Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, philosophy, culture and much more.
https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 21 days 13 hours 1 minute
episode 138: Daryl Morey on Analytics, Psychology, and Basketball
I talk with Daryl Morey about the theory of being an NBA general manager, from analytics and game theory to psychological biases.
episode 137: Justin Clarke-Doane on Mathematics, Morality, Objectivity, and Reality
I talk with Justin Clarke-Doane about the philosophical similarities and differences between mathematics and morality.
episode 136: Roderick Graham on Cyberspace, Race, and Cultural Conservatism
I talk with sociologist Roderick Graham about how hot-button issues, from race to cultural conservatism, play out in cyberspace.
Introducing Against the Odds
In July 2018, 12 youth soccer players and their coach found themselves trapped 6 miles deep in a cave with no food or water and depleting oxygen. The rock formed maze became almost completely submerged as the water rose to levels nearly impossible for survival. There was no light and no way to communicate with the outside world...
episode 135: Shadi Bartsch on Plato, Vergil, Confucius, and Modernity
I talk to classicist Shadi Bartsch about the classics in the modern world, from Vergil's Aeneid to how China thinks about Plato.
episode 134: Robert Sapolsky on Why We Behave the Way We Do
I talk with psychoneurobiologist Robert Sapolsky about why human beings behave the way they do.
episode 133: Ziya Tong on Realities We Don't See
I talk with science journalist Ziya Tong about how what we see and think about shapes how we live in the world.
Bonus | AIP Oral History Interview
I am interviewed by David Zierler for the Oral History Project of the American Institute of Physics.