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 15 hours 31 minutes
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.
episode 132: Michael Levin on Growth, Form, Information, and the Self
I talk with biologist Michael Levin about how a combination of genetic information and physical constraints shape an organism.
episode 131: Avi Loeb on Taking Aliens Seriously
I talk with astronomer Avi Loeb about interstellar interloper Oumuamua and how to think about detecting advanced alien life.
episode 130: Frank Wilczek on the Present and Future of Fundamental Physics
I talk with Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek about what fundamental physics is, and where it's likely to go in the future.
episode 129: Solo: Democracy in America
I reflect on what recent events imply for the bigger questions of democracy and society.
episode 128: Joseph Henrich on the Weirdness of the West
I talk to anthropologist Joseph Henrich about the origin of WEIRD societies -- Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic.
Holiday Message 2020 | The Screwy Universe
Bonus episode in which I talk about the possibility that photons might rotate as they travel through the universe, and what that means for dark energy.
episode 127: Erich Jarvis on Language, Birds, and People
I talk with neurobiologist Erich Jarvis about the rare ability in species to learn how to make new sounds.