Why This Universe?
Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman
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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Episodes
78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)
March 04, 2024
77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)
February 04, 2024
76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?
January 22, 2024
75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)
January 07, 2024
8 - Is Space Flat or Curved?
December 18, 2023
74 - The Copernican Revolution (Ft. Aviva Rothman)
December 04, 2023
73 - Life Beyond Earth (Ft. Avi Loeb and Garrett Graff at the Chicago Humanities Festival)
November 20, 2023
72 - The Physics Of Music (Ft. Tim Cohen)
November 06, 2023
71 - How the Universe Got Its Structure
October 23, 2023
70 - WTU Live: Will Intelligent Life Persist in the Universe? (ft. Daniel Holz and Diana Powell)
October 10, 2023
Special Announcement + ChatGPT On Unifying Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
September 28, 2023
69 - An Update on Modified Gravity (MOND)
August 28, 2023
68 - The Age of the Universe
August 14, 2023
6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness (Rebroadcast)
July 31, 2023
67 - When Science Meets Spirituality (Ft. Alan Lightman)
July 17, 2023
66 - When Space Was Filled With Music
July 03, 2023
65 - Should We Build a Muon Collider? (Ft. Cari Cesarotti)
May 22, 2023
64 - The Journey to the Big Bang
May 08, 2023
63 - The Question of Consciousness (Ft. David Chalmers)
April 17, 2023
47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion? (Rebroadcast)
March 27, 2023
62 - JWST and the Earliest Galaxies in the Universe (ft. Mike Boylan-Kolchin)
March 13, 2023
61 - Could the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the World?
February 27, 2023
60 - The Search for Extra Dimensions
February 13, 2023
59 - The End of Everything (Ft. Katie Mack)
January 09, 2023
58 - The Risks of Science Populism
December 12, 2022
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