Episodes
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Holiday Message 2025 | The Romance of the University
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AMA | December 2025
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338 | Ryan Patterson on the Physics of Neutrinos
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337 | Kevin Zollman on Game Theory, Signals, and Meaning
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336 | Anil Ananthaswamy on the Mathematics of Neural Nets and AI
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AMA | November 2025
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335 | Andrew Jaffe on Models, Probability, and the Universe
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334 | Daniel Whiteson on the Physics of and by Aliens
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333 | Gordon Pennycook on Unthinkingness, Conspiracies, and What to Do About Them
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332 | Dmitri Tymoczko on the Mathematics Behind Music
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AMA | October 2025
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331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse
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330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information
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329 | Steven Pinker on Rationality and Common Knowledge
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328 | Mary Roach on Replacing Parts of Our Bodies
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AMA | September 2025
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327 | Cass Sunstein on Liberalism
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326 | Natalie Batalha on What We Know and Will Learn About Exoplanets
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325 | Alvy Ray Smith on Pixar, Pixels, and the Great Digital Convergence
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324 | Elizabeth Mynatt on Universities and the Importance of Basic Research
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AMA | August 2025
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323 | Jacob Barandes on Indivisible Stochastic Quantum Mechanics
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322 | Philip Pettit on Language, Agency, Politics, and Freedom
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321 | David Tong on Open Questions in Quantum Field Theory
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AMA | July 2025
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320 | Solo: Complexity and the Universe
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319 | Bryan Van Norden on Philosophy From the Rest of the World
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318 | Edward Miguel on the Developing Practice of Development Economics
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317 | Nicole Rust on Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders
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AMA | June 2025
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316 | Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper
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315 | Branden Fitelson on the Logic and Use of Probability
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314 | Karen Lloyd on the Deep Underground Biosphere
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313 | Eric Topol on the Changing Face of Medicine and Aging
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AMA | May 2025
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312 | Thomas Levenson on the Mutual History of Humans and Germs
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311 | Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental
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AMA | April 2025
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310 | Marc Kamionkowski on Dark Energy and Cosmic Anomalies
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309 | Christof Koch on Consciousness and Integrated Information
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308 | Alison Gopnik on Children, AI, and Modes of Thinking
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AMA | March 2025
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307 | Kevin Peterson on the Theory of Cocktails
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306 | Helen Czerski on Our Energetic Oceans
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305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology
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Bonus | Cuts to Science Funding and Why They Matter
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304 | James Evans on Innovation, Consolidation, and the Science of Science
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303 | AMA | February 2025
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303 | James P. Allison on Fighting Cancer with the Immune System
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302 | Chris Kempes on the Biophysics of Evolution