The biggest ideas in physics, broken down. Join theoretical physicist Dan Hooper and co-host Shalma Wegsman as they answer your questions about dark matter, black holes, quantum mechanics, and more. Part of The University of Chicago Podcast Network.

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81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy 2024-04-15
80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern Cosmology 2024-04-01
79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli) 2024-03-18
78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller) 2024-03-04
77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm) 2024-02-05
76 - Do We Live in a Simulation? 2024-01-22
75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin) 2024-01-08
8 - Is Space Flat or Curved? 2023-12-18
74 - The Copernican Revolution (Ft. Aviva Rothman) 2023-12-04
73 - Life Beyond Earth (Ft. Avi Loeb and Garrett Graff at the Chicago Humanities Festival) 2023-11-20
72 - The Physics Of Music (Ft. Tim Cohen) 2023-11-06
71 - How the Universe Got Its Structure 2023-10-23
70 - WTU Live: Will Intelligent Life Persist in the Universe? (ft. Daniel Holz and Diana Powell) 2023-10-10
Special Announcement + ChatGPT On Unifying Quantum Mechanics and Relativity 2023-09-28
69 - An Update on Modified Gravity (MOND) 2023-08-28
68 - The Age of the Universe 2023-08-14
6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness (Rebroadcast) 2023-07-31
67 - When Science Meets Spirituality (Ft. Alan Lightman) 2023-07-17
66 - When Space Was Filled With Music 2023-07-03
65 - Should We Build a Muon Collider? (Ft. Cari Cesarotti) 2023-05-22
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