Science Write Now

About Science Write Now

The Science Write Now (SWN) Podcast is a podcast for people who love science and the arts. If you’re interested in learning more about great books, plays, and films; writing, research or editing; the lives of scientists; and creative insights into contemporary science; then you’ve come to the right place! The SWN Podcast is hosted and produced by the SWN editorial team with funding from the Australia Council for the Arts. www.sciencewritenow.com

Publisher

Science Write Now

Category

arts · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Sept 2021

Latest episode

15 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jun 2026

   Meeting the Wildness Within with Lauren Keegan

   This week on the SWN Podcast, we chat with author and psychologist Lauren Keegan about her latest novel, The Woman in the Seal Skin and dive into the fascinating world of Selkies, mythology, motherhood, grief, violence and the biological impulses that bind us to the natural world. A timeless tale, The Woman in the Seal Skin is set on the Orkney Islands in the late 1600s and follows the story of Malie, a motherless child who has grown up in a cloistered island community and is about to become ...

2. 

   17 May 2026

   Unearthing Stories: Flipping Funghi and Licking Rocks with Romy Ash and Verity Borthwick

   Amidst shape-shifting landscapes, we enter a realm of staggering beauty, harsh isolation and danger simmering just beneath the surface… Our conversation today unearths the stories of two female scientists navigating the tectonics of their own inner turmoil; excavating the past as well as facing the erosion of a future forever altered by the climate crisis. Stories that urge us to look deeper and listen closely as lives both human and non-human emerge, erupt and unfold against the ever-expandi...

3. 

   10 Dec 2025

   Cognitive Conversations #10 A Final Note from the He(art): Music as Medicine with Dr Sue Wilson and Helen Carrington

   This week on the podcast, SWN’s Bianca Millroy joined by Dr Sue Wilson and Helen Carrington for our final conversation in this series – and on that note, if you’ve been a regular listener of Cognitive Conversations, thank you for coming along with us on this journey for ten whole episodes! This episode focuses on the role of music as a therapeutic intervention, and perspectives on somatic symptoms and chronic or persistent pain from two experts in the field - and how they came to specialise i...

Who has been a guest on Science Write Now

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston
• Dr Eileen O'Hely
• Nico O'Sullivan

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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