I am really disappointed by these women being sexist and racist against men and whites. Also, the content stinks.

When was their ever easiest and sexiest comments I’ve been listening for several years now and have not heard one. Great podcast! Don’t listen to the negative reviews!

I find it interesting you chose to renew an episode from March of 2022 today about - who would be affected most by overturning Roe - I am a democrat, but y’all be stirring up controversial topics at opportunistic times.

Simple and infantile ideas presented as a big deal.

I disagree with a recent comment I read. Maddie and Emily are great. I am not really a fan of Aaron Scott. I'm sure he is a brilliant human but he acts as if he is completely lost and aloof and it is unbecoming. Used to be my daily go to. Now I just skip.

Ever since the show got rid of Maddie and Emily, the show’s quality has increased 10 fold. It’s still lighthearted and fun without coming off as immature or annoying. Love my little daily dose of science!

This show serves up such interesting bits of science news that you otherwise wouldn’t hear about. It can also offer practical insights. With all the doom and gloom out there, this show does wonders to restore my faith in the future and humanity.

You gotta admire one thing about NPR over any other news source. affirming today’s victims with Yesterdays history

This is an awesome podcast! Recommend for all ages.

I used to love this podcast, but over the last few years I’ve noticed that they insert political views about race and gender in nearly every episode. These are certainly valid topics to talk about, but it feels very forced and detracts from the actual science. For example, in the latest episode “What is Math?” they go from talking about what imaginary numbers are straight into talking about how math was historically dominated by “European white men”. A good few minutes were spent on that topic instead of talking about how cool math is. Why is that necessary in a science podcast?

Interesting enough, but rarely covers physics and almost never covers chemistry or geology. After years of listening to it, the openly racist and sexist comments have, however, warn me down.

I just subscribed to Short Wave podcast today 8/3/23 & listened to my first episode (a review on the Oppenheimer movie 🎥) which I enjoyed immensely. My disappointment stems from my expectation (probably miss informed) that the annual subscription was add free. The episode was 12 minutes, of which approximately 2 were consumed by “contributing supporter’s” commercial ads. Need I say more?

I really want to love this podcast. I find the subjects and information fascinating, but I find myself frustrated for the first few minutes of every episode wanting to get to the substance. I sincerely wish these were edited down — remove some of the filler back and forth and long introductions and jump right in. I’m not opposed to some personality and liveliness but I find the episodes can be tedious to get to the meat or point. It’s starting to get under my skin. Hook me right away with a deep dive into the science, take out some of the filler commentary that can linger. Please!! Consider tightening the format to a more bite sized immersion and let the fun come through naturally. I will love you, and I know I can’t be alone. I sincerely want to be obsessed with you.

I absolutely hate that they never mark the episodes that are repeated. I don’t have have an issue with them repeating episodes, but I’d like to know if the one in my feed is one I’ve heard before. I don’t know how many times I’ve been listening to an episode & think that I’ve heard it before. I do a quick search & find that I have. Every other podcast that I listen to will mark their repeat episodes except the his one. How hard is it to put the word “repeat” in the episode title or description? Considering they even change the names of the repeated episodes it makes me think that they are trying to pass off their repeats as new content.

Digestible for all. This is my absolute #1 favorite podcast, I’ve been listening for a long time. As we are in the midst of a solar flare I’m thankful for learning about them here. It’s been haunting me since I heard the episode lol. Thankful I have learn about real life events and phenomena through Short Wave so I have a slightly better understanding of things around me to the universe. Everyone should listen to this, love you guys and what you’re doing! Such valuable stuff!

Short wave is my favorite NPR show! Please do not cancel or minimize efforts towards this show! The journalism efforts that go into informing the audience with so much information along with science facts and findings on each topic is amazing and amazingly well done! Spoke with facts, un-biased, and wonderful podcast overall! 5/5, recommend to everyone I know! Love you ShortWave!

what a wonderful podcast to stumble upon—informative, poetic (yes, science can be), alas then I hear it will be no longer? Please reconsider!

Good content, hard to take seriously with all the giggling.

Sometimes I can’t find anything to listen to, but there’s always a treasure trove of fascinating articles that open my mind to a new aspect of an old world on your show. Thank you so much for your work!

Anyone who actually reads the research and understands basic science knows that the paper they discuss in the raccoon dog episode in no way points to natural origin. Samples taken months after known human cases, in an area of market where there was a bathroom, the list of issues goes on and on… Lost ALL respect and can’t trust them after that.

This podcast is ok. It’s a little too sugary sweet for my taste sometimes. Really end up picking and choosing when I can handle the tone.

I started listening to this podcast at episode #1 and really enjoyed it for the first year. However it keeps drifting further and further away from science and further and further into opinions while trying to voice those opinions as facts. I keep trying this podcast from time to time only to keep being let down. The latest episode I listen claimed walking upright was the worst method of travel. Might need to go back to basic biology and biomechanics.

Until the new tech is perfected-can the results be tiered differently for African Americans and non-white patients? Can a study be done using the Pulse Ox followed by the more accurate blood/gas measurement (sorry I’m not a doc) and come up with a table to convert the biased Pulse Ox to a more accurate number? If South American and African nations use this same technology, maybe they may have recognized this error and adjusted the range for a healthy Pulse Ox accordingly?🤷🏻‍♀️ Just asking👍👍🏻👍🏽👍🏿

Great short pods about science! However, they used to denote when an episode was a replay and they stopped doing that. Some of us listen to so many podcasts that we don’t have time for re-listens! I’ll give back one star if you start marking episodes as “encore” again, when applicable.

This is one of my favorite daily podcasts! I love the variety of scientific topics they cover, the many people they interview and the quick educational snippets. The hosts are great and I love anytime they use a pun with the show name and daily topic! Keep up the great work!

He sounds like an overly-earnest 8th grade boy. I expect more professionalism from NPR.

Heavy political slant and not science. Hard to decide how much is science vs. pushing a message. Skip through about half of them after a couple minutes.

Why even donate if I have to then subscribe for extra episodes?

The show lost me on the condom show. For the record I have a degree in biology. The show leans towards woman which is ok, but at times don't seem very inclusive on that end. Example the bladder case was more about UTI's but that is ok. I realize there are other people listening other than me. But when they have a conversation on male contraceptives and they bring up cis or trans men they lost me. That tells me that this is more a social podcast than a science and I am not listeing to it for that. I guess taking this medication might be different depending on what sex you identify with. I will tell you science like this dont care. Wish them luck.

Short bite size science info, loving it!

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Love the format of this show. The variety of topics piques listeners’ curiosity and brings scientists to life. I use science podcasts in my college classes & students often say they now see scientists as “real people”. Thanks for bringing these topics to the airwaves. Regina Barber’s interviews have been especially good.

So entertaining and educational. The hosts are a bit enthusiastic at times, but the pros overweigh the not-even-cons. I don’t even care about ads. They need to make money anyway, right?

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Some fairly interesting scientific and historical topics loaded with liberal bias and one-sided, woke ideology. It’s actually a pretty cool podcast when the discussion is not dripping with condescension and disdain towards anyone who isn’t all-in for the woken way. Why do they really, REALLY want to force EVERYONE ELSE’S kids so bad?? There’s simply no science to suggest it’s necessary for young children. In fact, it is more likely an Ill-advised treatment for young children to receive… the REAL reason…THEY already jabbed their own kids and can’t handle the idea of it being the wrong decision. For that reason ALONE, Libs will never consider that possibility…NEVER.

This is why I stopped donating to NPR

The hosts are so irritating. Between the excruciating faux enthusiasm and dopey jokes it’s unlistenable.

I absolutely love this podcast. It brings science news, history, discoveries, and presents them to us in an engaging way. Especially in todays climate where Abortion has turned political, thank you for bringing the facts about the impacts on women and the community.

Ever since Maddie Sofia left, the podcast has focused more on social issues than science. I understand that hosts change and podcasts evolve, but I really do miss the way it used to be. Sometimes this podcast is now simply a recycling of other NPR stories.

I love the idea of this podcast but not the execution. Admittedly, I am several decades removed from the very-young-adult demographic the writers and hosts are aiming for (ingratiatingly, at times, it feels like to me). There's usually very little actual information after the lead-in, the robotic ads, the re-statement of topic, the banter, and the often vague, cutesy interviews. Would love to see NPR put out a bite-sized science podcast that delivered.

I love this podcast. I don’t always have time to listen to some of the other science podcasts that are an hour long- these are the perfect amount of info for me to get a general view of a new subject

I learn some interesting things from this podcast, but I feel they don’t present a balanced product. Would be so much better if the arguments for and against whatever issue they speak about would be presented. Balanced presentation of thought leaders (not just one) and studies would be so much better.

Not that much science as I would expect and also want but it’s enough to learn a few new English words and listening the accent.

The episode What Does Race Have to do With Beauty ha good info but then the host endorses a specific beauty product! This is not in keeping with journalistic integrity. Is she a paid influencer? I am sorry I paid to subscribe to it. I give a 5 star to the usual episodes.

It’s a great podcast and I am 100% satisfied. BUT it’s super annoying that several episodes were “downloaded” with duplicate “Subscription” tags and I cannot delete them from my list of downloaded episodes. I am not sure it’s a bug or their way of annoying listeners to pay for subscription.

Don’t listen to this biased podcast

They do really fun and interesting science. I don't care when they start getting a little political and i usually switch those off. But 95% of the time I am on board.

I loved the perspective of Jada Yuan on her grandmother and the story of how one immigrant became an intellectual giant but still saw her greatest priority as making a better life for her family and raising them to take advantage of the opportunities in her adopted country. As someone who studied theoretical physics I also appreciated that you wanted to make the magnitude of her research accessible to the audience!

All this concern about delta 8 and pot but everyone run out and get a vaxx that has hardly been tested. pot has been around forever I’ll tell you delta 8 is great for pain.. especially since the government makes it tougher to get pain meds, but we can give disadvantaged people free crack pipes and kits. The FDA is a joke

Love all the topics on here, especially about Covid. Thank you Short Wave and NPR.