Best Hft Podcasts (2025)

All but the last 20 minutes of this episode should be comprehensible to non-physicists. Steve explains where frontier AI models are in understanding frontier theoretical physics. The best analogy is to a “brilliant but unreliable genius colleague”! He describes a specific example: the use of AI in recent research in quantum field theory (Tomonaga-S…

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Jeffrey Epstein, Israel, and Elite Power, with Murtaza Hussain – #100 1:03:14

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Murtaza Hussain is a reporter for Drop Site News, which has broken important stories based on recently obtained Epstein emails. Hussain reports that Epstein had an “extensive relationship with Israeli intelligence, U.S. intelligence and the intelligence agencies of other countries, as well... He was a dealmaker and a fixer at a very, very elite lev…

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Jian Lian on China's Industrial Policy and Global Strategy – #99 1:12:43

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Jian Lian is an expert on China's political economy, industrial development, and technological development. He graduated from Peking University with a bachelor's and master's degree in economics. Starting out as an industry analyst at a Chinese investment bank, he participated in the "Made in China 2025" initiative as a Chinese venture capitalist, …

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Scott Horton on the Russia Hoax and Ukraine War – #98 1:25:35

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Scott Horton is the author of Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. Horton is a libertarian and anti-war activist. He and Steve discuss the Russia Hoax and its connection to American foreign policy, in light of new evidence that has emerged since the first Trump term. Scott’s book: https://www…

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AIs Win Math Olympiad Gold: Prof. Lin Yang (UCLA) – #97 50:43

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Lin Yang is a professor of computer science at UCLA. Recently, he and his collaborator built an AI pipeline using commercial models such as Gemini, ChatGPT, and Grok that performed at the gold medal level on International Mathematics Olympiad problems. Steve and Lin discuss this research, which relies on "verifier-refiner" LLM instances and large t…

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The Global AI Race: Z.ai and the View from Beijing — #96 1:06:35

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Zixuan Li is Director of Product and genAI Strategy at Z.ai. He was educated at Renmin and Tsinghua University in China, and at MIT and Carnegie Mellon. Z.ai has released frontier open source LLMs but is largely unknown in the West except among AI experts. Steve and Zixuan discuss the AI race from the perspective of a startup in Beijing. https://ch…

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Seeking Truth From Facts: Weeks Where Decades Happen — #95 48:49

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This episode is a co-release with the Seeking Truth From Facts podcast: https://substack.com/@seekingtruthfromfacts The theme of this episode derives from Lenin: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen.” ― Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Steve and Alf discuss: (00:00) - Introduction (01:32) - China Victory Day Parade…

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Kyle Chan on the Future of US-China Competition — #94 1:10:51

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Kyle Chan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in Sociology at Princeton University. His research focuses on industrial policy, clean technology, and infrastructure with a regional focus on China and India. He is currently working on a book on Chinese industrial policy that aims to explain how China came to dominate certain industries …

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#150 - Francisco Hernandez: Algebraic Geometry, Non-Convex Optimisation 57:10

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Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/SupremoUGH (https://kurtos.ai/) Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calcul…

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Joleen Liang: 40M+ kids educated by adaptive AI — #93 59:07

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Dr. Joleen Liang is Co-founder of Squirrel AI, which pioneered adaptive learning at scale, first in China and now in the US. By 2021 its technology had served over 60,000 public schools in 1,200 cities across Asia. Squirrel AI has implemented large knowledge graphs mapping out the main concepts in the K-12 math, science, and language curriculum. Th…

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Max Dama on HFT: Millisecond Algos and Bid/Ask Dynamics — #92 54:46

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Max Dama is the co-chairman of Headlands Technologies LLC, a global quantitative proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Austin, London, Amsterdam and Singapore. He earned a B.A. in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Business from the University of California, Berkeley. A generation of quants know Ma…

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Andrew Song: Global Cooling with Sulfur Dioxide in the Stratosphere — #91 1:04:37

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Andrew Song is a co-founder of Make Sunsets, a company focused on addressing climate change through solar geoengineering. The company launches balloons filled with sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the stratosphere with the aim of reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth. https://makesunsets.com/ Previous Manifold episodes on climate: https://www.manifold1.co…

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Manifold Discord Channel: Live Q&A with Steve — #90 54:45

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Manifold has its own Discord channel! https://discord.gg/dvcHS6NX The purpose of the channel is to create a community of listeners with shared interests. It developed from a series of in-person meetups with Steve in cities like SF, NYC, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai. Chapter markers: (00:00) - Manifold Discord Channel, Live Q&A (02:36) - Genomics an…

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Omar Shams: AI Founder and Google AI Agent Lead — #89 1:05:29

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Shams was trained in theoretical physics before becoming an AI engineer at DeepMind and founding the company Mutable, which was acquired by Google. He is now lead engineer for Google's software agent group. Steve and Omar discuss: (00:00) - Introduction (01:18) - Journey from Physics to AI (10:51) - Elon Tried to Buy DeepMind (16:52) - Building Mut…

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Patrick McGee: Apple In China — #88 59:33

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Patrick McGee is a longtime FT business reporter with extensive experience reporting on China. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Apple in China: the capture of the world's greatest company. Steve and Patrick discuss the history of Apple and its impact on technology development in China. “The best book about Apple ever written, one of the bes…

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GODZILLA DOWN! India-Pakistan Clash and Chinese Military Technology with TP Huang — #87 1:02:24

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Steve and TP discuss the implications of the recent air battle between India and Pakistan, which involved over 100 fighter jets and took place entirely beyond visual range (BVR). What is sensor fusion, and have the Pakistanis achieved it with Chinese technology? Does the PL-15 outrange and outperform Western air-to-air missiles? What are the implic…

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#149 - Robert Ghrist: Applied Algebraic Topology, Cohomology For Homotopy, Sheaf Neural Networks, Lattice Theory 52:57

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/robertghrist Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear alg…

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#148 - Zach Adams: The Hidden Power Of Algebraic Combinatorics 59:46

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/_OuterProduct Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear al…

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#147 - Aryeh Kontorovich: Rigorous Probability And Statistics, Game Theory, Lean Prover 38:29

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/aryehazan⁠ Keywords: mathematics, math, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category theory, signal processing, statistics, prob…

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#146 - Thomas Britz: How Combinatorics Unlocks New Perspectives To Problem Solving 1:18:34

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/thomas-britz Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game the…

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Robots, Small Models, and RL with DeepSeek Alumnus Zihan Wang — #86 1:07:22

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Zihan Wang is an AI researcher at Northwestern University, where he works on vision-language models, robotics, and reinforcement learning. Previously, he interned at DeepSeek, contributing to projects like DeepSeek-V2. Zihan's homepage: https://zihanwang314.github.io/ (00:00) - Introduction (01:13) - Zihan's Background, CS and AI Research in China …

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#145 - Jack Mayo: Machine Learning Theory, Multi-Armed Bandit RL, Adaptive Learning 1:09:17

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/JackJMayo1 of https://x.com/kurtos_ai Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game the…

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#144 - Donato Quiccione: Algebraic Topology, Topological Data Analysis For MRIs, Category Theory 1:02:10

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/Piovego_ Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, categor…

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#143 - Colin Roberts: Differential Algebraic Topology, Sheaf Theory, Combinatorics, Cohomology 2:59:41

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.comAutoparallel⁠ Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category the…

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#142 - Grant Stenger: Hyperbolic Graph Embeddings For A* Shortest Path, Game Theory, Discrete Math 1:14:07

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/GrantStenger Keywords: mathematics, math, topology, geometry, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category theory, signal proces…

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#141 - Kristaps Balodis: Sheaf Theory, Algebraic Topology, Geometry 55:55

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Your Host, DeGatchi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/DeGatchi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DeGatchi's Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://degatchi.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Scraping Bits on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/scrapingbits⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Guest Speaker:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@k-theory8604 Keywords: mathematics, math, game theory, calculus, linear algebra, category theory, signal processing, sta…

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Dan Collins: Tariffs and the Future of US Manufacturing — #85 1:18:03

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Dan Collins is Founder of Tyrell Chemical. He studied at Tsinghua University and spent 20 years working for companies like General Motors in China, helping to localize automotive manufacturing. Dan and Steve discuss tariffs, deindustrialization in America, the Go-Go days of rapid economic growth in PRC, and the future of the US-China relationship. …

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Seeking Truth From Facts: AI, China, Tariffs, Geopolitics — #84 45:42

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This episode is a co-release with the podcast Seeking Truth From Facts: https://seekingtruthfromfacts.substack.com/ (00:00) - Introduction (01:11) - China AI (02:30) - DeepSeek (04:21) - Redirecting Human Capital from finance (08:42) - US Policy and Financial Incentives (12:54) - China Meritocracy (24:24) - Trump's Tariffs and China (37:12) - Europ…

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Incels, Evo Psych, and Modern Literature with ARX-Han — #83 1:25:16

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Steve speaks with ARX-Han, an anonymous writer, about his book "Incel." (00:00) - Introduction (02:09) - Discussing the Novel 'Incel' (06:08) - Character Analysis and Literary Influences (13:32) - Themes of Evolutionary Psychology and Nihilism (18:38) - Historical Context and Modern Inceldom (26:18) - Impact of Dating Apps on Modern Relationships (…

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Callum Williams: Economics, AI, and Technological Progress — #82 1:46:14

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Callum Williams is a senior economics writer for The Economist. He was educated at Oxford, Harvard, and Cambridge, and is the author of The Classical School: The Birth of Economics in 20 Enlightened Lives. (00:00) - Introduction (02:07) - US-Russia Relations (03:18) - Trump and US Foreign Policy (05:30) - Sanctions and Their Impact on Russia (09:28…

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Max Dama on HFT: Millisecond Algos and Bid/Ask Dynamics — #92 54:46

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Andrew Song: Global Cooling with Sulfur Dioxide in the Stratosphere — #91 1:04:37

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Omar Shams: AI Founder and Google AI Agent Lead — #89 1:05:29

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#149 - Robert Ghrist: Applied Algebraic Topology, Cohomology For Homotopy, Sheaf Neural Networks, Lattice Theory 52:57

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#148 - Zach Adams: The Hidden Power Of Algebraic Combinatorics 59:46

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#147 - Aryeh Kontorovich: Rigorous Probability And Statistics, Game Theory, Lean Prover 38:29

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#146 - Thomas Britz: How Combinatorics Unlocks New Perspectives To Problem Solving 1:18:34

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Robots, Small Models, and RL with DeepSeek Alumnus Zihan Wang — #86 1:07:22

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#145 - Jack Mayo: Machine Learning Theory, Multi-Armed Bandit RL, Adaptive Learning 1:09:17

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#144 - Donato Quiccione: Algebraic Topology, Topological Data Analysis For MRIs, Category Theory 1:02:10

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#143 - Colin Roberts: Differential Algebraic Topology, Sheaf Theory, Combinatorics, Cohomology 2:59:41

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#142 - Grant Stenger: Hyperbolic Graph Embeddings For A* Shortest Path, Game Theory, Discrete Math 1:14:07

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#141 - Kristaps Balodis: Sheaf Theory, Algebraic Topology, Geometry 55:55

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Dan Collins: Tariffs and the Future of US Manufacturing — #85 1:18:03

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