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
- 1390
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
OEIS A000004: The Zero Sequence
We explore A000004—the unassuming all-zero sequence that sits at the origin of the OEIS. Learn how a string of zeros can encode zero, act as a building block for linear recurrences, and connect to co…
00:05:45 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Inheriting an Empire: The Real Xerxes I
Explore Xerxes I beyond the movie villain. A prince raised under a rigorous royal program, he faces a brutal succession, revolts in Egypt and Babylon, and the challenge of ruling a vast, diverse empi…
00:15:07 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Zustand - Bear necessities for state management in React
Learn about Zustand - Bear necessities for state management in React
00:06:42 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Beyond Zero-Sum: From Competition to Collaboration in a Connected World
We unpack what zero-sum really means, how payoff matrices visualize outcomes, and why sometimes unpredictability wins. Explore where zero-sum thinking fits—and where it doesn’t (like in the stock mar…
00:08:57 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Transformers in Music Recommendation
Learn about Transformers in Music Recommendation
00:07:37 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Shadow and Sunlight: Viconia Devere’s Unlikely Path
Explore the life of Viconia Devere, a drow cleric who defies her brutal Underdark origins to walk the surface world. We trace her defiance of Loth in Menzo-Baerenzan, her shift to Shar, and the misad…
00:15:09 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Tuatara: The Living Fossil Unveiled
Join us for a deep dive into the tuatara, the reptile that isn’t a lizard and isn’t from the same time as dinosaurs—it's a living fossil. We explore its beaked jaw, unchanging teeth, a third eye, and…
00:14:57 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Companions Unbound: Honor, Wolves, and Wuthrad in Skyrim
A deep dive into Skyrim's Companions—their ancient lineage from Ysgramor, the path to joining, and the code that binds them. We explore the saga of Wuthrad, the Blood's Honor secret, life at Jorvaskr…
00:09:40 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Temple Mount: A Contested Crossroads of Faith and Empire
A deep historical dive tracing thousands of years of worship, conquest, and remembrance on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem—from Bronze Age settlements and an amulet tied to Thutmose III to the First an…
00:14:00 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Vanadium Unveiled: From Double Discoveries to Grid-scale Gold
A deep dive into vanadium—from its dramatic double discovery and color-changing chemistries to its pivotal roles in steelmaking, sulfuric acid production, and scalable energy storage with vanadium re…
00:09:40 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Open by Design: Tim Berners-Lee and the Web's Open Future
From a train-loving kid who built a working computer from an old TV to the inventor of the World Wide Web, this episode traces Tim Berners-Lee's journey. We explore the CERN-scale problems that spark…
00:09:36 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Silk Roads: The Global Web Connecting Civilizations
This episode reveals the Silk Road not as a single road but an expansive network of land and sea routes that linked Asia, the Middle East, and Europe for centuries. From archaeology and trade goods t…
00:08:28 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Spin Glasses, Boltzmann Machines, and the Physics of AI
In this episode, we unpack why the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics honored Hopfield and Hinton for breakthroughs at the crossroads of physics and artificial intelligence. From spin glasses to Boltzmann m…
00:11:56 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Sulfur: The Smelly Powerhouse Behind Civilization
We trace sulfur from ancient rituals and gunpowder to modern energy storage, exploring its chemistry, life-sustaining role, isotopic fingerprints, and the science shaping future batteries—showing how…
00:11:00 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
Titanium: From Sand to Space — A Deep Dive
We unpack the superpowers of titanium—the strength-to-weight ratio, corrosion resistance, and how clever alloying unlocks its potential. From the small white pigment titanium dioxide in toothpaste to…
00:11:22 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
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