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So Cultured Podcast

So Cultured Podcast

By: Liv Grant & Taz Shipley
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Welcome to "SO CULTURED" the podcast where science, tech, and a dash of sass collide! Join your hosts Liv, and Taz on a journey through the latest in the world of science and technology. Each week, we dish up a blend of cutting-edge news, discoveries, and sizzling gossip from the realms of labs and circuits. All served with a side of piping hot "laboratea" that will have you laughing out loud. We can't wait to hang out with you- Liv and Taz xo

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Liv Grant & Taz Shipley
Science
Episodes
  • 10. The immortal woman + pretending I'm not a scientist!!
    Feb 4 2026

    🧫It’s the final episode of SEASON 7 TWISTED! We’re ending on a really poignant topic this week, Henrietta Lacks. You may or may not have heard about her before, but she’s left a legacy that has shaped scientific development in ways you might not be able to even imagine…

    Want to learn more? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6493208-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks

    🫖 Of course, the last episode of laboraTEA will feature our “Ask us anything” segment. We’re talking rewriting a PhD thesis, spilling the tea on our own supervisors, and rocking some very interesting outfits at work…


    🗒️ SHARE YOUR LABORATEA TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftEuu6Xu6VWxurDzr6sKStnYCf4v5UrF47K7SH_rxUzlbFYw/viewform or email us at soculturedpodcast@gmail.com

    🩷 Please don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments, like, and subscribe! If you’re loving the podcast, please leave us a rating, it helps us out SOO much (we're just two STEM girlies tryna make it).


    🎙️You can always find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify + more!


    0:00 intro

    7:30 the immortal woman

    48:53 pretending I’m not a scientist…

    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

    💌 Reach out to us at ⁠soculturedpodcast@gmail.com⁠

    #sciencepodcast #soculturedpodcast #stempodcast #twistedscience

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 9. Human Experimentation and Unit 731 + A lab full of PICK me energy?!
    Jan 28 2026

    😪 in todays episode, we explore the horrors of unit 73, the scientific justifications that were used and the ethical failures that allowed it to happen.


    🫖 FOR THIS WEEKS LABORATEAAAA. We’re sharing a listener story about a lab with some serious issues, everyone is giving pick me energy but for different reasons...


    🗒️ SHARE YOUR LABORATEA TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftEuu6Xu6VWxurDzr6sKStnYCf4v5UrF47K7SH_rxUzlbFYw/viewform


    or email us at soculturedpodcast@gmail.com 🩷


    Please don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments, like, and subscribe. If you’re enjoying the podcast, leaving us a rating really helps support the show.


    You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, and more.


    Timestamps

    0:00 Intro

    4:53 Unit 731

    46:14 The PICK me lab...


    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲? 💌

    Reach out at soculturedpodcast@gmail.com

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 8. Cryonics... bringing back the dead?! + boss bragged about making me cry!
    Jan 21 2026

    🥶Gosh we’re almost at an end to season 7, TWISTED. That means the craziest topic there is… bringing people back from the dead!

    How you ask? Cryogenics! We talk everything suspended animation, frozen cells and brains, and real people who have opted to be frozen in time…


    🫖 Of course, we’re back with a listener story for our laboraTEA. Our listener has left the country to escape their toxic PI, who openly admitted to enjoying making people cry… now they have a tough decision to make!!!


    🗒️ SHARE YOUR LABORATEA TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftEuu6Xu6VWxurDzr6sKStnYCf4v5UrF47K7SH_rxUzlbFYw/viewform or email us at soculturedpodcast@gmail.com

    🩷 Please don’t forget to share your thoughts in the comments, like, and subscribe! If you’re loving the podcast, please leave us a rating, it helps us out SOO much (we're just two STEM girlies tryna make it).


    🎙️You can always find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify + more!


    0:00 intro

    4:40 cryogenics

    42:18 boss bragged about making me cry!

    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

    💌 Reach out to us at ⁠soculturedpodcast@gmail.com⁠

    #sciencepodcast #soculturedpodcast #stempodcast #twistedscience

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    55 mins
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