The Science Show

Robyn Williams

Booking Overview

A science interview program focused on scientific research, discoveries, and public debate, typically featuring researchers, academics, and specialist science communicators alongside in-house reporting. Credible pitches would include established scientists, research leaders, and experts able to explain complex findings to a general audience; booking is likely high difficulty because of the program’s national public-broadcast profile.

Metrics

Episodes: 250

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Australia

YouTube: 444.0k subscribers

Instagram: 63.0k followers

Contact Information

abcpodcasts@abc.net.au

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Host

Robyn Williams - Australian science journalist and broadcaster who has presented The Science Show for ABC Radio National since 1975.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Scientists, university researchers, research leaders, and specialist science communicators with authoritative expertise and the ability to explain research clearly to a broad audience.
Required Achievements:  
Published scientific research, Leadership of major research programs or institutions, Significant contributions to public understanding of science

Recent Guest Discussions

Melissa Lee - Artificial Intelligence In Mathematics, Mathematical Problem-solving, And Whether AI Can Expand Participation In Mathematics

Recent Topics

Science, Research, Climate, Health, Ecology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Science Show
:

Lab Notes: In an era of AI hacking, how safe is the census?

August 05, 2026

It's census time, which means lots of us are about to submit personal information via the Internet.Whether it's the ABS or your favourite online shop — how safe is our data in an era when AI models have shown they can hack companies without even being asked to?Jonathan Webb opens a back door to this new normal of cybersecurity with Professor Toby Murray.You can binge more episodes of the Lab Notes podcast with science editor and presenter Jonathan Webb on the ABC Listen app (Australia). You'l...

Looking inside cells, and how seals hear so well underwater

July 31, 2026

* Fluorescent sensors bring cell contents to life* Plotting the Oceans: Stories of Powerful Maps and Their Makers* Animal senses that work as well in water as on land* Mushroom Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Fungal Lives* Descend two kilometres underground to the cleanest lab on Earth

Lab Notes: What will we see in a 10-year movie of the universe?

July 29, 2026

The longest survey of our southern skies — The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) — has just begun from the Vera Rubin Observatory in the Chilean Atacama Desert.Over the next 10 years, the largest digital camera on Earth will look at the same patches of sky time and again, aiming to record exploding stars, new asteroids, and maybe find what's behind dark energy.Jonathan Webb gets sucked into grand cosmic questions with Dr Anais Möller, as they discuss how astronomers are getting a head st...

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