David Bessis: What Mathematics Really Is and How to Learn It
What is mathematics, really? Mathematician David Bessis joins me to argue that math isn't about numbers in a Platonic realm or a meaningless game of symbols—it's a cognitive technology for rewiring yo...
23 Feb 2h 18min
Erik Verlinde: Gravity Is Not Fundamental, It Is Entropic
What if gravity is just entropy in disguise? Professor Erik Verlinde joins me to argue that gravity isn't a fundamental force—it's thermodynamic, emerging from quantum information the way gas pressure...
16 Feb 1h 58min
Vitaly Vanchurin: The Universe Is a Neural Network That Learns
What if physics is just the universe learning? Most Theories of Everything episodes are mind‑bending for their math, physics, philosophy, or consciousness implications. This one hits all four simultan...
9 Feb 1h 58min
Rob Spekkens: Why the Quantum Wave Function Is Not Real
From Ancient Egypt to Leibniz... Brand‑new interview out with Robert Spekkens of the Perimeter Institute, one of the sharpest minds working on quantum foundations. In 2004, he constructed a classical ...
2 Feb 2h 47min
Subir Sarkar: Why Dark Energy Is a Local Illusion
Hot off the press, Professor Subir Sarkar makes the case that dark energy doesn’t exist (and he’s not being provocative for its own sake). He’s the former head of Oxford’s particle theory group, serve...
26 Jan 2h 3min
Stuart Kauffman: There Is No Theory of Everything
This is an interview with Stuart Kauffman, one of the founders of complexity theory. He invented random Boolean networks at only 23 years old and helped establish the Santa Fe Institute. Now 86, he ma...
20 Jan 1h 28min
Timothy Williamson: Modal Logic and the Nature of Knowledge
Timothy Williamson (Oxford) challenges modal logic, epistemic possibility, and the nature of philosophical knowledge.As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and al...
13 Jan 1h 57min
I’m Giving Away $5,000 to Explain Hard Physics (and AI)
Host Curt Jaimungal launches #CORE1, a competition seeking high-level video explainers for physics, AI, and philosophy. If you're a researcher or student, you'll have a chance to win part of the $5,00...
18 Dec 202510min
