The show, episode by episode

Dr Karl Podcast

Join Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Lucy Smith and their scientific guests, with a bunch of curious triple j listeners for a weekly injection of science, myth-bashing and answers!

Dr Karl Podcast

Shower thoughts, electric shocks and ladybirds

Night sweats, time travel and dog poo

Bruising, cockatoo schedules and roasted potatoes

Coral bleaching, bioluminescence and intelligent fish

Dyslexia, El Niño and itchy ears

Glowing planets, shrinking brains and living till you're 150

The full moon, earworms and tickling

Honeybees, climate change and pollination

Radio stars, spiral galaxies and threadworms

The third eye, scented candles and norovirus

Black tea, pins & needles and toilet doors

Calcium v. iron, E=mc² and The Pill

Axolotls, hydration and escalators

Endometriosis, oversleeping and 'irritable male syndrome'

Alzheimer's, furry friends and spider webs

Cold sores, facial hair and double rainbows

Dirt bikes, flat earthers and illegal drugs

Thylacines, blocked noses and bird flu

Pokémon, off-grid festivals and cannabinoids

The meaning of life, shark attacks and the Large Hadron Collider

Gamer brain, VR immersion and gacha gambling

Shower farts, regenerative bodies and bass face

Dog breath, ugly cry face and sleeping pelicans

Magic mushrooms, hiccup rhythms and meteorites

Peptide tans, brain charge and seeing in the dark

The history of burials, mushroom spore suits and hydro cremation

AI ethics, touching grass and the AMOC

The vagus nerves, lightspeed travel and peripheral night vision

Rogue planets, dark matter and time dilation

Nose picking, dermatillomania and the weight of the world

Leech brains, animal instincts and echidna quirks

Artemis II, decomposition and breast milk

Faster-than-light travel, the Van Allen Belt and AI space exploration

Super voids, satellite noise and asteroid navigation

Morning vs. motion sickness, sunburnt eyes and colour blind dreams

Share house smells, sleeping mosquitoes and multiverse supercomputers

Synesthesia, lime cordial v. bacteria & fusion reactors

The Challenger Legacy - new Dr Karl podcast

Murphy's Law, mouth ulcers and MSG

Human buoyancy, acclimatising and syncing periods

Human cannonballs, outrunning the Sun and burning beds

Hangovers, mosquitos and manifestation

Bionic eyes, poop schedules and aphantasia

The age of space, explosive planets and black hole portals

Disappearing poos, capsaicin receptors and cane toads

The speed of darkness, sticky spider webs and drinking snow

Hair loss, bone density and body glitter vs. sunscreen

Hair of the dog, photographic memories and shingles

Frozen vs fresh veggies, soap suds and nangs

Frisson, cryogenic freezing and thylacines

Pollen peaks, jump scares and alcohol vs mood

Butt breathing, plovers and flammable water

AI consciousness, sleep paralysis and onion tears

Motion sickness, 3I/ATLAS and cross-breeding

The science of cringe, meat juice & psychedelic shrimp

Fibre, the carnivore diet & drunk hamsters

Smelly sneezes, stress seizures & sound proofing

Wee-Lemons, Life On Mars & Moon Balloons

BONUS: Parmigianas, shopaholics and small talk

Hypnotism, Sunscreen and Simulation Theory

BONUS: Life on Mars, bum cracks and the power of optimism

Changing seasons, vape smoke and heat cream vs. hand lotion

Science with Dr. Karl LIVE - Hosted by Lucy Smith: Part Two!

Manifestation, earthquakes and sun sneezes

Science with Dr. Karl LIVE - Hosted by Lucy Smith: Part One!

3I/ATLAS, The Great Attractor and parent black holes

Star colours, harvesting lightning and undiscovered elements

Second winds, fish farts and hot chips

Nap sweats, drunk bugs and taste buds

Sleep inertia, space rocks and longevity pills

Outback hygiene hacks, echidna entrées and a world without friction

Queen bees, anaphylaxis and bee hotels

Chocolate dreams, deep sea pressure and the Goldilocks Zone

Bee stings, broken hearts and brain rot

Aphantasia, smelling to survive and bionic vision

Plastic sweat, alien life and how to be a morning person

Colder temperatures, dog lookalikes and colour perception

Slow-mo animals, breathing powers and the science of cat scratches

The origins of BBQ, fecal bacteria and the Seven Sisters