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
Bhutan: Balance, Belief, and the Path Forward
A deep dive into Bhutan's extraordinary blend of ancient culture and modern ambition. From Himalayan geography and environmental stewardship rooted in Buddhism to Gross National Happiness, the transi…
00:17:49 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
OEIS A000013: Binary Necklaces
A deep dive into A000013, the classic two-color binary necklaces sequence. We’ll explore what it means to count distinct circular arrangements of n beads where rotations are considered the same, outl…
00:11:10 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Consilience: The Deep Dive into Converging Evidence
In this episode of The Deep Dive, we explore consilience—the convergence of evidence from science, history, and beyond—that reveals bigger truths. Through examples from geology and evolution to histo…
00:13:08 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
OEIS A000002: All-ones sequence
We unpack A000002—the all-ones sequence—and trace its surprising connections: prime factorization, the golden ratio via continued fractions, binomial transforms, and triangular arrays; plus a surpris…
00:06:43 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Leibniz: The Last Universal Genius
A deep-dive into the 17th‑century polymath whose work spanned calculus, philosophy, computing, and diplomacy. We explore how Leibniz earned the title of 'the last universal genius,' from monads and s…
00:16:44 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Supply Chain in R
Learn about Supply Chain in R
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Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
00:07:33 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Krypton: The Quiet Gas Powering Our Brightest Technologies
A science-rich dive into krypton—from the 1898 discovery in liquefied air to its role in lighting, lasers, and the meter standard. We explore krypton's isotopes, rare compounds, and the pop‑culture t…
00:11:34 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
The Dream of a Universal Language: Leibniz, Characteristica Universalis, and the Quest to Code Knowledge
A deep dive into Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's grand project—the Characteristica Universalis—an attempt to express logic, math, science, and even metaphysics with a single symbolic language. We trace i…
00:09:02 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Lance Data Format
Learn about Lance Data Format
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Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
00:13:00 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Polymaths: Bridging Disciplines in a Hyper-Specialized World
We unpack what a polymath really is, how it differs from hobbyists and single‑mocus experts, and why breadth plus depth matters in a world of specialization. From Renaissance roots to modern ideas of…
00:12:28 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Random Forests in R
Learn about Random Forests in R
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Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
00:13:52 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Spiral Laterals: The Hidden Dance of Geometry
A captivating tour of spiral laterals—the shapes formed by sequences of steps and turns. We'll distinguish simple and general spirals, explore unexpected closures, connect to regular and star polygon…
00:07:08 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Sekigahara: Fog, Betrayal, and the Birth of the Tokugawa Shogunate
In 1600, Japan stands at the edge of chaos after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death. Two leaders—Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu—clash through strategy, loyalty, and a thick morning fog that decides the…
00:09:05 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Solar Cycles: The Sun's 11-Year Heartbeat
A deep yet accessible tour of the Sun's 11-year rhythm—sunspots, magnetic storms, and solar flares—and how these cycles ripple through space weather, technology, and Earth's climate. We'll trace the …
00:10:36 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Ergodic Theory: Patterns in Time from Gas to Primes
A friendly tour of the math of long-run behavior: how time averages and spatial averages align, what that says about chaotic systems, and why Boltzmann, ergodic theorems, circle rotations, and Sinai …
00:11:07 |
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Mathematical Necklaces: Symmetry, Counting, and Hidden Connections
We explore the world of mathematical necklaces: counting colorings under rotation (necklaces) and reflection (bracelets), the role of K-ary colors and length, and how these counts connect to group th…
00:11:03 |
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Bromine Bonanza: The Liquid Element's Hidden Power
Join us for a deep dive into bromine—the reddish-brown liquid halogen that hides in plain sight. We’ll trace its 1826 discovery, explore its surprising roles—from flame retardants and early photograp…
00:10:45 |
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Selenium: The Hidden Life of an Everyday Element
Join us as we uncover selenium's chameleon-like career—from red glass and early semiconductors to thyroid health and cutting-edge cancer research. We’ll explore its allotropes, surprising roles in gl…
00:11:20 |
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Euler's Totient Function: Phi, Primes, and the Geometry of Security
We dive into Euler’s totient function, phi(n), counting how many integers less than n are coprime to n. From Euler’s product formula to Gauss’s polygon trick (phi(n) as a power of 2), we’ll explore t…
00:13:29 |
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Arsenic: Beyond the Poison — History, Allotropes, and Hidden Roles
A deep dive into arsenic—from its allotropes and ancient uses to its environmental and biological roles. We untangle organic vs inorganic arsenic, explore its infamous reputation alongside surprising…
00:11:10 |
Fri 18 Oct 2024
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