Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
by iHeartPodcastsA fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
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Episodes
Does quantum mechanics conserve energy?
49m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge explore whether basic rules of our Universe are broken at the quantum scale.
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Listener Questions 45: Gravity and Black holes
45m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge venture to the edge of human knowledge about black holes, gravity and magnetic fields.
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The Science Fiction Universe of "Invasion"
1h 2m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge talk about alien arrival, as depicted on the show "Invasion" and Daniel talks to two of the writers, Tatiana Suarez Pico and Aditi Brennan Kapil about writing science fiction.
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Who was the first scientist?
55m · PublishedDaniel talkes to Prof. James Poskett about how the history of science has much more nuance and global participation than the standard mythology.
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The Science Fiction Universe of "Venemous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman
1h 4m · PublishedDaniel and Kelly chat with Ned Beauman, author of "Venemous Lumpsucker" a cautionary tale about applying free market strategies to preventing extinction.
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Why is there quantum uncertainty?
49m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge wrestle with one of the fuzziest concepts in quantum mechanics
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What did the early Universe sound like?
47m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge take you back to the early Universe and the sound bubbles that seeded everything.
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Can we settle space? Should we? Have we really thought this through?
1h 8m · PublishedDaniel talks to Kelly and Zach Weinersmith about whether humanity is ready to move into the stars.
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What's the matter with matter in the Universe?
44m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge dig into the history of matter, dark matter and dark energy, explaining how they used to have very different ratios.
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Listener Questions 44: Deep questions from listeners like you!
48m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge wrestle with the Earth's tilt, steampunk atoms and fundamental pixels of rad.
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Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe has 603 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 471:43:27. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on February 22nd 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 27th, 2024 21:11.
