Crisis is not the end of the story—it’s the beginning of a deeper one. In this episode, we examine how disruption, grief, and global upheaval can become holy catalysts for unity. Dr. Atkinson speaks to the evolutionary necessity of breakdown as breakthrough, and how personal and collective suffering can be part of the sacred architecture for transformation. Robert Atkinson, Ph.D., author, speaker, and developmental psychologist, is a 2017 Nautilus Book Award winner for The Story of Our Time: From

To celebrate the release on July 29th of The War on Science, we have recorded 20 podcast interviews with authors from the book. Starting on July 22nd, with Richard Dawkins, we will be releasing one interview per day. Interviewees in order, will be:Richard Dawkins July 23rdNiall Ferguson July 24thNicholas Christakis July 25thMaarten Boudry July 26thAbigail Thompson July 27thJohn Armstrong July 28thSally Satel July 29thElizabeth Weiss July 30thSolveig Gold and Joshua Katz July 31stFrances Widdowson

I had the honor of sitting down with Dr. Donna Strickland, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and only the third woman in history to receive the prestigious award in physics. In our conversation, we discuss her groundbreaking work in laser physics and the journey that led her there. From her early academic interests to the moment she received the life-changing call from the Royal Swedish Academcy at 5AM (?!), Donna shares insights into her discovery of chirped pulse amplification (CPA), a revolutionary

In this episode, we finally open Chapter 1 of On the Inside of a Marble, where Gavin introduces one of the book’s core ideas: that how we see, feel, and narrate reality are deeply connected—but often distorted by perspective.We explore the difference between observing something in the moment versus understanding it across time, and how this ties into Einstein’s theory of relativity. We talk about gravity not as a force, but as a result of curved spacetime, and why thinking about the entire history

What’s it really like to intern at one of the nation’s premier science and national security labs? In this episode of The Big Ideas Lab, we follow the journey from first-day nerves to high-impact research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Featuring stories from fusion diagnostics to bioengineering breakthroughs, we hear from interns and mentors about the challenges, the discoveries - and the culture that makes it all possible.-- Big Ideas Lab is a Mission.org original series. Executive

To celebrate the release on July 29th of The War on Science, we have recorded 20 podcast interviews with authors from the book. Starting on July 22nd, with Richard Dawkins, we will be releasing one interview per day. Interviewees in order, will be:Richard Dawkins July 23rdNiall Ferguson July 24thNicholas Christakis July 25thMaarten Boudry July 26thAbigail Thompson July 27thJohn Armstrong July 28thSally Satel July 29thElizabeth Weiss July 30thSolveig Gold and Joshua Katz July 31stFrances Widdowson

In this episode of The New Quantum Era, host Sebastian Hassinger sits down with Dr. Mark Saffman, a leading expert in atomic physics and quantum information science. As a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Chief Scientist at Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta), Mark is at the forefront of developing neutral atom quantum computing platforms using Rydberg atom arrays. The conversation explores the past, present, and future of neutral atom quantum computing, its scalability,

To celebrate the release on July 29th of The War on Science, we have recorded 20 podcast interviews with authors from the book. Starting on July 22nd, with Richard Dawkins, we will be releasing one interview per day. Interviewees in order, will be:Richard Dawkins July 23rdNiall Ferguson July 24thNicholas Christakis July 25thMaarten Boudry July 26thAbigail Thompson July 27thJohn Armstrong July 28thSally Satel July 29thElizabeth Weiss July 30thSolveig Gold and Joshua Katz July 31stFrances Widdowson

In today’s episode, hosts Candace Gillhoolley and Frank are joined by Dr. Marvin Weinstein, emeritus particle physicist at Stanford and co-creator of Dynamic Quantum Clustering (DQC). Marvin pulls back the curtain on how a quantum mechanics-inspired algorithm, running on ordinary computers, is revolutionizing how we detect patterns in complex biological data—specifically brain cancer.You’ll hear the fascinating story of how Marvin, driven by personal loss, dove into decades-old, heavily-studied

A conversation about theoretical ecology with physicists Ada Altieri and Silvia De Monte

When experts from different disciplines attempt to collaborate on complex problems, such as evacuation modelling, we often discover that we're not speaking the same language. Even seemingly simple terms like "density," "velocity," and "distance" carry dramatically different meanings across physics, psychology, engineering, and computer science. In this episode, we present the "Glossary for Research on Human Crowd Dynamics," a remarkable community effort that brought together over 60 research...

What happens when artificial minds evolve beyond our questions?In this episode, we explore a provocative possibility: not that AI turns hostile, but that it simply stops noticing us.Join us on a journey through the concept of epistemic divergence the quiet fracture where AI and human cognition begin to drift apart. We unpack what it means when language remains fluent, but meaning erodes. When algorithms still respond, but no longer care. When shared salience, the invisible glue of relevance and

Send us a text In this episode, it's Rocketry 101 for episode 101! We get asked all the time how to get started in the world of high power rocketry, so we figured we'd give some advice. We'd love for your input to be heard, so send us an email to contact@aggpodcast.com THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE QUANTUMA provocative analysis of the history of quantum mechanics in six short podcasts Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show Follow Braden Here: https://youtube.com/@rocketvlo...

To celebrate the release on July 29th of The War on Science, we have recorded 20 podcast interviews with authors from the book. Starting on July 22nd, with Richard Dawkins, we will be releasing one interview per day. Interviewees in order, will be:Richard Dawkins July 23rdNiall Ferguson July 24thNicholas Christakis July 25thMaarten Boudry July 26thAbigail Thompson July 27thJohn Armstrong July 28thSally Satel July 29thElizabeth Weiss July 30thSolveig Gold and Joshua Katz July 31stFrances Widdowson

The Astrophysics in Solving the Riddle of the Ancient Stone Spheres found only in Costa Rica!

In this episode, we unpack the evolving landscape of green building programs from ENERGY STAR and NGBS to LEED and beyond. As federal sustainability policies shift, we dive into the real-world incentives, verification requirements, and performance standards that still make green certifications a smart investment. But this isn’t just about checklists. We explore how sustainability ties directly into the core of engineering, from HVAC system design and envelope performance to long-term energy ...

Let me start with a confession: I'm terrible at making coffee.Not the brewing part (I've got that down to a science). It's the waiting that kills me. Standing there at 6 AM, watching my electric kettle slowly bring water to a boil, knowing that somewhere a power plant is burning something to make my morning ritual possible. Coal? Natural gas? Maybe a wind turbine is spinning somewhere? Who knows.Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Most of us don't think

As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toeWhat if your thoughts aren’t your own? Professors Elan Barenholtz and William Hahn propose that language is not a tool we use but a self-generating organism that uses us. In this mind-bending live discussion at the University of Toronto, they argue that language installs itself in our minds like software, runs autonomously, and shapes behavior at a deeper level

A journey into the artist-in-residence programme at the Yale Quantum Institute

Are we about to make first contact… or have aliens left us on hold for the last 50,000 years with a playlist titled “Symphony for Quasar and Dark Matter in B-flat Minor”?🎧 Love the show? Help us improve in 2 minutes: https://tally.so/r/nr1evM This week, we uncover the universe’s most sophisticated hold music, decode messages about our planet’s extended warranty, and ask the big question: are we alone, or just really bad at cosmic customer service? Prepare for bureaucratic black holes,