Episode – 1926 : The 2025 Nobel Prizes Podcast Transcript Every year, the Nobel Prize committee awards the Nobel Prize in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel. Save for […]
Episode – 1884 : Energy, Work, and Power
Episode – 1884 : Energy, Work, and Power Podcast Transcript Everything we know in the world is ultimately dependent on energy. Energy fuels our bodies as well as our civilization. […]
Episode – 1860 : The Soviet Bomb
Episode – 1860 : The Soviet Bomb Podcast Transcript On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb. The announcement shocked the world, especially the United […]
Episode – 1832 : The Fundamental Forces of Nature
Episode – 1832 : The Fundamental Forces of Nature Podcast Transcript Everything in the universe, from galaxies to the atoms in your body, is driven by just a few fundamental […]
Episode – 1728 : The Knuckleball
Episode – 1728 : The Knuckleball hr class=”wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity”/> Podcast Transcript In the game of baseball, it might not seem at first glance that there is much strategy involved in […]
Episode – 1649 : The Ultraviolet Catastrophe and the Creation of Quantum Mechanics
Episode – 1649 : The Ultraviolet Catastrophe and the Creation of Quantum Mechanics Podcast Transcript During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a problem that stumped even […]
Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing
Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing Podcast Transcript One of the most difficult concepts for early thinkers to get their heads around was the idea of nothing. […]
Episode – 1136 : Antimatter
Episode – 1136 : Antimatter Podcast Transcript It is the most expensive substance in the world by a wide margin. When it was first proposed, it was actually proposed in […]
Episode – 1050 : Irrational Numbers
Episode – 1050 : Irrational Numbers Podcast Transcript There is a particular type of number that is so common we have keys on calculators to handle them. However, thousands of […]
Episode – 0967 : Perpetual Motion
Episode – 0967 : Perpetual Motion Podcast Transcript Imagine a device that could supply an unlimited amount of energy. It would solve many of the world’s problems in one fell […]
Episode – 0864 : Leap Seconds
Episode – 0864 : Leap Seconds Podcast Transcript Every few years, without any regular schedule or planning, officials at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service will add an […]
Episode – 0859 : Why Is the Sky Blue?
Episode – 0859 : Why Is the Sky Blue? Podcast Transcript Children are highly inquisitive and are always asking questions. One of the most common questions that children have is, […]
Episode – 0761 : Everything Is Made of Atoms
Episode – 0761 : Everything Is Made of Atoms Podcast Transcript The Great Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman was once asked to convey, in a single sentence, the most […]
Episode – 0697 : The Cult of Pythagoras
Episode – 0697 : The Cult of Pythagoras Podcast Transcript He was one of the greatest thinkers of the ancient world. He was a philosopher, a mathematician, and had some […]
Episode – 0488 : Skunkworks
Episode – 0488 : Skunkworks Podcast Transcript 62 miles north of Los Angeles in the city of Palmdale, California, lies one of the most secretive aircraft design and production centers […]
Episode – 0470 : How LIGO Works
Episode – 0470 : How LIGO Works Podcast Transcript To explore the heavens humans have made many types of telescopes. These telescopes can observe visible light, infrared light, radio waves, […]
Episode – 0437 : Cosmic Rays
Episode – 0437 : Cosmic Rays Podcast Transcript Who matter where you are right now, no matter what time you are listening to this, there is one thing that I […]
Episode – 0354 : Absolute Zero
Episode – 0354 : Absolute Zero Transcript One of the interesting things about temperature is that no matter how cold you’ve ever been, or how low of a temperature anyone […]
Episode – 0166 : What’s the Deal With Dark Matter?
Episode – 0166 : What’s the Deal With Dark Matter? Transcript Over the last several centuries, there have been many unsolved questions that scientists have put their minds to solving.Most […]