Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
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A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Science Podcasts
Description:
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.danielandjorge.com/
Episodes
Does quantum mechanics conserve energy?
11/30/2023
Daniel and Jorge explore whether basic rules of our Universe are broken at the quantum scale.
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Duration:00:49:11
Listener Questions 45: Gravity and Black holes
11/28/2023
Daniel and Jorge venture to the edge of human knowledge about black holes, gravity and magnetic fields.
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Duration:00:45:02
The Science Fiction Universe of "Invasion"
11/23/2023
Daniel and Jorge talk about alien arrival, as depicted on the show "Invasion" and Daniel talks to two of the writers, Tatiana Suarez Pico and Aditi Brennan Kapil about writing science fiction.
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Duration:01:02:28
Who was the first scientist?
11/21/2023
Daniel talkes to Prof. James Poskett about how the history of science has much more nuance and global participation than the standard mythology.
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Duration:00:55:13
The Science Fiction Universe of "Venemous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman
11/16/2023
Daniel and Kelly chat with Ned Beauman, author of "Venemous Lumpsucker" a cautionary tale about applying free market strategies to preventing extinction.
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Duration:01:04:47
Why is there quantum uncertainty?
11/14/2023
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with one of the fuzziest concepts in quantum mechanics
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Duration:00:49:21
What did the early Universe sound like?
11/9/2023
Daniel and Jorge take you back to the early Universe and the sound bubbles that seeded everything.
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Duration:00:47:46
Can we settle space? Should we? Have we really thought this through?
11/7/2023
Daniel talks to Kelly and Zach Weinersmith about whether humanity is ready to move into the stars.
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Duration:01:08:30
What's the matter with matter in the Universe?
11/2/2023
Daniel and Jorge dig into the history of matter, dark matter and dark energy, explaining how they used to have very different ratios.
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Duration:00:44:05
Listener Questions 44: Deep questions from listeners like you!
10/31/2023
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the Earth's tilt, steampunk atoms and fundamental pixels of rad.
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Duration:00:48:58
Which force(s) power the human senses?
10/26/2023
Daniel and Katie talk about how we experience the Universe and what physics underlies our senses.
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Duration:01:20:19
Could we see moons around exoplanets?
10/24/2023
Daniel and Jorge are over the moon about the possibility of spotting alien moons.
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Duration:00:53:05
Could we seed exoplanets with life?
10/19/2023
Daniel and Kelly wrangle with the tricky science and ethics of sending microbes to distant worlds.
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Duration:01:03:46
Do Black Holes Have Hair?
10/17/2023
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the hairy question of what's happening inside and on the surface of black holes.
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Duration:00:47:30
Was the interstellar visitor oumuamua natural or artificial?
10/12/2023
Daniel and Jorge talk about the claims that 'Oumuamua might have been alien space junk.
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Duration:01:05:34
Could dark matter be making flashes of light?
10/10/2023
Daniel and Jorge break down a new study that looks for dark matter using both gravity and light.
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Duration:00:43:52
Where is all the missing matter?
10/5/2023
Daniel and Jorge talk about the effort to track down all the quarks in the Universe.
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Duration:00:45:21
How does gravity escape a black hole?
10/3/2023
Daniel and Katie warp their minds around the question of what gravitational information really is and what we know about a black hole.
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Duration:00:57:11
Listener Questions 43: Light, heat and vision
9/28/2023
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send in your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com
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Duration:00:43:08
Great, Big Questions about the Universe
9/26/2023
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from young people about the Universe, to mark Jorge's new book!
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Duration:00:42:18