The Rest Is Science podcast
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Informative and entertaining science podcast with Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens, easy to listen to. Critics find the hosts giggly and grating over many episodes.
Informative and entertaining science podcast with Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens, easy to listen to. Critics find the hosts giggly and grating over many episodes.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Informative, entertaining, and easy to listen to
“Informative and entertaining as well as being easy to listen to”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach” “a lot of fun to watch while doing dishes”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Giggly, nerdish hosting style
“Hannah is a bit too giggly at times. Michael has some nerdish intonations.”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Hannah Fry Wins the Leelavati Prize in 2026 for Mathematics Outreach”
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The four most recommended other podcasts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Dwarkesh Podcast | 29 | 8 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
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| Acquired podcast | 25 | 0 | 100% | 11 | — | Approved |
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| The Rest Is Science podcastThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Hannah is a bit too giggly at times. Michael has some nerdish intonations.”
“it got more grating as I tried more episodes”
“a lot of fun to watch while doing dishes”
“It's my favorite podcast right now!”
“Informative and entertaining as well as being easy to listen to”
“Great podcast with Michael Stevens (VSauce) and Hannah Fry (the mathematician)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.