So Cultured Podcast

About So Cultured Podcast

Welcome to "SO CULTURED" the podcast where science, tech, and a dash of sass collide! Join your hosts Liv, and Taz on a journey through the latest in the world of science and technology. Each week, we dish up a blend of cutting-edge news, discoveries, and sizzling gossip from the realms of labs and circuits. All served with a side of piping hot "laboratea" that will have you laughing out loud. We can't wait to hang out with you- Liv and Taz xo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Liv Grant & Taz Shipley

Category

education · science · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jan 2024

Latest episode

17 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

17 of 81 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What if you travelled at light speed?! + lab meetings are HELL

   The "So Cultured Podcast" hosts explore the mind-bending physics of light-speed travel and the relatable struggles of academic lab meetings.

2. 

   10 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   9. What if humans kept evolving? + publishing in my husbands name...

   The hosts explore the future of human evolution and discuss the complexities of publishing academic work under a spouse's name.

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   3 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   8. What if only YOU exist? + my supervisor GHOSTED me

   The "So Cultured Podcast" hosts explore the philosophical theory of other minds and the personal experience of being ghosted by a supervisor.

Inside a recent episode

What if you travelled at light speed?! + lab meetings are HELL

Published 17 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But it's fun to think about. Yeah. Yeah. Then we have the sensory side of things. So we've already briefly touched on this, but during long duration space flight, astronauts already experienced disorientation because the brain relies heavily on gravity for balance. So your inner ear constantly tells your brain which way is up, but in microgravity, that system becomes confused which is why space motion sickness is really common. Now, traveling near light speed would add another layer onto this because visually the universe itself would start distorting due to relativistic effects. So the light from stars ahead of you would compress and blue shift, while light behind you would stretch and redshift. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

36 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

509 ratings

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