
Critically Speaking
Hosted by Therese Markow · Therese Markow
4.9from 76 ratings
- 263
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 76
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 243
- YouTube views
About Critically Speaking
On each episode of Critically Speaking, your host, Dr. Therese Markow, interviews foremost experts in a range of fields. We discuss, in everyday language that we all can understand, fundamental issues that impact our health, our society, and our planet. Join our weekly journey where we separate fact from fantasy for topics both current and controversial.
- Publisher
- Therese Markow
- Category
- science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 263 episodes have a transcript.

3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Outlaw Ocean Project: Hidden Costs of Farmed Fish - China Aquaculture

27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Ed Vargo: Bedbugs in Your Bed

20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Samantha Lawler: Dangers of Satellites in Space
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Outlaw Ocean Project: Hidden Costs of Farmed Fish - China Aquaculture
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] No, this is not good. So, yeah. And the fish, the fish that enter the fish meal pipeline, are they often the same fish that say a local community in a country that people there depend on catching these fish to eat and make their own little livings? Yeah, that's the case in a lot of contexts that we looked at. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Susan Ryan
- Maya Martin
- Edward Vargo
- Samantha Lawler
- Alice Marwick
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 243
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 74 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 51
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