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StarTalk Radio

429 episodes · 20 with AI analysis

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Oct 7, 2025

Things You Thought You Knew – Quantum Cat

Black Hole Physics and SpaghettificationTidal Forces and Gravitational GradientsQuantum Mechanics Fundamentals
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Oct 14, 2025

Cosmic Queries – Death of a Black Hole

Black Hole Evaporation and Hawking RadiationLunar and Solar Eclipse MechanicsRelativistic Velocity Addition and Special Relativity
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Oct 17, 2025

Deepfakes and the War on Truth with Bogdan Botezatu

Deepfake Detection and AuthenticationRomance Scams and Psychological ManipulationPig Butchering Scam Tactics
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Oct 21, 2025

The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Physics of Giant Creatures and Scaling LawsCultural Differences in Monster Mythology (Eastern vs. Western)Godzilla as Cultural Response to Nuclear Weapons
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Oct 24, 2025

Cosmic Queries – ALIENS! with Jake Roper

Alien Life Forms and AstrobiologyFirst Contact Protocols and DiplomacyExtraterrestrial Weapons and Energy Beams
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Oct 28, 2025

Bill Nye Takeover

NASA Budget Cuts and Proposed 25% ReductionMars Sample Return Mission CancellationEarth Science and Climate Monitoring Satellites
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Oct 31, 2025

What Loneliness Does To Your Brain with Ben Rein

Neurobiological mechanisms of loneliness and social isolationCortisol, oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine in social reward systemsChronic inflammation and health outcomes linked to isolation
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Nov 4, 2025

The Limits of Knowing with Elise Crull

History and Philosophy of Quantum PhysicsQuantum Entanglement and Non-LocalityObserver Effect and Measurement Problem
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Nov 11, 2025

Cosmic Queries – Quantumly Stupid

Dimensional Physics and Spatial GeometrySpace Elevator Technology and FeasibilityAI in Education and Personalized Learning
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Nov 14, 2025

Superhero Science: StarTalk Live! With Charles Liu

Quantum Tunneling and Particle PhysicsWave-Particle DualityQuantum Entanglement
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Nov 18, 2025

Things You Thought You Knew – Force, Heat, & Speed

Force and Newton's Laws of MotionPressure and area relationshipsHeat vs. temperature distinction
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Nov 21, 2025

Cosmic Queries – Proving Einstein Right

General Relativity Experimental VerificationGravitational Waves Detection and MappingQuantum Mechanics vs General Relativity Incompatibility
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Nov 25, 2025

Sounds of the Cosmos with Kim Arcand

Data Sonification in AstrophysicsX-ray Telescope Technology and EngineeringMultimodal Data Visualization
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Nov 28, 2025

AGI, Immortality, & Visions of the Future with Adam Becker

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) feasibility and timelinesMars colonization technical and biological barriersMoore's Law plateau and semiconductor advancement limits
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Dec 2, 2025

Are We The Universe’s Way of Knowing Itself? With Brian Cox

Emergence and Complexity TheoryQuantum Field Theory and Standard ModelBlack Hole Thermodynamics and Information Paradox
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Dec 9, 2025

Cosmic Queries – Multiverse Nesting Dolls

Black Hole Physics and Event HorizonsMultiverse Theory and Nested UniversesHawking Radiation and Black Hole Evaporation
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Dec 12, 2025

Replaceable You with Mary Roach

Prosthetic limb technology and microprocessor-enhanced legsOrgan transplantation and immune rejection mechanismsXenotransplantation and genetically edited pig organs
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Dec 16, 2025

Origins of Dark Energy with Adam Riess

Dark Energy Discovery and PropertiesHubble Tension and Cosmological DiscrepanciesType Ia Supernovae as Standard Candles
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Dec 19, 2025

Cosmic Queries – Living in a Simulation with Nick Bostrom

Simulation Hypothesis and Simulation ArgumentAncestor Simulations and Procedural Content GenerationConsciousness and Substrate Independence
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Dec 23, 2025

Cosmic Queries – Space Volcanoes: Fire and Ice with Natalie Starkey

Ice Volcanoes and CryovolcanismPlanetary Magnetic Field Generation and Solar Wind ProtectionPlate Tectonics and Planetary Evolution
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