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.
Episodes
65 - Should We Build a Muon Collider? (Ft. Cari Cesarotti)May 22, 2023
64 - The Journey to the Big BangMay 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 DimensionsFebruary 13, 2023
59 - The End of Everything (Ft. Katie Mack)January 09, 2023
58 - The Risks of Science PopulismDecember 12, 2022
57 - String Theory Part 3: DualityNovember 21, 2022
56 - An Icy Neutrino InterruptionNovember 07, 2022
55 - String Theory Part 2: The First Superstring RevolutionOctober 24, 2022
54 - String Theory Part 1: What Is It?October 03, 2022
53 - Why We Need a Theory of Quantum GravitySeptember 12, 2022
52 - The Large Hadron Collider and All Its GloryAugust 22, 2022
51 - Why Physicists Love Smashing Particles TogetherAugust 01, 2022
50 - The Black Hole At the Center of the Milky WayJuly 11, 2022
49 - When the Universe Changed in an InstantJune 27, 2022
48 - A Wrong Picture Of CosmologyMay 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 UsApril 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 TheoryFebruary 14, 2022