Oct 7

Things You Thought You Knew – Quantum Cat

What happens when you fall into a black hole? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice give us the step-by-step on spaghettification, explain Schrodinger's cat, and explore quantum tunnelling… Or do they? NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: h ... Show More

46m 35s

Oct 3

The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt

Is social media rewiring childhood and fueling a mental health crisis? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore the costs of growing up online and how to take back childhood with social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt.NOTE: Star ... Show More

1h 7m

Sep 30

The New Space Race with Jeff Thornburg

What will the future of space look like? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the engineering challenges and scientific questions shaping the next era of aerospace with aerospace engineer Jeff Thornburg.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode ... Show More

1h 7m

Mar 2021

Is time travel possible?

Will we ever get to rewind time, or fast forward through it? Sanden stops by to tell us all about how time works. He also has a couple ideas about how we might make time travel a reality! But one tricky thing about time travel is that it’s full of paradoxes — so we look into thos ... Show More

35m 13s

Aug 2020

What If You Got Stuck in a Time Loop? - Guests: Danny Rubin and Ryan Wasserman

Get 20% off Manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code “WHATIF”: https://mnscpd.com/What-If Do you ever wake up thinking, here we go again? Same stuff, different day? What many of us call "Groundhog Day" but physicists call a "Causal Loop" or "Time Loop". This idea has been used ... Show More

50m 54s

Jun 2022

Time Travel

On today's episode of Macrodosing, the entire crew is back to talk time traveling (1:33:20). Everything from self proclaimed time travelers to deciding what the podcast would do if they were able to time travel. Also, hear some Top Gun talk and a recap of everyones weekends. All ... Show More

3h 55m

Jul 2019

Sean Carroll: The Nature of the Universe, Life, and Intelligence

Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech, specializing in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology. He is the author of several popular books: one on the arrow of time called From Eternity to Here, one on the Higgs boson called The Particle at the End of the Universe, ... Show More

35m 2s

May 2022

Where Do Space, Time and Gravity Come From?

Einstein’s description of curved space-time doesn’t easily mesh with a universe made up of quantum wavefunctions. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll discusses the quest for quantum gravity with host Steven Strogatz. The post Where Do Space, Time and Gravity Come From? first appea ... Show More

42m 4s

Dec 2017

Bonus-The Time Machine: Inspector Spacetime

Since Myths and Legends is off this week, I thought I would run an episode from our other show, Fictional. It's a podcast where we adapt and retell stories from all over fiction. Today's episode is part one of "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells. If you're not already subscribed, th ... Show More

44m 6s

Oct 2019

Michio Kaku: Future of Humans, Aliens, Space Travel & Physics

Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, futurist, and professor at the City College of New York. He is the author of many fascinating books on the nature of our reality and the future of our civilization. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you wo ... Show More

1h 1m

Apr 2023

348. Black Holes, Time Travel, and the Origin of the Universe | Dr. Brian Keating

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Dr. Brian Keating discuss long-held theories of cosmology, from the big bang to the expansion of the universe, and why we might be totally wrong. Dr. Brian Keating is a cosmologist, inventor, author, academic, and podcast host. He focuses on the explora ... Show More

1h 52m

Jul 2020

What If Humans Are Future Versions of Aliens? - Guest: Dr. Mike Masters

So imagine that all of the reports of UFO's, visitations and alien abductions were true...but sort of not? Confused? How about instead of "aliens" being alien, they were actually humans travelling back in time from the future to study their origins as a species? This is the thesi ... Show More

54m 8s

Feb 2024

#390: Wormholes, Black Holes, and Blue Giants: Your Space Questions Answered

Are you ready to uncover the mind-bending secrets of our universe? Join us as we reveal the unexpected truth about the formation of habitable planets and the potential for multiple habitable worlds within a single solar system. You won't believe how many habitable planets could e ... Show More

53m 2s

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