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Sci Guys

The Sci Guys

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Sci Guys is a podcast all about the weird and unbelievable ways that scientists learn about the world around us. Each week, Corry (@notcorry) tells the story of a particularly strange scientific study while his cohost Luke (@lukecutforth) does his best to derail the conversation with questions, jokes, and whatever nonsense he can think of.
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For years, Matt’s been unpacking the events, people, and culture wars shaping the world around us. On A Bit Fruity, we take deeper dives into those issues — joined by celebrities, experts, and journalists who help us laugh and learn along the way. Follow Matt: https://www.instagram.com/mattxiv Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MattBernstein1
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Empire

Goalhanger Podcasts

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How do empires rise? Why do they fall? And how have they shaped the world around us today? William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the stories, personalities and events of empire over the course of history.
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A show for curious minds. Join us each week as academic experts tell us about the fascinating discoveries they're making to understand the world, and the big questions they’re still trying to answer. A podcast from The Conversation, hosted by Gemma Ware. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This podcast is dedicated to exploring issues in some more depth and untangling the complexities of the world around us. We engage thinkers, academics, and scholars in conversation on a number of themes to appreciate the ideas that make up Islam as a system of thought.Follow us on https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/And twitter @thinking_muslim https://twitter.com/thinking_muslimEmail info@thinkingmuslim.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Robert Monson, Sam Gay, and Trey Ferguson attempt to capture real life conversations that center around wrestling with God, issues within Black culture, and things in society/the world. Find out more about the work we produce and check out merch here: https://linktr.ee/threeblackmen Support Three Black Men and join our community at patreon.com/threeblackmen Connect with us at threeblackmenpodcast@gmail.com
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Minnie Driver questions everything... and her acclaim as an actor and musician is undoubtedly rooted in her enraptured observations of the world around her. Now, Minnie sits down with experts and trailblazers across disciplines and asks them the same seven mini questions, showing even small questions can uncover larger truths about happiness, failure, love, loss and belonging. In interviewing a range of characters, Minnie questions... how are we the same? How are we different? How do we beco ...
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Finding good new music can be a full time job, so let KEXP help! In Our Headphones brings you five song recommendations every Monday, straight from KEXP’s DJs and Music Directors. We learn stories and insights about the artists, make connections between the music and the world around us, and get to know the diverse roster of DJs that make up the KEXP airwaves. Join hosts Janice Headley and Isabel Khalili on this never-ending journey of music discovery.
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A podcast about the big numbers, the hard sums, the mathematics that defines, runs, shapes, changes, begins, ends, every things our lives and the world around us. Hosted by Colm O'Regan. An award-winning radio broadcaster, comedian, novelist and it turns out lapsed engineer who is trying to feel useful again. Each episode sheds light on a tiny corner of a giant subject with entertaining guests and accessible talk.
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Wake-up with America's first news - Host Gordon Deal goes beyond the headlines with the day's first look at news and business news from the U.S. and around the world; bringing a lively blend of intelligent information, humor, and expert analysis to morning radio.
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AnthroPod

Society for Cultural Anthropology

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AnthroPod is produced by the Society for Cultural Anthropology. In each episode, we explore what anthropology teaches us about the world and people around us.
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Home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. Advancing knowledge and the arts. Discover it all at www.folger.edu. Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places—not just literature and the stage, but science and social history as well. Our "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast explores the fascinating and varied connections between Shakespeare, his works, and the world around us.
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From LAist Studios, the creators of The Big One, the second season of The Big Disaster series will provide you with a wildfire survival guide that includes not just tangible safety tips — but hope for our future. As the world enters a new age of wildfires, science reporter Jacob Margolis hosts Season 2: The Big Burn, a deep dive into personal stories that illuminate the history of how we got here, why we keep screwing things up, and what we can do to survive and maybe even thrive while the w ...
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Welcome to the State of Identity, the leading podcast in the digital identity industry! Host Cameron D’Ambrosi, and the team at Liminal, invite you to join an enlightening and engaging conversation about digital identity, its technologies, and the ever-evolving paradigms that shape our world today. Through candid discussions with the industry’s greatest minds, Liminal explores the most pressing topics in digital identity, cybersecurity, and Fintech, from cutting-edge technologies and innovat ...
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Squaring the Strange

Ben Radford, Celestia Ward and Pascual Romero

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Not just another “skeptical” podcast, it’s a show about critical thinking and evidence-based analysis, using science and critical thinking to examine the world around us, from the mysterious and paranormal to the mundane.
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Welcome to DataFramed, a weekly podcast exploring how artificial intelligence and data are changing the world around us. On this show, we invite data & AI leaders at the forefront of the data revolution to share their insights and experiences into how they lead the charge in this era of AI. Whether you're a beginner looking to gain insights into a career in data & AI, a practitioner needing to stay up-to-date on the latest tools and trends, or a leader looking to transform how your organizat ...
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Power User explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us. Each week, tech journalist Taylor Lorenz explores everything from online fame to emerging platforms, viral phenomena to the creator economy, and much more. Tune in on Thursdays for the most influential stories that Silicon Valley often ignores. From the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Join Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair on the journey through the weekly Parsha and Jewish holidays. With extraordinary eloquence, keen perception, and a delightful sense of humor, Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair, noted author and lecturer, focuses his lens on the world around us and shows us with brilliant clarity how it all connects to that which is beyond this world.
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In a world that seems so vast... It‘s really not as deep as you think 🌊 A Daily Podcast constantly challenging the beliefs of not only the world around us but our most inner thoughts about the most important person in our lives... ourselves.
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Rock That Doesn’t Roll looks at how Christian music shaped the world we're living in now by telling individual stories from the peak era of the contemporary Christian music industry. In the 80s, 90s and early 2000s CCM grew into a billion dollar business that affected millions of evangelical young people. Through interviews with artists, industry players and average fans we trace the long-lasting personal, cultural and political impact of sometimes cringe-worthy music. Expect hilarious momen ...
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A podcast where we meet at the intersections of sexual health and the world around us. Each week, we will discuss sexual health current events, politics, social justice issues, and more! Email: meetmeatthespotpodcast@gmail.com. Follow me:IG (@meetmeatthespotpodcast)
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In today's world, it can often feel like reality is stranger than fiction. Join us as we delve into the hidden corners of our political landscape, uncover the myths and legends that shape our beliefs, and discover the magic that connects us all. From ancient folklore to modern conspiracy theories, a podcast about the intersection of politics, myth and magic. Hypersigil is your guide to the mysteries of the world around us.
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The Slate Race and Identity feed features new episodes from a variety of shows in the Slate podcast network. From One Year, to What Next, to A Word...With Jason Johnson and more, you’ll get informative and thoughtful reporting and analysis on the many ways race and identity shape the world around us.
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Common Ground in Northern Nevada is about expanding the kingdom of God in our lives and the world around us. Our focus is on evangelism and discipleship. To find out more visit us at https://www.commongroundnevada.com/
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Children's podcast for ages 3 to 8, where kids can listen to the stories, use their imagination, and learn something as well. Short podcast episodes make it easy for parents and kids alike. The Star is "Aawk", an 6 yr old who explores his world and imagination, taking tripos and learning about the world around us.
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We frame social topics through art. We believe in connection. As artists we are connecting to the world around us and each other in order to make sense of the world we share.
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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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Talking Strategy

Royal United Services Institute

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Our thinking about defence and security is shaped by ideas. What we see depends on our vantage point and the lenses we apply to the world. Governments, military and business leaders are seeking to maximise the value they gain from scarce resources by becoming more ‘strategic’. Standing on the shoulders of the giants of strategy from the past helps us see further and more clearly into the future. This series is aimed at those looking to learn more about strategy and how to become more strateg ...
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What's Happening Now Podcast

A lighter look at what's the matter, with what matters.

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Every week Sam Hampson and James O'Malley are joined by guests and comedians to look at the biggest and smallest stories of the week to see what's the matter with what matters in news, politics and the world around us. www.whatshappening.news
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Media in Minutes podcast features in-depth interviews with those who report on the world around us. They share everything from their favorite stories to what happened behind the lens and give us a glimpse into their world. With host Angela Tuell, this podcast is published every other week. Connect with us on Facebook @CommunicationsRedefined; Twitter @CommRedefined and Instagram @CommRedefined. To learn more, visit www.communicationsredefined.com. #PR, #Public Relations, #Media, #Journalists ...
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A frequently thoughtful and sometimes whimsical examination of the world around us as seen through the cataract-clouded eyes of two long-time friends and explorers. Sporadically funny, invariably insightful, sometimes we're not sure.
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In this episode, we continue an open conversation with friend of the show Dr. Hart about cultivating hope and the obstacles that we face in this journey. Check out his podcast, Inverse Podcast as well as his website drewgihart.com. To support the work that we do here and join the conversation, please visit our Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/threeblackmen⁠ I…
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Birding is often best in the least likely places. At sewage treatment plants, watch for ducks and gulls - and raptors keeping watch over them all. Another place might be your local landfill or dump. The Brownsville, Texas dump was, for years, the only place in the US you could find this Tamaulipas Crow. For a more sedate birding adventure, visit a …
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America's top diplomat and the Chinese president have held talks in Beijing as both sides seek to stabilise relations. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that Washington will act if China does not stop supplying Russia with items used in its assault on Ukraine. Also, in the programme, Roger Hearing finds out how Egypt authorities deali…
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Dave can't decide between a Velveeta lip fang and a flame-throwing robot dog as his birthday present to himself. So he settles on a 40+ year old bike frame. Weird. Del seemingly stumps Dave with the word SEEMLY. What's your word of the day? Bridey Thelen-Heidel's preorders of her book Bright Eyes put her at #1 in two Amazon categories. Go, girl! Da…
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The Labour Party is en route to form the next government of the United Kingdom with what most analysts describe as a landslide majority. The Conservatives have resided over a failed government, with Brexit, economic crisis and poor public services now associated with the Rishi Sunak’s lacklustre government. Labour’s leader, Keir Starmer is comforta…
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Could the US Secretary’s visit to Beijing further improve the US-China relationship that still crackles with tension and suspicion? Devina Gupta speaks to Prof Henry Gao, an expert in global trade at Singapore Management University. Over to Haiti and it is day one of the new interim government there which is trying to crackdown on gang violence we …
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The year-round creative drive, Native Guitars Tour, heads up a two-day music and fashion presentation at the annual Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque. It’s a chance for us to hear from some of the musicians including Jir Anderson, Scotti Clifford, and Geneviève Gros-Louis – an hour of live music by Native talent. GUESTS Jir Anderson (Cochi…
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Poet Claire Wahmanholm's work focuses on nature and the environment. As she was walking around a nature preserve north of Chicago, Claire was listening for birds but realized there was something else she was hearing: the ever-present hum of a nearby highway. “When you're trying deliberately to hear something else you really notice it,” she says. Th…
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True crime is a hot topic for movies, television, and –yes– podcasts. At the center of many of these stories is a missing woman. In the She Has A Name podcast, veteran journalist Tonya Mosley tries to reconstruct the death –and life– of a woman who went missing in 1987, a woman who happens to be her long lost sister. On today’s episode of A Word, J…
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The US economy grew by less than forecast in the first three months of this year but inflation gathered pace, which could delay an interest rate cut. Official figures revealed the economy expanded at an annualised rate of 1.6%, far below expectations and the growth seen in the final months of 2023. Meanwhile, inflation, which measures the pace of p…
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Day trippers will have to pay €5 to visit the famous Italian city. The local government wants to discourage low-budget tourists who don't stay overnight in Venice. We get the latest. Mining giant BHP has proposed a buyout of Anglo American. The $39bn deal would forge the world's biggest copper miner in times when the price for this mineral is soari…
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We are in the midst of a new surge of Native writing talent. And their skill for engaging readers with compelling stories is propelling a new, complex and more sophisticated narrative about who Native Americans are. Gone are the Louis L’Amour stereotypes. The new Native characters are miscreants, bored office workers, dysfunctional family members, …
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Kanchan is an aerospace engineer by training. Early on, she became fascinated with computational fluid dynamics and decided to make her career in this field. Her last stint was in a CFD software development firm that catered to the helicopter industry. She spent some time in the US at Iowa State University. Mumbai after marriage, and presently, she…
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🌎 Simcenter Engineering: https://go.sw.siemens.com/QeBWrR7w🎬 Simcenter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SiemensSoft... Hear Petr Kodl from Siemens talk about GPU-enabled acceleration of CFD simulation.Representation of the benefits of running Simcenter STAR-CCM+ on GPUs provides computational fluid dynamics (CFD) capabilities to go faster while m…
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💻 Full tutorial: • Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PIN... Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) integrate known physical laws into neural network learning, particularly for solving differential equations. They embed these laws into the network's loss function, guiding the learning process beyond just data fitting. This integration helps the ne…
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Mike Grau is an engineer by heart, with a passion for challenges. He believes the future is in the convergence of design, simulation, and manufacturing through automation. And it is energizing for him to work with customers at Synera to inspire and demonstrate new workflows.In this podcast, we dive deep into the world of "The New Engineering: Trans…
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🌍 Free Trial: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H05qHRB0📝 Whitepapers: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H05qHTf0 As a renowned aerospace engineer and entrepreneur, Moritz specializes in model-based engineering and generative design. His journey began with obtaining a doctorate in product development processes, followed by invaluable experience as a senior consultant in gener…
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🌍 Ultraspeaking Class: https://ultraspeaking.com/fundamental... Alienor Hunter went from struggling with social anxiety to becoming one of Ultraspeaking's top coaches . . . in only 11 months! This episode of the Ultraspeaking podcast reveals Alienor's remarkable story and highlights the steps she took to transform her confidence and communication s…
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📕 Data-Driven Fluid Mechanics: Combining First Principles and Machine Learning : https://geni.us/08JM🌍 Miguel's website: https://www.mendezma.com🌍 Machine Learning for Fluid Mechanics: Analysis, Modeling, Control and Closures: https://www.datadrivenfluidmechanics.comMiguel Alfonso Mendez is an Associate Professor at the von Karman Institute for Flu…
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🌍 Dominique's website: https://www.fea-academy.com/🌍 Evotech CAE: https://evotechcae.com/💼 Dominique on LinkedIn: / dominique-madier 💼 Steffan on LinkedIn: / steffan-evans Dominique is a senior aerospace consultant with more than 20 years of experience and advanced expertise in Finite Element Analysis of static and dynamic problems for linear and n…
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🌍 LEAP71: https://leap71.com/🌍 PicoGK: https://leap71.com/picogk/ Josefine Lissner is an early pioneer in the field of Computational Engineering. Some of her work has been hailed as a historic milestone in physical designs and 3D-printing.Josefine uses computer code to build the world’s most astonishing and complex physical objects. She is the foun…
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📚 Grokking Machine Learning by Luis: https://bit.ly/3TfQKtS🌍 Cohere LLM University: https://docs.cohere.com/docs/llmu Dr. Luis Serrano’s interest in mathematics started in high school when he participated in mathematical olympiads, representing his native Colombia. Later, he completed a bachelor’s and master’s in mathematics at the University of Wa…
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🌍 Mike's Presentation: https://mikecroucher.github.io/reprod... Mike Croucher is Customer Success Engineer at MathWorks where he works with researchers and educators on many different aspects of research computing.His interests center around research software engineering, high performance and cloud computing and various aspects of machine learning,…
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🌍 Get Jeremy's Book on LinkedIn: https://geni.us/wFxcppz Jeremy Schifeling has devoted his career to helping others succeed in theirs. From teaching kindergarten in Brooklyn to recruiting top students at Teach For America to leading education marketing at LinkedIn, he’s touched the lives of millions of people at every stage of their journeys. Along…
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🌍 Get Thomas Book Here: https://geni.us/jOIOf Thomas Anderson is a Swedish entrepreneur, change manager, inspirational speaker, and life coach. He helps people and companies in their transformation journeys. He has extensive experience from global companies as a project manager, change manager, and management consultant. He has always been close to…
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🌍 Official ISimQ Website: https://www.isimq.com/ ISimQ stands for “Innovative Simulations with Quality”. It was founded in May 2016 by Paul Galpin, Thorsten Hansen and Georg Scheuerer.Georg Scheuerer founded Advanced Scientific Computing in Germany which is the predecessor of ANSYS Germany, and has successfully grown this company over a period of 2…
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🌎 EikoSim: https://eikosim.com/en/eikosim-home-e...Florent Mathieu founded digital imaging software company EikoSim four years ago as a result of research work at the University of Paris-Saclay’s LMT laboratory.The startup’s main product EikoTwin is image-processing software that enables information to be more accurately transfered between test and…
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🌍 Free Trial: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H05qHRB0📝 Whitepapers: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H05qHTf0 As a renowned aerospace engineer and entrepreneur, Moritz specializes in model-based engineering and generative design. His journey began with obtaining a doctorate in product development processes, followed by invaluable experience as a senior consultant in gener…
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Some young South Africans have begun to question Nelson Mandela's legacy, and the choices made in the transition to democracy after the end of apartheid in 1994. Some have even called him a "sellout". In the third and final part of our special series What happened to Nelson Mandela's South Africa?, marking 30 years of democracy in South Africa post…
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Databases are ubiquitous, and you don’t need to be a data practitioner to know that all data everywhere is stored in a database—or is it? While the majority of data around the world lives in a database, the data that helps run the heart of our operating systems—the core functions of our computers— is not stored in the same place as everywhere else.…
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Cactus Wrens, which may nest several times between March and September, carefully orient their nests in tune with the season. These bulky twig structures have a side entrance that curves toward the inner chamber. When building a nest for the hot months, the wren faces the opening to receive the afternoon breeze. By contrast, a Cactus Wren building …
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For centuries Spain had been an outlier in Europe due to its religious diversity; Christians, Jews, and Muslims all existed reasonably peacefully across the Iberian peninsula. Under Isabelle of Castile that all changed. She began the Spanish Inquisition and brought to the fore a religious fundamentalism that would eventually force out of the countr…
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Today, President Biden signed a law banning TikTok, assuming it can't work out some long-shot deal to sell to a U.S. owner. TikTok of course is going to fight all this in court. Editor in Chief at The Verge, and host of the Decoder podcast, Nilay Patel joins Taylor Lorenz to discuss TikTok’s uncertain future. Later, YouTube star Marques Brownlee ak…
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This week, I sit down with Brie aka ThatSexLady! We talk about what it is like being a sex educator and sooo much more. Be sure to follow Brie on Instagram and TikTok @ThatSexLady! Support the show Thank you for listening! Fanlist: https://fanlist.com/meetmeatthespotpod/members Email: meetmeatthespotpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @meetmeatthespotpodc…
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The early bond between Native Americans and horses was both technical and spiritual. For centuries, horses amplified the range and power for tribes, especially in the west. New discoveries are potentially rewriting what we know about the use of horses by the earliest inhabitants of North America. Those ancient bonds translate into a lasting spiritu…
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In 1999, ​singer-songwriter Jennifer Knapp was at the top of the Christian music world. Her debut album Kansas was gold-certified, she'd won four Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and she was on tour with some of the top bands in the business. It seemed like Knapp was destined to be the ultimate ​rockstar poster child for evangelical teens - es…
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She Has A Name is set against the backdrop of the drug epidemic in 1980s Detroit. The new podcast hosted by NPR's Tonya Mosley blends elements of investigative journalism and memoir to tell a story about loss and redemption, mending broken family ties, and the trauma experienced by countless individuals who've lost loved ones to violence. Listen to…
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Minnie questions Courteney Cox, star of Friends, Scream, Shining Vale, and more. Courteney shares why her temporary breakup with partner made their relationship stronger, why she’s more interested in where we come from than where we’re going, and tells the story of a steak on her Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Green-winged Teal are North America's smallest dabbling duck, at just over a foot long and weighing less than a pound. The male has a cinnamon brown head with a band of green behind the eye. Both males and females have a green bar on the wing that gleams like an emerald when the sun strikes it. During courtship, up to 25 males may court a single fe…
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