"Chalk and talk" had been the staple pedagogical approach of my Science teaching practice since entering the profession. I felt that there was a great deal of information that I must impart to my students. My tried and tested way to deliver information to my students had always been simply to stand in front of them and tell it to them... So what would happen if I stopped this "chalk and talk" teaching? What if instead I gave the students the talk as an audio podcast and spent precious lesson time working to eradicate student misunderstandings? Quite simply, after removing "chalk and talk", my students got better marks and considered me to be a better educator. (Contains 2 figures, 1 graph and 2 tables.)