PBS NewsHour - Science
Hosted by Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and William Brangham · PBS News
4.4from 35 ratings
- 320
- Episodes
- 122
- Transcribed
- 35
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 3B
- YouTube views
About PBS NewsHour - Science
Listen to PBS News Hour science reporting published every Wednesday by 9 p.m. Featuring reports from Miles O'Brien, Nsikan Akpan and the rest of our science crew, we take on topics ranging from the future of 3-D printing to power of placebo drugs. Is this not what you're looking for? Don't miss our other podcasts for our full shows, individual segments, Brooks and Capehart, Brief but Spectacular, Politics Monday and more. Find them in iTunes or in your favorite podcasting app. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
- Publisher
- PBS News
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
122 of 320 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Exploring the science of keeping your mind sharp as you age
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Gulf Coast prepares for landfall as Hurricane Isaias gains power
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Exploring the science of keeping your mind sharp as you age
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And related and making these figures even more important for us is that about 75 to 80% of all strokes could be potentially prevented or delayed, and at least 35% of depression. So the evidence has accumulated over decades, and scientists all over this country and the world have contributed to this data. But it's now very clear that every day we have an opportunity to make decisions and make changes, keep doing what we're doing to make sure that we reduce our risk as much as we can. So nice that there's actually some good news, especially about a topic that I think people just think there's just a very grim cloud over this entire topic. […]
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- Jonathan Rosand
- Michael Brennan
- Mike Cerre
- Amy Howe
- Annie Jacobsen
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 2,724,746,620
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 28 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 100
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts PBS NewsHour - Science?
Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett and William Brangham host the show. Published by PBS News.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does PBS NewsHour - Science take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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