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Curt Jaimungal.

Theories of Everything — deep dives into theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, cosmology, and philosophy of science.

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She Says Spacetime Points Are Just Where Fields Meet

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The Ontology of Time. We Had It Backwards

Jim Al-Khalili on the strange physics of time…

She Says Spacetime Points Are Just Where Fields Meet

This is an episode about “relationality” and what spacetime is made of.

Tanya Luhrmann: The Experience Is Real. But Is God?

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The Experience Is Real. But Is God?

On prayer, attention, and the space between real and not real…

Tim Maudlin: Quantum Nonlocality Explained FROM SCRATCH

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Every Guest Who’s Been on Theories of Everything

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Quantum Nonlocality Explained FROM SCRATCH

This is Part 2 of the previous lecture with Tim Maudlin (which went obscenely viral).

Adrian Owen: Awake. Aware. Unable to Move.

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Awake. Aware. Unable to Move.

The unsettling cases that led this scientist to find ways of testing consciousness…

Peter Godfrey-Smith: This Scientist Found Earth’s “Alien” Minds

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Earth’s Alien Minds: How Many Minds Can One Body Have?

Interview with Peter Godfrey-Smith on octopuses and other bizarre consciousnesses...

Jacob Tsimerman: He Won Math's Highest Prize. Then Announced the End

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The Caterpillar Soup Myth

To quote Jerry Seinfeld… “The soup counts!”

He Won Math's Highest Prize. Then Announced the End.

Exclusive first podcast with Jacob Tsimerman

Becca Tarnas: Did Jung and Tolkien Enter the Same World?

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Did Jung and Tolkien Enter the Same World?

Two fantastical red books... An interview with Becca Tarnas...

Tim Maudlin: Quantum Mechanics Explained FROM SCRATCH

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Quantum Mechanics Explained FROM SCRATCH

A comprehensive lecture by Tim Maudlin

Emily Adlam & David Wallace: The Quantum Interpretation That Divides Physicists

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The Standard Model Lagrangian Explained

Term by term, as simply as possible

The Quantum Interpretation That Divides Physicists

What exactly is the wave function?

The eldritch things famous rationalists believed, doubted, and took seriously

God, spirit, telepathy, purpose, free will, and the limits of physics

Ginestra Bianconi: The Physicist Who (Unexpectedly) Derived Gravity From Entropy

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The Physicist Who (Unexpectedly) Derived Gravity From Entropy

In-depth interview with Ginestra Bianconi

Curt Jaimungal: Reality Is Bloody Terrifying

What does it mean to investigate the "nature of reality"?

This is a strange post

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent

Philip Mannheim: The Story of Conformal Gravity

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The Story of Conformal Gravity

Philip Mannheim's first podcast ever...

What Are The Octonions, Exactly?

A super gentle introduction to normed division algebras...