Why This Universe?
A podcast by Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman
106 Episodes
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AUA: The Early Universe, Quantum Interpretations, and Asteroids
Published: 3/9/2025 -
92 - What Cosmology Has in Store for 2025 (Ft. Dan Scolnic)
Published: 1/13/2025 -
91 - What Neutrinos Reveal About the Milky Way
Published: 12/23/2024 -
90 - Quintessence: Is Dark Energy Changing? (Ft. Sean Carroll)
Published: 11/4/2024 -
89 - A Dark Matter Vibe Check
Published: 10/14/2024 -
88 - Why Does Our Universe Exist At All? (Ft. Sean Carroll)
Published: 9/23/2024 -
87 - The Good and the Bad of Peer Review
Published: 9/2/2024 -
28 - How Noether's Theorem Changed Physics (Rerun)
Published: 8/5/2024 -
86 - The Life and Death of Stars
Published: 7/2/2024 -
85 - Our Sun: Present, Past and Future
Published: 6/17/2024 -
84 - The Search For New Worlds (ft. Josh Winn)
Published: 6/3/2024 -
83 - Witnessing a Revolution in Particle Physics (Ft. Chris Quigg)
Published: 5/13/2024 -
82 - Science Vs. Pseudoscience
Published: 4/29/2024 -
81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy
Published: 4/15/2024 -
80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern Cosmology
Published: 4/1/2024 -
79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli)
Published: 3/18/2024 -
78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)
Published: 3/4/2024 -
77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)
Published: 2/5/2024 -
76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?
Published: 1/22/2024 -
75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)
Published: 1/8/2024
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.