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The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Wolfram Research

Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business. On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of

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01:16:43

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (July 18, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/07/23

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics discussed: Personalized pedagogy and AI in education - Computer simulations vs. physical experimentation - Aging and longevity science AI, consciousness and human-machine interaction - Medical breakthroughs and disease eradication - Future of communication - Gene editing and CRISPR - Algorithmic

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01:04:52

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (July 16, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/07/22

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qaTopics discussed: Using AI in daily work and research - Interfaces and the adoption of AI technology - Computation and the future of algorithms - Modern day skills and computational thinking - Productivity and procrastination - Innovation, markets, and globalization

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01:38:09

History of Science & Technology Q&A (July 2, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/07/08

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Alternate histories and missed scientific paths - How science is remembered and talked about - Scientific breakthroughs - How science gets done and who gets involved

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01:20:27

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [June...

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/06/27

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Black hole mergers, event horizons and why nothing gets out - Time dilation and computing near black holes - Ions

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01:26:18

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (June 13, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/06/18

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics discussed: The limits and future of software defined everything - Molecular design and biological engineering - Human enhancement and genome level modification

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01:26:35

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (June 11, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/06/17

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qaTopics discussed: Wolfram Summer School - Computational thinking and education - Parenting and learning from family - Project habits, curiosity and life decisions

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01:22:42

History of Science & Technology Q&A (June 4, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/06/10

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: AI milestones and conceptual shifts - Encounters with physicists - Attributes and personalities of influential thinkers - Naming conventions in science and technology

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01:54:38

What If We Had Bigger Brains? Imagining Minds beyond...

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/28

Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers.Read the blog along with Stephen https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2025/05/what-if-we-had-bigger-brains-imagining-minds-beyond-ours/ Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qUIj_t-YbIk

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01:48:38

Stephen Wolfram on Observer Theory

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/28

Stephen reads a blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers.Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/12/observer-theory/Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qm3Y6qxdOwM

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01:11:48

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 16, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/21

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics discussed: Copyright and creative ownership in an AI world - AI built into personal systems - Data scraping, consent and privacy tradeoffs - AI roles in the real world - AI and the future of teaching and learning - First encounters with computers

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01:28:44

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (May 14, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/20

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qaTopics discussed: Building companies that do real science - New frontiers in science, complex systems and generative art - Risks of algorithmic trading and LLMs in finance - Balancing science and profits - Blockchain ideas that aren't just buzzwords

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01:09:05

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May...

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/20

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Conscious experience and perception - Brain structure and sensory extension - Brain manipulation and individuality - Consciousness and artificial systems - Computational theory and the brain

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01:21:29

History of Science & Technology Q&A (May 7, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/09

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Studying the history of science - Contradictions and accuracy in historical research - History of memory research - Planck's constant

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01:10:14

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 2, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/09

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics discussed: Fusion energy and nuclear fuel design - AI reasoning, learning and scientific roles - Mathematics, computation and physical reality - Jobs and fields at risk from AI - Philosophy of knowledge and future roles

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01:13:27

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 30, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/09

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qaTopics discussed: Starting and funding a biotech company - Thinking clearly and building ideas from scratch - Getting better at asking questions - Is college still worth it? - The future of remote workspaces - Words, language and how we talk.

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01:24:04

History of Science & Technology Q&A (April 23, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/09

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: Do you know anything about the history of vaccines? When was the first vaccine developed and for what? - Isn't some important part of how vaccines were discovered completely lost to history? - When was the crucial importance of epigenetics discovered or realized? - What have been

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01:21:53

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April...

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/09

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: Books have been relatively unchanged—would you say that's a "technology" that has been mastered? - My son asks: Given there's a max amount of information you can store in a given region of space, how can we simulate complex systems (like brains or universes) without

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01:12:46

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 11, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/05/09

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: What is your view on photonic computing? - The Platonic solids have fascinated humans like us for years. Do you think the exploration of the four-dimensional hyper-Platonic solids may be useful? - Do you think there'll be, in the short-to-mid-term future, an AI architecture that

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01:23:08

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 9, 2025)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/04/29

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qaQuestions include: Did you see the recent news about the dire wolves coming back from extinction? Is there a genuine business for bringing back extinct animals? - There are also scientists making hybrids by injecting extinct animal DNA into modern animals. Recently they made woolly mice. -

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01:19:39

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April...

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast ·

2025/04/29

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaQuestions include: How would you, Stephen Wolfram, think about replacing textbooks in education? What are some better tools for the classroom? - Can you teach us how to be scientists? What's the first step? - Intellectual curiosity is required to be a good scientist. And moral character, to stand by what

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