The Prometheus Constellation: Dramaturgical and Scientific Analysis of the Physicists in Oppenheimer (EP 39)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this special episode ranks the 26 scientists shown in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer by one standard only: their contribution to fundamental science. Star...
21 Apr 1h 37min
Harder Than Diamond? The New Hexagonal Diamond Breakthrough (EP 38)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this episode is a deep dive into one of the strangest and most hard-fought materials science stories in decades: the claim that researchers have finally sy...
15 Apr 57min
Artemis II: Deep Dive on the Moon Flyby, Earthset, and Reentry (EP 37)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this episode is a full deep dive on Artemis II as the crew returns from humanity’s first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. Lester and Krishna break...
9 Apr 1h 25min
Artemis II, Claude Code Leak, iPhone Spyware & Project Hail Mary (EP 36)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this rundown episode covers five new science and tech stories at a high level: NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission, what actually leaked in the Claude Code incid...
3 Apr 1h 1min
Can AI Help Wake Coma Patients? The Science of Consciousness (EP 35)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this episode is a deep dive into one of the hardest questions in neuroscience: what breaks in the brain during a coma, and can we figure out how to turn co...
31 Mars 1h 8min
AI Cancer Vaccines, Strange Fish, Ketamine, and Ancient Life (EP. 34)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this episode is a fast-moving science rundown covering four remarkable stories from across AI, genetics, neuroscience, and paleontology. We dig into the st...
27 Mars 44min
Can Human Neurons Really Play Doom? The Science Behind Wetware (EP. 33)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this episode is a deep dive into one of the strangest science stories of the year: a dish of human neurons allegedly learning to play Doom. We go back to t...
24 Mars 1h 13min
5,000-Year-Old Bacteria, Solar Storms, Dogs, and Meta’s AI War (EP. 32)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this is our first standalone rundown episode — a faster, looser format where we hit several stories we didn’t have room to turn into full deep dives. This ...
20 Mars 38min
