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
Camille de Gast: Trailblazer of Speed, Service, and Suffrage
A riveting dive into the life of Camille de Gast, France’s fearless pioneer who leaped from the racing track to philanthropic leadership and feminist reform. From breaking barriers in early motorspor…
00:05:44 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
The Hidden Hand Behind the Beagle Birds: Elizabeth Gould
Today on The Deep Dive we uncover Elizabeth Gould, the 19th‑century artist whose hand shaped natural history illustration yet remains largely unsung. We trace her collaboration with John Gould, her l…
00:04:49 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
OEIS A000283: Sum of squares recurrence
We explore the simple rule A_n = A_{n-1}^2 + A_{n-2}^2 with A_0 = 0, A_1 = 1. The early terms are tiny (0, 1, 1, 2, 5, 29, 866, 750797, ...) but the sequence explodes incredibly fast, essentially dou…
00:04:19 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Deep Learning for Supply Chain Forecasting July 2025
Learn about Deep Learning for Supply Chain Forecasting July 2025
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Mon 21 Jul 2025
Deep Learning for Supply Chain Forecasting and Risk July 2025
Learn about Deep Learning for Supply Chain Forecasting and Risk July 2025
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Mon 21 Jul 2025
OEIS A00282: Inequivalent N-state, two-input, two-output connected automata
We explain A00282—the number of inequivalent N-state, two-input, two-output connected automata up to input permutation. We'll unpack what N-state, two inputs/outputs, connected, and inequivalent mean…
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Sun 20 Jul 2025
The Deep Dive: Automata — From Finite States to Universal Computation
A quick tour of automata theory: what abstract machines do, how they recognize formal languages, and how memory powers their capabilities. We journey from finite automata to pushdown and Turing machi…
00:05:21 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Langlands Unveiled: The Grand Unifier of Mathematics
A deep dive into the Langlands program—the radical blueprint that links number theory, geometry, analysis, and symmetry. From Langlands’ famous 1967 letter to automorphic forms, L-functions, adeles, …
00:18:00 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
OEIS A000281: Expansion of cos x / cos 2x
We explore the integer sequence obtained by multiplying the (2n)-th Taylor coefficient of cos x / cos 2x by (2n)!, revealing a dramatically growing but highly structured sequence. We trace its histor…
00:04:49 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Diffusion Demystified: From Noise to Image with Flow Matching
A clear, step-by-step look at how diffusion models generate images. We start with Gaussian forward diffusion, cover reverse processes like DDPM and DDIM, and explain the broader flow-matching framewo…
00:06:44 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
The ChatGPT Agent: Power, Promise, and Precautions
A deep dive into the new ChatGPT agent: how it blends thinking, research, and action, what 'agency' means for productivity, real-world use cases, and the safeguards and literacy we need to use it saf…
00:04:57 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Vetkok Uncovered: The Deep-Fried Heritage of South Africa
In this episode of The Deep Dive, we explore vetkok — South Africa's beloved fried dough — its Dutch origins, trek-era resilience, and the pan-South African appeal that gave it many names like amagwi…
00:11:44 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
OEIS A000280: Exploding growth from a simple cubic recurrence
We explore A000280, defined by a_n = a_{n-1} + (a_{n-2})^3 with a_0 = 0, a_1 = 1. The early terms 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 11, 38 hint at rapid escalation; by A12 the term has 85 digits, illustrating explosive…
00:05:41 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Arlington Uncovered: Liberty, Legacy, and Innovation
From the Massachusett homeland and Squaw Sachem to Monotamy’s brutal 1775 battles, and from Mill Brook’s mills to the attic birthplace of Visicalc, Arlington’s history runs deep. This episode traces …
00:16:02 |
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Supermoiré Engineering: Twists That Redesign Matter
Explore how tiny twists between atom-thin layers like graphene create moiré and supermoiré patterns that reshape electron behavior, enabling new states of matter and tunable materials. From two-layer…
00:07:50 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Thanka: The Sacred Art of Tibetan Visual Meditation
A deep dive into Tibetan thankas, revealing how these artworks function as precise spiritual tools rather than mere decoration. We explore the ritual preparation, the exact iconometric grids, the met…
00:11:36 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Rust Unpacked: Safety, Performance, and the Borrow Checker
A concise deep dive into Rust—from its origins to its memory-safety guarantees without a garbage collector. We’ll demystify ownership and lifetimes, explore zero-cost abstractions, and survey the Car…
00:13:22 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
OEIS A000279: One fixed point in three-letter multisets
We explore A000279, counting the number of permutations of n copies of three letters (A, B, C) that have exactly one fixed point. We unpack what a fixed point means in a multiset permutation, describ…
00:05:52 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Beyond Smooth Spacetime: A New Geometry for Relativity
In this Deep Dive, we explore how mathematicians are pushing Einstein's general relativity past the requirement of smooth spacetime. Learn how triangle-based estimates of sectional curvature, time-or…
00:14:29 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Gen AI Processors: Fast, Multimodal Pipelines for Real-Time AI
Explore Google's DeepMind Gen AI processors, an open-source library that standardizes input handling, preprocessing, model calls, and outputs into modular processor parts. Learn how asynchronous, bid…
00:06:24 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
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