The Stuff brand is expanding at iHeartPodcasts as it has teamed up with best-selling cartoonist and author Jorge Cham for a new science show called ScienceStuff. Cham, a former roboticist and Caltech researcher and instructor, will take listeners on a dive into the kinds of questions everyday people have always wanted to know the answer to during the weekly series. He will talk to experts and explain the history and latest scientific results on each topic.
“We tackle questions you’ve always wanted to know the answer to about animals, space, our brains, and our bodies,” Chan says on the show’s preview. “We’ll talk to experts, break it down and give you easy-to-understand explanations to fascinating scientific questions.”
ScienceStuff is joining its flagship family of “Stuff” curiosity shows, expanding the brand into the world of science. The Stuff lineup also includes the popular Stuff You Should Know, TechStuff, Stuff You Missed in History Class and Stuff To Blow Your Mind, among others, expanding the brand into the world of science.
Cham obtained his Ph.D. in robotics from Stanford University and was an instructor and research associate at Caltech before leaving academia to create “Piled Higher and Deeper” (known as “PHD Comics”), a favorite comic strip of scientists and academics with millions of readers online and in print. He is also the main creator and creative director of the animated series “Elinor Wonders Why,” which airs on PBS Kids and around the world.
New episodes of ScienceStuff will release every Wednesday starting today (March 12).