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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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
64 - The Journey to the Big Bang 2023-05-08
63 - The Question of Consciousness (Ft. David Chalmers) 2023-04-17
47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion? (Rebroadcast) 2023-03-27
62 - JWST and the Earliest Galaxies in the Universe (ft. Mike Boylan-Kolchin) 2023-03-13
61 - Could the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the World? 2023-02-27
60 - The Search for Extra Dimensions 2023-02-13
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