Science Vs. Podcast Season 15 Launching September 14

 Spotify announced that its popular podcast series Science Vs. will return for Season 15 on Thursday, September 14. Hosted by science journalist Wendy Zukerman, Science Vs. takes on the fads, trends, and opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between.

 Season 15 will cover even more puzzling and enticing topics and debunk the latest trends on social media to inform listeners on what science has to say. Wendy and her guests will discuss UFOs, the effects of vaping, dig into the dangers of energy drinks, explore why gossip lights up our brains, if “self-care” truly helps us de-stress and more. In the premiere episode, Wendy will guide listeners through some breathwork to uncover the hottest new trend…breathing.

“We’ve seen tremendous audience growth with Science Vs, especially among Gen Z,” said Julie McNamara, Head of Global Podcast Studios. “Wendy and her team bring a unique combination of expertise, curiosity, humor and B.S. detection to answer the questions everyone is asking, and we can’t wait to share how they explore the latest trends and topics making headlines in Season 15.”  

Wendy Zukerman has been a science journalist for over a decade, reporting on everything from octopus intelligence to superbugs. She started her career as the Australian correspondent for New Scientist Magazine and then went to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 

 Last season reached record highs on the platform, with consumption hours growing more than 60% since the previous season and the audience size more than doubling. Season 14 focused on some of the most buzzed-about topics including the infamous weight loss drug Ozempic, behind-the-scenes insights from the blockbuster film, Oppenheimer, and the growth of AI (Artificial Intelligence).

New episodes will be available every Thursday, and available on numerous podcast platforms. 

You can check out the season 15 trailer HERE. 

 Season 15 Episode 1 Logline: Breathing

Breathing has become the hot new trend to cure your anxiety and supercharge your brain. There are ads on Instagram selling breathing devices to calm your mind, breath-work gurus promising deeper concentration, and even books telling us that we're breathing all wrong. So what's the deal here? Are you really breathing badly? And if you learned the right way to breathe, could you be living a happier and healthier life? We'll take one big deep breath on the surprising science around breathing. 

There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs. is the show from Spotify Studios that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science, so you don't have to, and cover everything from 5G and Pandemics, to Vaping and Fasting Diets.