Well, Happy New Year everybody and you might be noticing that this episode is a strong length. It's long. It's very long. It's also, the first episode where we've had to resit the lesson due to a technical issue. So it should have been short right? Because we've already done it once? Classic wrong. No.Ron tries to sneak in some higher tier stuff and it goes down like a tonne of bricks all puking cold sick. It's like a merry go round of fury and numbers that never seems to end.Technically, they're talking moles. But... I mean you have to experience it to understand. Happy New Year everyone... we're starting with a bang!

The science siblings are still on their Christmas break, and so this week, rather than wading through the GCSE science curriculum they are instead trying to work out what evolutionary pressures a small reindeer population would need in order to become airborne.First, Ron talks Laura through the basics of evolution and how it all works. Then, they get to work in designing an island on which, given a few millenia, reindeer might slowly become flying creatures. Sit back, enjoy and try not to take it too seriously.Merry Christmas everyone!

Well that's it! We are almost there, almost at Christmas holiday time. But, what last day of term would be complete without the teacher letting you watch a Christmas film? But, we can't just watch a film: Laura's attention span wouldn't last that long, would it? So, instead we're bringing a science twist to that end of term classroom TV time.Ron has painstakingly looked through some of the best/worst defences that Kevin builds onto the Macallister household when it gets invaded by the Wet Bandits. He uses these defences as a way to try to sneak some physics and some animal world facts into Laura's brain.We hope you're nicely warming up for Christmas now and can enjoy this sciencey view on a Christmas classic.Merry Christmas everyone!

6 months of Lexx Education! Thank you all so much for all the support and love as we fight to get this bad boy off the ground! She's a beautiful craft but the conditions for new podcasts aren't easy and we appreciate all your love, support and shares as we try to take off. We feel like 6 months is a really big milestone though, and we couldn't have got here without you. You're all wonderful but a particularly big shout out this week to Carole, who loves Bunsen so much she now has him permanently inked on her arm: that is dedication Carole and we are so bowled over by your love for the pod!The siblings discuss surprising TV, and TV they refuse to be surprised by. There’s a smooth segue into songs you maybe sang at Primary School. There’s school assembly nostalgia chat. Honestly, it kind of takes them a while to get to the biology if we’re honest.But then the science siblings settle into some plant tissue plant biology. Ron opens up conversation by asking Laura “What is a plant?” and her first attempts are “it’s nonverbal without a face” so you can fill in the blanks as to where the rest of the episode goes. Laura is distracted by apples, Ron has some issues with a fly.From there on out it’s a pretty friendly journey through plant biology: xylem, phloem, lignin… all sorts of things. It really falls apart in the quiz after what had essentially been, a really lovely episode.Here’s what we were talking about in terms of whales and carbon dioxide: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210119-why-saving-whales-can-help-fight-climate-changeHere's the link to the confusingly named ko-fi page in case you want a last minute Christmas hat: https://ko-fi.com/lauralexx/shopSee you next week for the festive end of term madness!

Hello and welcome to another episode of Lexx Education, the comedy science podcast where comedian Laura Lexx tries to learn science from her reasonably average younger brother Ron.Unfortunately the stars have aligned this week to really bring out the worst of Laura. For one it’s our old nemesis physics, and for two this lesson was recorded on a Friday night when Laura did not feel good or focused whatsoever. In better news electricity is finally over. In slightly less good news we are on energy, and the particle model of matter.This episode features the sparkling return of Delta theta. Then a furious row about triangles ensues. You may remember it from the last time Laura and Ron talked Delta. At the very least though, Laura and Ron do both take a moment at the end of the episode to reflect upon their own behaviours... and cringe. Enjoy!Tickets to the show Laura mentions she’s working on can be found here: https://comedy-festival.co.uk/event/laura-lexx-mother-figure-wip/The episode of 99% Invisible that Laura recommends can be found here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wickedest-sound/The game Laura tells Ron about is Railroad Inc.

Hello and welcome to another episode of Lexx Education! The two Somerset siblings are back, and this week trying to get their head's round quantitative chemistry.The intro and outro has even worse energy than usual - unless you want to hear Laura sniffing, Ron whining and chewing and them both being worse than ever, we suggets you skip to the lesson. Where they... are not really any better. Ron reveals his plan to become a hulking strong man and gets confused as to the structure of the podcast the science siblings are now 24 episodes in to.It’s chemistry today, quantitative chemistry to be precise. Quantitative means amounts proclaims Laura, and it’s her last helpful addition to the podcast.They argue an awful lot about a lot of things in here - but then, there’s beautiful light at the end of the tunnel as Ron and Laura discuss organic chemistry and why our bodies crave certain molecules. Molecular biology really shines in its moment uniting them.Then there’s a bit where they cover closed systems, and things are less sexy and exciting again. But, it’s in the syllabus so you’d best believe they're covering it!Here’s a link to the TK Maxx thing Ron was talking about: https://twitter.com/chiwithac/status/1552756017942904839?lang=en-GBWe’ll put Will singing yellow banjellelo on the instagram.Don't forget to like and subscribe!

How is it Monday again already? And not just any Monday, but a cold (probably) rainy (more than likely) Monday in November - the official worst month of the year.This week it's biology week and Ron and Laura are looking at illnesses and things that can make you ill. In all honesty though, it's Laura who does these bits and she's not listened the episode yet (as you'll hear in the intro) so she doesn't really know what to type.Whoop whoop biology.

It is an absolute classic bants physics episode this week. Barely minutes in and we’ve got Ron’s greatest hits: clicking, shutupshutupshutup Don’t Just Say Things and shouting. Bliss. It's exactly what you want from Lexx Education and what Laura and Ron will end up in therapy over.It takes a shocking amount of time to work out the resistance of a circuit. A really shocking amount of time. Maybe half the episode? I mean... my goodness.Is it a record number of ba dum tish sound effects? It’s good way to measure how little Laura understands, how much she’s turning to jokes to feel better. If you come here for the terrible jokes then you are in for a treat.And when it comes to the quiz, Laura doesn’t even remember what subject they are studying let alone the answers to the questions. Enjoy yourselves!

Welcome back to Lexx Education; the comedy science podcast where comedian Laura Lexx tries to learn science from her younger brother Ron!Listen folks, we mustn't lie to you: Ron is padding the episode. For the first time ever Ron really wants Laura to be as distracting as possible because there’s not enough of the syllabus to make a whole episode so he’s finishing up something small and saving quantitative chemistry for next time. To be honest, it's hard to tell it apart from the usual episodes, but we want you to know that the lack of content is on Ron for once, not Laura.We are specifically looking at carbon, how carbon bonds. We get on to diamonds and how and why they are strong and beautiful.Sketchfab.com is the website where Laura was exploring the structure of diamond to look at. Be careful not to zoom out too far.Then we move onto graphite and why even though graphite and diamond are made of the same thing, they are very differently behaving substances.Ron introduces Laura to a Buckminsterfullerene and a carbon nanotube. There’s no way she knows why, because as you’ll hear - he isn’t totally sure why.Don't forget to rate the podcast wherever you can and subscribe so you never miss an episode. See you next week!

Hello and welcome to another episode of Lexx Education! The comedy science podcast where comedian Laura Lexx tries to learn science from her nerdy younger brother Ron.This week, at Ron’s insistence, the science siblings take on the spooky science of Halloween! Ron talks to Laura about the science of reanimation and zombies. He’s the most excited and happy you will ever hear him!Ron talks about the science behind Frankenstein, and the developments in medicine that led to the interest in reanimation. There’s a reappearance of the Maki song, but with altered lyrics. They cover tobacco enemas, trepanning, drowning rescue techniques and other macabre details.Ron brings the fascinating subjects of cordiceps and tranced up ladybirds and Laura tries her best. They round off the episode with toxiplasma - a fascinating insight into a real life way of making a zombie out of a rat and a cat. Truly horrifying.Laura’s YouTube book is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT7dPezmzTPsRof_SNbx-BwpnVUrmMD4VLaura’s Leicester show is here:https://comedy-festival.co.uk/event/laura-lexx-mother-figure-wip/

Hello and welcome to another episode of Lexx Education! The comedy science podcast where comedian Laura Lexx tries to learn science from her nerdy younger brother Ron.This week, it’s biology which are usually our happy balmy waters, but this week we have to look at the very serious subject of coronary heart disease, via coronation chicken, raisins and Danny Champion of the World. While we don’t go out of our way to be insensitive, it is a lighthearted podcast and we are our usual selves so bear in mind that if heart attacks or heart disease are likely to be a bit close to the bone for you it might be best to skip this one.We look at the treatments on offer for heart surgery, medications and their pros and cons. Laura gets confused about the thickness of blood, they discuss the dismal future of planet earth and whether it’s too late to help so you might as well eat a prawn.If you're enjoying the podcast please subscribe so you never miss an episode and drop us a five star review or a share somewhere.

Hello and welcome to another episode of Lexx Education! The comedy science podcast where comedian Laura Lexx tries to learn science from her nerdy younger brother Ron.You probably heard the deep sad sighs at the time of recording but it's back to physics this week, and the siblings are fuming to realise they are still on electricity. But, Ron has a trick up his sleeve this week in the form of an interactive website! Can Laura take it seriously enough to learn or will the batteries just burn for eternity? Eburnity.We cover circuits in parallel and series this week and really try to hammer in the concepts of volts, potential difference, resistors, amps, ohms. There is particular resistance to the concept of resistance. Ironic.Laura and Ron discuss a potential school trip cross over episode with The National Treasures Podcast which is Laura’s other podcast with comedian Will Duggan. If you’re not already a listener (delishioner) then do give it a listen. https://linktr.ee/nationaltreasures (it also features Ron on the patrons only podcast).We also have another stellar example of Ron not knowing how to deal with human emotions. What a lovely feature of the podcast that is turning into.Here is the interactive website we are playing with, do have an explore if you too want to get your head round circuits: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc_en.html

Welcome to another episode of Lexx Education! Episode 17 and a return to chemistry! This week the science siblings get stuck in to atomic bonds and intermolecular forces. They take another look over types of bonds, not for the first or last (we expect) time this series.Ron walks Laura through the changes in state occurring at melting, freezing and condensing points on the journey of matter as energy is applied to it. What can we say, Laura does her best, and is only really stumped when they reach the subject of molten wood, which is just something Laura will not and cannot comprehend. There's only so much hope.As mentioned at the end of the episode, if you want to join Laura’s YouTube channel for Laura Lexx Writes You A Book then the link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w_b1HVs2Wg&lc=Ugx0dZ35CQ0g1fcR5Kh4AaABAg9pm every Tuesday, and available to catch up on through the week.Also, if you did want to nab yourself a hat, then you can grab yourself a baseball cap here: https://ko-fi.com/lauralexx/shop

The science siblings are bouncing back out of the dry dry lands of electricity and into biology. They seem happy here. They’re looking at the body, starting with the structure of the heart. Somehow Laura manages to make the Tower of Terror queue an analogy for the heart. It’s not a winner.Ron takes Laura on a journey with blood through the heart and all its vestibules, out into the lungs for a minute and back into the heart. Laura is mainly picturing queues at Disneyland so it’s anyones guess how much of it actually went in and how much she now just thinks about Paris when listening to a heartbeat.It’s probably Laura’s worst drawing as she does her best to draw a photo realistic heart. Make sure you follow us on all our socials @treasurespod to see Laura’s notes every week.Ron tells Laura exactly how her heart beats and she hears something else. It’s honestly like magic. But, you will hear information on how nerves travel around your heart making things work. Trivia of the week: there’s a septum in your heart.Laura gets to grips with her entire body being full, and then Ron moves them on to blood. We look at the make up of blood; red and white blood cells, plus platelets and what the purposes of each type of blood cell are.It’s a full bodied, mildly squabbly but generally excited biology episode. Enjoy!To get your hands on one of the 3 different types of Lexx Education hats, head over to Laura’s Ko-fi shop and get one before they’re all gone! https://ko-fi.com/lauralexx/shop

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Lexx Education! The comedy science podcast where comedian Laura Lexx tries to learn GCSE science from her nerdy younger brother Ron. Hello, he's Ron.This week it's physics and so we all know what that means... Laura is furious. The twist this week is that Ron hates the subject too! How exciting!This week the science siblings are trying to learn electricity but Ron has to stop to explain the basics of the universe. We find out that Laura doesn’t believe in fire or glass. Ron expertly moves the conversation on, but they get tripped up over batteries and Ron has to stop to re-explain metallic bonds.Let's not even get started on resistors.Please don't forget to leave us a 5* review if you're enjoying the show. We're available across the internet on social medias where we post the photos and images that we discuss in the show.Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome back to the 14th episode of Lexx Education. The comedy podcast where Laura Lexx tries to learn GCSE science from her nerdy younger brother Ron.This week we are back on the chemistry trail and, it's not just siblings who have bonds: it's atoms too! We look at all types of chemical bonding: ionic, covalent and metallic bonds. There's some time spent on crystal lattice structures, and how things react in solution. There's also a lot of Laura reacting in fury.Ron accidentally tries out a new catchphrase, there's the return of Don't Just Say Things and the first appearance of the elusive Producer Nephew. Enjoy!

Laura is back from holiday and the science siblings are back giddy to be reunited via the medium of the internet. Fresh from not arguing over physics for once, they bound into biology with fresh enthusiasm only to be met with squabbles straight out of the gate. What a nightmare!This week they are looking at diffusion (again), osmosis (Jones), Active transport, catalysts, enzymes and emulsions (not gloss or satin). There's also, for the first time in Lexx Education history a live Lexxperiment in an episode. It's featuring bread (the foodstuff not the band).A very giggly episode this week so if you're in need of some science comedy podcast escapism then dip those lovely little ears of yours into this and have a laugh.Here is a link to the Animated Periodic Table as discussed: https://twitter.com/CgFigures/status/1566443841061789700And this is the toy Laura was talking about: https://www.ebay.com/itm/174504192249Enjoy!Powered by podspike.com

Oh my goodness... can you believe it? A physics episode with next to no screaming at each other? It has to be heard to be believed! This week the science siblings leave tiny, obscure nonsense alone for a hot minute and take a peek at energy sources... Ron walks Laura through all the current available energy sources and they discuss the pros and cons of each one.Ron is... hot during this episode. There's really no avoiding how hot Ron is. Some would say too hot, but not Ron: he really refuses to admit that at all.Laura mentions her mental health in this episode. Listeners might not be aware of Laura’s history with depression and GAD (generalised anxiety disorder), triggered by an obsession with climate change that started around the time she started trying for a baby. If you have worryingly obsessive thoughts, about climate change or anything else, you are not alone. Please seek medical help so that you can have the brain space you need to action being proactive on these subjects rather than a puddle of worry.Laura’s show Trying about her dealings with this can be found here if you want to watch it: https://nextupcomedy.com/lauralexx/?fp_ref=ilovelauraAn autogenerated transcript of this episode can be found on our blog: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/Powered by podspike.com

Hello! Welcome back to Lexx Education, the science podcast where comedian Laura Lexx tries to learn science from her nerdy little brother Ron. This week the Somerset siblings are actually in the same room for the intro and outro of the podcast, and thanks to a little gift from a listener, they have a LOT OF FUN. Also featuring a live studio audience by way of girlfriend of the podcast Judith, and husband of the podcast Tom.In the chemistry lesson portion of the episode, Laura is recovering from her ultra marathon and also in Oslo for the week, so her brain is a little bit melty. Ron edited this one so there is a STARTLING lack of sound effects. Do you miss them?Laura and Ron have a bit of a falling out about how to learn and when to question this week. Does Ron want Laura to ask questions and understand or just nod along? Is Laura capable of either regardless of what Ron wants?Ron gets too hot, then it rains, and Laura retains almost nothing from beginning to end of the episode. However, we do cover The Halogens, metals and non-metals, the noble gases and some chemical reaction equations. It’s just that it doesn’t stick with Laura for a single second.Here is Google’s periodic table: https://www.google.com/search?q=periodic+table&oq=periodic+&aqs=chrome.0.0i433i512j69i57j0i512l2j0i131i433i512j0i512l4j46i433i512.2469j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8Here’s Joe’s song about blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Futnu_6NmQoAn autogenerated transcript of this episode can be found on our blog: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/Powered by podspike.com

This week the science siblings are in their comfort zone of biology, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that they can’t fall out about it. Ron tries to teach Laura using her favourite thing on planet earth: tea. However, it just causes Laura to be annoyed that the learning never actually turns into tea.Diffusion is the big topic of the day; looking at chaos theory, entropy and then how bodies make use of concentration gradients to get functions done. Things like breathing, and making piss. They manage to say piss a lot in this episode, a weird number of times. Exchange surfaces are analysed in great detail but Laura is a little distracted by trying to work out if she and Ron are under the same cloud. It is raining cats and dogs in Brussels and Ron’s recording station being just under a velux makes for a rainy episode of the podcast. Spoiler: Laura and Ron were not under the same cloud.An autogenerated transcript of this episode can be found on our blog: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/Powered by podspike.com

This week Laura Lexx is back in the Physics Lab and oh boy is she furious about it! As her brother Ron attempts once again to get over his own disinterest in science and get her to concentrate, they have a look at energy transfers and how to calculate how much energy is used in heating and cooling objects.Laura gets promised tea that never comes, but helpfully she does now know how much energy her kettle is using to make this hypothetical tea that never comes. Via a picnic at Tarr Steps, Ron teaches Laura about cooling down as well and they argue over whether formulas are useful or not. It’s one of their angrier episodes so you best enjoy it, because they didn’t.An autogenerated transcript of this episode can be found on our blog: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/Powered by podspike.com

In their third trip around the science sun, the science siblings pass by Chemistry again to see what's new. There's time for a quick brushing up on atomic structure to see what Laura has retained from last chemistry, and then it's on to new ground.In order to look at the periodic table Ron needs to describe the difference between a row and a column, and then it all gets a bit dreamy as they look at how Mendeleev thought up the Periodic Table. Ron is his very patient best as he tries to work through the alkali metals explaining their different properties.Interruptions this week include a cat, Laura, and a ghost ambulance.An autogenerated transcript of this episode can be found on our blog: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/Powered by podspike.com

After the burning trash pile that was last week’s attempts to delve further into physics, the science siblings are thrilled to be back in the warm comforting arms of biology. Mmmmmm cosy.Biology 3 picks up from where they left off last time with cell specialisation but this time Ron is teaching Laura about the all powerful totipotent cells: Stem Cells. Much to both Laura and Ron’s relief, Laura has heard of these.They chat uses for stem cells, where cem stella can be found in the body, Laura comes up with a really good film idea and Ron shoots it down. They discuss how cells divide and replicate, and how cloning can be used in people, plants and Royal Families to make sure the DNA is always good.If you’re enjoying Lexx Education please consider giving us a star rating and/or review wherever you listen to your podcasts. It really helps us find our audience and shows other listeners they can have faith that we’re worth giving a go!An autogenerated transcript of this episode can be found on our blog: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/Powered by podspike.com

It's that time again: Physics. Not the science siblings favourite but maybe their second time round to it will improve their relationship with the forces of nature?No.If this podcast had ever had wheels we might say that this was where they came off. Ron tries to persuade Laura that every action has an equal and opposite reaction and Laura asks if tables are made of jelly and why the floor wants a ball to be in the sky. They get distracted on what exactly a person should picture when picturing a pendulum and Laura breaks the record for the most times a person needlessly says "down" on a podcast.It's Newton's Laws as you've never heard them before as Ron does his very best to get to grips with Resultant Forces despite Laura's absolute inability to play along.Here is the interactive periodic table as brought to our attention by Paisley Buddie on Twitter, so thank you for that: https://ptable.com/#PropertiesAn auto generated transcript of this episode and all our other episodes are available here: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/Aaand don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and please do give us a positive review if you're enjoying yourself so we can reach listeners far and wide.We'll see you next week when we cycle back round to beloved biology...Powered by podspike.com

Welcome back to the chemistry lab… it’s our second delve into the world of atoms, electrons, neutrons and protons AKA Bob Marley, sound engineers, sad boys and parties!This week Ron tries to introduce the concepts of Relative Charge and Relative Mass to a Laura that still can’t quite remember whether she’s talking about cells or atoms. Even if she could remember, the fact they both have nucleus’ apparently renders them both stupid and pointless anyway.There’s also going to be maths. Gross, horrible, number filled maths… Laura tries to get her head around the sums that will let her know the average weight of an atom, and why isotopes are more than a baseball team.What is an isotope? Will we find out? If we find out is there any chance of it staying in the swamp brain? Join the sciencey siblings for more arguing, baffling analogies and squabbling over who is paying attention.Lexx Education is partnered with Podspike. Podspike have been integral to the launch of Lexx Education; helping with marketing advice, strategies and assets. Contact Podspike today for help with your podcast. Powered by podspike.comIf you like your podcasts written down, an automatically generated transcript of this podcast is available here: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/Don’t forget to subscribe and rate us on your chosen podcast app: a 5* review for Lexx Education really makes all the difference in helping us find more people like you who love our nonsense.See you next week, when we’re back to the dreaded physics…

Every week Ron and Laura meet up to cover a little bit more of the GCSE Science syllabus and try and re-teach laura GCSE science.This week they return to biology, and attempt again to get Laura to understand that cells and atoms are different things. Maybe one day it will sink in? It's not today though.Via a quick description of how electron microscopes work, the siblings get on a mission to understand what makes cells different to one another. They look at the different organelles that can give cells the abilities they need. Starting with jizz obviously.Ron tries to explain to Laura what DNA is and what it's up to. She manages to not talk about chicken.If you're enjoying Lexx Education don't forget to give us a rating wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe so that you never miss an episode and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok - LexxEducation.Lexx Education are so grateful to the team at Podspike for all their help in marketing the podcast. If you are looking for marketing assistance or any advice on how to successfully launch a podcast then make sure to contact Podspike for information on best practices and help cracking podcast publicity.Powered by podspike.com

Welcome back science fans! Physics Lesson 1 is about to begin... having beaten biology and conquered chemistry, Laura is back to form a physics philosophy (it was the best we could think of for that, shut up).Physics doesn't so much get off with a bang, more of a teensy weensy whimper of pain as Laura realises she hates physics and Ron is forced to admit he's not that keen on it either.The siblings start to learn about standard units of measurement, and how to calculate energy transfers. Laura soon realises that unless she can put something into practical use it is largely pointless and thus begins the procedure of making all science about her dog so that she cares.Do you have any better ideas for how to get physics into Laura's brain? Get in touch. You can email us at [email protected], or you can contact LexxEducation on all the social media platforms where we will be happy to chat all things science and learning with you.If you're enjoying the podcast please do like and subscribe. All the love we receive from you helps us to find new people through the algorithm.An AI generated transcript of this episode is available here: https://lexxeducation.blogspot.com/2022/07/episode-3-is-that-lentils-bulgur-wheat.htmlSee you next week when we are back to biology...Powered by podspike.com