Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian) 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. Timestamps and Links: 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea 00:02:16 - Thanks for Listening to Know Idea 00:02:38 - Shaking It Up In Brisbane 00:04:49 - Wavy Dave C.R.A.B w/ Peta 00:14:00 - Chemicals In The Water Are Turning Th...
Aug 20, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 661
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe Timestamps and Links: 00:00:00 - Intro to Know Idea 00:06:51 - 1975: Plastic Found in Skagerack w/ Peta 00:15:58 - 1975: Replicating Godden and Baddeley w/ Gabe 00:28:08 - 1975: Monty Hall Problem w/ Max 00:32:39 - 1975: School Comfort w/ Issy - Passive Cooling 00:36:44 - 1975: Pulling Science Out of The Sand w/ Gabe 00:39:29 - RADIOTHON : Subscribe to 4zzz ! 00:41:51 - 1975: Jaws Plummets Shark PR - Peta's Updated Shark Primer and the ampullae of Lorenz...
Aug 13, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 660
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 00:48:51 - MotoRap cont. w/ The Max’s 00:49:46 - RADIOTHON next week 00:50:26 - ...
Aug 06, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 659
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 Diggers: Look For New Science at EurkAlert , Science Daily , and Phys.org Free Science Arti...
Jul 30, 2025•43 min•Ep. 658
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 Science Links For the Diggers: Look For New Science at EurkAlert , Science Daily , a...
Jul 23, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 657
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 - Concert Synchrony w/ Issy 59:22 - Space News w/ Max Science Links For the Digger...
Jul 16, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 656
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 - Space News w/ Max 01:04:32 - Newsletter Watch w/ Gabe Science Links For the Di...
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 655
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 News w/ Max 01:04:26 - 1995: "That'll do pig."" 01:06:30 - Support 4zzz! Science...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 654
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: Look For New Science at EurkAlert , Science Daily , and Phys.org Free Science Articl...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 653
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe (and Maximillian) Timestamps and Links: 00:00:00 - Max's Intro to KNOW IDEA 00:03:51 - B tf E v R f E m N 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 - Space News w/ Max - The Big Bounce Science Links For the Diggers: Look Fo...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 652
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 - Judys Gorging Gut w/ Gabe 01:01:18 - Space News w/ Max Science Links For the Dig...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 651
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: Look For New Science at EurkAlert , Science Daily , and Phys.org Free Science Article Search S...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 650
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 Links For the Diggers: Look For New Science at EurkAlert , Science Daily , and Phys.or...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 649
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 📸 ID: Capuchin monkey pushing a pink wooden pram with a baby howler monkey in it at the w...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 648
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 worked on by a mechanical arm with mechanical parts and a golf club sits by a golf ball o...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 647
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 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 48:20 - GTA VI development cycle w/ not Zed Games 50:19...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 646
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 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 44:34 - Pfizer Location Location Location Matters w/ Gabe 50:24...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 645
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 to 4ZZZ 50:40 - Space News w/ Max 📸 ID: Microsoft’s animated paperclip helper...
Apr 23, 2025•55 min•Ep. 644
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 Sniffers 📸 ID: An AI Generated female avatar in a tan jacket and black turtleneck fr...
Apr 16, 2025•55 min•Ep. 643
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 Monkey yodelling while holding an alpine horn and hanging on a mushroom topped high-rise...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 642
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 Drive Birdsong w/ Gabe 55:24 - #AprilAtonement 4 Dopamine 58:58 - Space News w/ Ma...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 641
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 angrily gesticulating. The Know Idea and 4zzz Podcast Logo are in the foreground bott...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 640
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe This episode is a shortened cut of the live show due to F1 reporting limitations that featured in the second half of the show to be broadcast within Australia only. To listen to the full show check out the 4zzz On Demand featured found HERE Timestamps and Links; 02:37 - Sharktopus w/ Peta 07:40 - Mimicry Dancing Chicks w/ Gabe 13:47 - Dancing Steps for “aibo” w/ Max 19:23 - Trapped by Waves w/ Peta - Video 24:18 - Warming Up w/ Gabe 25:14 - Support 4ZZZ 📸 ID: A ...
Mar 19, 2025•27 min•Ep. 639
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe Timestamps and Links; 02:25 - Humour and Honesty w/ Max 05:48 - The Great Whale Waste Funnel w/ Peta 11:45 - De-Extinction Debrief w/ Gabe 22:17 - Skinny Girl Megalodon w/ Peta 29:40 - Support 4zzz ! 31:19 - MotoRap w/ The Maxes 51:18 - Puppy Passion Perception Imperfections w/ Gabe 57:16 - Space News w/ Max 📸 ID: A whale with a model poop emoji entering a red funnel. The text Know Idea with the 4zzz Podcast logo in the bottom and top right respectively....
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 638
Hosts: Max and Issy Timestamps and Links; 02:46 - REWIND: Dazzled Glow Worms w/ Issy 05:49 - REWIND: Assisting Attractive Teachers w/ Gabe 12:16 - Peanut the Sommelier Ratatouille w/ Max 15:42 - REWIND: The Portent of the Symbiotic Sponge w/ Peta 20:22 - Cyclone Alfred Rundown w/ Gabe via Issy 24:49 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 40:10 - UPDATE: Alfred Closes Schools w/ Issy 41:50 - Support 4zzz ! 42:55 - Space News w/ Max 📸 ID: An image of a bald man in a butler uniform (Alfred from Batman) looms over...
Mar 05, 2025•45 min•Ep. 637
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe Timestamps and Links: 03:14 - Fishy Fear w/ Peta 10:36 - Cones and Bowls w/ Gabe 18:22 - Orange Smiles w/ Max 21:32 - Case Report: Scurvy w/ Issy 23:26 - Alfie and Bernie Remember w/ Peta 32:19 - Support 4zzz ! 33:00 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 47:40 - New Frog Alert ! w/ Gabe 56:05 - Space News w/ Max 📸 ID: A yellow bowel of oranges with a Whirring Tree Frog sitting on one of the oranges. Sliced oranges are tiled in the background. The Know Idea and 4zzz Podcast log...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 636
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe Timestamps and Links; 02:52 - Smelly Mummies w/ Gabe 08:03 - MuMuTa Gestures w/ Max 13:25 - Lost Years Found w/ Peta 22:52 - Support 4zzz! 24:20 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 40:29 - Naming Phee w/ Gabe 48:10 - Space News w/ Max 📸 ID: A muscled zombie poses in their undies in a ruined house. The Know Idea and 4zzz Podcast logo are in the bottom and top right respectively....
Feb 19, 2025•56 min•Ep. 635
Hosts: Max, Issy, and Gabe Timestamps and Links; 03:29 - The Ick w/ Gabe 12:42 - The Perfect Egg w/ Max 20:46 - REWIND: Schooling Physicists with Fish w/ Peta 29:09 - The Franken-Bun Experiment w/ Max 34:50 - Support 4zzz! 35:36 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 47:43 - Six Sonnets of a Future Species w/ Gabe 53:58 - Space News w/ Max 📸 ID: A man and woman face each other with looks of disgust in the centre, at the top are 4 types of cooked eggs from our story on the perfect 32 minute egg (from left to ri...
Feb 12, 2025•59 min•Ep. 634
Hosts: Max, Issy, Peta, and Gabe Timestamps and Links; 03:59 - Auto Buzzing Bees w/ Peta 12:05 - Pecker Brained Palaeospondylus w/ Gabe 19:19 - Breathing Control w/ Max 23:45 - Taking the (Dolphin) Piss /w Peta 31:37 - MotoRap w/ Max 42:41 - “Ape”-titude for Ignorance w/ Gabe 49:13 - Asteroid Headed For Earth! w/ Gabe 52:03 - Supports Us and Subscribe to 4zzz 53:24 - Space News w/ Max 📸 ID: It’s just too much. It has a QR coded Bee, a baby Bonobo with some cups balancing on the Know Idea logo, ...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 633
Hosts: Max, Issy, and Gabe Timestamps and Links; 02:35 - On this Day: Lisa Pregnant? w/ Max 04:51 - Sarmento Hazing w/ Gabe 11:24 - REWIND: Slither Bot w/ Max 17:36 - REWIND: Are You Smarter Than A Jellyfish? w/ Peta 24:16 - Sabre Tooth Roots w/ Gabe 31:19 - MotoRap w/ The Max’s 47:37 - Bee Baseline Belligerance AKA 2 Bee or Not Too Be w/ Gabe 54:46 - Space News w/ Max And don’t forget to listen to our neighbours EcoRadio 📸 ID: A grizzly bear is walking down a yellow brick road with a bee hover...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 632
