Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson

Q+A • Season 1 Finale

Thank you for joining us this season. In this season 1 finale we take listener questions!  What's the most dangerous experiment Taylor's ever done? How does lab glass wo

The Search for New Elements | Jacklyn Gates at Berkeley Lab

On this episode of Giant Leap, the search for elements beyond the end of the periodic table. Taylor and Joey visit the Heavy Element group at Lawrence Berkeley National L

Call for Questions

We're wrapping up production of Giant Leap Season 1. Before we go, we're taking listener questions at GiantLeapPodcast@gmail.com Audio or Video is preferred, but if you

Is Evolution Linear? | Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton

How are species are evolving in response to climate change, ecosystem loss and humanity as a whole? On this episode we speak with evolutionary biologist Shane Campbell-St

Are Carlsbad Caverns Radioactive?

In this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss Taylor’s recent trip to Carlsbad Caverns and why he was radioactive when he left. They discuss the element Radon, t

What’s Under the Ice? The science of ice cores | Joe McConnell

What’s under the ice? Trapped in the ice below the vast glacial ice fields, a frozen time capsule records the history of our planet’s atmosphere. From volcanic eruptions

The Lead Problem

We’ve all been told about the dangers of the element lead, but why is lead toxic and why is it so present in our environment? In this short episode of Giant Leap, Taylor

The Day Earth Short Circuited | Massive solar storms and their effect on our planet.

Giant Leap is a new podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson and journalist Joey Lovato. Shot in Taylor's lab, the show digs into hard science, big ideas and pos

The Next Big Volcano | Clive Oppenheimer

Website | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Patreon What can volcanoes tell us about our past, and future, as a species? Should we fear the destructive power of these

The Methane Problem

We hear a lot about CO2 and it's warming effect on the Earth's climate. What about Methane? In this episode of Giant Leap, Taylor talks about the methane problem -- where

Should Humans Still Go to Space? | Astronaut Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield, former commander of the International Space Station, talks with Taylor Wilson and Joey Lovato about the future of human space flight. We dig into the priv

Dude, where's my hydrogen car?

Electric cars are growing in popularity, but what about hydrogen cars? On this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss Hydrogen and examine its benefits and challe

Is A.I. Conscious? | Neuroscientist Anil Seth

What is consciousness...and, is it changing? On this episode of Giant Leap Taylor Wilson and Joey Lovato talk about the future of the brain with world-renowned neuroscien

Could we stop an asteroid?

On this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss the various impacts that Earth has endured, and ask: "are we prepared for the next?". Website: https://www.giantl

Life as we Don’t Know it | Ellen Stofan (Smithsonian, NASA)

A few years back, Taylor Wilson snowmobiled into Yellowstone National Park in the dead of winter with Ellen Stofan, then chief scientist of NASA, now undersecretary of sc

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Coming Soon | Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson

Announcing the podcast Giant Leap. Subscribe to be the first to hear the upcoming Trailer and first episodes. Giant Leap is a new show that explores the future by diggin