The Quantum Kid

This Roblox game uses quantum computing?! (Gamescom reveal) Kai plays quantum chess too

This game was shown live at Gamescom, where it got serious attention, so we had to find out what it's actually doing with quantum computing. Can a video game really run o

Can quantum computers really break the encryption protecting your data?

Can quantum computers really break the encryption protecting your data? Kai sits down with Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO of QuSecure, to find out, recorded live in Geneva at th

Particle Fever director: can art explain quantum physics better than equations?

Can quantum be explained through art instead of equations? Award-winning filmmaker Mark Levinson (Particle Fever, The Universe in a Grain of Sand) joins Roger Highfield f

How do you build a quantum computing startup?

In this episode of The Quantum Kid, Kai visits a real quantum computing startup, ZuriQ, at ETH Zurich to find out what it takes to build a company in one of the world's m

Why do kids learn quantum faster than adults? John Martinis explains

Why do kids understand quantum concepts faster than adults? Nobel Prize winner John Martinis (2025 Nobel Prize in Physics) and Elisa Torres Durney (founder of Girls in Qu

Can quantum computing help unlock fusion energy on Earth?

Why can't we simulate the Sun, and could quantum computers help us build a star on Earth? Watch Kai visit a tokamak to find out. First, though, he heads to the Atacama D

Inside CERN: is quantum computing the answer to the next LHC upgrade?

Kai visited CERN just before the Large Hadron Collider shut down for one of the biggest upgrades in its history. The High-Luminosity LHC will dramatically increase colli

A kid 3D-printed a human ear — then found out how quantum computers discover new drugs

Would you like to print a new ear? How about a new heart? In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai goes somewhere very few kids ever get to go: a real bioprint

John Preskill & Ken Goldberg: can quantum computers make robots smarter?

Here's the Spotify version. Spotify has episode comments too, so I kept the "Now your turn" section. You could also turn one of those questions into a Spotify poll (there

Scott Aaronson's Chat with Kai: Time Travel, Wormholes, Paradoxes, and the Future of Physics

In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai explores one of the most fascinating frontiers in modern physics: time travel, and what quantum mechanics and relativit

Nobel laureate Steven Chu & Peter Shor on quantum computing vs climate change

In this episode of The Quantum Kid, Kai travels to Easter Island to explore one of the biggest questions of our time: can quantum computing help the environment and make

This 9-year-old ran his own program on a real quantum computer

In this episode, 9-year-old Kai codes on a real quantum computer! Join us as we visit an actual quantum computing lab at ETH Zurich, Albert Einstein's alma mater, with K

Could quantum computers help us find alien life?

In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai and his science writer mom, Katia Moskvitch, travel to the Atacama Desert in Chile, the driest place on Earth. They vis

The 3D-printed panda: can quantum computing reinvent manufacturing?

In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai and Katia explore how quantum computing is beginning to reshape how we build, design, and optimize everything, from mat

Can Quantum Computers Fly a Plane?

Welcome to The Quantum Kid, where 9-year-old Kai and his physicist mom, Katia Moskvitch, talk to scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs building tomorrow's world. Big