Best Hadron Podcasts (2025)

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Near v. Far Side of the Moon (TOTALLY Different) 0:52

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The near and far side of the moon look totally different. Why is that?!?Look at this... For more optimistic science and tech, subscribe!#shorts #moon #animation #space #deep #astrophysicsBy Cleo Abram

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Top Secret "Living Fossil" 0:48

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In 2020 during the Australian bush fires, a top-secret firefighting operation was launched to protect a secret location. This is the story of what they kept secret... If you like optimistic science and tech stories like this… subscribe! #shorts #fossil #animation #australia #treeBy Cleo Abram

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Your Brain v. Animal Brains 0:34

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How does your brain compare to other animals?But it's more complicated than just size! If you want to know more, subscribe... #science #deepblue #oceandepth #ocean #animalsBy Cleo Abram

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How Big is the Biggest Animal EVER? 0:41

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How big is the biggest animal that EVER lived?Imagine you’re riding it... Got a guess? Here are some hints... For more optimistic science and tech stories, subscribe!By Cleo Abram

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Race, Time, and Utopia with William Paris 1:10:55

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My returning guest this week is William Paris, an Assistant Professor in the department of philosophy at University of Toronto, as well as one of the cohosts on the wonderful What’s Left of Philosophy Podcast. He’s got a wonderful new book out called Race, Time and Utopia: Critical Theory and the Process of Emancipation and he is very much my guy f…

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How Your Internet Travels Across Oceans 0:40

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I know there are internet cables that travel deep across the ocean floor…And I know they send information in the form of light down these tiny tubes of glass about the size of a human hair...But HOW does this video become lightwaves?You know every video is a bunch of 1s and 0s. So we need to alter the wave of light to represent 1s and 0s. Here's ho…

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200 Venomous Snake Bites... for Science 0:54

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The world’s most venomous snakes bit this man over 200 TIMES... and scientists are happy about it! Let me explain…Every year about 2.7 million people are bitten by venomous snakes. When this venom enters your bloodstream, in minutes or hours, it can cause tissue and neurological damage. The only way to counteract this is with antivenom, which attac…

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New Universal Artificial Blood 0:50

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It looks like we’ve finally made artificial universal blood. Huge if true! Here’s what’s happening and why it matters for you…You might know your blood type. The letter means whether you have A or B sugars in your blood - or both or none. And then the plus or minus means whether or not you have a specific protein in there too. So you can’t just giv…

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The ISS Is Coming Down In 2030 0:50

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The International Space Station is going to crash into the ocean. Here’s why: We’ve had this space house since 1998, where astronauts from around the world do science experiments in orbit. But it was only meant to last 15 years!Now, after more than 20 years, the ISS is… old. It’s getting expensive to maintain and needs periodic boosts to keep it in…

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I Need ONE More Subscriber! 0:31

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We’re about to hit 6 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!If we stood on each other’s shoulders… we’d be WAY past the height planes fly! Past the EDGE OF SPACE, the International Space Station, and the Hubble Telescope!We’re almost there - to our Huge If True satellite, over 10,000 kilometers up...We just need ONE more subscriber!#shorts #animation…

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Noah’s Ark on the MOON 1:00

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Some scientists want to create basically a Noah’s Ark ON THE MOON… Let me explain. Right now it’s estimated that anywhere from 200 to 2000 plant and animal species go extinct every year. And we already use remote places like this global seed vault in Norway as a backup for biodiversity. But even our most remote facilities face threats - climate cha…

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World's Fastest Trains, Compared 0:44

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If you were riding the world's fastest train… how fast could you go? And what would you pass? First, you’d pass the average city metro car...Then the average passenger train...Then the other high speed trains... And finally... For more optimistic science and tech, subscribe!#shorts #train #animation #trainspotting #fastest…

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Disbelief with Will Gervais 1:06:41

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My returning guest this week is Will Gervais (@willgervais.com), a professor who studies evolutionary and cultural psychology at the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London. He recently published a book called Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species and it’s genuinely a must read for anyone who either believes …

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Trans Activism in Atheism/Secularism with Arden Hart 1:05:41

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My guest this week is Arden Hart (@theardenhart.bsky.social), host, producer, and editor of The Line on YouTube, a call-in show that focuses on issues around atheism and social justice. She recently gave an excellent talk about transphobia in atheism and skepticism at the American Atheist Conference which we discuss along with her broader work. Ard…

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6: Tangled Up in Quarks 34:17

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In this special episode celebrating the United Nations' International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and World Quantum Day, we dive into the mysterious world of quantum entanglement—this time, at the scale of top quarks. Join us as we speak with Giulia Negro (CMS Experiment, Purdue University) and Yoav Afik (ATLAS Experiment, University of …

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Incel Identity with Mark Marveggio 1:04:49

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My guest this week is Mark Marveggio (@unluckywanderer.bsky.social), a PhD candidate in Psychology at the University of Adelaide and co-lead author on a paper called Fatalism, Evolution, and Interpersonal Attractiveness: Psychological Theories and Emotions in Incels’ Constructions of Ingroup Identity and Outgroup Hate. We discuss the three major id…

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The spiral of Joe Mercola with Jonathan Jarry 1:05:14

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My guest this week is Jonathan Jarry (@jonathanjarry.bsky.social), a science communicator at McGill Office for Science and Society. We discuss his recent expose on how Joe Mercola, millionaire friend of RFK Jr., is completely enthralled to a man claiming to channel a higher dimensional being. It's a wild ride so buckle up! Jonathan’s Expose Video: …

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Luckpilled Q and A 300th Episode Extravaganza! 1:29:08

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My guest this week is Sarah Tulien (@sarahtulien.bsky.social), executive director of the Creator Accountability Network and together we tackle all the best questions and patron names a show could possibly hope for. Music by GW Rodriguez Editing by Adam Wik Sibling Pod: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Support us at Patreon.co…

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Shorsey and Modern Masculinity with Ursa Wright

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My guest this week is Ursa Wright, my giant C Captain and co-host from Philosophers in Space. We discuss the sophisticated masterpiece that is Shorsey and how it can help us work through the current discourse around meaning making for men in the modern world. Shorsey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoresy Music by GW Rodriguez Editing by Adam Wik S…

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The Know Rogan Experience with Marsh and Cecil 1:01:08

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My guests this week are the hosts of the new podcast The Know Rogan Experience, Cecil Cicirello and Michael Marshal. We discuss their backgrounds in skepticism, their goal with starting a podcast about Rogan, and why Rogan is particularly appealing to men who are struggling with modernity. The Know Rogan Experience: https://www.knowrogan.com/ AIPT …

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5: Exploring matter–antimatter asymmetry with LHCb 34:57

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Why does our universe seem to be made almost entirely of matter, with barely any antimatter in sight? Join us as we dive in this podcast episode of Early Morning Coffee at CERN (Emc2) into the fascinating world of LHCb, the LHC's beauty experiment, with two leading experimentalists, Yasmine Amhis and Patrick Koppenburg. We explore how the LHCb expe…

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Biology and Bigotry with Ed Buckner 1:34:26

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My guest this week is Ed Buckner, a secular organizer, former president of American Atheists. Ed is the author of the book In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty, as well as the Substack blog Letters to a Free Country, where he recently posted a piece responding to my article “Biology is not Ethics” about the conflict around FFR…

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Trans Activism in Secular Spaces with Kat Grant 1:10:22

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My guest this week is Kat Grant a Wisconsin based attorney, activist, legal educator, and author of the new blog TransingBoundaries, which focuses on the intersections of law, politics, religion, and queerness. Kat recently finished up an Equal Justice Works Fellowship at the Freedom From Religion Foundation, where they exclusively worked on the Wh…

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A Disease of Affluence with Toby Buckle 56:18

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Back to our normal format with returning guest Toby Buckle of the Political Philosophy Podcast. We discuss his recent Liberal Currents article "A Disease of Affluence", where he argues that MAGA is a result of lack of precarity rather than economic anxiety, combined with the human need to feel superior or dominant over others. We also discuss socia…

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Luckpilled Chapter Four: Pedagogy of Luck 1:55:04

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Episode five of our luckpilled series! We discuss the final chapter of my dissertation on pedagogy of luck. We work through the old pedagogy of luck and how it crashes the educational commons, before discussing how to do luckpilling generally and how to integrate it with three other progressive pedagogies: Mindfulness, social-emotional learning, an…

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4: Turning lead into primordial soup 35:39

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How can the Large Hadron Collider turn lead into primordial soup and why? Join us as we dive into the world of heavy ion collisions at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). In this episode, we connect with an expert from the LHC’s Beam Operations team and a researcher from the ALICE experiment to uncover the science behind colliding lead ions instead…

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Luckpilled Chapter Three: Politics of Luck 2:07:03

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Episode four of my luckpilling series, where I'm once again joined by Sarah Tulien, executive director of the Creator Accountability Network. We discuss chapter three of my dissertation, which covers the politics of luck, particularly the way that meritocracy dominates modern politics and suppresses social progress by making people appear to deserv…

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3: Searching dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider 35:03

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Can dark matter be produced at the Large Hadron Collider? On Dark Matter Day, discover how scientists at CERN are using cutting-edge technology and computing to tackle one of the universe’s biggest mysteries. Hear from host Steven Goldfarb and our guests Baptise Ravina from the ATLAS experiment and Annapaola de Cosa from the CMS experiment. In this…

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Luckpilled Chapter Two: Psychology of Luck 2:07:01

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Episode three of my luckpilling series, where I'm once again joined by Sarah Tulien, executive director of the Creator Accountability Network. We discuss chapter two of my dissertation, which covers the psychology of luck, particularly the role of luck in how we explain the events in our lives, and the legitimizing myths of the just-world illusion …

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Luckpilled Chapter One: Philosophy of Luck 1:44:06

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Episode two of my luckpilling series, where I'm once again joined by Sarah Tulien, executive director of the Creator Accountability Network. We discuss chapter one of my dissertation, which covers the philosophy of luck, particularly why the (lack of) control account of luck is the best account and why it follows that everything is luck. Sarah's Bi…

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Luckpilled: A New Pedagogy of Luck Introduction 1:23:46

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Hi friends! As promised, I'm back from "sabbathical" with a (five?) part series on my dissertation. Accompanying me in this journey is Sarah Tulien, executive director of the Creator Accountability Network. She's here to save me from the horrors of monologuing and keep me on track and accountable, as well as to discuss the links between luckpilling…

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Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements with Joan Braune 1:01:05

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My guest this week is Joan Braune, a Lecturer in Philosophy at Gonzaga University. We discuss her recently published book Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements: From Void to Hope, which seems increasingly relevant by the day, so enjoy! Understanding and Countering Fascism: https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-and-Countering-Fascist-Move…

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Round We Dance with Mark Green 55:40

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My guest this week is Mark Green, a professional environmental activist and a member of the atheopagan society council. He’s the author of three books, most recently Round We Dance: Creating Meaning through Seasonal Rituals. We discuss the challenges and benefits with his approach to secular paganism. Round We Dance: https://www.amazon.com/Round-We…