98 - An Improbable Quantum Ghost Story (Ft. David Kaplan)
Why This Universe?
41:21Jan 19, 2026
Why This Universe?
114 episodes
97 - The Schrödinger Equation: The Heart of Quantum Mechanics
Why This Universe?
29:52Dec 22, 2025
96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)
Why This Universe?
53:24Nov 24, 2025
95 - Would Aliens Have the Same Physics? (Ft. Daniel Whiteson)
Why This Universe?
43:10Nov 4, 2025
38 - The Nobel Prize's Greatest Misses (2025 Update)
Why This Universe?
34:29Oct 13, 2025
94 - Inside the Hubble Tension (Ft. Adam Riess)
Why This Universe?
31:55Sep 29, 2025
93 - The Moment Dark Energy Appeared (Ft. Adam Riess)
Why This Universe?
40:23Sep 15, 2025
AUA: Changing Dark Energy, Twin Paradox, and What's Next for CERN
Why This Universe?
54:36May 2, 2025
AUA: The Early Universe, Quantum Interpretations, and Asteroids
Why This Universe?
29:05Mar 9, 2025
92 - What Cosmology Has in Store for 2025 (Ft. Dan Scolnic)
Why This Universe?
46:14Jan 13, 2025
91 - What Neutrinos Reveal About the Milky Way
Why This Universe?
30:57Dec 23, 2024
90 - Quintessence: Is Dark Energy Changing? (Ft. Sean Carroll)
Why This Universe?
41:43Nov 4, 2024
89 - A Dark Matter Vibe Check
Why This Universe?
37:14Oct 14, 2024
88 - Why Does Our Universe Exist At All? (Ft. Sean Carroll)
Why This Universe?
28:01Sep 23, 2024
87 - The Good and the Bad of Peer Review
Why This Universe?
39:39Sep 2, 2024
28 - How Noether's Theorem Changed Physics (Rerun)
Why This Universe?
24:21Aug 5, 2024
86 - The Life and Death of Stars
Why This Universe?
40:52Jul 2, 2024
85 - Our Sun: Present, Past and Future
Why This Universe?
37:23Jun 17, 2024
84 - The Search For New Worlds (ft. Josh Winn)
Why This Universe?
45:14Jun 3, 2024
83 - Witnessing a Revolution in Particle Physics (Ft. Chris Quigg)
Why This Universe?
31:44May 13, 2024
82 - Science Vs. Pseudoscience
Why This Universe?
35:40Apr 29, 2024
81 - Ancient Greek Astronomy
Why This Universe?
43:25Apr 15, 2024
80 - (April Fools 2024) A Surprising Discovery Shaking Up Modern Cosmology
Why This Universe?
16:48Apr 1, 2024
79 - NanoGRAV's Big Gravitational Wave Discovery (Ft. Chiara Mingarelli)
Why This Universe?
41:03Mar 18, 2024
78 - The Life of a Science Journalist (Ft. Katrina Miller)
Why This Universe?
38:30Mar 4, 2024
77 - All About Quantum Computing (Ft. Henry Lamm)
Why This Universe?
40:31Feb 5, 2024
76 - Do We Live in a Simulation?
Why This Universe?
37:59Jan 22, 2024
75 - Physics in Extreme Locations (Ft. Daniel Baxter & Alexandra Rahlin)
Why This Universe?
42:01Jan 8, 2024
8 - Is Space Flat or Curved?
Why This Universe?
24:23Dec 18, 2023
74 - The Copernican Revolution (Ft. Aviva Rothman)
Why This Universe?
58:30Dec 4, 2023
73 - Life Beyond Earth (Ft. Avi Loeb and Garrett Graff at the Chicago Humanities Festival)
Why This Universe?
1:08:41Nov 20, 2023
72 - The Physics Of Music (Ft. Tim Cohen)
Why This Universe?
43:31Nov 6, 2023
71 - How the Universe Got Its Structure
Why This Universe?
20:20Oct 23, 2023
70 - WTU Live: Will Intelligent Life Persist in the Universe? (ft. Daniel Holz and Diana Powell)
Why This Universe?
57:55Oct 10, 2023
Special Announcement + ChatGPT On Unifying Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
Why This Universe?
9:56Sep 28, 2023
69 - An Update on Modified Gravity (MOND)
Why This Universe?
47:20Aug 28, 2023
68 - The Age of the Universe
Why This Universe?
29:26Aug 14, 2023
6 - Your Tour Through Quantum Weirdness (Rebroadcast)
Why This Universe?
30:14Jul 31, 2023
67 - When Science Meets Spirituality (Ft. Alan Lightman)
Why This Universe?
42:48Jul 17, 2023
66 - When Space Was Filled With Music
Why This Universe?
25:33Jul 3, 2023
65 - Should We Build a Muon Collider? (Ft. Cari Cesarotti)
Why This Universe?
42:18May 22, 2023
64 - The Journey to the Big Bang
Why This Universe?
30:10May 8, 2023
63 - The Question of Consciousness (Ft. David Chalmers)
Why This Universe?
50:26Apr 17, 2023
47 - Boltzmann Brains: Could Reality Be An Illusion? (Rebroadcast)
Why This Universe?
28:02Mar 27, 2023
62 - JWST and the Earliest Galaxies in the Universe (ft. Mike Boylan-Kolchin)
Why This Universe?
24:01Mar 13, 2023
61 - Could the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the World?
Why This Universe?
23:37Feb 27, 2023
60 - The Search for Extra Dimensions
Why This Universe?
23:49Feb 13, 2023
59 - The End of Everything (Ft. Katie Mack)
Why This Universe?
40:49Jan 9, 2023
58 - The Risks of Science Populism
Why This Universe?
14:20Dec 12, 2022
57 - String Theory Part 3: Duality
Why This Universe?
24:02Nov 21, 2022