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
- 1394
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Gravity Reimagined: An Intro to Einstein's Field Equations
Join us for a clear, accessible tour of Einstein's field equations. We'll contrast Newtonian gravity with general relativity, unpack the equivalence principle, and explain how mass-energy curves spac…
00:21:24 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Blocking Unpacked: Turning Noise into Signal in Experimental Design
In this Deep Dive episode, we dissect blocking: why grouping similar units helps separate treatment effects from nuisance variation, the Fisher ANOVA origin, and how to design blocks in trials and fi…
00:21:00 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
OEIS A00187: Generalized Euler numbers
In this Deep Dive, we explore the generalized Eulerian numbers behind OEIS A00187. We sketch what they count (a broad generalization of ascent statistics in permutations), how an inclusion–exclusion …
00:17:18 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
Redox Reactions Unpacked: Electron Moves That Power Everyday Chemistry
A concise, practical tour of oxidation and reduction, how oxidation states are assigned, and why redox matters—from magnesium reacting with air to modern batteries—guided by clear rules, real-world e…
00:20:03 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Yellow Light, Big Science: Inside High-Pressure Sodium Lamps
A science corner deep dive into high‑pressure sodium (HPS) lamps. We unpack why sodium glows yellow, what lumens per watt means in practice, and the engineering behind the arc tube, translucent PCA, …
00:21:06 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Electrowinning Unpacked: Powering Metal Recovery with Electrolysis
A clear, concise dive into electrowinning—the electrochemical method used to extract and refine metals from solution. We’ll define the process, distinguish it from general electrolysis, and explain h…
00:20:40 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Project Azorian: The CIA’s Audacious Deep-Sea Salvage
Join us as we dive into the 1974 covert mission to recover a sunken Soviet submarine. From SOSUS detections of K-129 to the Halibut’s deep-sea search and the Hughes Glomar Explorer’s moon pool, we ex…
00:19:14 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Shells Unlocked: The Science of Seashells
Join us for a deep dive into seashells—their mollusk-made construction, layered calcium carbonate structure, and how proteins guide biomineralization to create strong, lightweight shells. We’ll explo…
00:11:58 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Glass Sponges Unveiled: The Deep-Sea Silica Skeletons
Dive into the world of hexactinellida—glass sponges with silica skeletons built from six‑rayed spicules. We’ll explore how they form glass, their unusual multinucleate syncytial bodies, and their rap…
00:18:57 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
The 1955 Le Mans Disaster: How a Crash Reshaped Motorsport
In this episode we cut through the noise to tell the real story of the 1955 Le Mans disaster—the chain of events, the technology battles (disc vs drum brakes), and the track's dangers. We piece toget…
00:17:27 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Turbomachinery Energy Exchange Between Rotor and Fluid
Learn about Turbomachinery Energy Exchange Between Rotor and Fluid
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00:31:34 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
2024 LDS Church Statistical Report
Learn about 2024 LDS Church Statistical Report
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Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
00:16:49 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Open Deep Search: Building Transparent, Open-Source Search-Augmented LLMs
In this episode we dive into Open Deep Search (ODS), the open-source path to turning LLMs into smart, real-time researchers. We break down the Open Search Tool and Open Reasoning Agent, explain how q…
00:18:19 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
OEIS A000186: 3×N Latin Rectangles with an Ordered First Row
A deep dive into A000186, the count of 3×N Latin rectangles with the first row fixed in increasing order. We unpack what a Latin rectangle is, explain what 'ordered first row' means (reduced rectangl…
00:17:32 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
The Hanseatic League
Learn about The Hanseatic League
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Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
00:28:02 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Tariffs, Prices, and the Hidden Costs of Trade Barriers
A deep dive into why domestic prices rise when tariffs hit, even with domestic competition. We explore how resource reallocation—land, labor, and capital—drives higher prices through opportunity cost…
00:13:03 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Mind Maps Unlocked: Visual Thinking for Study, Work, and Creativity
In this episode of Science Corner, we dive into mind maps—what they are, how they work, and why they help you think more clearly. We cover central ideas, branches, keywords, and images; tips for effe…
00:09:51 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Lithospheric Drips: The Slow Shaping of Earth's Crust
In this Deep Dive episode, we unravel lithospheric dripping—the slow, gravity-driven ooze of the lower crust into the mantle. From Turkey's Central Anatolian Plateau to the American Midwest (and even…
00:16:51 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Llama 4 Scout & Maverick: Meta's Multimodal AI Revolution
In this Deep Dive episode, we unpack Meta's Llama 4 lineup—Scout, Maverick, and the Behemoth teacher. We break down the innovations: native multimodality, expansive context windows, mixture-of-expert…
00:14:19 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
Dreamer V3: A General-Purpose World-Model for Reinforcement Learning
In this Science Corner episode of The Deep Dive, we unpack Dreamer V3—the single, fixed-hyperparameter agent designed to excel across diverse tasks. We break down the world-model (RSSM), the actor-cr…
00:16:53 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
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