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Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE

Each week Greg and Mitch of AsapSCIENCE explain the science behind a controversial subject. They use studies, recent research and anecdotes to keep you entertained while *BAM* simultaneously LEARNING!... Read more

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Houseplants - how do they help your health?

Houseplants - how do they help your health?

Volatile organic compounds, nature bathing, repotting plants and your heart rate, there are a lot of studies about house... Read more

7 Oct 2020

42mins

Ranked #2

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Sleep Deprivation

Sleep Deprivation

WARNING: We recorded this podcast with an extreme lack of sleep. We stayed awake for 36 hours to test our own sleep depr... Read more

24 Sep 2019

49mins

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Meditation: does it really work?

Meditation: does it really work?

Meditation activates your default mode network, but how? Can meditating help other people around you? What is the best w... Read more

2 Sep 2020

44mins

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Breakfast: To Eat Or Not To Eat?

Breakfast: To Eat Or Not To Eat?

How can you improve your microbiome diversity? What's the science behind the new intermittent fasting craze? Why exactly... Read more

16 Jan 2019

49mins

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Starfish Sperm and Your Brain! ft. Dr. Esther

Starfish Sperm and Your Brain! ft. Dr. Esther

Esther Odekunle studies the neurophysiology of Starfish, and your brain. She teaches us how starfish vomit out their sto... Read more

22 Jul 2020

1hr 2mins

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Grace Helbig: How To Start a YouTube Channel

Grace Helbig: How To Start a YouTube Channel

This week we learn from the amazing, hilarious and insightful Grace Helbig! We get tips about starting a YouTube channel... Read more

8 Apr 2020

1hr 1min

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Self-Isolation

Self-Isolation

What happens when you self-isolate? We look at studies from the 2003 SARS epidemic to explain what to expect from stayin... Read more

18 Mar 2020

50mins

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Racism and Science

Racism and Science

Scientific studies show racism is real, and both psychologically and physiologically damaging. At the same time, STEM is... Read more

3 Jun 2020

45mins

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Infecting Yourself With Coronavirus

Infecting Yourself With Coronavirus

Human challenge trials may speed up the COVID19 vaccine. It means volunteers would get a trial vaccine or a placebo then... Read more

22 Apr 2020

38mins

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Sibling Science - Does Birth Order Matter?

Sibling Science - Does Birth Order Matter?

Does being born first make you smarter? Does having more siblings mean less parental care? There is a lot of scientific ... Read more

15 Jul 2020

54mins

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Elon Musk: Evil Billionaire or Innovative Genius?

Elon Musk: Evil Billionaire or Innovative Genius?

During story time Greg discusses his obsession with Grimes and Mitch tells a story about the time his Google Home tried ... Read more

25 Jul 2018

43mins

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Sidenote Presents: Can I Speak To The Manager

Sidenote Presents: Can I Speak To The Manager

"Can I Speak To The Manager" is Greg's other podcast where he and his co-host study an artists career to decide why they... Read more

8 Jul 2020

1hr 3mins

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Masturbation: Addictive Habit or Healthy Pleasure

Masturbation: Addictive Habit or Healthy Pleasure

This week Greg explains the weird ways he used to download porn and Mitch talks about struggling not to masturbate while... Read more

10 Oct 2018

42mins

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Testicles

Testicles

Greg and Mitch breakdown the viral TikTok trend claiming testicles can taste. We also explain why you get "blue balls" o... Read more

29 Jan 2020

38mins

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COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 Vaccine

What stage is it at? Anti-vaxxer issues? When can we use it? ALSO, WHY ARE VACCINES THE BEST DANG THING IN THE WORLD!? W... Read more

25 Mar 2020

49mins

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Hustle Culture

Hustle Culture

Rise and grind! Hustle HARDER! We are constantly told that working super hard aka "hustling" brings success ... but what... Read more

4 Dec 2019

48mins

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Does Protesting Work?

Does Protesting Work?

New technology can track protests and study the effectiveness of mass movements, so do they work? What did we learn this... Read more

24 Jun 2020

54mins

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Human Extinction: Is The World Going To End Soon?

Human Extinction: Is The World Going To End Soon?

Greg and Mitch talk about the current political climate and how much it's impacted their lives, including remember the d... Read more

12 Sep 2018

47mins

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Tiger King

Tiger King

Does Netflix's Tiger King ignore science? We conglomerate studies and tackle the wildly popular documentary from a conse... Read more

15 Apr 2020

57mins

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Pets: Expensive Nuisance or the Joy of Life

Pets: Expensive Nuisance or the Joy of Life

This week Mitch talks about a horrifying experience with a horse and Greg explains how he killed his hamster. In the deb... Read more

22 Aug 2018

45mins

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