Odd science, served with teasing and tangents.
Sci Guys is a two-voice science show built on teasing: Corry and Luke Cutforth take a strange study or story and keep wandering into jokes and tangents before coming back to the research. Episodes range across spilled coffee, judgy dogs, ADHD and sleep, sex in an MRI machine and AI psychosis.
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Sci Guys is a conversation show about strange science, run by Corry and Luke Cutforth, and it doesn't hide its jokes. The science is real. The delivery is two people trying to make each other laugh. In the recent episodes the openings follow a set routine. Corry greets Luke with an epithet built for the week, such as 'the latte-loving' before a coffee episode or 'the long-lived' before one called 'How to Live Forever', and Luke answers back, objecting at one point to being called old. Next comes an alliterative or punning preview, like 'moving mugs and Jumpy Joe' or 'artificial insanity', followed by a question for Luke that is sometimes more personal than he wants to answer. Asked how he takes his coffee, he names L-theanine tablets and insists that is true. The research behind the jokes covers a wide spread. The coffee discussion is about why a mug spills while the person carrying it walks, explained through natural frequencies. The hosts credit that work to a teenage researcher named Jesse and say it started with a wine glass. In the ADHD and sleep episode, Corry quizzes Luke on statistics about insomnia in adults with ADHD. Along the way the two poke at a review that reports findings without explaining how it reached them, and call it secret science, or simply magic. The AI psychosis conversation turns to an isolation paradox: a sycophantic chatbot used for companionship can deepen loneliness over time by pulling people away from more difficult human relationships. Other titles in the window, 'The Science of Judgy Dogs' and 'The Science of Sex in an MRI Machine', show how far the range stretches, from animal behaviour to imaging. Tangents are built in. The coffee episode swerves into an email chain involving Elon Musk, who gets a very blunt verdict, and the dog episode wanders into a riff on bloated layers of office management. In the MRI episode, one of them formally apologises to everybody listening, and then an 'ad bell' cues a Patreon pitch that jokes openly about leveraging parasocial relationships. That frankness about the business of podcasting is part of the texture. The closings point to full references in the episode description, the Patreon and sciguyspod.co.uk, and mention new episodes every Monday. What a listener gets is a handful of genuine findings delivered inside a running double act. The humour gets crude on sex and bodies, and the opinions on public figures are unfiltered. It works best for someone who wants science with company rather than a lecture.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants real studies and statistics but prefers them wrapped in banter, and who does not mind crude jokes or frequent detours along the way.
What sets it apart: The science sits inside a recognisable comic routine: a teasing epithet for Luke, an alliterative topic preview and a personal question. Closings point to full references in the description, so the jokes rest on cited material.
A spilled coffee becomes a question about oscillation, if your curiosity can keep up with the banter.
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A spilled coffee becomes a clear, conversational lesson in natural frequencies, mugs, and walking motion.
Sci Guys turns a moving mug of coffee into a neat everyday physics puzzle, following how walking can set liquid sloshing until it spills. Corry and Luke Cutford start with a brief pass through L-theanine and caffeine before settling into the experiment: a wine glass, a mug, and…
A dog's blank stare turns into a playful test of embarrassment, psychology, and the social weight of awkward moments.
Sci Guys uses a dog's supposed judgement as a springboard into embarrassment, social pressure, and the strange way people narrate their own awkwardness.
A sex-science MRI study is folded into cathedral gossip, Patreon bargaining, and unruly banter.
Sci Guys turns an MRI study of human sex into a loose, candid run of body-science comedy. Corey and co-host Luke Cutforth start far from the lab, with Luke's story about sex in a disabled toilet in a cathedral, before the conversation works its way to the research: MRIs used to…
A funny, cautious look at a possible circadian link between ADHD and poor sleep.
Sci Guys takes a familiar frustration, ADHD tangled up with bad sleep, and turns it into a relaxed but useful look at circadian science, melatonin that may be working against the body, and the possibility of thinking about ADHD through the lens of rhythm disorder.
Sci Guys looks at how artificial companionship can deepen isolation while separating simulated emotion from consciousness.
Sci Guys treats artificial companionship as a social problem hiding inside an easy comfort: a chatbot can feel like company for someone already pushed away from other people.
APA's Kim Mills interviews psychology researchers on tipping, crying, and extremism.
Everyday behavior, examined one awkward question at a time.
The hosts discuss the science behind adding L-theanine to coffee to reduce jitters.
The hosts engage in comedic banter about embarrassing moments in front of dogs, with a sponsor ad for House of Canvas.
The hosts introduce a science podcast discussing bizarre science stories, starting with a question about the weirdest place someone has had sex.
The hosts discuss circadian science and maladaptive melatonin, sharing personal experiences with ADHD and poor sleep.
The hosts discuss artificial insanity and how people interact with Gen AI chatbots.
Sci Guys hosts Cory and Luke Cutfurt cover the 2026 announcement that Cortical Labs' CL1 biological computer, with about 200,000 human neurons, can play the 1993 shooter Doom.
Cori and Luke Cutford examine "The Dishonest Disposition and Everyday Economic Criminality of the British Public" by Shepard, Button and Hawkins, published in September 2024.
Sci Guys hosts Cori and Luke Cutford cover a May 19, 2025 Current Biology paper reporting that juvenile male capuchins abducted 11 howler monkey infants on Jicarón Island, Panama.
The hosts introduce the show as covering crazy, weird, and wonderful science stories, with comedic banter about aging.
The hosts introduce a discussion on narcissistic personality disorder, starting with a YouTube comment and a question about narcissism.
The hosts introduce the show and tease a discussion about elusive emotions and autism traits, with a humorous tone.
The hosts and a guest engage in humorous, off-topic banter about pregnancy, framed as a science show but focused on comedy.
The hosts discuss attachment theory and social styles in relationships, with humorous banter and audience interaction.