Mathematicians

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Interviews with mathematicians

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Curt Jaimungal & Stephen Wolfram 16 Sep 2025 • EN

Stephen Wolfram: Computation, Physics, Going Beyond "Evolution"

In this episode Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica and the Wolfram Language, discusses his view of the universe as a computational system. We examine computational irreducibility, discrete space, multi‑way evolution, and how observers shape physical laws from thermodynamics to quantum mechanics. Wolfram also conne

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Freddie Sayers & James Lindsay 17 Sep 2025 • EN

James Lindsay: Beware Right-wing cancel culture

Has the political Right become what it once despised? In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, a wave of firings and online campaigns has many asking if a "woke right" has finally arrived, adopting the very tactics of cancel culture it used to condemn. Freddie Sayers sits down with author and commentator James

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Brian Keating & Stephen Wolfram 06 Aug 2025 • EN

Are Humans Smart Enough to Understand the Universe? (ft. Stephen Wolfram)

Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/yt to win a meteorite 💥 Why aren't whales building rockets? They have bigger brains than we do after all. In this episode with Stephen Wolfram, we talk about why more brainpower doesn't always mean more understanding, and how neural architecture faces physic

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What happens when a world-class mathematician meets ’80s college radio, Bill Gates’ top-10 favorite books, and a host with an algebra redemption arc? A surprisingly funny, fast-moving conversation. Dr. Jordan Ellenberg—John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics at UW–Madison and author of How Not to Be Wrong—swaps stor

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Dr. Jessica Rose is an artist, musician, mathematician, professional surfer, biologist, science researcher & data analysis. Dr. Rose has a Post Doc in Biochemistry at Technion Institute of Technology, Post Doc in Molecular Biology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PhD in Computational Biology at Bar-Ilan University, M

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Dr. Jessica Rose is an artist, musician, mathematician, professional surfer, biologist, science researcher & data analysis. Dr. Rose has a Post Doc in Biochemistry at Technion Institute of Technology, Post Doc in Molecular Biology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PhD in Computational Biology at Bar-Ilan University, M

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