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'Will my bacon sandwich kill me?', 'Is vaping better than smoking?', 'How do you become an astronaut?' - just some of the Big Questions we ask some of the brightest minds behind Oxford science. Join us in each podcast as we explore a different area of science.
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The Future of Everything

Stanford Engineering

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Host Russ Altman, a professor of bioengineering, genetics, and medicine at Stanford, is your guide to the latest science and engineering breakthroughs. Join Russ and his guests as they explore cutting-edge advances that are shaping the future of everything from AI to health and renewable energy. Along the way, “The Future of Everything” delves into ethical implications to give listeners a well-rounded understanding of how new technologies and discoveries will impact society. Whether you’re a ...
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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Fo ...
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Adding It All Up

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) welcomes you to Adding It All Up —a podcast created by and for mathematics educators and teachers. Join us each month as we explore current topics, insights, and emerging trends with thought leaders in the math community.
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Ideas

CBC

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IDEAS is a place for people who like to think. If you value deep conversation and unexpected reveals, this show is for you. From the roots and rise of authoritarianism to near-death experiences to the history of toilets, no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Nahlah Ayed, we’re home to immersive documentaries and fascinating interviews with some of the most consequential thinkers of our time. With an award-winning team, our podcast has proud roots in its 60-year history with CBC Radio, exploring ...
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Welcome to Science Sessions, the PNAS podcast program. Listen to brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, Academy members, and policymakers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in PNAS, plus a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity

Houston Public Media

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The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories. This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.
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Voices of Mathematics

Mathematics Faculty, University of Cambridge

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Insights and interviews from the Mathematics Faculty, University of Cambridge. Voices of Mathematics takes you inside the University of Cambridge's Mathematics Faculty, the home of the Cambridge Mathematics departments. From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, the Faculty's work explores fundamental and exciting questions to extend the boundaries of discovery. In conversations with researchers from both departments, we explore topics across pure and applied mathemati ...
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Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring over 1,600 AI-powered explorations across science, mathematics, philosophy, and personal growth. Each short-form episode is generated, refined, and published with the help of large language models—turning curiosity into an ongoing audio encyclopedia. Designed for anyone who loves learning, it offers quick dives into everything from combinatorics and cryptography to systems thinking and psychology. Inspiration for this podcast: "Mu ...
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NonTrivial

Sean McClure

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NonTrivial is a podcast about the patterns that exist at the intersection of science, philosophy and complexity, and how these speak to universal principles related to skills, growth and life. The longer you listen, the more you’ll internalize these universal principles and see how they inform your work, your ideas, and the way you shape the world around you. Become a Member at nontrivialpodcast.com or patreon.com/8431143/join Premium members get access to Techniques and Mindsets videos, whe ...
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Join mathematician Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (Vsauce) as they dig into the weird scientific questions that often go unexplored. Welcome to The Rest Is Science, a show that sits in the fascinating space between what we think we know, and what we actually know. Why do we assume we understand things like time, randomness, or even gravity? Once you start questioning these familiar ideas, reality becomes astonishingly strange and completely fragile. Whether you're a ...
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We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigor, but also intellectual humility. Join Al Zambone, author of Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life, as he talks with historians and other professionals who cultivate the craft of historical thinking.
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Every weekday for over three decades, Morning Edition has taken listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse.
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The Secrets of Mathematics

Oxford University

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A series of talks and lectures from Oxford Mathematicians exploring the power and beauty of their subject. These talks would appeal to anyone interested in mathematics and its ever-growing range of applications from medicine to economics and beyond.
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Room to Grow is the math podcast that brings you discussions on trending topics in math education in short segments. We’re not here to talk at people. We’re here to think and learn with others — because when it comes to mathematics there’s always room to grow!
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Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, ...
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MCEduca

Foundations for mathematics

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Why is mathematics so hard? Here, we talk about the foundations for whole numbers and fractions and suggest that math can be natural and fun to us! Cover art photo provided by naomi tamar on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@naomitamar
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Morning Edition takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, Leila Fadel, Michel Martin and A Martínez bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.
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Essential IM

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Lesson by lesson podcasts for teachers of Illustrative Mathematics®. (Based on IM 9-12 Math™ by Illustrative Mathematics®, available at www.illustrativemathematics.org.)
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Join us as we unpack Sanjoy Mahajan's Street Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving. We spotlight the first tools—dimensions, easy cases, and lumping—and explain how rough, low-entropy answers can unlock real-world progress far faster than perfect rigor. Through concrete examples like GDP versus market …
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Joel David Hamkins is a mathematician and philosopher specializing in set theory, the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of infinity, and he’s the #1 highest-rated user on MathOverflow. He is also the author of several books, including Proof and the Art of Mathematics and Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics. And he has a great blog ca…
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The Necessities Underlying Reality: Connecting Philosophy of Mathematics, Ethics and Probability (Bloomsbury, 2025) is an open access book that covers four decades of work by the leading Australian philosopher, mathematician and historian of ideas, James Franklin. These interlinking essays are connected by a core theme: the necessary structures in …
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Indigenous math isn't just about numbers and equations, it involves culture, spirituality and more. Math professor Edward Doolittle, a Mohawk from Six Nations in Ontario, sees math as something embedded in Creation itself. In his Hagey Lecture at the University of Waterloo, he describes Indigenous mathematics as being grounded in cognition, emotion…
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Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, a podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge. In this episode, we revisit one of our favourite interviews from the last year with Professor Hannah Fry. In January 2025 mathematician, author and broadcaster Hannah Fry joined the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics as Ca…
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Holmes Rolston III began his career as a Presbyterian minister. But his love of the natural world — and his belief in evolution — didn't sit well with his congregation. He was ultimately fired. The late philosopher spent much of his career working to bridge the gap between science and religion because he said "the future of Earth depends on it." Ro…
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We explore the catenary—the true curve of a freely hanging chain and the mathematics it hides. Learn why it isn’t a parabola, how Galileo and Hooke unlocked its secrets, and why flipping the curve turns tension into compression for elegant, efficient arches. From the Gateway Arch to Gaudí’s mosaics, we’ll contrast true suspension curves with bridge…
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A deep dive into Cron, the five-field scheduler that powers recurring tasks across multi-user systems. We trace its evolution from the brutal minute-by-minute polling of early Unix, through System V’s discrete-event scheduling, to modern standards like Vixie Cron and the OpenCron Patterns Specification—explaining how the leap from “is it time yet?”…
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We explore how sharks replace tens of thousands of teeth with a multi-row, multi-series conveyor system, how warmer waters speed turnover, and why fluorapatite enamel makes their teeth incredibly durable. From fossil megalodon teeth to modern biomaterials, we uncover the architecture of apex predation and how this self-renewing toolkit inspires dur…
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Imagine: a series of objects floating in midair without magnets, strings or visible supports. With an acoustic levitation sound waves alone can suspend droplets, beads and even small solids to seemingly defy gravity! In this episode of Field Notes, Hannah shows Michael this astonishing device, revealing how precisely tuned sound can manipulate matt…
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Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of French Canada is one of the most widely read works of fiction ever written in French. It's considered the world's highest-selling French book. Yet today, the 1913 novel remains far less known in English Canada and the English-speaking world. Translated into over 20 languages, the book's character Maria and her story has…
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Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been in limbo since the Trump administration removed their temporary protected status late last year. That uncertainty has intensified as U.S. immigration officials again push for those migrants to return to Venezuela.By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
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On a black-sand beach, lava collides with ice or seawater to forge hyaloclastite —glass fragments instantly shattered by thermal shock and cemented into palagonite. In this episode we unravel how non-explosive quench fragmentation creates jigsaw-fit textures that freeze the exact moment of contact, how palagonitization turns loose debris into solid…
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Why does dry sand crumble while a splash of water lets it stand tall? We dive into the granular physics behind sandcastles, exploring capillary bridges, surface tension, and the surprising power of tiny water fractions. Learn about the pendular and funicular regimes, why about 1% water is often optimal, and how compaction strengthens the structure.…
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A rigorous yet intimate tour of the 32‑bar song form (AABA) that underpins countless classics. We break down the four eight‑bar sections—three A sections with the same hook, a contrasting B bridge, and a triumphant return—and show how this tight structure creates emotional payoff. From Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm to early rock ’n’ roll and even Doctor …
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Would you 'doo-be-doo' if you know it would help bridge divides? Try vocal improvisation — singing sounds, rhythms and melodies. PhD candidate Erwan Noblet teaches the practice and says it's a great way to open up and connect at another level being together. He believes the human voice has the power to communicate creatively when it's released from…
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