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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47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion? 2022-04-25
46 - The Cosmic Rays Raining Down On Us 2022-04-04
25 - Do Extra Dimensions Exist? (Rebroadcast) 2022-03-14
45 - The Wide World of Exoplanets (ft. Diana Powell) 2022-02-28
44 - Our Deepest Theory: Quantum Field Theory 2022-02-14
43 - Is Physics the Most Fundamental Subject? 2022-01-31
42 - The Signal That Could Be the Dark Matter 2022-01-17
41 - The Hubble Tension: The Biggest Fight in Astronomy (ft. Wendy Freedman) 2022-01-03
40 - How Will JWST Change Astronomy? 2021-12-20
23 - Does Physics Allow for Free Will? (Rebroadcast) 2021-11-29
39 - Why Do Science Communication? (ft. Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham) 2021-11-15
A Special Neutrino Update! (ft. Pedro Machado) 2021-11-01
38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses 2021-10-18
37 - How Neutrinos Might Be Hinting at Dark Matter 2021-10-04
36 - The Neutrino's Quantum Superpower 2021-09-20
35 - The Chaos Underlying Everything (ft. David Grier) 2021-09-06
34 - Should Beauty Guide Physicists? 2021-08-23
33 - Our Love Affair With Supersymmetry 2021-08-09
32 - The Mystery of the Higgs Boson's Mass 2021-07-26
31 - If You Give an Astronomer a Neutrino 2021-07-12
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