omega tau - English only

This is an absolutely excellent podcast, with a nearly perfect blend of technical detail and pacing from one sub-topic to the next. The interviewer (Markus Voelter) clearly has considerable technical expertise, but does not derail the flow of the interview by showing off; at the same time he asks the right questions to keeps things moving along. I cannot overstate the overall quality of this podcast. I regret to say that I accidentally hit the two star rating while trying to find the place to submit these comments. I then submitted a five star review to make up for that mistake as best I could.

Detailed technical knowledge about complex subjects presented coherently. If I were packing up to join a human colony on another planet I would definitely bring as many episodes of this podcast as I could.

You will learn something meaningful from each episode no matter how much or how little you know about the topic. What I like most about Omega Tau is that it has exposed me to interesting problems in fields that never seemed that interesting to me (how do you build a seal around a piston that weighs 10 million tonnes? Episode 299). There is just the right level of technical depth to make things interesting without being overwhelming. Educational and entertaining!

Podcasts are very thorough, often covering several hours of subject matter. They take you beyond the usual "popular science" podcasts and present material in a more intensive manner. I particularly enjoy the physics podcasts on the Alice Detector at Cern.