Popcorn Science Podcast

By John E. Moores & Catherine Neish

Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.... more

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The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.

Popcorn Science Podcast episodes:

June 14, 2025Tribbles
References
The Trouble with the Tribbles
Trials and Tribble-ations
Misc
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind two Star Trek episodes: "The Trouble with Tribbles" (1967) from
The Original Series and "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996) from Deep Space Nine. In both episodes, the crews try to grapple with an outbreak of a
number of fuzzy spheroids known as Tribbles, with the DS9 crew coming from the future to help out Kirk and Spock!
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1h 1min
May 31, 2025Contact
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the
science behind the 1997 movie "Contact".
Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, Contact
explores what would happen if humanity were to receive a message from
an extraterrestrial civilization.
Topics
Science Gripes (4:37)
Headphones? (6:01)
Opening Sequence (9:40)
Hitler, Messenger of Earth (11:20)
Arecibo Message (12:28)
Arecibo Geography (16:00)
Ellie the Astronaut (17:28)
Funding (20:08)
Arecibo v. VLA (21:15)
Timeline Issue (48:35)
The Good Things (24:59)
On Location (25:05)
Science Culture (27:40)
Signal from Vega (30:32)
Is Space Exploration Worth it? (34:48)
Crewed Spaceflight (38:50)
Transit Network / Wormholes (#42:25)
Of Their Time (44:35)
Computer Technology (44:53)
Bill Clinton (47:00)
Space Industrialists (49:56)
Science v. Faith (52:52)
Fragile Institutions (54:59)
Accuracy and Significance (56:39)
References
Contact (film)
Contact (book)
Kent Cullers
Frank Drake
Arecibo Message
Arecibo Telescope (RIP)
Project Phoenix
Jill Tarter
Rendezvous with Rama
Robert Zemeckis
Carl Sagan
The Demon Haunted World
Cosmos
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1h 2min
May 17, 2025Ender's Game
References
Ender's Game (film)
Ender's Game (book)
Misc
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind the 2013 movie "Ender's Game".
Based on the 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game follows a young boy as he learns to defend the
Earth from an invasion by a mysterious alien species known as the Formics.
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1h 2min
May 03, 2025Tunguska-Terma
Topics
Antarctic Meteorite Survey
Tunguska
References
Tunguska Event
Tunguska Episode
Terma Episode
Misc
In our first episode of "Popcorn Science," John and Catherine discuss the science behind The X-Files two-parter "Tunguska/Terma".
These episodes first aired in November 1996, and follow Mulder and Scully around the world as they try to get their hands on a rock filled with
a mysterious alien oil.
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1h

FAQs about Popcorn Science Podcast:

How many episodes does Popcorn Science Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.