Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
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The Science of Everything Podcast
by James Fodor
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| Date | Apple Podcasts | Spotify |
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| Oct 1 | #94 | #21 |
About the show
I discuss a variety of topics in both the natural and social sciences, exploring the many fascinating insights that the scientific method yields about the world around us.
Latest episodes
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Episode 164: Gauge Theory and the Higgs Boson
August 30, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minWe conclude our series on the standard model with an introduction to gauge theory. We discuss how the requirement of local gauge invariance generates interaction terms in the Lagrangian, and introduce the U(1) x SU(2) x SU(3) group…
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Episode 163: The Standard Model of Particle Physics
August 8, 2026 · 45 minAn introduction to the particles and forces that constitute the standard model of particle physics. After some historical background, we introduce each of the three fundamental forces that comprise the standard model - electromagnetism…
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Episode 162: Human Evolution
June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 26 minBeginning with primitive Cynodonts in the late Permian, we our evolutionary development through Mesozoic mammaliaforms, the divergence of monotremes from marsupials and placentals, and culiminating in the emergence of primates in the early…
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Episode 161: Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Reptiles
June 1, 2026 · 1 hr 33 minA survey of extinct animal species from the Permian through the Cretaceous periods. We discuss important differences between anapsids, synapsids, and diapsids, and then review diverse species from all groups, including pelycosaurs…
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Episode 160: The Evolution of Animals
May 1, 2026 · 1 hr 23 minA journey through the evolutionary history of animals, beginning with the split of the metazoans from protists about 760 million years ago and ending with the rise of the amniotes about 340 million years ago. The focus is the development…
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Episode 159: Quantum Electrodynamics Part 2
April 1, 2026 · 45 minContinuing from quantum electrodynamics part 1, here we explore the mathematical machinery used to compute interactions between particles, including propagators, Feynman diagrams, cross sections. We then walk through a simple example…
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Episode 158: Quantum Electodynamics Part 1
March 1, 2026 · 51 minA detailed look into the physics and mathematics of quantum electrodynamics, the theory of how light and matter interact. We discuss the generalisation of the Schrodinger equation to the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations, and howw these…
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Episode 157: The Geologic Time Scale
January 17, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minA survey of the Earth's history through the lens of the geologic timescale. We begin with a discussion of the terminology of geochronologic units and how they are specified using 'golden spikes'. We then review the development of Earth's…