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The Joy of Why

by Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

“The Joy of Why” is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the cosmologist and author Janna Levin take turns interviewing leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time. New episodes are released every other Wednesday. Quanta Magazine is a Pulitzer Prize–winning, editorially independent online publication launched and supported by the Simons Foundation to illuminate big ideas in science and math through public service journalism. Quanta ’s reporters and editors focus on deve

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Latest episodes

  1. How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole? Oct 29, 2026 · 59 min
  2. How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy? Oct 15, 2026 · 56 min
  3. What Does the Fourth Dimension Actually Look Like? Oct 1, 2026 · 53 min
  4. Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin? Sep 17, 2026 · 47 min
  5. Live from ICM 2026: What Is Math For in the Age of AI? Sep 3, 2026 · 53 min
  6. Are We Thinking Correctly about AI Intelligence? Aug 20, 2026 · 52 min
  7. How Does Touch Lead To Pain Or Pleasure? Aug 6, 2026 · 55 min
  8. How Fast Is the Universe Really Expanding? Jul 23, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
  9. Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations? Jul 9, 2026 · 53 min
  10. What Is the Positive Grassmannian and Why Does It Show Up Everywhere? Jun 25, 2026 · 51 min

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