Intellectually Curious
Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring over 1,200 AI-powered explorations across science, mathematics, philosophy, and personal growth. Each short-form episode is generated, refined, and published with the help of large language models—turning curiosity into an ongoing audio encyclopedia. Designed for anyone who loves learning, it offers quick dives into everything from combinatorics and cryptography to systems thinking and psychology.
Inspiration for this podcast:
“Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 1391
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Hilberts Sixth Problem
Learn about Hilberts Sixth Problem
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Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
00:26:50 |
Sat 03 May 2025
Pairwise Power: The Bradley-Terry Model Explained
Take a close look at the Bradley-Terry model, the math that turns one-on-one preferences into a field of strengths. We’ll derive the core formula pi/(pi+pj), connect its exponential form to logistic …
00:18:10 |
Sat 03 May 2025
Generative UIs: Visual Interfaces for the AI Era
Join us as we dissect the coming wave of AI-driven interfaces: why visuals matter, how UIs might be generated on demand for each task, and why wearable devices could become true AI-enabled platforms …
00:11:49 |
Sat 03 May 2025
OEIS A000201: A Fibonacci-family recurrence and its 0-1 matrix interpretation
We examine A000201, defined by a_n = a_{n-1} + a_{n-2} - 2 with a_0 = 4 and a_1 = 3. The sequence sits in the Fibonacci–Lucas family via a_n = F_{n-1} + F_n + 2 and a_n = L_n + 2. A striking combinat…
00:09:12 |
Fri 02 May 2025
Stellar Nurseries: Inside the Molecular Clouds Where Stars Are Born
A guided tour of the Milky Way's cold, dense molecular clouds—the stellar nurseries. Learn what makes these clouds special, how H2 hides while CO lights up the gas, and how clumps and cores seed star…
00:21:31 |
Fri 02 May 2025
OEIS A00210: Beatty sequences floor(n(e−1)) and Rayleigh's complementary partition
Explore A00210, the Beatty sequence floor(n(e−1)). We explain Rayleigh's theorem: with R = e−1 and S = R/(R−1), the two Beatty sequences partition the positive integers, revealing deep connections to…
00:08:30 |
Thu 01 May 2025
OEIS A000209: Nearest integer to tan
An accessible exploration of A000209, the sequence formed by taking the nearest integer to tan(n) with n in radians. We unpack how tan behaves on the unit circle, why its values spike near odd multip…
00:12:02 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
The Leaderboard Illusion: Rethinking AI Rankings and Chatbot Arena
In this Deep Dive, we scrutinize The Leaderboard Illusion, unpacking how reliance on a single leaderboard—Chatbot Arena—can mislead about true progress. We explore private testing, unequal data acces…
00:15:59 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Deep Dive: Volcanoes — The Science Corner
A science‑focused walkthrough for curious amateur scientists. We unpack what volcanoes are, how plate tectonics and hotspots drive eruptions, the four main volcano types, what erupts from them, and t…
00:18:25 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Mem0 Scalable Long Term Memory for AI Agents
Learn about Mem0 Scalable Long Term Memory for AI Agents
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00:35:02 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
The Dollar Sign: Origins, Theories, and Global Notation
A concise tour of how a two-stroke symbol moved from peso ledgers to the US dollar and onto currencies named dollar or peso. We weigh the main origin theories, peek at printing-era experiments, and e…
00:14:51 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Zeeman Unveiled: How Magnetic Fields Split Light
We trace the Zeeman effect from Peter Zeeman’s 1896 breakthrough to today’s NASA-era applications. Learn how a magnetic field splits atomic light via electron magnetism, the difference between normal…
00:15:41 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
OEIS A000028: Even binary sequences with period 2n
We explore A000028 from the OEIS: the number of equivalence classes of binary strings of length 2n that repeat with period 2n, where each period contains an even number of 1s. Two blocks are consider…
00:10:21 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Entropic Gravity: Information, Entropy, and the Emergence of Space-Time
In this Science Corner episode, we explore the audacious idea that gravity might not be fundamental but emergent from quantum information and entropy. We trace the arc from black hole thermodynamics …
00:15:27 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Exhausting Circles: The Greek Path to Calculus
A deep dive into the method of exhaustion, the ancient Greek technique of finding areas and volumes by squeezing shapes with inscribed and circumscribed polygons. We trace its origins with Antiphon a…
00:13:54 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Neom Saudi Arabia Futuristic Megaproject
Learn about Neom Saudi Arabia Futuristic Megaproject
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00:22:00 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
OEIS A000007: Symmetry in Polygon Triangulations
We explore A000007, counting inequivalent ways to dissect an (n+2)-gon into n noncrossing triangles (rotations and reflections identified). We show how this equals the number of unlabeled maximal out…
00:08:03 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
OEIS A00026: Even Sequences with Period 2n
We explore A00026, counting the 'even' orbits of binary necklaces of length 2n under the combined dihedral symmetry DN cross S2 (rotations, reflections, and color inversion). A binary necklace is a b…
00:11:41 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
The Zettelkasten Effect: Cards, Connections, and the History of Thinking
Trace the Zettelkasten—from 16th-century slips to today’s digital note systems—and uncover the core ideas that make it work: atomic notes, strong linking, and flexible organization. See how this 'ext…
00:10:22 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
BCA Unpacked: The Benefit-Cost Ratio, Discounting, and Decision Making
A practical deep dive into benefit-cost analysis. We unpack the BCR, explain discounting and present value, discuss how to calculate and interpret results, and examine strengths, limitations, and rea…
00:19:47 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
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