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
Which force(s) power the human senses?
1h 20m · PublishedDaniel and Katie talk about how we experience the Universe and what physics underlies our senses.
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Could we see moons around exoplanets?
53m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge are over the moon about the possibility of spotting alien moons.
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Could we seed exoplanets with life?
1h 3m · PublishedDaniel and Kelly wrangle with the tricky science and ethics of sending microbes to distant worlds.
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Do Black Holes Have Hair?
47m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge wrestle with the hairy question of what's happening inside and on the surface of black holes.
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Was the interstellar visitor oumuamua natural or artificial?
1h 5m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge talk about the claims that 'Oumuamua might have been alien space junk.
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Could dark matter be making flashes of light?
43m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge break down a new study that looks for dark matter using both gravity and light.
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Where is all the missing matter?
45m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge talk about the effort to track down all the quarks in the Universe.
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Introducing: The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs
3m · PublishedListen up, Daniel & Jorge fans! We are super excited about a brand-new podcast called The Puzzler. It's a daily show jam-packed with, you guessed it, PUZZLES. We think you'll love this show, too but you don't have to just take our word for it. Check out this trailer to decide if you enjoy a daily puzzle fix like we do.
Show Info:Finally, your daily puzzle fix—in audio form! Every day, in 10 minutes or less, New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs and his celebrity guests will puzzle–and laugh–their way through new spins on old puzzle favorites, like anagrams and palindromes, as well as quirky originals such as “Ask Chat GPT” and audio rebuses. Plus, Chief Puzzle Officer Greg Pliska joins A.J. each week to present new puzzles from the Puzzle Lab. And there’s a daily Extra Credit Puzzler for our Puzzlers at home. (Answers revealed in the following episode.)
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How does gravity escape a black hole?
57m · PublishedDaniel and Katie warp their minds around the question of what gravitational information really is and what we know about a black hole.
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Listener Questions 43: Light, heat and vision
43m · PublishedDaniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send in your questions to [email protected]
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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.
