Know Idea
Know Idea with Max, Jay, Peta, Vi, Issy & Gabe Know Idea is your weekly dose of science on 4ZZZ for over 10 years! All things space & time, environment, health, tech, psychology plus everything else in-between. Recorded live at 4ZZZ on Wednesday 10-12 in Meanjin/Brisbane.
Episodes
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 00:04:33 - Rubber Tentacle Illusion w/ Pęta - QI Rubber Hand
- 00:15:30 - Scrumping Apes from Chimps w/ Max and Gabe - Peta's Denver Zoo Morning Sickness Tea Story
- 00:25:39 - Nine Armed Tarantulas w/ Gabe
- 00:31:36 - Adapive Amnemonemomnes w/ Peta
- 00:39:33 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 00:48:30 - RADIOTHON next week
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Host: Max
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00 - Intro to Know Idea - Support 4zzz!
- 02:24 - REWIND: Electroreception In Bottlenose Dolphins w/ Peta
- 06:07 - REWIND: Spider-Mic w/Max
- 10:34 - REWIND: How Goannas Are Saving Sheep w/ Gabe
- 15:11 - REWIND: Mussels Aid Lobster and Crabs w/ Peta
- 22:36 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 33:50 - REWIND: Scotts Hiding in Stonehenge w/ Gabe
- 39:23 - Space News w/ Max
Science Links For the Digge...
Hosts: Max, and Issy (and Maximillian)
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 02:05 - REWIND: Fishy Parenting w/ Peta
- 07:49 - REWIND: Manifesting Height w/ Jay
- 13:59 - REWIND: Space Moss w/ Gabe
- 21:10 - REWIND: Shark Teeth w/ Peta
- 30:57 - Support 4zzz!
- 32:37 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 46:45 - REWIND: Low Ceilings And Exam Scores w/
- 52:57 - REWIND: Space Food: Aroma is King w/ Issy
- 57:19 - Space News w/ Max
Hosts: Max, Issy, and Peta (and Maximillian)
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 02:19 - REWIND: Red Wine Headaches, Why? w/ Gabe
- 06:02 - Vibrant Virility in Guppy Genetics w/
- 11:29 - Dr Robot(SRT-H) w/ Max
- 16:26 - Bagging Blue in Sharks w/ Peta - Radiolab: Colors Podcast
- 27:42 - Sidebar: Ancient Blue w/ Max
- 28:28 - Support 4zzz!
- 31:14 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 44:25 - F1 Movie Rundown w/ The Max's
- 52:53 - C...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 00:03:13 - Hot Tubs are Better w/ Peta
- 00:10:46 - ❤️ With Emojis w/ Max
- 00:16:41 - Shark-Etiquette w/ Peta
- 00:27:34 - Lyssavirus: Don't touch bats w/ Gabe
- 00:39:34 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 00:50:51 - Bovine F1 Science w/ Gabe
- 00:52:22 - Support 4zzz!
- 00:55:00 - Teeth in a Dish AKA Grinding Phytoliths w/ Issy
- 01:01:49 -...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 00:00:11 - NEW Intro to Know Idea
- 00:04:26 - Flipping Shark Tailbone w/ Peta
- 00:11:42 - TCCA Gold Mining w/ Max
- 00:16:29 - Intolerant Dreams w/ Gabe
- 00:25:33 - Orca Feeding Friendship w/ Peta
- 00:35:53 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s - F1s Academy Driver Development Guide
- 00:48:54 - Zoborg Pied Piper w/ Gabe
- 01:01:10 - Space N...
Hosts: Max, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 03:18 - Imported Seafood Spead w/ Peta
- 10:38 - Message in a Bubble w/ Max
- 16:05 - 2026 QS Ranking - OZ Rundown w/ Gabe
- 30:20 - Support 4zzz!
- 32:37 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 38:49 - Partner Pamper with Allokelpering w/ Peta - Video Link
- 48:58 - Celestial Navigating Bogong Moths w/ Gabe
- 59:00 - Space News w/ Max
Science Links For the Diggers:
...Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian)
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00:00 - Max's Intro to KNOW IDEA
- 00:03:51 - BtfEvRfEmN w/ Peta
- 00:12:09 - Ancient Porpoise Poetry w/ Gabe
- 00:23:55 - BTWs w/ Max
- 00:29:52 - Sugary Cucumbers Fight Cancer w/ Peta
- 00:37:04 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 00:47:05 - Halo History w/ Maximillian
- 00:54:36 - Support 4zzz!
- 00:55:07 - NEW Jumping Spiders - Hiking 4 Science w/ Issy
- 01:02:02 - Sp...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 00:03:31 - Talking Bubbles w/ Peta
- 00:11:19 - Super Worms w/ Gabe
- 00:20:04 - Car Science: 2008 LEDs, 2013 EBLs, and 2025 Front Brakes w/ Max
- 00:27:07 - Deep Dark(er) Depths w/ Peta
- 00:36:46 - MotoRap w/ Max
- 00:42:27 - Plastics Food Fate w/ Issy
- 00:48:51 - Position Matters in Baboon March w/ Gabe
- 00:50:52 - Support 4zzz!
- 00:52:38 - Jud...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 03:25 - The Giggling Gargalesis Enigma w/ Peta
- 12:19 - Frogs Fighting Fungus by Fornicating w/ Gabe
- 22:16 - AI Validated Science w/ Max
- 27:40 - Fish Feeding Fren...dship? w/ Peta
- 35:14 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 48:10 - Etna Serves Stromboli w/ Gabe
- 58:43 - Curious Cockatoos w/ Issy - Video Link
Science Links For the Diggers:
Hosts: Max, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links:
- 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea
- 00:03:02 - Shrinking In The Heat w/ Peta
- 00:12:20 - Vibing For Nectar w/ Gabe
- 00:22:07 - Speed Eating w/ Max
- 00:28:13 - Cyborg Jelly w/ Peta
- 00:36:36 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 00:48:00 - Support 4zzz!
- 00:45:33 - Zed Games: Naughty Naughty Dog w/ Maxamilian
- 00:51:02 - Chimps Wipe (sometimes) w/ Gabe
- 01:03:51 - Space News w/ Max
Science ...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links;
- 00:00 - Know Idea Intro
- 03:25 - Peripheral Processing in Cyborg Cephalpods w Peta
- 11:54 - Monkeynapping w/ Gabe
- 24:34 - Purdubik w/ Max
- 28:29 - Lighting Up Fishing Pots w/ Peta
- 34:04 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 46:23 - N64 Resident Evil 2 w/ Maximilian
- 56:15 - Wrinkling Repeatability w/ Issy
- 01:04:04 - Space and Gabe News w/ Max
- 01:04:13 - Space News w/ Max
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Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links;
- 03:45 - Peta’s Peeves: Golf (Parkinsons) w/ Peta
- 10:25 - REWIND: Mouth Mouse w/ Max
- 15:24 - Flamingo Feeding Fashion w/ Gabe
- 25:48 - Waving at Cuttlefish w/ Peta
- 37:12 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 49:07 - Chimps Got Rhythm w/ Gabe
- 58:08 - Support 4ZZZ
- 59:55 - Space News w/ Max
📸 ID: A cuttlefish waves at a flamingo in the foreground, a dental set of teeth is wor...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and the adjective-less Gabe
Timestamps and Links;
- 03:38 - 3D Printed Seafood w/ Peta - Two Plastic Easter Eggs and Mung Beans Meme
- 10:37 - Bonding Over A Fruity Tipple in Chimps w/ Gabe
- 19:34 - Topical Inner Ear Infection Treatment w/ Max
- 26:11 - Oyster Terroir w/ Luke from Brighten The Corners
- 28:23 - Peta’s Pet Peeves: Clapping at Concerts
- 30:04 - Sensorimotor Synchronising Seal w/ Peta
- 36:13...
Hosts: Max, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links;
- 02:08 - Where’s The 4zzz Pigeon?
- 03:16 - Ice Bath Review w/ a Peeved Peta
- 10:41 - Tattooed Tardigrades w/ Gabe
- 21:30 - Tucking Stitch in Ski-Jumping w/ Max
- 24:56 - Dropping Fiddlers for Love w/ Peta
- 25:57 - Max Interrupted w/ Flyagra and Crab Prawn
- 26:54 - Dropping Fliddlers for Love cont. w/ Peta
- 32:08 - Deeper Voice for Lurv /w Gabe
- 32:50 - Support 4zzz
- 34:28 - MotoRa...
Hosts: Max and Issy.
Timestamps and Links;
- 02:22 - REWIND: Seals Nose Knows w/ Peta
- 06:15 - REWIND: Bioelectric Soil w/ Gabe
- 11:03 - REWIND: Robot Roundup: Rubik’s Cube, Electric Atlas, and Edible Drones w/ Max
- 21:26 - REWIND: Prophetic Octopus w/ Peta
- 27:06 - #AprilAtonement @4zzz
- 30:19 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 42:09 - REWIND: The Ping Pong Mind w/ Gabe
- 48:05 - REWIND: Co-operative Advantage w/ Gabe
- 50:04 - Subscribe t...
Hosts: Max, Gabe, and Issy
Timestamps and Links;
- 03:18 - Trusting Uncanny AI Science w/ Gabe
- 09:54 - Drugged Salmon w/ Peta
- 13:27 - AI Brain Predicts Mad Mouse w/ Max
- 18:38 - AI Summaries Overgeneralise w/ Gabe
- 19:29 - #AprilAtonement @4zzz
- 23:43 - MotoRap w/ Max
- 39:42 - Spangled Drongo w/ Gabe
- 40:26 - More Aussie Spiders w/ Gabe
- 46:14 - Space News w/ Max
- 52:25 - #AprilAtonement @4zzz - Coachella - Amyl and the Sniffe...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links;
- 03:21 - Popping in Cold for Health w/ Peta [ 🚩]
- 08:38 - Yodelling Monkey Membrane Magic w/ Gabe
- 15:53 - Mycelium Monument Material w/ Max
- 20:06 - Karenia Kills in SA w/ Peta
- 29:10 - #AprilAtonement @4ZZZ
- 31:59 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 46:09 - Screwing for Sperm w/ Izzy
- 50:40 - Not Quite an Ex-Direwolf w/ Gabe
- 01:04:09 - Space News w/ Max
📸 ID: A Capuchin ...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links;
- 03:08 - Emoji Rant w/ Gabe
- 04:31 - Mantis Shrimp Asside w/ Peta
- 05:58 - Fancy Shrimpy Thanos Club w/ Peta
- 12:56 - Lightning Empowered Parasites w/ Gabe
- 21:56 - Vitamin C(yanide) w/ Max
- 26:05 - Shark Talk w/ Peta
- 32:36 - babyMRI w/ Issy
- 33:48 - Subscribe 4 #AprilAtonement
- 36:19 - MotoRap w/ Max
- 45:04 - Genie Porker of a Liver Transplant w/ Issy
- 53:29 - Dopamine Dri...
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe
Timestamps and Links;
- 02:00 - MushVroom on Fram2 w/Gabe
- 04:07 - Controlling Cyborg Microalgae w/ Peta
- 09:39 - Road Rage Warblers w/ Gabe
- 16:45 - Skateboarding DHAL w/ Max
- 22:00 - Open Source Biologging: The Internet of Animals w/ Peta
- 29:34 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s
- 41:35 - Memory MRI w/ Gabe
- 57:24 - Space News w/ Max
📸 ID: A Galápagos yellow warbler leaning out a white car window...
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