podcast – It's Not Rocket Surgery

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  • Ep372 – The Devil’s Lettuce

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 371 – Artemis II Launch Delay, Winter Olympics Ski Jump Controversy, Hot Ice Cream and lots more science, technology and geek culture.

    Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    Download Ep.372 (59MB)

    Songs Played:

    Only The Strong – Midnight Oil
    Refuse/Resist – Sepultura (via Fake Music BR)
    That’s Pretty Good Love – Big Maybelle
    Kosciuszko – Midnight Oil

    1 hr 16 min
  • Ep371 – Girth In Their Junk

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 371 – Artemis II Launch Delay, Winter Olympics Ski Jump Controversy, Hot Ice Cream and lots more science, technology and geek culture.

    Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    Download Ep.371 (58MB)

    Songs Played:

    Lonely – Akon
    Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
    Dancing By Myself – Billy Idol
    Leave Me Alone – NF
    Only The Lonely – Roy Orbison
    All By Myself – Eric Carmen
    Lose Yourself vs Left2Right vs Drink A Lot – DJs from Mars
    DtMF – Bad Bunny

    58 min
  • Ep370 – Charlatans and Grifters

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 370 – Grok AI’s Deepfake, ISS Crew 11 Return, Weight Loss Jab Study, and lots more science, technology and geek culture.

    Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    Download Ep.370 (58MB)

    Songs Played:

    Best of 2025 Mashup – DJs from Mars
    Beggin’ – Maneskin
    Du Hast – Rammstein
    Enter The Sandstorm – DJ Cummerbund

    1 hr 17 min
  • Ep369 – The Goose Drank Wine

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 369 – The INRS crew look back at the year that was 2025 focusing on science, technology and geek culture stories… but will no doubt cover other news and events from the year.

    Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    Download Ep.369 (49MB)

    Songs Played:

    Killing In The Name Of – Rage Against The Machines
    The Clapping Song – Shirley Ellis
    The Chain – Fleetwood Mac
    Nothing Else Matters – Metallica

    1 hr 18 min
  • Ep368 – Rare As Rocking Horse Poo

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 368 – The 3I/ATLAS comet, Tired & ADHD Brain Scans, Vibe Coding, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories too.


    Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    Download Ep.368 (52MB)

    Songs Played:

    Pretty Fly For Rasputin – DJ Cummerbund
    War Pigs (Outlaw Country) – Black Sabbath + AI
    Bring The Noise – Public Enemy + AI
    Can’t You See – The Marshall Tucker Band

    1 hr 20 min
  • Ep367 – Bye-atus

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 367 – The INRS crew return after another unplanned hiatus… to talk about Nobel Prizes, AI Bubble, Six-Seven Meme, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories too.

    Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    Download Ep.367 (75MB)

    Songs Played:

    Back In Black (Soul) – AC/CD + AI
    Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds + AI
    TNT – AC/CD + AI
    Number of the Beast – Iron Maiden + AI

    1 hr 17 min
  • Ep366 – Boil Blooding

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 366 – Life on Mars, New Pi, AI Music and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories too.Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request.

    Download Ep.366 (48MB)

    Songs Played:

    Life On Mars – Sarah Blasko
    Back In Black (Soul) – AC/CD + AI
    Method – Kroi
    BLKRCZM – Dubioza Kolektiv

    1 hr 16 min
  • Ep55 – Duck Junk

    Moving the podcasts originally shared on Google Drive over to be with the rest of the shows – Ep54 originally broadcast on 7th of July 2013

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 55 – Tony comes all the way from Maryland USA to join Vlado in-studio to discuss Duck Junk. Also getting a mention – Duck amputee gets a 3D printed foot, Boeing 777 Crash in San Francisco, Comic-Con, babies laughing at dogs, Apple iWatch, Mozilla Firefox smartphone, Microsoft MoodPhone, and Dumb Ways to Die in Rio.

    Download Ep.55 (56MB)

    Songs Played:

    He’s Got A Way With Women – Geoff Achison
    They’re Not Going to Play This on the Radio – Monty Python
    Strawberry Fields – Hayseed Dixie
    Folson Prison Blues – Johnny Cash

    Top 10: Top 10 Worst Science Fiction Predictions

    1 hr 30 min
  • Ep54 – The Man Comes Around

    Moving the podcasts originally shared on Google Drive over to be with the rest of the shows – Ep54 originally broadcast on 30th of June 2013

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 54 – Russ phones in to give Vlado a hand in Wal’s absence. Discussion turns to politics as the weeks events in Canberra rate a mention, as does the idea that Malcolm Turnbull invented the internet in Australia. Talk then turns to tech and the fibre optical vortices boosting bandwidth, a bit of space with Voyager‘s reports from the heliosheath , Super Earths & twe pay tribute to the passing of COROT. Then Electric cars, new HUD gadgets, iO7 and Windows8, Samsung OLED & Holographic TVs, nerds enraged about a female character in the latest Hobbit movie and the geek stereotype keeping women from careers in computer science.

    Download Ep.54 (56MB)

    Songs Played:

    Re-Educating Rita – Carter USM
    The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash
    Olé – Felicity Lawless
    Circles – Mark Moroney

    Top 10: Top 10 Disgusting Attempts To Mix Bacon With Other Foods

    1 hr 34 min
  • Ep53 – It Is Rocket Science Part II

    Moving the podcasts originally shared on Google Drive over to be with the rest of the shows – Ep53 originally broadcast on 23rd of June 2013

    It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 53 – The INRS resident amateur Rocket Scientist, Paul, returns to conclude the discussion about rockets, covering topics such as Paul’s recent rocket launch and later covers liquid-propelled rockets including the V2 and Space Shuttle. In between, news about the supermoon, NASA asteroids mission, NASA’s new class of astronauts, taikonauts teach millions, billion pixel picture of Mars, new “Drake equation”, NASA’s Morpheus lander test, Space X Hopping Rocket & other NASA experiments, rocket skateboards, jetbikes.

    Download Ep.53 (58MB)

    Songs Played:

    Woke Up This Morning – Alabama 3
    Love You More – Bobby Alu
    Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
    Werner Von Braun – Tom Lehrer
    The Franco Cozzo Song – Tony Cursio
    She Bangs – Ricky Martin

    Top 10: Top 10 Insanely Advanced Pieces Of Nazi Wartime Equipment

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