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
Tinbergen Unlocked: The World of Instinct and the Wild
Dive into the life and work of Nikolaas 'Niko' Tinbergen, the founder of modern ethology. From attic experiments to Nobel glory, we explore his hierarchical model of instincts, the four guiding quest…
00:18:50 |
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Buzzing Brains: Unraveling Karl von Frisch's Bee World
Join us as we explore Karl von Frisch's revolutionary work on bee behavior. From the waggle dance and bee senses to navigation, dialects, and pheromones, we unpack how these tiny brains communicate, …
00:18:18 |
Fri 14 Mar 2025
OEIS A000163: Series-Parallel Numbers
Join us as we unpack A000163, the series-parallel numbers: the count of distinct two-terminal resistor networks you can build with n equal resistors using only series and parallel connections. We rev…
00:10:31 |
Fri 14 Mar 2025
OEIS A000162: Polycubes and one-sided counts
We dive into A000162, the OEIS sequence counting polycubes in 3D where reflections are treated as distinct. We’ll explore how the number of distinct polycubes grows with n, the role of chirality, and…
00:17:58 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
From Zero to Infinity: The Peano Axioms Unfolded
A deep dive into the foundations of natural numbers: the five Peano axioms (lovingly called the Pino Axioms in our conversation), how they generate all of arithmetic through induction, the surprising…
00:13:35 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Brains on Silicon: A Deep Dive into Neuromorphic Computing
Join us as we trace the arc of brain-inspired hardware—from Mead’s analog silicon retina to IBM TrueNorth, Intel Loihi, and BrainChip Akita. We unpack what makes neuromorphic systems different from t…
00:18:24 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
OEIS A000161: Partitions of n into two squares
We explore A000161, the number of ways to write n as a sum of two squares, counting unordered pairs of nonnegative integers (zero allowed). We unpack what 'partition' means in this context, why zeros…
00:14:52 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics
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Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
00:36:23 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Ambition and Conquest: The Rise of William the Conqueror
A narrative portrait of the man who turned a precarious Norman duchy into a continental empire and crowned England in 1066. From a bastard birth and a teenage ascent to Normandy to the invasion that …
00:15:35 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Science Corner: Eggs — The Chemistry of Texture and Technique
A two-part deep dive into the science of eggs. We unpack how heat denatures and coagulates egg proteins, why vinegar helps poaching, and how pH aging and other factors influence texture. Explore the …
00:16:08 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
The Science of Toast: Chemistry, Heat, and Breakfast Tech
A bite-sized deep dive into breakfast biology and physics. We unpack how the Maillard reaction and caramelization brown bread and develop flavor, how toasters use resistive heating with Nichrome elem…
00:10:29 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Under the Sink: The Physics of Garbage Disposals
In this Science Corner episode, we pull back the splash guard to reveal how a kitchen garbage disposal really works. From torque and flywheels to impellers and grind rings, we’ll unpack how impact, s…
00:06:55 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Quantum Vortices
Learn about Quantum Vortices
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Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
00:24:05 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Lift-Off in the Fryer: The Math of Floating Potato Snacks
Join us as we turn a kitchen snack into a math problem: how heat, phase changes, and a growing vapor blanket combine to lift a fry off the oil. We explore a multi-phase model of dough, water, and ste…
00:11:13 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Skip Logic: The Physics Behind Skipping Stones
Science Corner dives into the surprising physics of skipping stones—from the ideal ~20° angle and high spin to hydrodynamic lift and speed. We debunk myths about surface tension, explain why ~2.5 m/s…
00:07:59 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
J Fractions, Q-Series, and the Divisor Function
Dive into a new kind of continued fraction called the J fraction, its link to q-series, and how these tools unlock the divisor function. We’ll unpack how carefully chosen q-dependent coefficients con…
00:15:39 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Crisp Without the Oil: The Science of Air Fryers
A Science Corner deep dive into how air fryers use concentrated hot air, convection, and the Maillard reaction to create crispy textures with less oil. We compare them to traditional frying and conve…
00:12:48 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
The Josephson Effect: Quantum Tunneling, SQUIDs, and the Quantum Volt
Join us as we unpack the Josephson Effect: Cooper pairs tunneling through a barrier between superconductors, the SIS/SNS/SCS junctions that control it, and how this quantum phenomenon underpins ultra…
00:19:23 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Crust, Mantle, and Core
Science Corner takes you on a guided descent into Earth's interior—from the oxygen-rich crust to the dynamic mantle, and into the molten outer core and solid inner core. We’ll explore mantle convecti…
00:17:23 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Britonic Echoes: The Hidden Language of Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany
A guided tour through the Britonic language family—Welsh, Cornish, and Breton—tracing origins from Bronze Age migrations to their enduring fingerprints on Britain's place names, vocabulary, and even …
00:16:17 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
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