Best Wolfram Research Podcasts (2025)

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What If We Had Bigger Brains? Imagining Minds beyond Ours 1:54:38

6d ago1:54:38

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Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers. Read the blog along with Stephen https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2025/05/what-if-we-had-bigger-brains-imagining-minds-beyond-ours/ Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qUIj_t-YbIk…

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Stephen Wolfram on Observer Theory 1:48:38

6d ago1:48:38

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Stephen reads a blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers. Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/12/observer-theory/ Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qm3Y6qxdOwM

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Special episode 6. Andrew Hattersley (part 2). Building the Exeter diabetes research team 29:54

7d ago29:54

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Andrew Hattersley describes how teamwork and mutual support has helped the Exeter diabetes research team expand and flourish over the past 30 years Send us a textBy Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd

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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 16, 2025) 1:11:48

14d ago1:11:48

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: Copyright and creative ownership in an AI world - AI built into personal systems - Data scraping, consent and privacy tradeoffs - A…

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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May 9, 2025] 1:09:05

14d ago1:09:05

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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics: Conscious experience and perception - Brain structure and sensory extension - Brain manipulation and individuality - Consciousness and artificial s…

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Business, Innovation and Managing Life (May 14, 2025) 1:28:44

14d ago1:28:44

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Topics discussed: Building companies that do real science - New frontiers in science, complex systems and generative art - Risks of algor…

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Series 3 Episode 16. Grace Bervoets and Amanda Stride. Cystic Fibrosis related Diabetes 32:24

21d ago32:24

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Grace Bervoets talks about living with cystic fibrosis and cystic fibrosis related-diabetes. Amanada Stride, who works as a diabetes consultant helping people with cystic fibrosis related-diabetes, explains the many challenges of this unusual type of diabetes. Send us a text

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History of Science & Technology Q&A (May 7, 2025) 1:21:29

26d ago1:21:29

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics: Studying the history of science - Contradictions and accuracy in historical research - History of memory research - Planck's constant…

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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 2, 2025) 1:10:14

26d ago1:10:14

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: Fusion energy and nuclear fuel design - AI reasoning, learning and scientific roles - Mathematics, computation and physical reality…

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Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 30, 2025) 1:13:27

26d ago1:13:27

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Topics discussed: Starting and funding a biotech company - Thinking clearly and building ideas from scratch - Getting better at asking qu…

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History of Science & Technology Q&A (April 23, 2025) 1:24:04

26d ago1:24:04

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Do you know anything about the history of vaccines? When was the first vaccine developed and for what? - Isn't some important par…

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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April 18, 2025] 1:21:53

26d ago1:21:53

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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Books have been relatively unchanged—would you say that's a "technology" that has been mastered? - My son asks: Given there's a max amou…

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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 11, 2025) 1:12:46

26d ago1:12:46

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What is your view on photonic computing? - The Platonic solids have fascinated humans like us for years. Do you think the explorat…

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Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 9, 2025) 1:23:08

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: Did you see the recent news about the dire wolves coming back from extinction? Is there a genuine business for bringin…

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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April 4, 2025] 1:19:39

1M ago1:19:39

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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: How would you, Stephen Wolfram, think about replacing textbooks in education? What are some better tools for the classroom? - Can you te…

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History of Science & Technology Q&A (April 2, 2025) 38:48

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Is there much history on scientists (well known or not) starting companies? - If Leibniz was around today, where do you think he …

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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (March 28, 2025) 1:26:53

1M ago1:26:53

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What roles do category and type theory play in our understanding and the future of mathematics? - What would be an example of a …

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Series 3 Episode 15. Tom Staniford. MDP syndrome 42:58

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Tom Staniford talks about living with the MDP syndrome, an extremely rare genetic condition. MDP syndrome includes Mandibula hypoplasia, Deafness, and Progeroid features amongst its widespread features. Tom developed Type 2 diabetes as a teenager because of a loss of fat under the skin (lipodystrophy) despite being very thin and active. Tom has use…

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Development Dialogues: Who will pay for the global energy transition? 39:28

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In this episode of Development Dialogues, host Catherine Chaney is joined by Max Bearak, Anant Sudarshan and Jessica Seddon to examine one of the most complex challenges in global development: how can the clean energy transition move forward both quickly and equitably, particularly for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) still grappling with p…

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Series 3 Episode 14: Farah O'Regan and Matt Johnson. Down syndrome and very young onset diabetes 33:26

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Farah O'Regan talks about how her son who had Down syndrome and a severe congenital heart condition needing surgery diagnosed in pregnancy and then developed Type 1 diabetes on day 2 of life. In early childhood he was diagnosed with 2 more autoimmune conditions, coeliac disease and hypothyroidism. Researcher Matt Johnson explains his research which…

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Development Dialogues: Are vocational training programs effective? 37:40

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Vocational training programs are designed to boost employment in low- and middle-income countries — but often they fall short. In the fourth in our series of Development Dialogues, we examine the real impact of vocational training programs in low- and middle-income countries. Our guests take on pressing questions around evidence, expectations, mark…

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Series 3 Episode 13. Abby Gardener and Tim Barrett. Wolfram syndrome / WFS1 Spectrum disorder 34:53

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Abby Gardener describes how she was diagnosed with Wolfram syndrome after developing both insulin-treated diabetes and diabetes insipidus (when the urine cannot concentrate) and how this has impacted her life. Professor Tim Barrett talks about how, throughout his career, he has been researching and providing care for patients with Wolfram syndrome.…

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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (March 14, 2025) 1:24:08

3M ago1:24:08

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What, exactly, is an "AI agent"? "Agentic"? It seems like nobody knows what those words actually mean today. - Can you tell us abo…

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Business, Innovation and Managing Life (March 12, 2025) 1:26:45

3M ago1:26:45

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: Is academia the only real career path if one just wants to learn and do research? - What are the risks for using AI/LL…

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Series 3 Episode 12. Cassi Connelly. Familial Partial Lipodystrophy 36:01

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Cassi Connelly talks about her experience of having familial partial lipodystrophy characterised by a loss of fat and muscular appearance of her arms and legs. She had multiple medical problems including diabetes for decades before the diagnosis of familial partial lipodystrophy was finally confirmed by a genetic test. Her treatment is now better t…

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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [March 7, 2025] 1:21:53

3M ago1:21:53

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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Can you talk about lambda calculus? - Any thoughts on numerology? - My current favorite approximation to a constant (e, in this case) …

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History of Science & Technology Q&A (March 5, 2025) 1:24:39

3M ago1:24:39

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: What is the history of game theory? What are some successful and less successful applications of this theory? Can you speak about…

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Business, Innovation and Managing Life (February 26, 2025) 58:38

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Questions include: Physicists that "could code" used to be the hot commodity; is it helpful now? Seems like CS/ML people are more in dema…

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Series 3 Episode 11. Rebecca Goodman. Living well with Bardet-Biedl syndrome. 29:14

3M ago29:14

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Rebecca Goodman talks to Andrew and Maggie about what it is like to grow up with Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Features of Bardet-Biedl syndrome include extra fingers and toes, progressive blindness, kidney problems, obesity due to an uncontrolled appetite, insulin resistance and diabetes. Despite this long list of medical issues Rebecca lives independent…

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History of Science & Technology Q&A (February 19, 2025) 1:24:47

3M ago1:24:47

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Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: - Can you talk about the history of pi? - "Pi day of the century." - Is pi still being researched today? Or is it a solidified co…

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