LUAR - Life, The Universe and All the Rest
Adam Frank, Evan Thompson and Marcelo Gleiser.
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S2E1 Episode 2: Mysterious Minds: what we know and don't know about consciousness
EN: Mysterious Minds: what we know and don't know about consciousnessWe kick off the season with the perfect guest: Michael Pollan — author, journalist, and someone who has spent years asking…
S2E1 Episode 1: Beyond The Blindspot
EN:This first episode of the new season is more than a comeback. It's a reset. We sit down to talk about what changed, why the show has a new name, and what this season is actually going to be about.…
S1E22 Episode 22: Physics, Reality, and Consciousness.
EN:Physics, Reality, and Consciousness.In this episode, we talk to philosopher of science Michel Bitbol about the nature of consciousness, quantum Bayesianism, and how science beyond the blind spot…
S1E21 Episode 21: Phenomenology and Quantum Weirdness: A Conversation with Prof. Harald Wiltsche
EN: In this episode Adam, Marcelo, and Evan, engage in a deep conversation with philosopher Harald Wiltsche on the differences between analytical and continental philosophy, the ideas behind the…
S1E20 Episode 20: From Ancestral Wisdom to Our Planetary Future: A Conversation with Dr. Yuria Celidwen
EN:From Ancestral Wisdom to Our Planetary Future: A Conversation with Dr. Yuria Celidwen In this episode, Evan and Marcelo talk to Dr. Yuria Celidwen, who researches Indigenous forms of…
S1E19 Episode 19: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson
EN: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson In this episode Adam and Marcelo talk to best-selling scifi author Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry of the Future, the Red Mars, Green Mars,…
S1E18 Episode 18: Let’s Talk About Aliens!
EN: Let’s Talk About Aliens! In this episode Adam and Marcelo discuss the possibility of alien life in the galaxy. Starting with the mysterious 3I/A interstellar object (it is a comet folks!) they…
S1E17 Episode 17: From the Space Race to the Multiverse: Science x Religion
ENFrom the Space Race to the Multiverse: Science x ReligionIt may seem surprising, but religious thinking hides in the strangest of places, even in those labeled as very scientific and technological.…
S1E16 Episode 16: The Planet and The Planetary
EN:The Planet and The Planetary.In this episode we talk with philosopher Lukáš Likavčan about how human culture will respond to a climate changing planet.PT:O Planeta e o Planetário..Neste episódio,…
S1E15 Episode 15: The Meaning of Quantum Theory
EN: Searching for the Meaning of Quantum Theory: From the Many Worlds to QBism. In this conversation, guest Jacques Pienaar and Marcelo Gleiser discuss the implications of quantum theory and the…
S1E14 Episode 14: Some Like It Hot: Heat Is a Form of Motion
EN:Some Like It Hot: Heat Is a Form of MotionIn this episode we discuss the basic physics of heat, from its beginnings in the experience of hot and cold to Boltzmann’s H-theorem and its shortcomings…
S1E13 Episode 13: Is Earth Alive? Gaia and Systems Thinking
EN:Is Earth Alive? Gaia and Systems ThinkingIn this episode we discuss the famous Gaia Hypothesis (or theory). After a bit of history for context,we consider what scientists really mean when they use…
S1E12 Episode 12: Buddhism, Science and Mind.
EN: Buddhism, Science and Mind. In this episode, we’re joined by Buddhist scholar professor John Dunne of the University of Wisconsin. He takes us on a fascinating deep, dive into exactly what…
S1E11 Episode 11: Mind, Life and Intelligence
EN:Mind, Life and Intelligence.What is intelligence and who has it? In this episode Evan and Adam explore the links between life and intelligence. Topics include why bacteria make sense of their…
S1E10 Episode 10: Why is Quantum Physics so Weird?
EN:Why is Quantum Physics So Weird? In this episode Adam and Marcelo set the stage to explore the weirdness of quantum mechanics. Taking a historical approach, they start from the beginning,…
S1E9 Episode 9: Why Science Hasn't Solved Consciousness (Yet)
ENG:Why science can’t figure out consciousness? In this conversation we explore this question by exposing some of the flaws of thinking about consciousness as something that can be modeled in some…
S1E8 Episode 8: What is the World Made Of? A Brief History of Ontology
EN:What is the world made of? In this episode we dive deep into the history of what philosophers call “ontology”, the study of being or. more colloquially, of what is there in reality. Starting in…
S1E7 Episode 7: Life: Beyond the Machine Metaphor
EN:In this episode, Adam and Evan go deep into the nature of life — what we know and what we don’t know about it. It turns out we know much more about what life does than about what life is. And the…
S1E6 Episode 6: The Seduction of Beauty: What’s Wrong with String Theory?
EN: In this episode, Adam and Marcelo dive deep into the details of the physics and the philosophical assumptions behind Superstring Theories, including supersymmetry and extra spatial dimensions.…
S1E5 Episode 5: Cosmology, Part II
EN: The Problems with Cosmology and Unified Theories: In this episode we dive deeper into the success and the challenges of the big bang model but also go into String Theory and supersymmetry and…
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LUAR - Life, The Universe and All the Rest has published 24 episodes since April 2025, covering topics in Science.
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