Curt Jaimungal: What Is Infinity, Actually?
For much of history, many mathematicians—following thinkers like Aristotle—viewed infinity as a never-ending process rather than a completed object. In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor revolutioniz...
7 Apr 17min
Emily Riehl Makes Infinity Categories Elementary
Emily Riehl, one of the world’s leading category theorists, shares her vision for making infinity category theory something undergrads can actually learn. In this talk, she breaks down how rethinking ...
6 Apr 2h 49min
Renato Renner: Quantum Mechanics Contains Its Own Contradictions
I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Renato Renner (ETH Zurich) proves quantum mechanics ha...
30 Mar 3h 26min
Jenny Wagner: What If We've Been Wrong About Dark Matter For Decades?
I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Jenny Wagner examines the inverse problem: how to map ...
26 Mar 2h 38min
Curt Jaimungal: I'm Worried About Us
I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Curt Jaimungal argues writing reveals something deeper...
19 Mar 6min
JB Manchak: Time Travel in Physics and What We Still Don't Know
I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Curt Jaimungal examines why physicists still can't res...
16 Mar 2h 17min
Curt Jaimungal: General Relativity Is NOT Deterministic (Here's the Proof)
Curt Jaimungal explains why Einstein's general relativity isn't actually deterministic: how Cauchy horizons and closed time-like curves break predictability, and why math and physics don't always guar...
12 Mar 21min
John Donoghue: We Have Already Quantized Gravity (And It Works)
Professor John Donoghue explains why quantum physics and gravity actually work perfectly together. He tackles quadratic gravity, effective field theory, and random dynamics, arguing that grand unifica...
11 Mar 1h 6min
