The State of The Universe

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#86 - Dr. Dan Hooper - New Physics or Faulty Calculations? All About the Muon g-2 Experiment

Rate the show 5 stars on Apple Pods! Seriously, do it now. Episode 86 features particle physicist and cosmologist Dr. Dan Hooper. We discuss the recent Muon g-2 experi

May 24 2021
1 h 04 min

#85 - Dr. Stephon Alexander - Black Holes, Supersymmetry, and all that Jazz

Episode 85 features theoretical physicist Dr. Stephon Alexander. Stephon specializes in cosmology, particle physics and quantum gravity (String Theory and Loop Quantum Gr

Mar 28 2021
1 h 29 min

#84 - Nate Stewart - America's Back (in Space), Baby!

Episode 84 features Nate Stewart. Nate is an Operations Planning Flight Controller at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The content of the episode does not represent the opini

Mar 17 2021
1 h 14 min

#83 - Dr. Ethan Siegel - ʻOumuamua, Aliens, and The Scientific Commandments

Episode 83 features astrophysicist Dr. Ethan Siegel. We discuss the interstellar interloper ʻOumuamua, why Ethan pushes back on the ʻOumuamua-Alien hypothesis, the scient

Mar 2 2021
1 h 29 min

#82 - Dr. Brian Keating - The Everlasting Lessons from Galileo's Life

Episode 82 features astrophysicist Dr. Brian Keating. We discuss the mistakes that we are all susceptible to making when conducting science, how Galileo taught us of our

Feb 3 2021
1 h 17 min

#81 - Dr. Daniel Whiteson - The Standard Model and Its Many Quirks!

Rate the show five stars wherever you are listening or dark matter will forever remain elusive! Episode 81 features physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson. We discuss the Stand

Nov 13 2020
1 h 41 min

Why This Universe? - Please Stop Emailing Dan About MOND!

This episode is part of the science podcast takeover extravaganza! Today only, The State of The Universe feed will be taken over by Dan Hooper and Shalma Wegsman, the hos

Nov 11 2020
33 min

#80 - Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe - Galaxies, Galaxies, and More Galaxies!

Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen to end the pandy! (that means pandemic... for the people who don't understand hip-lingo) Episode 80 features astrophysicist Dr

Oct 16 2020
1 h 08 min

#79 - Dr. Dan Hooper - Did NASA Really Detect a Parallel Universe!?!?

Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen in order to solve world hunger... don't be selfish. Episode 79 features particle physicist and cosmologist Dr. Dan Hooper. We

Aug 27 2020
1 h 28 min

#78 - Brian McNoldy - Hurricanes and Climate Change, What's the Connection?

Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen or corona season will never end... your choice. Episode 78 features hurricane expert Brian McNoldy. We discuss how climate ch

Jun 17 2020
1 h 20 min

#77 - Dr. Maura McLaughlin - Detecting the Ripples from Merging Supermassive Black Holes

Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen or throw your phone into the interstate. Your choice... Episode 77 features Dr. Maura McLaughlin - an expert on pulsars and gr

May 7 2020
1 h 24 min

#76 - Peter Haas - Artificial Intelligence Should Scare You!

Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen or you will be the first victim of the robot takeover... Your choice. Episode 76 features an expert in Artificial Intelligenc

Apr 16 2020
1 h 31 min

#75 - Dr. Kevin Peter Hand - Exploring Alien Oceans

Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen! Or we'll never get to Europa... Your choice. Episode 75 features Dr. Kevin Peter Hand. Kevin Peter Hand is a scientist at NA

Apr 9 2020
1 h 43 min

#74 - Bernie Taylor - Finding the Origin of Dogs

Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen! Or you hate dogs... Your choice. Episode 74 feature Bernie Taylor. Bernie Taylor is an author focused on topics at the inter

Apr 8 2020
1 h 30 min

#73 - Nate Stewart - The Difficulties of Getting to Mars!

Episode 73 features Nate Stewart. Nate is an Operations Planning Flight Controller at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The content of the episode does not represent the opini

Mar 28 2020
1 h 21 min

#71 - Dr. Joel Kastner - Watching Planets Form!

Episode 71 features Dr. Joel Kastner. We discuss how we search for young stars, what they can teach us about our own Sun and Solar System, how we observe planets forming,

Mar 7 2020
1 h 19 min

#70 - Dr. Mike Poland - Yellowstone: The Gravity of the Situation

Episode 70 features Dr. Mike Poland. We discuss whether Yellowstone is at risk of another super eruption, how it is monitored, what precursors will indicate an oncoming e

Feb 18 2020
1 h 35 min

#69 - Dr. David Warmflash - Let's Rover the Moon!

Episode 69 features Dr. David Warmflash. We discuss what will be achieved in spaceflight in the next decade, how commercial spaceflight will develop, the Columbia disaste

Feb 5 2020
1 h 50 min

#68 - Nate Stewart - The Rituals of Spaceflight!

Episode 68 features Nate Stewart. Nate is an Operations Planning Flight Controller at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The content of the episode does not represent the opini

Jan 29 2020
1 h 24 min

#67 - Dr. David Fisher - How Human Spaceflight is Returning to the United States in 2020

Episode 67 features Spaceflight Historian and Physicist Dr. David Fisher. We discuss what was achieved in spaceflight in 2019, what we expect to achieve in 2020, how we w

Jan 9 2020
1 h 55 min

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This is a Grade A science podcast! this is the best science podcast I've found. It's not overly basic or too complex... the conversations are easy to follow and very entertaining.

Astronerd32 · Jul 2021

I really enjoy astronomy, the history and the guests. I like the off-the-cuff candor the show’s host maintains—it is a refreshing change to the straight scientific rigor methodology of many podcasts. What I would like to hear more about would be Lyman-Alpha Blobs or clouds as incubating galaxies and other types of rare things we do not hear much about. Can we hear more about things like M Theory, String Theory, some of the new thinkers creating new theories and physics, etc. Thank you for a great show, David.

Half Off Ponds · May 2021

Timely discussions with top thinkers in physics. The interviews meander a bit, but that leads to really interesting explorations about all sorts of scientific topics.

PA196345 · May 2021

This is an amazing podcast featuring outstanding guests who bring great scientific insights which are presented in a way that everyone can understand!

the n1ghthawk · Mar 2021

I really wanted to like this show, but in several episodes the host does things like ask people with foreign-sounding names where they are from, poke fun at their names, and otherwise act completely ignorant about culture and how to respectfully address people who are different than you. Somehow, I assumed this guy was an academic, but looking at the other reviews I can see he isn’t and that there is also right wing propaganda. I wasn’t willing to listen past the intros. Not worth your time.

surogers76 · Aug 2021

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