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- 🇨🇦CA · Physics#41M to 3M
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2.8M to 8.5M🎙 Weekly cadence·114 episodes·Last published 5mo ago - Monthly Reach
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5.6M to 17M🇨🇦18%🇺🇸18%🇬🇧6%+44 more - Active Followers
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1.7M to 5.1M
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98 - An Improbable Quantum Ghost Story (Ft. David Kaplan)
Jan 19, 2026
41m 21s
97 - The Schrödinger Equation: The Heart of Quantum Mechanics
Dec 22, 2025
29m 52s
96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)
Nov 24, 2025
53m 24s
95 - Would Aliens Have the Same Physics? (Ft. Daniel Whiteson)
Nov 4, 2025
43m 10s
38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses (2025 Update)
Oct 13, 2025
34m 29s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/19/26 | 98 - An Improbable Quantum Ghost Story (Ft. David Kaplan)✨ | quantum mechanicsnon-linear quantum mechanics+3 | David Kaplan | PatreonShalma Wegsman | — | quantum mechanicsnon-linear+4 | — | 41m 21s | |
| 12/22/25 | 97 - The Schrödinger Equation: The Heart of Quantum Mechanics✨ | quantum mechanicsSchrödinger equation+4 | — | PatreonShalma Wegsman+1 | — | quantum mechanicsSchrödinger equation+4 | — | 29m 52s | |
| 11/24/25 | 96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)✨ | particle physicsdocumentary+3 | David Kaplan | Large Hadron ColliderParticle Fever | — | Large Hadron ColliderParticle Fever+5 | — | 53m 24s | |
| 11/4/25 | 95 - Would Aliens Have the Same Physics? (Ft. Daniel Whiteson)✨ | aliensphysics+3 | Daniel Whiteson | Do Aliens Speak Physics? | — | aliensphysics+4 | — | 43m 10s | |
| 10/13/25 | 38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses (2025 Update)✨ | Nobel Prizescience+3 | — | NobelShalma Wegsman | — | Nobel Prizescience+3 | PatreonCODE | 34m 29s | |
| 9/29/25 | 94 - Inside the Hubble Tension (Ft. Adam Riess)✨ | Hubble Tensionuniverse expansion+3 | Adam Riess | — | — | Hubble Tensionuniverse expansion+4 | — | 31m 55s | |
| 9/15/25 | 93 - The Moment Dark Energy Appeared (Ft. Adam Riess)✨ | dark energyuniverse expansion+3 | Adam Riess | PatreonShalma Wegsman | — | dark energyuniverse expansion+3 | — | 40m 23s | |
| 5/2/25 | AUA: Changing Dark Energy, Twin Paradox, and What's Next for CERN✨ | dark energytwin paradox+3 | — | Patreon | — | dark energytwin paradox+3 | — | 54m 36s | |
| 3/9/25 | AUA: The Early Universe, Quantum Interpretations, and Asteroids✨ | early universequantum interpretations+4 | — | Patreon | — | early universequantum interpretations+4 | — | 29m 05s | |
| 1/13/25 | 92 - What Cosmology Has in Store for 2025 (Ft. Dan Scolnic)✨ | cosmologydiscoveries+3 | Dan Scolnic | — | — | cosmology2025+3 | — | 46m 14s | |
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| 12/23/24 | 91 - What Neutrinos Reveal About the Milky Way | A discovery last year reveals our galaxy in a whole new light - except it's not light, it's neutrinos! Learn what this discovery can teach us about the Milky Way and beyond.For exclusive ask-us-anything episodes, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse. Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universe Support the show | 30m 57s | ||||||
| 11/4/24 | 90 - Quintessence: Is Dark Energy Changing? (Ft. Sean Carroll) | Is it possible that dark energy is not a constant, but rather is changing over time? Sean Carroll talks to us about how our understanding of dark energy evolved in recent history, and what is still left unknown.For exclusive ask-us-anything episodes, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse. Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universe Support the show | 41m 43s | ||||||
| 10/14/24 | 89 - A Dark Matter Vibe Check | Dan and Shalma have a candid conversation about the state of dark matter research, and the ways the field has changed over the last few years.For exclusive ask-us-anything episodes, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse. Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 37m 14s | ||||||
| 9/23/24 | 88 - Why Does Our Universe Exist At All? (Ft. Sean Carroll) | Why does something exist, rather than nothing? Special guest Sean Carroll helps us explore this deep philosophical question.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse.Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 28m 01s | ||||||
| 9/2/24 | 87 - The Good and the Bad of Peer Review | There has been some criticism of the process scientists use to check each other's work. Today we take a deep dive into peer review to determine how broken it really is.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse.Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 39m 39s | ||||||
| 8/5/24 | 28 - How Noether's Theorem Changed Physics (Rerun) | Learn how Noether's profound mathematical theorem relating symmetries to conservation laws is deeply woven into the physics of the universe. Enjoy this rerun of an earlier episode as we take our summer break.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 24m 21s | ||||||
| 7/2/24 | 86 - The Life and Death of Stars | We explore the diverse world of stars in the universe, from those similar to our Sun to those totally unrecognizable.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 40m 52s | ||||||
| 6/17/24 | 85 - Our Sun: Present, Past and Future | Today's episode is all about the star in our front yard - the sun. Learn how it came to be, how it has changed, and how will it change in the future.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 37m 23s | ||||||
| 6/3/24 | 84 - The Search For New Worlds (ft. Josh Winn) | Hear how the search for exoplanets has developed, and what surprises it has brought so far.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 45m 14s | ||||||
| 5/13/24 | 83 - Witnessing a Revolution in Particle Physics (Ft. Chris Quigg) | Today we hear from someone who bore witness to the so-called “November Revolution” of particle physics in 1974.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universe Support the show | 31m 44s | ||||||
| 4/29/24 | 82 - Science Vs. Pseudoscience | Pseudoscience can sometimes be hard to distinguish from the real thing. Today we discuss how philosophers of science have thought about this problem.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 35m 40s | ||||||
| 4/15/24 | 81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy | The first episode in a new mini-series on philosophical problems in cosmology - Today we start with the origins of Western science and learn what the ancient Greeks thought about the cosmos.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 43m 25s | ||||||
| 4/1/24 | 80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern Cosmology | Hear how a recent discovery of the motions of galaxies is changing how cosmologists are thinking about our universe.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 16m 48s | ||||||
| 3/18/24 | 79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli) | Last year, an experiment called NanoGRAV made a surprising discovery of gravitational waves using pulsars around the universe. Special guest Chiara Mingarelli explains.For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverseOur merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universeSupport the show | 41m 03s | ||||||
| 3/4/24 | 78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller) | What's it like bringing science to the most general public audiences? How do you distill complex results into short news-worthy articles without getting lost in clickbait? Today we hear the perspective of New York Times science journalist Katrina Miller. For ad free episodes and other exclusives, join us for just $3 a month on Patreon: https://patreon.com/whythisuniverse Our merch is available here: https://www.shalmawegsman.com/why-this-universe Support the show | 38m 30s | ||||||
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