The HPS Podcast
Award-winning podcast on the history, philosophy & social studies of science brought to you by graduate students from the University of Melbourne.
Hosted by @tespiteri.bsky.social
Season 6 (2026) now in production!
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- Reposted by The HPS PodcastDelighted to share the news that my wonderful #HPS colleague @miguelohn.bsky.social has been appointed the next Director of the BU Center for Philosophy & History of Science, beginning July 1st. Congrats Miguel! www.bu.edu/cphs/about/
- Reposted by The HPS Podcast📅 Mark your calendars for #SIPS2027! The 2027 SIPS conference, organized in collaboration with the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science @aimosinc.bsky.social, will be held in November at the University of Melbourne, Australia. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
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My presentation that highlights a lengthy period of hybrid analog-digital photography in astronomy.Includes some interesting examples like JPL engineers colouring an image with crayons, and the first astronomical CCD image. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsXX... #histsci #sts #astronomy #hps #photography- Another AAHPSSS conference wraps up. Some amazing and interesting presentations given this year. #histsci #sts #astronomy #hps
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastHey folks! We're running a big repliCATS workshop in Melbourne on 16 Dec, evaluating of replicability of published papers. 🐈 metascience, psych, med, health, education, sociol, quant methods, stats ECRs welcome 💰 AU$200 🎫 + travel subsidies ℹ️ forms.gle/9JvoRBKCzYyY... Re-posts appreciated 🌈
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThe 2025 AAHPSSS conference starts Wednesday, December 3rd. That's just over a week away! There's still time to register for both in-person and remote attendance! For details and to register, see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThis week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️ We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
- 🎉 50,000 listens! Thanks to everyone supporting The HPS Podcast, we're so grateful We're proudly graduate-run— & work hard to provide episodes that reflect our community’s questions and passions, and the richness of ideas across HPS Lots to come! Including some exciting developments for S6 (1/2)
- With gratitude to those who have this project: our former host, the one and only @samaragreenwood.bsky.social ; our most supportive head of department @fidlerfm.bsky.social ; very special appreciation to @cjcontarino.bsky.social & Indgo Keel,& of course all of our guest hosts and contributors! (2/2)
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastUljana Feest’s 'Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration' provides a rigorous and insightful analysis of psychological research. This important contribution is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophy and history of science. I’ve jotted dow some brief reflections below
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastWhat’s the first thing you do when you’re awarded a Nobel Prize? Deliver a first-year chemistry tutorial of course, and then celebrate ⚛️ Tap through to read more about Professor Robson’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry → unimelb.me/46YXtxo
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastRegistration for the 2025 AAHPSSS conference is now open! For details, and to register, please see: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastSuch a pleasure to talk with @tespiteri.bsky.social on the HPS Podcast about Patriarchy Inc. @allenandunwin.bsky.social @wwnortonuk.bsky.social @atlanticbooks.bsky.social
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThis week, we’re joined by Professor Miriam Solomon to discuss stigma and its impact on psychiatry — how it has shaped diagnoses, DSM revisions, and ideas of what counts as disorder linktr.ee/thehpspodcast #hps #philsci #psych
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastWe are grateful to have had @ufeest.bsky.social join for this week's HPS Seminar, where she discussed work from her new book Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration. A stimulating and insightful session. Thanks a lot, Uljana! #iHPS
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastI had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week. We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
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- Reposted by The HPS PodcastCall for 2025 Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize for best work in History &/or Philosophy of Modern Physics by a student as part of a Masters Thesis. Prize incl a 2000 euro award, invitation to give a talk at Radboud U, & publish in Foundations of Physics. Nomination by supervisor by October 6 #HPS ⚛️
- We’re taking a short mid-season break, but we’ll be back next week with more great conversations! In the meantime, why not catch up on some of our earlier episodes? They’re well worth a listen. www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podc... #HPS #philsci #histsci #sts
- Reposted by The HPS Podcast🎙️ New HPS Pod! I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions. 🎧 Link in bio! #HOPOS
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastAn absolute privilege to interview the scientist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy for @hpspodcast.bsky.social She was so generous & honest in talking about the shifts she had to experience in order to 'see' that men could be expert carers of babies #philsci #hps #fathertime
- This week, @samaragreenwood.bsky.social returns to The HPS Podcast with a special guest: renowned primatologist and evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Their interview, “Rethinking Our Starting Assumptions,” is available now — link below! #hps #science
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastDelighted to share that PATRIARCHY INC. is published in North America this week with @wwnorton.com wwnorton.com/books/978132...
- This week, @samaragreenwood.bsky.social returns to The HPS Podcast with a special guest: renowned primatologist and evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Their interview, “Rethinking Our Starting Assumptions,” is available now — link below! #hps #science
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThis week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy #philsci #measurement
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThis interview brought back happy memories of the three years I spent as a post-doc in Rheinberger's department at the MPI for the History of Science (about 20 years ago). Thank you, @tespiteri.bsky.social. Your smart and thoughtful questions turned this into a delightful conversation.
- Grateful to Cristian Larroulet Philippi — our inaugural Seddon Fellow in the HPS program at UniMelb — for a rich and most insightful deep dive… 🎧 Don't miss this one! 🔗 linktr.ee/thehpspodcast @cristianlarph.bsky.social #philsci #hps #measurement
- This week, Cristian Larroulet Philipi joins us to talk about measurement in the human sciences: why it can be more philosophically complex than in the physical sciences, and how it raises pressing questions about the role of numbers in psychology, social science, and policy #philsci #measurement
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastJust finished listening to this episode and it’s so great! I’m teaching a course on the social structure of science and values in science to undergraduates in Iceland this fall and this will be super useful to give to the students.
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThis episode is so great I hardly know where to start!The last ~15mins will be especially interesting to metascientists, including the most thoughtful plan for reforming scientific/research funding I think I’ve ever heard. Wow! #Metascience2025
- What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits? This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation. Listen now! 🎧
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThis week's HPS Seminar we had A/Prof. Kristian Camilleri present some of his work on the problematic role that the idea of “orthodoxy” and dissent play in histories of quantum mechanics (& science generally). Really great stuff. Always nice to hear from your supervisor! #histsci #hps
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastIncredibly influential thinker. Her two-volume history of cognitive and computational neuroscience is a goldmine.
- This week, distinguished historian and philosopher of science Hans-Jörg Rheinberger joins us to explore how scientific inquiry unfolds through experimental systems. We discuss 'epistemic things', technical objects, and their implications for how science is practiced and understood. #hps #histsci
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThe HPS Podcast is back for 5th season!
- What do monsters have to do with science? Today, Dr Surekha Davies joins us to discuss her new book Humans: A Monstrous History – a sweeping look at how ideas about humanity have been shaped by encounters with that which did not quite "fit". @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social #HPS #history #monsters
- What do monsters have to do with science? Today, Dr Surekha Davies joins us to discuss her new book Humans: A Monstrous History – a sweeping look at how ideas about humanity have been shaped by encounters with that which did not quite "fit". @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social #HPS #history #monsters
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastExcited for Season 5 of the internationally award winning *The HPS Podcast* with new lead host @tespiteri.bsky.social!! Congrats to Thomas - the season is set to be a cracker!! Check out Episode 1 now in the usual podcast places - or via our website!! #hps #philsci #sts #histSTM #metasci
- The HPS Podcast Season 5 is here! Join new lead host @tespiteri.bsky.social for a special episode w/ @samaragreenwood.bsky.social , where they reflect on the podcast, iHPS, & consider the roads ahead. We can't wait to share an amazing line-up of guests with you this season! Episodes out weekly.
- The HPS Podcast Season 5 is here! Join new lead host @tespiteri.bsky.social for a special episode w/ @samaragreenwood.bsky.social , where they reflect on the podcast, iHPS, & consider the roads ahead. We can't wait to share an amazing line-up of guests with you this season! Episodes out weekly.
- Submissions now open for the always wonderful AAHPSSS Conference. Bonus! This year we will be in sunny Queensland 🌞 Come join us! aahpsss.net.au/conference/2... #hps #histstm #philsci #sts #metasci
- Call for Papers - AAHPSSS Conference 2025 Submissions are now open! The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December. Further details can be found on our website: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
- Very excited about the Call for Papers for the upcoming 2025 conference for the Australasian Association for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science. Come join us in sunny Brisbane QLD this December!! It is always a wonderful event. #hps #histSTM #philsci #STS #metasci 🧪
- Call for Papers - AAHPSSS Conference 2025 The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December. Further details, including on submissions, can be found on our website: aahpsss.net.au/conference/2...
- We are beyond excited to announce that we have won the prestigious 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize for Digital Engagement! From our 2023-2024 team - @samaragreenwood.bsky.social @cjcontarino.bsky.social @fidlerfm.bsky.social & Indigo Keel - thank you, it means so much #hps #philsci #histSTM #sts 🧪
- 🎉 We’re excited to share that The HPS Podcast has won the 2024 BSHS Ayrton Prize! The podcast wowed us with its accessible, wide-ranging content and outstanding engagement. Congrats to the team! 🧠🎙️ 👉 More info + links: www.bshs.org.uk/bshs-ayrton-...
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastWhat a wonderful example of #HPS community! Via Bluesky @penders.bsky.social, @mbarany.com & I developed a better alternative to either *scientific consensus* or *convergent evidence*. Find our proposal below the editorial that started it all - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #philsci #sts
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastI have been on a @hpspodcast.bsky.social binge lately. Short (sometimes too much) and w many refreshing pointers to critical reflections on how we do science, and how science as cultural traditions was established. Some highlights (stuff more directly related to my own reflections): 1/
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastWelcome to Bsky Steve! There's a Philosophy of Science feed, which picks up all posts w/ tag #philsci bsky.app/profile/did:... Can save & pin 📌 feed next to Following feed for easy access. And an HPS starter pack list can help w/ finding folks to follow: go.bsky.app/N9DYvxPat://did:plc:3z4v3yvoiv5337uyvvda45d5/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l6xxys7nv52g
- Our founding producer @samaragreenwood.bsky.social now has her own academic website #hps #philsci #histsci
- I was told it is about time I set up an academic website for myself, so here it is. It's a pretty simple 1-pager, but if you have a chance to click through, I'd be happy to hear your thoughts. (I wish bsky links didn't make my head look so big) #hps #histsci #philsci #sts www.samaragreenwood.com
- In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we have re-released some of the most popular episodes from our collection for your listening pleasure. Make sure you've had a listen! Or a re-listen, like @schizosemia.bsky.social #hps #histsci #philsci #sts 🧪
- Revisiting this excellent episode of @hpspodcast.bsky.social with the Lorraine Daston & Peter Harrison. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastRevisiting this excellent episode of @hpspodcast.bsky.social with the Lorraine Daston & Peter Harrison. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastHere is a quick lesson in objectivity in science, and why diversity is important to its maintenance. Plus a fascinating case study! @samaragreenwood.bsky.social
- Excellent episode on The Philosopher's Zone featuring our own @samaragreenwood.bsky.social is now available on Spotify, Apple & all the usual pod places Highly recommend for those interested in relations between science and society #hps #scicomm #sts 🧪 #biology #primatology #evolution #feminism
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastWould you like to teach philosophy of science and technology in Vienna? #philosophy #STS jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastWriting the next chapter of my PhD on children in the Sussex County Asylum. Knew it would be tough, but this line broke me— From a 5-year-old's case book: “Says she does not know when her birthday is but would like it next Friday.” #History #MentalHealth #HistMed #PhD #Archives #ChildhoodHistory
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastAnother thread on this topic that may be of interest. bsky.app/profile/hpsp...
- HPS scholars - What do we think of the term 'convergent evidence instead of 'scientific consensus'?? Very interesting editorial from friend of the pod @holdenthorp.bsky.social #hps #philsci #histsci
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastAnother alternative to "scientific consensus" @mbarany.com suggests "convergent understanding" My e.g. 'This is our convergent understanding based on decades of research, debate & critical testing, and supported by substantial lines of diverse evidence' yep, nice suggestion #hps #philsci
- HPS scholars - What do we think of the term 'convergent evidence instead of 'scientific consensus'?? Very interesting editorial from friend of the pod @holdenthorp.bsky.social #hps #philsci #histsci
- Interesting opinion in Science suggesting to replace 'scientific consensus' with convergent evidence. Because it is less easily derailed by quoting one dissenting opinion. Seems like a good idea! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- By the way, we are curating replies to prioritise those from HPS scholars, cheers
- Reposted by The HPS Podcast"One concept that creates misunderstanding is 'scientific consensus.' It’s time to stop using this shorthand and make clear what it really means," argues @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4jH2WxK
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastI like the term 'convergent evidence'. On first glance at least, it appears to be doing a lot of good work. But I am interested to hear the views of other historians and philosophers of science? #hps #philsci #histSTM
- Interesting opinion in Science suggesting to replace 'scientific consensus' with convergent evidence. Because it is less easily derailed by quoting one dissenting opinion. Seems like a good idea! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- '"Scientific consensus".. describes a process in which evidence from independent lines of inquiry leads collectively toward the same conclusion... To make that [clearer]... Kathleen Hall Jamieson believes scientists need to talk instead about “convergent evidence"' @holdenthorp.bsky.social #hps
- HPS scholars - What do we think of the term 'convergent evidence instead of 'scientific consensus'?? Very interesting editorial from friend of the pod @holdenthorp.bsky.social #hps #philsci #histsci
- Looking for insight into current attacks on science? This episode talks about the history of this kind of behaviour. Plus it is just a bloody good conversation with a great scholar @naomioreskes.bsky.social #hps #histSTM #philsci 🧪
- "In response to that article I was getting hate mail, I was getting attacked. I thought, 'these people have a script.'" Today's special guest is acclaimed science historian @naomioreskes.bsky.social discussing her public facing work on the social construction of ignorance. Not to be missed! 🧪
- We did it! Well actually, *you* did it! Thanks to everyone for your continued support... our goal is to keep bringing you great content from the exciting world of #hps - new season coming very soon!!
- 9998! 2 more to go :)
- A huge welcome to our new host for 2025 Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social! Word is some excellent interviews are coming your way very soon... #hps #philsci #histstm #sts
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastAnyway, there's a PhD topic for the taking there, if anyone's interested.
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastHistorians of science, technology, & esp. clocks: I thought the pendulum clock wasn't invented until 1656 (by Christiaan Huygens), and yet some sixteenth-century clocks also include a pendulum. Are these later (anachronistic) additions, or was the pendulum invented earlier? #HistSci #HistTech 🗃️
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastFrom archive to city: I found an archival ref to a "Schraubenturm" (screw tower) located at the old city wall. I just went to look & it is still HERE.....supposedly (fingers crossed please) 15thc. 😮 I love when archival sources come alive like this ❤️ #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #HistSci #HistTech 🗃️
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastCould as easily read "How the Federal Government Became So Dependent on Universities", am i rite? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastThis thread is a helpful reminder of the historical contingency of America's R&D infrastructure and the very real possibility that its strength could eventually decline... (Also be sure to check out @williamthomas.bsky.social's slides: aip.brightspotcdn.com/91/cc/b6a413...) #histSTM #innovation 🗃️📜
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastWelcome to the Society for the History of the Philosophy of Technology (HPT). Visit our website: fasos-research.nl/history-of-p... Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Train de banlieue arrivant à Paris (Suburban Train Arriving in Paris) 1915 Oil on canvas, 88.6 x 115.6 cm Tate Britain, London
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastShout to my amazing friend and colleague @gemmalucysmart.bsky.social for speaking out on the condition facing Australian academics working or studying in the US. #hps #sts
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastI'm possibly on some watch lists now but I honestly believe this is an issue that we need to speak out on, especially in the context of an election with one party endorsing these sorts of views. Academic freedom without diverse views is not free. Thanks to The Guardian #auspol #histmed #disability
- The intellectual isolation of the US is a serious problem for all of us. The article features a couple of our outspoken Sydney HPS grad students. Obstacles to the brilliant trans student doing a PhD in the US are very disturbing. #STS @4sonline.bsky.social @hpspodcast.bsky.social @sthv.bsky.social
- Hard hitting thoughts from scholar and advocate @gemmalucysmart.bsky.social on problems with travelling to US conferences, particularly for those working on some the most important topics today #diversity #equity #inclusion #sts #hps #philsci #histsci 🧪
- The intellectual isolation of the US is a serious problem for all of us. The article features a couple of our outspoken Sydney HPS grad students. Obstacles to the brilliant trans student doing a PhD in the US are very disturbing. #STS @4sonline.bsky.social @hpspodcast.bsky.social @sthv.bsky.social
- Reposted by The HPS PodcastCongrats to AnnJohnson Inst 2025-26 Book Manuscript Workshop Winners Lijiang Jiang (JHU) The Entangled Model Fish Miguel Ohnesorge (BU) Newton's Open Problem: Earth's Figure & Universal Gravitation Kim Fernandes (Toronto) Measuring Like a Market: Disability, Data & Governance in Urban India #philsci
- Reposted by The HPS Podcast"But through interaction, we bootstrap our way to epistemic goods." #PhilSci #Epistemology
