Why This Universe?
The biggest ideas in physics, broken down. Join theoretical physicist Dan Hooper and co-host Shalma Wegsman as they answer your questions about dark matter, black holes, quantum mechanics, and more. Part of The University of Chicago Podcast Network.
Hosts & Guests
Fascinating
07/09/2024
The universe we live in explained as best we know with no blather. So refreshing compared to silly style so prevalent.
Click follow
Mar 19
You won’t be sorry
Where are you
Feb 27
Are you ever coming back?
Episode 88
Jan 26
Admittedly my rating is based on listening to only one episode, but it was literally the episode attempting to answer the question in the show’s title! The mental gymnastics the guest displayed in an effort to pretend there was no such thing as God or theology was kind of fascinating. Essentially, he would rather say there’s no possible answer to the question (it’s just a brute fact?) than to grant the possible existence of a personal God with a creative will. I laughed out loud. Atheists never disappoint in hiding their intellectual blindness as mere arrogance. I get it, their academic culture forbids any mention of theology (and only an occasional, gratuitous mention of philosophy), but to claim there could be infinite universes that we will never see (the common multiverse theory) rather than just admitting the far simpler idea that maybe God exists is just silly.
Great content, top tier guests.
Jan 15
Love the content and guests you get on this podcast. Dan and Shalma are clearly brilliant. My only feedback would be that Dan comes off as if he is bored or doesn’t want to be doing this…
They need to buy mouth noises software
Jan 13
The show is absolutely great however I have to skip all the parts where sharma speaks. The mouth noises are unbearable. There is software to fix that. They should invest
4-1-24 episode
05/06/2024
love it a lot. i had to skip to the end of the aprils folds video because i was like “this has to be fake this has to be fake this has to be fake” you gave me a big scare 😂♥️
Love it!
02/26/2024
I love this podcast! Easy to understand, keeps me interested. Keep it up!
Big ideas explained clearly
02/09/2024
Big ideas explained clearly. Love the clear vocals and good audio - obviously important for a podcast. This is unabashedly one of my new favorite cosmology podcasts. The 2 presenters speak clearly and simply about deep and complex topics proving relevant background. A must listen!
Way to talk above the average person.
02/25/2024
So I listened to the episode on quantum computing and was just lost. This would be fine if I was a post grad or doctoral student, but I am not. So maybe not waste our time and just put that out front that you only want listeners who have a PhD. No wonder most people can’t stand eggheads…
About
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- CreatorDan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman
- Years Active2020 - 2025
- Episodes106
- RatingClean
- Copyright© 2024 Why This Universe?
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