106 Episodes

  1. 40 - How Will JWST Change Astronomy?

    Published: 12/20/2021
  2. 23 - Does Physics Allow for Free Will? (Rebroadcast)

    Published: 11/29/2021
  3. 39 - Why Do Science Communication? (ft. Daniel Whiteson and Jorge Cham)

    Published: 11/15/2021
  4. A Special Neutrino Update! (ft. Pedro Machado)

    Published: 11/1/2021
  5. 38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses

    Published: 10/18/2021
  6. 37 - How Neutrinos Might Be Hinting at Dark Matter

    Published: 10/4/2021
  7. 36 - The Neutrino's Quantum Superpower

    Published: 9/20/2021
  8. 35 - The Chaos Underlying Everything (ft. David Grier)

    Published: 9/6/2021
  9. 34 - Should Beauty Guide Physicists?

    Published: 8/23/2021
  10. 33 - Our Love Affair With Supersymmetry

    Published: 8/9/2021
  11. 32 - The Mystery of the Higgs Boson's Mass

    Published: 7/26/2021
  12. 31 - If You Give an Astronomer a Neutrino

    Published: 7/12/2021
  13. 30 - The Oldest Picture of the Universe

    Published: 6/28/2021
  14. 29 - How the Big Bang Won the Debate About the Beginning of Time

    Published: 6/14/2021
  15. 28 - How Emmy Noether Changed Physics Forever

    Published: 5/31/2021
  16. 12 - The Fight Between Modified Gravity and Dark Matter

    Published: 5/10/2021
  17. 3 - What in the World is Anti-Matter?

    Published: 4/26/2021
  18. 27 - What Does the Muon g-2 Result Mean for Physics?

    Published: 4/12/2021
  19. 26 - Did Inflation Rip Apart the Early Universe?

    Published: 3/29/2021
  20. 25 - Could Extra Dimensions Exist?

    Published: 3/15/2021

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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.