Episode 029 · · 41 tracks
Weird Science
41 tracks for the lab coat crowd. Robots, rockets, chemistry, lobotomies, and DNA -- from Carl Sagan's glorious dawn through a live 1968 Dark Star, ending with Thomas Dolby blinded by science itself.
Listen
Checking access…
The audio is for friends, family and fellow travelers. Enter the password to listen.
Don't have it? Get in touch and tell us how you found the show.
Having trouble? Use the basic player
Streaming from the show's archive. The player keeps going while you browse the site.
Playlist
- Carl Sagan A Glorious Dawn
- MicroDragon Bill Nye the Science Guy
- They Might Be Giants Science Is Real
- Terence Trent D'Arby (Sananda Maitreya) Wonderful World
- Aaron Lee Tasjan Science Friction
- John Prine Lonesome Friends of Science
- Uncle Tupelo Atomic Power
- Big Audio Dynamite E=MC2
- Flight of the Conchords Robots
- The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- Ramones Teenage Lobotomy
- The White Stripes Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
- The Whigs Technology
- The Polecats Make a Circuit with Me
- Andrew Bird Imitosis
- Josh Ritter Stuck to You
- Frank Turner Photosynthesis
- New York Dolls Dance Like a Monkey
- DEVO Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA
- The Kinks Supersonic Rocket Ship
- My Morning Jacket Rocket Man
- Brandi Carlile Space Oddity
- Mekons Ghosts of American Astronauts
- Oingo Boingo Weird Science
- Corporate Hearts Science Denial
- Guided By Voices I Am a Scientist
- Coldplay The Scientist
- Semisonic Chemistry
- Rush Chemistry
- Sam Phillips My Career in Chemistry
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum NaCl
- The Menzingers Sentimental Physics
- Centro-matic Biology Tricks
- The Handsome Family Tesla's Hotel Room
- Counting Crows Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)
- Indigo Girls Galileo
- Dar Williams Buzzer
- Grateful Dead Dark Star (live 1968)
- They Might Be Giants Why Does the Sun Shine?
- Timbuk 3 The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
- Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me with Science
Appendix
Movies and TV Shows
- Weird Science
- Legion – rap battle (opens in new tab)
- True Detective
- A Love Letter to Handsome John
🍺 Imbibements
- Krush WCIPA – pFriem (OR)