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Popcorn Science is a podcast that takes a critical look at the science portrayed in our favourite movies and television shows.
Update frequency:
every 18 days
Average audio length:
63 minutes
English
Canada
36 episodes
since May 3, 2025
episodic
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In this episode of "Popcorn Science," we discuss the 1902 film Le Voyage dans la Lune.
Topics
Science Gripes (5:36)
Space gun?
"Raspberry jam" problem
600 km long gun
Pressure suits, life support?
Breathable air? Snow? Aliens?
Anthropomorphic... everything?
Re…
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In this episode of "Popcorn Science," we discuss the 1996 film Independence Day.
Topics
Science Gripes (7:00)
Infecting alien spacecraft with MacOS virus?
Fatal case of hubris
90 billion light-years (10:20)
What is Jeff Goldblum's job?
Smart people can do anything instantly…
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the AppleTV show Pluribus.
Topics
Science Gripes (6:40)
Genetic code from the stars? (7:07)
Disease Transmission: fast and slow (8:48)
How does the virus do what it does? (15:00)
Information Density / Communication Bandwidth (17:4…
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 2026 film Project Hail Mary
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," we discuss the 2015 film The Martian
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind
God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates Man, Man destroys God. Man creates podcasts. Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.
In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 1993 film Jurassic Park
Topics
Science Gripes (5:30)
DNA from mosquitoes = impossi…
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