• Time travel fiction
    Jan 2 2025

    Daniel and Kelly talk to authors about the science and storytelling of time-travel.

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    45 mins
  • Space Debris (featuring Dr. Jonathan McDowell)
    Dec 31 2024

    Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Jonathan McDowell about the kinds of junk you find in space, the problems it causes, and what we can do about it.

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    54 mins
  • Winter solstice listener questions
    Dec 31 2024

    Daniel and Katie answer a question about building super duper long structures in space

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    24 mins
  • Who really wrote Maxwell's equations?
    Dec 26 2024

    Daniel and Kelly talk to Kathy Joseph about the true, twisted history of humanity's understanding of electromagnetism

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    56 mins
  • Holiday Special: santa, reindeer and long-lasting lamps
    Dec 24 2024

    Daniel and Kelly talk about how santa takes solves an NP-hard problem, how reindeer fly and glow, and the physics of lamps that defy time.

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    45 mins
  • Listener Questions Volume #2
    Dec 19 2024

    Daniel and Kelly answer questions from curious listeners, about big black holes, nuking hurricanes and the philosophy of photons.

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    48 mins
  • When animals break the law (featuring Mary Roach)
    Dec 17 2024

    Daniel and Kelly chat with Mary Roach about her latest book (Fuzz), and how she goes about getting the incredible stories that appear in her books.

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    56 mins
  • Why do planes fly?
    Dec 12 2024

    Daniel and Kelly dig into the surprisingly controversial question of why airplanes stay in the air.

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    55 mins