The Ask an Astrobiologist Show from NASA features a series of live interviews in which the general public is invited to submit questions to a guest astrobiologist. Since its launch in November 2016, the program just recently completed its twelfth interview with Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on March 20, 2018. The show is hosted by Sanjoy Som - a planetary...

Carry the One Radio is a monthly podcast that provides 20-30 minute interviews with scientists of all disciplines. Produced by a group of graduate students at the University of California-San Francisco, Carry the One Radio addresses a wide variety of topics ranging from traumatic brain injury to how the immune system can become re-engineered. Other podcasts address the science of taste, how hyena...

The National Academy of Sciences has over 2000 members, and they have all distinguished themselves in one of the many learned fields, ranging from biology to geography. In an attempt to offer the general public insights into the lives and careers of some of their members, they have created the InterViews website. As its name implies, the site consists of "first-person accounts of the lives and...

Hosted by neuroscientists Marie McNeely, People Behind the Science is a podcast that aims "to inspire current and future scientists, share the different paths to a successful career in science, educate the general population on what scientists do, and show the human side of science." In each episode, McNeely interviews a different scientist about their research and the day-to-day work that makes...

The C-SPAN series "Q & A" brings together "interesting people who are making things happen in politics, the media, education, and science & technology in hour-long conversations about their lives and their work." The program started in 2004, and visitors can view all of the past episodes here, along with taking in the latest edition of this engaging program. Visitors can look at This Sunday to...

For Twitter users, along with fans of science journalism, Real Scientists is "a rotational Twitter account featuring scientists, researchers, clinicians, writers, communicators, and policymakers talking about their lives and their work." Each week, Real Scientists invites a different scientific expert to "curate" their Twitter account, providing links and commentary about recent scientific news...

The podcast and radio show Science for the People offers listeners "a long-format interview podcast that explores the connections between science, popular culture, history, and public policy." Based in Edmonton, Canada and intended for general audiences, this podcast shares conversations with scientific researchers and science writers covering the full spectrum of science topics, both present-day...

From the renowned, multi-disciplinary science journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) comes the Science Sessions. Each of these short podcasts features interviews with scientists (many of whom are members of the National Academy of Sciences) who have discovered a number of fascinating topics. Recent episodes include a conversation with biologist Eve Marder about what the...

Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Science Update devotes itself to reporting a variety of scientific, technological, and medical topics via free online podcasts and radio broadcasting. Listeners can call in to the station or submit an online form to ask relevant science questions, which are then answered and investigated in 60-second podcasts or radio...

Educators and STEM professionals alike may be interested in Skype a Scientist, a program that "matches scientists with classrooms around the world ... for 30-60 minute Q and A sessions that can cover the scientist's expertise or what it's like to be a scientist." This innovative program offers students an opportunity to video chat with an actual scientist, and it gives scientists an excellent...