The Science of Fiction Podcast
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The Science of Fiction Podcast
Join Duncan, Stu and Stobbie as they look at the real life science behind your favourite sci-fi moments
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The Science of Santa 2021
Our trio return for a Christmas Special, trying to explain how Santa can deliver so many presents to so many children in one night. How fast does he h...
Season 4 Episode 5 - It's Whooshy Out Here
The eagerly awaited final episode of season 4 is finally here!
In episode 5, the team talk about Minority Report and all the tech predictions t...
Season 4 Episode 4 - D'Evolution
Ca-Caw! Ca-Caw! Tookie Tookie!
In episode 4, the guys discuss the 2001 movie Evolution. Can an object from space bring a life form onto our plan...
Season 4 Episode 3 - Core Blimey!
It's the third episode and second movie of our The Science of Fiction At The Movies season. This episode has the team talking about the 2003 movie The...
Season 4 Episode 2 - Cures What's Alien You
Welcome to everyone's favourite sequel about everyone's favourite sequel.
In episode 2, the guys continue their exploration into the film Aliens...
Season 4 Episode 1 - Where Does The Poo Go?
Dr Forgan returns, dragging Stu and Stobbie along with him!
The guys decided to look at the science behind their favourite bad movies this seaso...
Season 3 Episode 5 - Call Out The Lavignes
Dr Forgan, Stu and Stobbie are joined by Lindsay for the final episode of The Fictions of Science Season.
In this episode, the team take a whist...
Season 3 Episode 4 - Show Me A Whale-Bear
This week's Fiction of Science is all about Creationism.
The boys ask themselves: how would they project-manage Creation? Where are the shark-be...
Season 3 Episode 3 - Flat is the New Round
The guys return to once again tackle modern fictions of science. In this episode, they jump onto the disc like object that is the Flat Earth and knock...
Season 3 Episode 2 - Astrology Does NOT Equal Astronomy
Uh oh... Professor Doctor Mister Duncan Forgan is upset, must have been because the Sun wasn't revolving around Uranus...
Now that the obvious j...
Season 3 Episode 1 - Vax The Way, Uh Huh Uh Huh
Join Professor Doctor Mister Duncan Forgan, Stu and Stobbie again as they delve into the reasons the world is falling apart. In the firing line first...
Season 2 Episode 5 - Alternate Endings
It's a full house as Dr Forgan, Stu and Stobbie are joined by The American Fitbaw Cast's Andrew and Big Dog Books Paw'dcast's Stuart for a Q&A session...
Season 2 Episode 4 - Up and Atom
If the rise of the machines wasn't enough fear for you, what about NUCLEAR WAR?? This episode covers Weapons of Mass Destruction including nukes, chem...
Season 2 Episode 3 - Eh, Aye
Skynet is going to destroy a Person of Interest!
This episode has the team looking into Artifical Intelligence and its future role in the end of...
Season 2 Episode 2 - We Broke It, We Bought It
Climate Change Is Real!
In this episode, we draw inspiration from Snowpiercer, The Day After Tomorrow and many other weather-related doomsday fi...
Season 2 Episode 1 - Armageddon Outta Here
Dr Forgan and his inquisitive friends are back again! After a short break, the guys return to discuss how realistically the end of the world is portra...
Bonus Episode 01 - Kentucky Slapped Chicken
The team approach a different source material this week, addressing the viral post that determines the speed you need to slap a chicken at to cook it....
Episode 05 - Iron Spam
If Tony Stark used a realistic Iron Man suit, precisely how dead would he be? The boys talk it through.
Special Thanks to Jason Blyth for our mu...
Episode 04 - It's All Made Out of Fudge
Stu rejoins the team as they tackle the science of parallel universes. Are they real? How could we tell if we actually live in a multiverse? And coul...
Episode 03 - Trekkin' The Stars
Forgan and Stobbie are joined by Chen from A Bloody Mess Podcast this week to discuss the realities of travelling through space. Warp drives, accounti...
Episode 02 - Timey Wimey Stuff
The boys are at it again, this time Time Travel is on the cards. But then, you listened to this before episode 1 came out, didn’t you? Did it change o...
Episode 01 - Mew Mew The Hammer
Forgan, Stu and Stobbie look at Thor's Hammer Mjolnir’s physical properties and abilities. What does "forged from the heart of a dying star" mean? How...