | Edna BonhommeTending to Our Wounds+3 | — | 1h 04m 19s | ||
| 8/17/26 | sexualitygender studies+3 | Angela Jones | Stony Brook UniversitySex in Public: The Transformative Social Power of Our Erotic Lives | — | sex in publicAngela Jones+3 | — | 1h 04m 27s | ||
| 8/10/26 | curiosityscience+3 | Roberta Kwok | Lost in Curiosity: Field Notes from Scientists' Adventures into the Unknown | — | curiosityscience+4 | — | 59m 43s | ||
| 8/3/26 | datacolonialism+3 | Roopika Risam | DartmouthData Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate | — | datacolonialism+3 | — | 1h 07m 19s | ||
| 7/27/26 | linguisticsaccents+3 | Valerie Fridland | University of Nevada, RenoWhy We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents | — | accentslinguistics+3 | — | 1h 11m 43s | ||
| 7/20/26 | spiderscultural significance+3 | Maria Tatar | HarvardArachnomania: Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do for Us | — | Arachnomaniaspiders+5 | — | 53m 13s | ||
| 7/13/26 | anthropologyconservation science+3 | Zoe Nyssa | Purdue UniversityRarities: Conservation Science in a Time of Unintended Consequences | — | anthropologyconservation+5 | — | 1h 01m 35s | ||
| 7/7/26 | biologyhistory+4 | Jessica Riskin | Stanford UniversityThe Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck | — | biologyhistory+3 | — | 1h 01m 03s | ||
| 6/29/26 | mutationshealth+3 | Roxanne Khamsi | The AtlanticBeyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health | — | mutantscells+3 | — | 1h 01m 35s | ||
| 6/15/26 | cosmologytheoretical physics+3 | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | University of New HampshireThe Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie | — | cosmologytheoretical physics+3 | — | 1h 13m 19s | ||
| 6/8/26 | justicedata+3 | Chad M. Topaz | QSIDE InstituteUnlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change | — | justicedata+5 | — | 55m 29s | ||
| 6/1/26 | beesagriculture+4 | Dr. Jennie Durant | Big AgBitter Honey: Big Ag’s Threat to Bees and the Fight to Save Them | — | beesagriculture+5 | — | 1h 00m 46s | ||
| 5/25/26 | empowermentadult daughters+3 | Allison M. Alford | Good Daughtering: The Work You’ve Always Done, the Credit You’ve Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough | — | daughteringempowerment+3 | — | 57m 35s | ||
| 5/18/26 | radio astronomyastrophysics+3 | Dr. Emma Chapman | The Echoing Universe | — | radio astronomyDr. Emma Chapman+3 | — | 58m 36s | ||
| 5/11/26 | medicinegraphic memoir+3 | Grace Farris | See One, Do One, Teach One: The Art of Becoming a Doctor: A Graphic Memoir | — | medicinegraphic memoir+3 | — | 57m 14s | ||
| 5/4/26 | neurogastroenterologybowel health+3 | Trisha Pasricha | Harvard Medical SchoolYou've Been Pooping All Wrong: How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy | — | neurogastroenterologybowel movements+3 | — | 1h 10m 50s | ||
| 4/27/26 | science journalismevidence+3 | Helen Pearson | Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works | — | scienceevidence+3 | — | 1h 06m 27s | ||
| 4/20/26 | criminal justiceeconomics+3 | Jennifer Doleac | Arnold VenturesThe Science of Second Chances: A Revolution in Criminal Justice | — | criminal justiceeconomics+3 | — | 1h 08m 08s | ||
| 4/13/26 | Black foodNourishment+3 | Ashanté M. Reese | University of Texas at AustinGather: Black Food, Nourishment, and the Art of Togetherness | — | Black foodNourishment+5 | — | 1h 13m 53s | ||
| 4/6/26 | political scienceBlack history+3 | Candis Watts Smith | Duke UniversityBlack Evidence: A History and a Warning | — | Candis Watts SmithBlack Evidence+3 | — | 1h 03m 37s | ||
| 3/30/26 | ecologyevolution+3 | Marlene Zuk | University of MinnesotaOutsider Animals | — | Outsider AnimalsMarlene Zuk+3 | — | 1h 09m 25s | ||
| 3/23/26 | disagreementbehavioral science+3 | Julia Minson | Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentHow to Disagree Better | — | disagreementbehavioral science+5 | — | 1h 03m 42s | ||
| 3/16/26 | salt lakesnatural history+3 | Dr. Caroline Tracey | Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History | — | salt lakesnatural history+3 | — | 47m 38s | ||
| 3/9/26 | criminologysocial change+3 | Robert J. Sampson | Harvard UniversityAmerican Bar Foundation+2 | — | criminologysocial change+3 | — | 1h 06m 23s | ||
| 3/2/26 | social genomicsbioethics+3 | Daphne O. Martschenko | Stanford UniversityWhat We Inherit: How New Technologies and Old Myths Are Shaping Our Genomic Future | — | social genomicsbioethics+5 | — | 1h 06m 12s | ||
| 2/23/26 | scienceenvironmental journalism+3 | Laura Poppick | Strata: Stories from Deep Time | — | geologydeep time+3 | — | 56m 20s | ||
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Chart history for Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
Peaked at #9 in Netherlands, top 10 in 1 of 44 tracked markets, currently #9 in Netherlands.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| AR | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| VN | — | #25 | #25 | — |
| IS | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| South Africa | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| SG | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| KE | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| United States | — | #34 | #34 | — |
| Canada | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| HK | — | #39 | #39 | — |
| HU | — | #40 | #40 | — |
| Denmark | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| PT | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| Sweden | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| TW | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| Finland | — | #46 | #46 | — |
| CZ | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| Mexico | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| CO | — | #58 | #58 | — |
Chart Positions
44 placements across 41 markets.
Chart Positions
44 placements across 41 markets.