The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss
Science, Culture, Reason, Public Policy, & Fascinating Ideas
Natural Sciences
Physics
Science
(Audio) Katherine Brodsky: Speaking Out in an Age of Outrage
I first stumbled upon the journalist Katherine Brods...
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Mar 31 2024 2h 22m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Navigating Identity and Online OutrageChapter 2 7 mins
Childhood Testing, Career Paths, and WritingChapter 3 13 mins
Interviewing and Journalism in MediaChapter 4 12 mins
Impact of Censorship and Hate SpeechChapter 5 7 mins
The Value of Free SpeechChapter 6 8 mins
Controversy in the Knitting CommunityChapter 7 7 mins
Cancel Culture and Public OpinionChapter 8 11 mins
Navigating Free Speech and Ideological DifferencesChapter 9 12 mins
Innocence Assumption Amid Me Too AccusationsChapter 10 7 mins
Navigating Controversy in Media and AcademiaChapter 11 13 mins
The New Religion of Social JusticeChapter 12 11 mins
Debate on Government Control and ScienceChapter 13 4 mins
Government Transparency and Trust in CrisisChapter 14 13 mins
Controversy Surrounding James Damore at GoogleChapter 15 1 min
Thoughtful Discussion on Perspectives and Books
A Conversation with Irwin Shapiro: Scientist Extraordinaire from the Earth to the Stars, and at 94, still going str...
Irwin Shapiro is a remarkable human being by almost ...
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Mar 16 2024 1h 57m
A Dialogue with Label-Defying Journalist Jonathan Kay
I first became aware of Jonathan Kay through his wri...
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Feb 16 2024 2h 49m
Chapter 1 13 mins
Fascinating Conversation on Journalism and OriginsChapter 2 5 mins
Parents' Influence on Education ChoicesChapter 3 13 mins
Education's Role in Encouraging Scientific PursuitsChapter 4 9 mins
Discovery of a Writing PassionChapter 5 7 mins
Writing for Justin Trudeau, Career ChoicesChapter 6 12 mins
Canadian Politics and Personal AnecdotesChapter 7 14 mins
Navigating Ideological Shifts in JournalismChapter 8 17 mins
Mass Graves in CanadaChapter 9 9 mins
Questioning the NarrativeChapter 10 6 mins
Debunking James Webb Space Telescope ControversyChapter 11 14 mins
Racism and Misrepresentation in PhysicsChapter 12 14 mins
Sexual Abuse Scandal Rocks McMaster UniversityChapter 13 17 mins
Issues With Handling University ComplaintsChapter 14 9 mins
University-Media RelationshipChapter 15 2 mins
The Importance of Evidence-Based Decision Making
A dialogue with Brian Keating, at the San Diego Air and Space Museum
In mid October the Origins Project Foundation ran tw...
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Feb 2 2024 1h 22m
Chapter 1 13 mins
Discussion on Dark Energy and CosmologyChapter 2 14 mins
Teaching the Scientific Process's ImportanceChapter 3 12 mins
Exciting Areas of Science and ConcernsChapter 4 5 mins
Science in Public CommunicationChapter 5 11 mins
UFOs and Experimental CosmologyChapter 6 5 mins
Ancient Civilizations and Dark EnergyChapter 7 12 mins
Dark Energy, AI, and Physics FundingChapter 8 3 mins
Reliability of Videos and Eyewitness EvidenceChapter 9 3 mins
Belief in Science and UFOsChapter 10 1 min
The Excitement of Movies and Science
Greg Lukianoff: : The Canceling of the American Mind. Free Speech and Academia
Greg Lukianoff is a First Amendment lawyer by traini...
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Dec 27 2023 1h 57m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Free Speech in Academia and SocietyChapter 2 8 mins
Exploring Personal History and Education ChoicesChapter 3 4 mins
Defending Free Speech and Academic FreedomChapter 4 3 mins
Evolution of FIREChapter 5 10 mins
Free Speech and Discovery of IgnoranceChapter 6 5 mins
The Evolution of Harassment CodesChapter 7 6 mins
Cancel Culture's Impact on Free SpeechChapter 8 14 mins
Cancel CultureChapter 9 7 mins
Cancel Culture in UniversitiesChapter 10 5 mins
Free Speech in UniversitiesChapter 11 9 mins
Higher Education and Cancel CultureChapter 12 9 mins
Perfect Rhetorical Fortress and Cancel CultureChapter 13 5 mins
Exploring Cancel Culture and Educational PoliticsChapter 14 9 mins
Debating Book Bans and Cancel CultureChapter 15 5 mins
Leadership in Academia and PublishingChapter 16 1 min
College Free Speech Rankings and Atheism
Scott Aaronson: From Quantum Computing to AI Safety
Scott Aaronson is one of the deepest mathematical in...
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Dec 15 2023 3h 2m
Chapter 1 9 mins
Quantum Computing and AI Safety ConversationChapter 2 9 mins
Quantum Computing, Complexity, and AI SafetyChapter 3 15 mins
Early Interest in Science and MathChapter 4 10 mins
Quantum Computing and Career Path ChoiceChapter 5 8 mins
Understanding Quantum Computing and Its ApplicationsChapter 6 7 mins
Quantum ComputingChapter 7 12 mins
Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computing IntroductionChapter 8 5 mins
Understanding Quantum Computing and InterferenceChapter 9 12 mins
Quantum Computing and Factoring AlgorithmsChapter 10 4 mins
Quantum Error CorrectionChapter 11 8 mins
The Road to Practical Quantum ComputingChapter 12 7 mins
Exploring Quantum Computing PotentialChapter 13 4 mins
Quantum Supremacy and Its ChallengesChapter 14 13 mins
Computability and Complexity in Computer ScienceChapter 15 15 mins
The P vs NP ProblemChapter 16 8 mins
Future of AI and Turing TestChapter 17 9 mins
Concerns and Speculations About AI EthicsChapter 18 5 mins
Debate on AI's Impact and PotentialChapter 19 10 mins
Dealing With Language Model MisusesChapter 20 2 mins
Pessimism, Optimism, and Changing Perspectives
Dialogues with Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins and I have appeared together onstage...
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Nov 30 2023 1h 19m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Dialogue on Quantum Mechanics InterpretationsChapter 2 16 mins
Understanding the Big Bang TheoryChapter 3 15 mins
Systemic Bias in Science and AcademiaChapter 4 17 mins
Extraterrestrial Life and Genetic CodeChapter 5 7 mins
Time Travel and the IllusionChapter 6 6 mins
Time Travel and Gravity's NatureChapter 7 2 mins
Secret Auction Bidding Process
Carlo Rovelli: From Dante to White Holes
Carlo Rovelli is well known as a popularizer of scie...
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Nov 3 2023 2h 24m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Exploring White Holes and Carlo RovelliChapter 2 11 mins
Dante's Influence and Personal BackgroundChapter 3 7 mins
From Politics to PhysicsChapter 4 10 mins
Physicist's Journey in Quantum GravityChapter 5 14 mins
Loop Quantum Gravity vs String TheoryChapter 6 4 mins
Quantum Gravity and Loop StatesChapter 7 13 mins
Loop Quantum GravityChapter 8 5 mins
Nature and Direction of TimeChapter 9 11 mins
The Origin of Time's DirectionChapter 10 4 mins
Free Will and Illusions of PerceptionChapter 11 4 mins
Black Holes and White Holes ConceptsChapter 12 12 mins
Quantum Gravity and Black Hole EvolutionChapter 13 12 mins
Reverse Space and Time in Black HolesChapter 14 15 mins
Black Hole Thermodynamics and Information LossChapter 15 8 mins
Analogies in Science and ArtChapter 16 1 min
Encouraging Rebels and Questioning Limits
Robert Sapolsky: The Illusion of Free Will
I have been a fan of Robert Sapolsky’s for a long ti...
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Oct 18 2023 2h 58m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Sapolsky's Journey in Neuroscience and Free WillChapter 2 5 mins
Love for Libraries, Family PressureChapter 3 10 mins
Swahili, Primatology, and Free WillChapter 4 10 mins
Contemplating Free Will and AtheismChapter 5 5 mins
Determinism and Responsibility in Decision MakingChapter 6 11 mins
Free Will vs. Determinism DebateChapter 7 17 mins
Determinism, Free Will, and ConsciousnessChapter 8 7 mins
Reason as a Slave of PassionChapter 9 17 mins
Genes, Environment, and Human BehaviorChapter 10 10 mins
Free Will, Biology, and EducationChapter 11 8 mins
Prefrontal Cortex and Free WillChapter 12 10 mins
Willpower and Chaos in DeterminismChapter 13 16 mins
Emergent Complexity and Reductionism in ScienceChapter 14 15 mins
Illusions of Free Will and EthicsChapter 15 9 mins
The Power of Understanding and ChangeChapter 16 6 mins
Exploring Atheism and Moral PhilosophyChapter 17 1 min
Pleasurable Conversation With Origins Project
Peter Singer: From Animal Liberation to Effective Altruism
I have felt privileged to know the remarkable schola...
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Oct 7 2023 2h 19m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Peter Singer's Origins and Animal LiberationChapter 2 6 mins
Choosing HumanitiesChapter 3 8 mins
Reflections on Ethics and Animal LiberationChapter 4 8 mins
Equality and Utilitarianism in EthicsChapter 5 12 mins
Discovering Effective Altruism and Maximizing GoodChapter 6 13 mins
Evolution, Altruism, and EthicsChapter 7 10 mins
The Question of Animal ConsciousnessChapter 8 7 mins
Consciousness vs. Inanimate ObjectsChapter 9 8 mins
Ethics of Animal Experimentation and Factory FarmingChapter 10 10 mins
Issues With Intensive Animal FarmingChapter 11 9 mins
Meat Consumption and Fishing's Climate ImpactChapter 12 14 mins
Greenhouse GasesChapter 13 4 mins
Companion Animals and Animal SufferingChapter 14 4 mins
The Ethics of Animal AgricultureChapter 15 6 mins
Reason in Convincing People of SpeciesismChapter 16 46 sec
Enjoying Time and Cosmos Perspectives
Hakeem Oluseyi: An unexpected life in Science, and unpopular truths
I confess that Hakeem Oluseyi had not really risen o...
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Sep 20 2023 2h 37m
Chapter 1 10 mins
From Poverty to SuccessChapter 2 3 mins
Childhood Reading Experiences and Name ChangeChapter 3 10 mins
Exploring Identity and Challenging NarrativesChapter 4 7 mins
Resilience, Education, and Pursuing AstronomyChapter 5 3 mins
Teachers and the Night Sky ImpactChapter 6 4 mins
Identity and Perception Through Personal ExperiencesChapter 7 10 mins
Navigating Prejudices and StereotypesChapter 8 10 mins
Gatekeepers and Judging Worthiness in EducationChapter 9 12 mins
Discussion on Identity and ExperiencesChapter 10 3 mins
The Impact of Affirmative ActionChapter 11 7 mins
Encouraging College Attendance and Affirmative ActionChapter 12 9 mins
Mentors and Diversity in AcademiaChapter 13 4 mins
Discrimination, Mentoring, and ScienceChapter 14 6 mins
Belief, Science, and Surprising ResultsChapter 15 1 min
Torsional Spine Reconnection for Ion Propulsion
The Best of the Origins Podcast, Part 1:
As promised at the beginning of this month, here is ...
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Sep 1 2023 3h 11m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Origins PodcastChapter 2 6 mins
Concerns About Trump, Environment, Free SpeechChapter 3 9 mins
Free Speech and Suppressing IdeasChapter 4 11 mins
The Oceans' Role in Global WarmingChapter 5 9 mins
The Intersection of Art and ScienceChapter 6 12 mins
Exploring Spectroscopy and Enlightenment RationalityChapter 7 12 mins
Existentialism, Absurdism, and Ethical ResponsibilityChapter 8 6 mins
Climate ChangeChapter 9 15 mins
Brazil's Recent Political and Social ChangesChapter 10 9 mins
Balancing Free Speech and ProtestChapter 11 12 mins
Beetle Bootlegs and Personal RevelationsChapter 12 3 mins
Climate Change and the Greenhouse EffectChapter 13 2 mins
Chemical Reactions and Climate ChangeChapter 14 12 mins
Revolution in Planetary Science and AstrophysicsChapter 15 11 mins
Celebrating Women's Pioneers and Intellectual HonestyChapter 16 10 mins
Nuclear Weapons and Myth CirculationChapter 17 9 mins
Family Influences and Life EvolutionChapter 18 14 mins
Transformative Experiences and Paradigm ShiftsChapter 19 9 mins
Intellectual Property and Easter TraditionsChapter 20 3 mins
Value and Purpose of Life
Bart Ehrman: Revelations about Revelations...and more
I have admired Bart Ehrman’s writing for more than a...
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Jul 7 2023 2h 10m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Bart Erman's Revelatory JourneyChapter 2 3 mins
Interest in Science Fiction and EducationChapter 3 2 mins
Conversion to Christianity and Relationship Challenges
Martin Rees: If Science is to Save Us, Part 2
This is part two of the second podcast dialogue we a...
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Jun 9 2023 1h 45m
Chapter 1 10 mins
AI and the Future of ScienceChapter 2 11 mins
Science's Cultural and Technological ImpactChapter 3 5 mins
The Importance of Community in ScienceChapter 4 8 mins
Academic Outreach and Discussion ImportanceChapter 5 14 mins
Science and PoliticsChapter 6 9 mins
Balancing Scientific Progress and Harmful EffectsChapter 7 7 mins
Science Groups and Policy ImpactChapter 8 13 mins
Scientific Academies' Equity and RelevanceChapter 9 4 mins
Academia's Talent Retention StruggleChapter 10 12 mins
Academic Challenges and Specialization ValueChapter 11 4 mins
Scientists in Public EducationChapter 12 2 mins
Inspiration and Change in Science
Douglas Murray: From Poetry to Free Speech
I have to say that Douglas Murray reminds me in seve...
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May 27 2023 3h 7m
Chapter 1 12 mins
From Poetry to Free SpeechChapter 2 9 mins
The Power of Writing and ThinkingChapter 3 11 mins
The Impact of Teachers and EducationChapter 4 4 mins
Quality of Teaching and Choosing EnglishChapter 5 7 mins
Joy of Learning and InquiryChapter 6 10 mins
Music, Art, Politics IntersectionChapter 7 12 mins
Satire and Crowds' MadnessChapter 8 10 mins
Collapse of Narratives, Rise of ReligionChapter 9 5 mins
The Importance of Skepticism in ScienceChapter 10 4 mins
Free Speech and Identity PoliticsChapter 11 9 mins
Social Progress and Face-to-Face CommunicationChapter 12 7 mins
Equality and Diversity in SocietyChapter 13 6 mins
Virtue Signaling and Minority RightsChapter 14 14 mins
Hardware vs Software and IntersectionChapter 15 9 mins
Human Limits and Self-DelusionChapter 16 3 mins
The Wonders of the UniverseChapter 17 7 mins
Feminism, Power, and Workplace RelationsChapter 18 4 mins
Relationships, Power, and RacismChapter 19 10 mins
Campus Race and Timidity IssuesChapter 20 4 mins
Equality and Disagreements on PoliticsChapter 21 10 mins
War, Brexit, and Conflicting ViewsChapter 22 7 mins
Time, Words, and PoetryChapter 23 2 mins
Poetry and Philosophy Discussion
Andrei Linde: Inflation, Multiverses, and all that, from Mr. Eternal Inflation
Andrei Linde is one of the world’s leading cosmologi...
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May 14 2023 3h
Chapter 1 12 mins
Origins Podcast With Cosmologist Andre LindeChapter 2 4 mins
Necessary Claims and NonsenseChapter 3 9 mins
From Geology to PhysicsChapter 4 15 mins
Life and Dissent in Soviet RussiaChapter 5 11 mins
Superconductivity and Electroweak TheoryChapter 6 9 mins
Phase Transitions in PhysicsChapter 7 12 mins
Cosmic Inflation and Phase TransitionsChapter 8 11 mins
Inflation's Origins and New FormsChapter 9 10 mins
Letting Go and Inflationary TheoryChapter 10 14 mins
The Physics of an Eternal UniverseChapter 11 6 mins
The Multiverse and Internal InflationChapter 12 7 mins
The Multiverse and Quantum MechanicsChapter 13 4 mins
The Multiverse and Environmental ScienceChapter 14 7 mins
Transitions and the Evolution of RealizationChapter 15 11 mins
Near-Death Experiences in Inflationary CosmologyChapter 16 14 mins
The Multiverse and Anthropic PrincipleChapter 17 5 mins
Multiverse Exploration and Anthropological PrincipleChapter 18 7 mins
Debating Improbability and Speculating OriginsChapter 19 2 mins
Morals, Science, and Joy
Boldly going where no podcast has gone before: William Shatner; Wonder, Awe, and Questions, Questions...
I first met William Shatner a little over 19 years a...
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Apr 28 2023 1h 34m
Chapter 1 3 mins
William Shatner on Origins PodcastChapter 2 39 sec
First Encounter With a Physicist
Martin Rees: If Science is to Save Us, Part 1
This is the second podcast dialogue we are airing wi...
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Apr 12 2023 1h 53m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Saving the World With ScienceChapter 2 8 mins
Exploring Different Paths of Scientific PursuitsChapter 3 8 mins
Science in Society RisksChapter 4 14 mins
Science and Public PolicyChapter 5 9 mins
Risks and Rewards of GeoengineeringChapter 6 14 mins
Motivating Global Marshall PlanChapter 7 7 mins
AI & Automation BenefitsChapter 8 13 mins
Impact of Population GrowthChapter 9 15 mins
Risk Assessment and ManagementChapter 10 9 mins
The Risk of Bioerror and BioterrorChapter 11 1 min
Exploring AI and Holidays
Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss Onstage at the Orpheum Theater, Nov 15, 2022
On Nov 15th and 16th, 2022, The Origins Project Foun...
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Mar 9 2023 1h 32m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Dialogues and BooksChapter 2 12 mins
Science in Culture and LifeChapter 3 14 mins
Science Writers' InfluenceChapter 4 11 mins
Quantum Mechanics and ProbabilityChapter 5 9 mins
Unwarranted Pride in MathsChapter 6 13 mins
The Uncommon Sense of ScienceChapter 7 9 mins
Exploring the Baloney Detection KitChapter 8 10 mins
Understanding Our Good FortuneChapter 9 1 min
Enriching Perspectives With Origins Projects Foundation
John Preskill: From the Early Universe to the Future of Quantum Computing
John Preskill is the Richard P. Feynman Professor of...
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Feb 17 2023 2h 14m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Quantum Computing With John PreskellChapter 2 12 mins
The Influence of Science and BaseballChapter 3 3 mins
Exploring Scientific InterestsChapter 4 9 mins
Strengths/Weaknesses in Math and PhysicsChapter 5 12 mins
Particle Theory & CosmologyChapter 6 5 mins
Grand Unification and Black HolesChapter 7 6 mins
Exploring the Impact of Quantum ComputingChapter 8 5 mins
Exploring Quantum ComputingChapter 9 9 mins
The Power of Quantum ComputingChapter 10 14 mins
The Complexity of Quantum ComputingChapter 11 6 mins
The Complexity of Quantum ComputingChapter 12 8 mins
The Challenges of Creating Quantum ComputersChapter 13 13 mins
The Potential of Quantum ComputingChapter 14 14 mins
The Future of Quantum ComputingChapter 15 2 mins
Exploring the Poetry of Physics
Tim Palmer: The Primacy of Doubt
Tim Palmer graduated from Oxford with a PhD in mathe...
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Feb 4 2023 2h 10m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Benefits of UncertaintyChapter 2 6 mins
Exploring the Influence of Popular ScienceChapter 3 12 mins
Lifelong Learning and the Butterfly EffectChapter 4 5 mins
Uncertainty in Nonlinear SystemsChapter 5 9 mins
Exploring Meteorology & ClimateChapter 6 5 mins
Managing ChaosChapter 7 9 mins
Attractors in Chaotic SystemsChapter 8 9 mins
The Limits of Weather PredictionChapter 9 8 mins
Noise in Complex SystemsChapter 10 4 mins
Uncertainty in Quantum MechanicsChapter 11 12 mins
Quantum Mechanics and EinsteinChapter 12 9 mins
Ensemble Forecasting ImpactChapter 13 9 mins
The Risk of Nonlinear SystemsChapter 14 13 mins
Unintended Consequences of GeoengineeringChapter 15 2 mins
Exploring the Science of Uncertainty
Elizabeth Kolbert: Can human technology solve unintended consequences of human technology
Note: Due to internet difficulties due to storms in...
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Jan 14 2023 2h 18m
Chapter 1 14 mins
The Origins of Elizabeth ColbertChapter 2 14 mins
The Discovery of ExtinctionChapter 3 4 mins
Impact of Human Activity on ExtinctionChapter 4 10 mins
The AnthropoceneChapter 5 10 mins
The Chicago River and Invasive SpeciesChapter 6 8 mins
The Unintended Side Effects of TechnologyChapter 7 13 mins
The Unanticipated Consequences of Climate ChangeChapter 8 13 mins
Assisted EvolutionChapter 9 15 mins
Genetic Engineering Pros and ConsChapter 10 11 mins
Carbon Capture and SequestrationChapter 11 7 mins
Solar Geoengineering Pros and ConsChapter 12 7 mins
The Dangers of GeoengineeringChapter 13 4 mins
The Future Will Be MessyChapter 14 1 min
The Future of the World
Holiday Edition Part 2, Science Matters: How the Universe Made your Holiday Gifts
In December it was announced that the Lawrence Liver...
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Dec 29 2022 30m
Origins Podcast Wishful-Thinking Holiday Edition Part 1: A Dialogue with Augusten Burroughs: A Witch or Not A Witch
I want to be upfront. I love Augusten Burroughs. I...
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Dec 25 2022 2h 5m
An Origins Podcast EXCLUSIVE: A Dialogue with Cormac McCarthy About Science, on the occasion of his newest book rel...
Cormac McCarthy is a literary icon. Winner of the N...
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Dec 9 2022 1h 4m