The State of The Universe

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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,

#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

#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

#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

#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