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
59 - The End of Everything (Ft. Katie Mack)
January 09, 2023
58 - The Risks of Science Populism
December 12, 2022
57 - String Theory Part 3: Duality
November 21, 2022
56 - An Icy Neutrino Interruption
November 07, 2022
55 - String Theory Part 2: The First Superstring Revolution
October 24, 2022
54 - String Theory Part 1: What Is It?
October 03, 2022
53 - Why We Need a Theory of Quantum Gravity
September 12, 2022
52 - The Large Hadron Collider and All Its Glory
August 22, 2022
51 - Why Physicists Love Smashing Particles Together
August 01, 2022
50 - The Black Hole At the Center of the Milky Way
July 11, 2022
49 - When the Universe Changed in an Instant
June 27, 2022
48 - A Wrong Picture Of Cosmology
May 23, 2022
13 - Does Quantum Mechanics Imply a Multiverse? (Rebroadcast)
May 09, 2022
47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion?
April 25, 2022
46 - The Cosmic Rays Raining Down On Us
April 04, 2022
25 - Do Extra Dimensions Exist? (Rebroadcast)
March 14, 2022
45 - The Wide World of Exoplanets (ft. Diana Powell)
February 28, 2022
44 - Our Deepest Theory: Quantum Field Theory
February 14, 2022
43 - Is Physics the Most Fundamental Subject?
January 31, 2022
42 - The Signal That Could Be the Dark Matter
January 17, 2022
41 - The Hubble Tension: The Biggest Fight in Astronomy (ft. Wendy Freedman)
January 03, 2022
40 - How Will JWST Change Astronomy?
December 20, 2021
23 - Does Physics Allow for Free Will? (Rebroadcast)
November 29, 2021
39 - Why Do Science Communication? (ft. Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham)
November 15, 2021
A Special Neutrino Update! (ft. Pedro Machado)
November 01, 2021
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