Episodes

  • Episode 24: What is a Skyhook?
    Jan 19 2025

    Rockets are out; Skyhooks are in. Discover how spinning tethers could make space travel faster, cheaper, and way cooler, opening doors to Mars, asteroid mining, and beyond.

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    11 mins
  • Episode 23: What are Temperature Scales?
    Jan 12 2025

    From tragedy to thermometers: The fascinating and baffling stories of Fahrenheit and Celsius – a journey through scientific rebellion, secretive geniuses, and the quest for precision in temperature measurement!

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    16 mins
  • Episode 22: What are gravastars?
    Jan 5 2025

    A black hole killer???

    Made up of supercondensed nothingness???

    Explore all the interesting aspects of a gravastar with us!

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    13 mins
  • Philosophysics Episode 1: Randomness
    Dec 29 2024

    Is anything truly random? From coin flips to quantum mechanics, we unravel the layers of randomness, predictability, and free will. Join us as we explore patterns, entropy, and how the universe's unpredictability might just be the secret to choice and meaning. Welcome to the first episode of the special series, PHILOSOPHYSICS, where we combine, you guessed it, Philosophy and Physics (and STEM in general).

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    14 mins
  • Episode 21: What is gravity?
    Dec 22 2024

    Gravity is not what you think it is...

    You might be accelerating even when you think you're at rest...

    Join us as we unravel the true nature of gravity!

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    21 mins
  • Episode 20: What is ChargeParityTime Symmetry?
    Dec 15 2024

    Spoiler Alert: Symmetries have been OBLITERATED!!!

    From Wu’s groundbreaking experiment to the tantalizing mysteries of CPT, we unravel how the universe defies expectations and challenges our understanding of time, charge, and parity. Will CPT stand as the ultimate cosmic rule—or will it, too, fall?

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    10 mins
  • SG Episode 1: What is NASA's Europa Clipper Mission?
    Dec 8 2024

    For the first time ever, we've brought along a special guest on our podcast!

    Join us as we explore NASA's latest mission, which aims to make close flybys of Europa (one of Jupiter's many moons) without bathing in Jupiter's intense radiation and being profusely destroyed thereafter.

    SG == Special Guest (equal to sign in Java btw)

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    11 mins
  • Episode 19: What were the Bohr–Einstein debates?
    Dec 1 2024
    Literally the ultimate showdown over quantum reality! Join us as we unpack their fiery debates, clever thought experiments, and game-changing ideas that shaped modern physics!
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    10 mins