podcast – It's Not Rocket Surgery

podcast – It's Not Rocket Surgery

Science, Technology & Geek Culture Radio Show on Melbourne's 98.9 NorthWestFM

Episodes

March 2, 2025
It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 361 – Gene Hackman, Space Station Too Clean To Be Healthy, AI Rorschach Test, and more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.361 (50MB) Songs Played: More Than A Feeling – Steve ‘n Seagull Milkshake Man –… Read More Ep361 – Seventy P...
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 360 – The INRS crew return from their summer hiatus to talk about DeepSeek, Comets – life & death (maybe), and more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.360 (75MB) Songs Played:Video Killed Sweet Child O Mine… Read More Ep360 – Because I...
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December 29, 2024
It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 359 – The INRS crew look back at the year that was 2024 focusing on science, technology and geek culture stories… but will no doubt cover other news and events from the year. Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.359 (78MB) Songs Played:A… Read More Ep359 – Very Demure
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December 22, 2024
Moving the podcasts originally shared on Google Drive over to be with the rest of the shows – Ep5 originally broadcast on 10th of June 2012 It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 6 – Facebook won’t exist beyond 2020, Apple vs Samsung (again), 25 worst passwords from LinkedIn hack, Google Maps new 3D and offline features,… Read More Ep6 – Ring of Pain
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December 1, 2024
Moving the podcasts originally shared on Google Drive over to be with the rest of the shows – Ep5 originally broadcast on 1st of June 2012 It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 5 – SpaceX splashdown, transit of Venus, moms vs gay comic book characters, the zettabyte, 3 Top 10s, and more science, technology, and geek… Read More Ep5 – Million Mom Munch
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 358 – Europa Clipper, ChatGPT Search, Quantum Cat Experiment, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to other stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.358 (61MB) Songs Played:Freedom – Kill_mR_DJ MashupYMCA – Ten Second SongsUptown Frank – DJ CummerbundKurwa – Little Big
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 357 – the rise and possibly the fall of Adobe, when does collecting become clutter, Star Wars in the Disney+ era, Inktober, and perhaps other science, technology and geek culture stories. Link to Jazza’s YouTube video discussed – the Rise and Fall of Adobe Links to other stories mentioned during… Read More Ep357 – Their Farts Don...
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September 29, 2024
It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 356 – the 34th Ig Nobels, Magic Mushrooms, Comet of the Century, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.356 (68MB) Songs Played: Devil’s Power – DJ Paolo Monti Biggie Boom Boom – Baby Lasagna Party… Read More Ep356 – Bum Breat...
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 355 – Deep Geek Dive into the Paris 2024 Olympics, and perhaps a couple other science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.355 (70MB) Songs Played: Hello World – Gwen Stefani & Anderson Paak Amber – Tom The Lion… Read More Ep355 – Running of G...
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 354 – Tetris Effect, Lunar Biorepository, Your Name Might Change Your Face, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.354 (61MB) Songs Played: Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm L’hymne a L’amour – Edith Piaf All… Read More Ep354 &...
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 353 – Smuggling Trouser Snakes, Dark Comets, Racist Autocorrect, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.353 (61MB) Songs Played: Rasputin – Aurora Role Model – Fat Boy Slim Hardstyle Fish – Little Big
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 352 – Dune 2, cassowaries, glass squid, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.352 (57MB) Songs Played: The Code – Nemo Rim Tim Tagi Dim – Baby Lasagna Rocket Surgery Blues
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 351 – After 3 months away, NOBODY knows what the crew will talk about, but it’s safe to say there will be lots of science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. Download Ep.351 (62MB) Songs Played: Cherry Oh Baby –… Read More Ep351 – Plasma Right At Ya
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February 18, 2024
It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 350 – Stingray-Shark Hybrid, Primate Humour, Missing Quantum Drive, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. INRS Episode 350 – Stingray-Shark Hybrid, Primate Humour, Missing Quantum Drive, and lots more science, technology & geek stories. Tune in… Read More Read more
It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 349 – NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane, Magpie Swooping, Japan’s SLIM Lunar Lander, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1749001594216280373 Download Ep.349 (62MB) Songs Played: Forever Young – Interactive Teenage Dirtbag – Scary Pocket...
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January 14, 2024
It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 348. The INRS crew are back to take a look at their predictions for 2023 (refer to Ep333), review the year that was 2023, and perhaps cover some science, technology and geek stories from the past few weeks. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1746447652982755690… Read More Ep348 – ...
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It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 347 – Solar Flare, 1000 Days of Perseverance, Voyager 1 Silent, Blue Eyed Reindeer, Talking to Whales, and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1736338332320432260 Download Ep.347 (63MB) Songs Played: Rebel Navidad – DJ Cummerbund All I… Read More
It’s Not Rocket Surgery Episode 346 – Words of the Year, Quake Master Elon, Wasabi Truth, The Roo-ver Rover, Google Gemini AI and lots more science, technology and geek culture stories. Links to stories mentioned during the show are available on request. https://twitter.com/RcktSrgry/status/1733765795426238664 Download Ep.346 (48MB) Songs Played: Fairytale in New York – The Pogues… Read More Read more
December 2, 2023
Moving the podcasts originally shared on Google Drive over to be with the rest of the shows – Ep30 originally broadcast on 2nd of December 2012 The INRS duo delve into the topic of Junk Science… we have “top men working on it right now”. Also, we cover news from Mars, dark matter, North Korean… Read More Ep30 – Junk Science
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Moving the podcasts originally shared on Google Drive over to be with the rest of the shows – Ep29 originally broadcast on 25th of November 2012 Regina (@AstronautReggie) joins Wal & Vlado to discuss Women in Engineering & Science, RoboGals, and to cover the news of the weeks etc… usual informative show with the usual… Read More Ep29 – Even Though I’m An Enginee...
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