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
Classic episode - Why is gravity so weird?
9/5/2024
Why is gravity so much weaker than the other forces?
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Duration:00:36:51
Are there comets in the asteroid belt?
9/3/2024
Daniel and Jorge try to clarify the distinction between our neighborhood space objects and what it means if we find them out of place.
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Duration:00:46:41
Classic Episode - Is the Universe Random?
8/29/2024
If you repeat the same experiment, do you get the same outcome?
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Duration:00:37:09
Could quantum clocks detect dark matter?
8/27/2024
Daniel and Jorge talk about new ways to find dark matter, using space microwave ovens.
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Duration:00:51:11
Classic Episode - Is Light a Particle or a Wave?
8/22/2024
What is light made of? A particle, a wave, both, neither? Little puppies?
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Duration:00:36:19
Listener Questions goes bananas!
8/20/2024
Daniel and Jorge answer questions about banana decays and black hole velocities.
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Duration:00:46:17
What was the brightest explosion ever seen?
8/15/2024
Daniel and Jorge look right into the beam of incredible astronomical explosions.
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Duration:00:49:38
What's the fastest event ever measured?
8/13/2024
Daniel and Jorge slice time down to its shortest slivers to understand how fast things can happen in the Universe.
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Duration:00:58:29
The science fiction Universe of "Dark Matter"
8/8/2024
Daniel and Jorge talk to a screenwriter and scientific advisor for the multi-verse show, "Dark Matter"
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Duration:01:09:50
What is the Physics of life?
8/6/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk to Sara Imari Walker, author of "Life as No One Knows it" about what life is and what aliens might look like.
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Duration:01:06:32
What is an impossible color?
8/1/2024
Daniel and Jorge explore the edges of our colorful experience of the Universe.
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Duration:00:53:46
How to think like a physicist?
7/30/2024
Daniel and Jorge discuss whether physicists think about the world differently, and how that makes them more or less useful.
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Duration:01:14:47
What is membrane theory?
7/25/2024
Daniel and Katie use their p-branes to explore a theory of everything build on vibrating membranes.
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Duration:00:52:30
Listener Questions 64: Phase of the Universe, particle interactions and Universe-sized black holes!
7/23/2024
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com
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Duration:00:52:18
Do black holes have magnetic fields?
7/18/2024
Daniel and Jorge try to resist the magnetic attraction of the mysteries of black holes, and fail.
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Duration:00:50:17
Listener Questions 63: Hawking radiation, mass, and anti-strings
7/16/2024
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com
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Duration:00:49:43
How long is a photon?
7/11/2024
Daniel and Jorge wrestle with the tricky question of the length of a photon, and end up talking about hotdogs and meatballs.
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Duration:00:54:04
Could humans live in the clouds of Venus?
7/9/2024
Daniel and Kelly talk to Guillermo Sohnlein about life in the Venutian clouds
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Duration:01:01:53
Listener Questions 62: Single photons, moon gold and particle interactions.
7/4/2024
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com
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Duration:00:51:56
Listener Questions 61.0158: Black holes, gold asteroids and gravitational waves in time!
7/2/2024
Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Send your questions to questions@danielandjorge.com
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Duration:00:54:15