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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a science podcast hosted by Popular Science with 231 episodes. Your strongest route into The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
Topics this show lists for itself
- Education
- Society & Culture
Read from the show’s own feed on September 12, 2026. These are the words the show uses about itself, not our classification. Pitch in them.
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What The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is about
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Publishes
- a couple of times a month
- Latest episode
- Oct 7, 2026
- Catalogue
- 231 episodes
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- On The Origin of Smooching, Mausoleum Madness, Chubby Cheetahs
- Death by Trebuchet, Big Bird's Close Call, Dry Scooping Coffee
- Hector the Tickle Robot, Eyeball Teeth, a Little Bit of ~Spice~ (and Neuroscience)
- Pantone-deaf, Naked Mole Rat Perfume, a Berry of Many Names
- Literal Love Languages, Royal Dog of Madagascar, King Tut’s Undies
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-10-10.
3 show-specific steps to pitch The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
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Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week, which publishes a couple of times a month, currently “On The Origin of Smooching, Mausoleum Madness, Chubby Cheetahs”. Listen for how the host frames the conversation, then make your angle fit The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
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Send it to the address The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week publishes
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week in your mail app; we never send it. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week also publishes a contact page on its own site, at popsci.com. That one is public, so you can use it right now with no account at all. Get the address for The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week. Open The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week contact page.
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Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want a researcher or communicator who can make a complex finding clear and vivid. Open with one sentence on why you fit The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week, then grade the draft against The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
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