106 Episodes

  1. AUA: The Early Universe, Quantum Interpretations, and Asteroids

    Published: 3/9/2025
  2. 92 - What Cosmology Has in Store for 2025 (Ft. Dan Scolnic)

    Published: 1/13/2025
  3. 91 - What Neutrinos Reveal About the Milky Way

    Published: 12/23/2024
  4. 90 - Quintessence: Is Dark Energy Changing? (Ft. Sean Carroll)

    Published: 11/4/2024
  5. 89 - A Dark Matter Vibe Check

    Published: 10/14/2024
  6. 88 - Why Does Our Universe Exist At All? (Ft. Sean Carroll)

    Published: 9/23/2024
  7. 87 - The Good and the Bad of Peer Review

    Published: 9/2/2024
  8. 28 - How Noether's Theorem Changed Physics (Rerun)

    Published: 8/5/2024
  9. 86 - The Life and Death of Stars

    Published: 7/2/2024
  10. 85 - Our Sun: Present, Past and Future

    Published: 6/17/2024
  11. 84 - The Search For New Worlds (ft. Josh Winn)

    Published: 6/3/2024
  12. 83 - Witnessing a Revolution in Particle Physics (Ft. Chris Quigg)

    Published: 5/13/2024
  13. 82 - Science Vs. Pseudoscience

    Published: 4/29/2024
  14. 81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy

    Published: 4/15/2024
  15. 80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern Cosmology

    Published: 4/1/2024
  16. 79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli)

    Published: 3/18/2024
  17. 78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)

    Published: 3/4/2024
  18. 77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)

    Published: 2/5/2024
  19. 76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?

    Published: 1/22/2024
  20. 75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)

    Published: 1/8/2024

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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.