Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

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A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartoonist) discuss some of the simple but profound questions that people have been wondering about for thousands of years, explaining the science in a fun, shorts-wearing and jargon-free way.

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590 episodes

Listener Questions 51

Daniel and Jorge answer questions about the speed of light, entanglement and time! See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

50m
Mar 28, 2024
What happened to M33's black hole?

Daniel and Jorge talk about the mystery of the missing mysterious black hole at the heart of M33 See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

46m
Mar 26, 2024
Listener Questions 50: Dark matter, photon wavelengths and rainbows!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

48m
Mar 21, 2024
How does electricity work?

Daniel and Katie explain how electric current, lightning and static electricity emerge from the strange quantum nature of electrical charge. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

59m
Mar 19, 2024
Physics of Chocolate

Daniel and Jorge talk about the deep but tenuous connection between physics and chocolate. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 13m
Mar 14, 2024
Listener Questions 49: Black Holes, Neutrinos and Gravitational waves!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and get stuck in philosophical rabbit holes. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

50m
Mar 12, 2024
Is the Universe made of waves (Part 2)

Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 2) See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

53m
Mar 07, 2024
Is the Universe made of waves (Part 1)

Daniel talks to Matt Strassler about how everything is vibrating, and his new book "Waves in an Impossible Sea" (Part 1) See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

43m
Mar 05, 2024
Are there charm quarks in the proton?

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the cozy story of the proton might need to be updated to describe all of its true charm. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

49m
Feb 29, 2024
Why is quantum gravity so hard?

Daniel and Jorge explain why the two theories of physics are so at odds with each other. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

58m
Feb 27, 2024
What is cold welding?

Daniel and Kelly talk about how its possible to merge metals without melting! See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

46m
Feb 22, 2024
How is general relativity wrong?

Daniel and Jorge talk about why we think Einstein was wrong about the nature of the Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

57m
Feb 20, 2024
Listener Questions 48: Vacations, Destruction and Anti-matter Black Holes

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners and try to avoid giving marriage advice. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

56m
Feb 15, 2024
Have interstellar meteors hit the Earth?

Daniel and Kelly analyze recent claims of the recovery of iron spheres from interstellar meteors. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

54m
Feb 13, 2024
Can we see inside things using muons?

Daniel and Jorge talk about the weirdness of muons and how they can let us see inside things. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

50m
Feb 08, 2024
Why do some galaxies have bars?

Daniel and Jorge explain what we know about the bars at the center of galaxies, and what mysteries they might hide. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

45m
Feb 06, 2024
What is quantum relativity?

Daniel and Katie grapple with an effort to explain how quantum mechanics could arise from relativity. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

58m
Feb 01, 2024
Were all the forces once one?

Daniel and Jorge explore whether the fundamental forces can be linked together, and whether they all acted as one in the early Universe. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

56m
Jan 30, 2024
What is the dark flow?

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the whole Universe is in motion, and what could be pulling on it See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

48m
Jan 25, 2024
Listener Questions 47: Gravity, Time, Photons

Daniel and Jorge answer questions from listeners like you! Ask your questions@danielandjorge.com See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

47m
Jan 23, 2024
What are octonions?

Daniel and Jorge talk about super complex numbers and how they might hold the secrets of the Universe.  See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

46m
Jan 18, 2024
What's hidden inside planets?

Daniel talks to Prof. Sabine Stanley about what's happening inside planets, and how that helps us understand what's out there. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

50m
Jan 16, 2024
How do particles carry forces?

Daniel and Jorge push and pull on the simple picture of particles exchanging other particles See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

48m
Jan 11, 2024
How can we find life on other planets?

Daniel talks to Prof. Aomawa Shields, auther of "Life on Other Planets" about the the climate of exoplanets and her unusual path to astronomy. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 2m
Jan 09, 2024
What are land tides?

Daniel and Jorge talk about how tidal forces shape the Earth itself and the life on it. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

44m
Jan 04, 2024
What is a symmetron?

Daniel and Jorge talk about creative ways to explain the accelerating expansion of the Universe.  See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

49m
Jan 02, 2024
Does hot or cold water freeze faster?

Daniel and Jorge get the chills when they discover how little we know about water. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

44m
Dec 28, 2023
Listener Questions 46: Mountains, ether and time!

Daniel and Jorge answer questions about reviving old theories, building tall mountains, and passing time. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

46m
Dec 26, 2023
What is the electrical charge of the moon?

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether the moon is positive, negative or neutral! See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

41m
Dec 21, 2023
Can planets share an orbit?

Daniel and Jorge talk about whether two planets could share an orbit around a star, or whether there would be too much gravitational squabbling. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

45m
Dec 19, 2023