342 Episodes

  1. 333 | Gordon Pennycook on Unthinkingness, Conspiracies, and What to Do About Them

    Published: 10/27/2025

  2. 332 | Dmitri Tymoczko on the Mathematics Behind Music

    Published: 10/20/2025

  3. AMA | October 2025

    Published: 10/13/2025

  4. 331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse

    Published: 10/6/2025

  5. 330 | Petter Törnberg on the Dynamics of (Mis)Information

    Published: 9/29/2025

  6. 329 | Steven Pinker on Rationality and Common Knowledge

    Published: 9/22/2025

  7. 328 | Mary Roach on Replacing Parts of Our Bodies

    Published: 9/15/2025

  8. AMA | September 2025

    Published: 9/8/2025

  9. 327 | Cass Sunstein on Liberalism

    Published: 9/1/2025

  10. 326 | Natalie Batalha on What We Know and Will Learn About Exoplanets

    Published: 8/25/2025

  11. 325 | Alvy Ray Smith on Pixar, Pixels, and the Great Digital Convergence

    Published: 8/18/2025

  12. 324 | Elizabeth Mynatt on Universities and the Importance of Basic Research

    Published: 8/11/2025

  13. AMA | August 2025

    Published: 8/4/2025

  14. 323 | Jacob Barandes on Indivisible Stochastic Quantum Mechanics

    Published: 7/28/2025

  15. 322 | Philip Pettit on Language, Agency, Politics, and Freedom

    Published: 7/21/2025

  16. 321 | David Tong on Open Questions in Quantum Field Theory

    Published: 7/14/2025

  17. AMA | July 2025

    Published: 7/7/2025

  18. 320 | Solo: Complexity and the Universe

    Published: 6/30/2025

  19. 319 | Bryan Van Norden on Philosophy From the Rest of the World

    Published: 6/23/2025

  20. 318 | Edward Miguel on the Developing Practice of Development Economics

    Published: 6/16/2025

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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, philosophy, culture and much more.