Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 639
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
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Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners, like you!
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What is the brightest thing in the universe?
EXTREME UNIVERSE! (Hint: It's not the sun)
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Is the Earth round?
How do we know the earth is actually round and not just "global conspiracy?"
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How can we see Dark Matter?
We know it exists but what is it and how can we see it?
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What Is Radiation?
Is it bad or good or spicy or mild?
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What Is the Hottest Thing In The Universe?
How hot can it get? Is there an upper limit to temperature?
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What Is A Dyson Sphere?
We're not talking about your vacuum cleaner!
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Bad Science Questions
Daniel and Jorge welcome Ethan, host of the Podcast Bad Science, and answer his questions about the universe.
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What Is Quantum Spin?
Everybody talks about it, but what IS it?
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What Is The Emptiest Place In The Universe?
What constitutes a vacuum? Can space ever really be empty?
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What's In Jupiter's Great Red Spot?
What is the Eye of Jupiter?
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Will A Gamma Ray Burst Kill You?
What are gamma ray bursts, and are they dangerous?
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What's Inside The Earth?
What would happen if you jumped into a hole that went through the center of the Earth and out the other side?
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How Does A Bicycle Balance?
We don't understand bicycles!
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Why Does Time Go Forwards?
Why can't we change the direction of time? What are the past, present and future really?
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What Is A Tachyon?
Are Tachyons real or just the stuff of science fiction? Thanks to Prof. Flip Tanedo (UC Riverside) for scientific review.
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What is Supersymmetry?
What's so super about this symmetry?
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Questions From The Zeitgeist (ft The Daily Zeitgeist hosts)
Jack and Miles, hosts of The Daily Zeitgeist, ask Daniel and Jorge their most pressing questions about the universe; Why is the sky blue? Whats a quantum machine gun? How do planets form?
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What Is A Space Elevator?
Can this actually work?
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