Nuclear Fusion III: Semi-Empirical Mass Formula
There's a famous saying that's attributed to the statistician Henry L Box – but it's one of the most important sayings for thinking about physics, and science in general. "All models are wrong, but s...
31 Jan 201940min
Nuclear Fusion II: The Gold Foil Experiment
Our series of episodes on nuclear fusion begins with the Rutherford Gold Foil experiment, which first discovered the nucleus and changed our understanding of the atomic world forever. From an experi...
25 Jan 201922min
Nuclear Fusion I: Darwin vs Kelvin
What happened when one of history's most esteemed biologists fought with one of history's most esteemed physicists about how old the Earth could be? And what has any of this got to do with nuclear fus...
18 Jan 201923min
Huey P Long Omnibus - From Election to Impeachment
In 1928, Huey Long was riding high. He'd beaten all opposition and achieved the second step in his life-plan. Get elected to minor public office, check. Get elected to the Governorship, check. There's...
8 Jan 20191h 7min
Karin Kuhlemann on Overpopulation
Hello, and welcome to this episode of Physical Attraction. In this episode, I interview Karin Kuhlemann on the subject of population. We touched on this briefly during the TEOTWAWKI specials, particul...
1 Jan 20191h 46min
Amy Westervelt on Drilled: the True Crime podcast about Climate Denial
This week, we're going to be talking to Amy Westervelt, host of the new podcast - Drilled - which looks into how fossil fuel companies secretly funded fossil fuel deniers and misled the public about t...
13 Des 20181h 19min
Bonus: Huey P Long, Episode 1-2: The Whirlwind
Imagine, for a moment, that there was a politician in the United States very unlike the others. One who was willing to promise all things to all people, who had no qualms about changing his position o...
10 Des 20181h 6min
Thermodynamics III: You Can't Get Out of The Game
The laws of thermodynamics govern the flow of energy - from your coffee cup to the sparse plasma floating between stars to the formation of black holes. And, in short, they are: You can't win. You ...
7 Des 201829min
