Recent Episodes
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Electric 'Ripples' in the Resting Brain Tag Memories for Storage
Oct 30, 2024 – 19:07 -
AI Starts to Sift Through String Theory's Near-Endless Possibilities
Oct 16, 2024 – 25:11 -
Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare
Oct 2, 2024 – 18:08 -
Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds
Sep 18, 2024 – 20:13 -
Brain's 'Background Noise' May Explain Value of Shock Therapy
Sep 4, 2024 – 12:36 -
Swirling Forces, Crushing Pressures Measured in the Proton
Aug 21, 2024 – 17:46 -
Never-Repeating Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
Aug 7, 2024 – 17:44 -
Inside Scientists' Life-Saving Prediction of the Iceland Eruption
Apr 3, 2024 – 22:15 -
Radio Maps May Reveal the Universe's Biggest Magnetic Fields
Jul 25, 2024 – 11:03 -
New Clues for What Will Happen When the Sun Eats the Earth
Jul 10, 2024 – 13:23 -
New Cell Atlases Reveal Untold Variety in the Brain and Beyond
Jun 26, 2024 – 21:05 -
Extra-Long Blasts Challenge Our Theories of Cosmic Cataclysms
Jun 11, 2024 – 25:08 -
Meet Strange Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons
May 29, 2024 – 20:57 -
In the Gut's 'Second Brain,' Key Agents of Health Emerge
May 15, 2024 – 17:25 -
During Pregnancy, a Fake 'Infection' Protects the Fetus
May 1, 2024 – 09:59 -
Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit
Feb 21, 2024 – 21:48 -
Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better
Apr 17, 2024 – 21:16 -
Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory
Mar 20, 2024 – 20:39 -
Tiny Language Models Come of Age
Mar 6, 2024 – 20:48 -
What Makes Life Tick? Mitochondria May Keep Time for Cells
Feb 7, 2024 – 23:58 -
An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated
Jan 24, 2024 – 16:37 -
JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe
Oct 11, 2023 – 25:05 -
Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve
Jan 10, 2024 – 15:21 -
Exoplanets Could Help Us Learn How Planets Make Magnetism
Dec 6, 2023 – 12:47 -
Selfish, Virus-Like DNA Can Carry Genes Between Species
Dec 20, 2023 – 13:09 -
To Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget the Past
Nov 21, 2023 – 15:56 -
Underground Cells Make 'Dark Oxygen' Without Light
Nov 8, 2023 – 13:37 -
How the Brain Protects Itself From Blood-Borne Threats
Oct 25, 2023 – 12:09 -
Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference.
Sep 27, 2023 – 18:27 -
Chatbots Don't Know What Stuff Isn't
Sep 13, 2023 – 16:59 -
Global Microbiome Study Gives New View of Shared Health Risks
Aug 30, 2023 – 21:07 -
How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain
Aug 2, 2023 – 21:28 -
Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing
Aug 16, 2023 – 19:26 -
Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle
Jul 19, 2023 – 19:41 -
Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics
Jul 5, 2023 – 20:41 -
Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe's First Stars
Apr 12, 2023 – 14:36 -
The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think
Jun 21, 2023 – 21:48 -
Ants Live 10 Times Longer by Altering Their Insulin Responses
Jun 7, 2023 – 17:56 -
How the Brain Distinguishes Memories From Perceptions
May 24, 2023 – 13:58 -
What Causes Alzheimer's? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. (Pt 2)
May 10, 2023 – 41:24 -
What Causes Alzheimer's? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. (Pt. 1)
Apr 26, 2023 – 34:27 -
New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI
Mar 29, 2023 – 18:55 -
How Supergenes Fuel Evolution Despite Harmful Mutations
Mar 15, 2023 – 18:56 -
Brightest-Ever Space Explosion Reveals Possible Hints of Dark Matter
Mar 1, 2023 – 12:19 -
Inside the Proton, the 'Most Complicated Thing You Could Possibly Imagine'
Feb 16, 2023 – 16:34 -
High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last
Feb 1, 2023 – 15:21 -
Record-Breaking Robot Highlights How Animals Excel at Jumping
Jan 18, 2023 – 20:03 -
A Good Memory or a Bad One? One Brain Molecule Decides.
Jan 4, 2023 – 20:20 -
Old Problem About Mathematical Curves Falls to Young Couple
Dec 21, 2022 – 20:34 -
How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything
Dec 7, 2022 – 16:57
Recent Reviews
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ccshatzClassic! No banter, just mind stretching ideas.This is the sort of script that draws me to the show. Well written and delivered as far as I, a non scientist , can tell.
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buskillaThe bestWhen the best podcast in the planet, the best for science and math
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MarkChicagoILDeleted reviewDeleted review
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yodas pancakesDisgustingThis is how you ruin a community, this is how you spawn pseudoscience, this is why we’re failing.
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chipsndipsGood in its Own RightIf you liked an article on Quanta, you should definitely listen to the podcast episode, and vice versa! There's always unique information and has good production with the format of interviews.
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RemoteCtrlxoGobbledygook.Fairy tales and unscientific mysticism.
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NamHLeGood content but annoying narratingThe narrator Susan doesn’t deliver the story to its fullest. Reading word by word with random emphasis all over the places makes listening to her very distracting and uninspired.
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AJ672021Best Science PodcastVery comprehensive and accurate.
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ifuseekaeOh this hostThe information is immensely interesting, but the host delivers it like she has absolutely no objective outside of saying the words correctly and sometimes sounds annoyed to be talking at all.
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D. EeznutsAwesome breadth of topics exploredGreat podcast well written and gives stellar overviews of the latest in many topics.
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jersey4878Phenomenal podcast.A great science podcast. Interesting topics that are thoroughly discussed. A serious source that isn’t dumbed down.
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G-LJOnly remaining in depth treatment of scienceIn recent years almost all scientific podcasts have tended to dumb things down as time progressed to the point that even professional scientists found some of them incomprehensible. This however is not true for Quanta magazine which has kept up standards of high quality information that covers the nuances and the logic behind the important issues and the evidence that supports the evolving views of all kinds of disciplines of fast changing science. This is truly scientific reporting done right and the measure by which all other scientific reporting should be measured today in the 2020’s.
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JjjhoytAmazing!Real mental challenge to follow in the best possible way. It’s cutting edge. Incredible range of topics intelligently written about, and read. Usually this non STEM person (me) can just about follow what’s going on, often I relisten to episodes because they’re jam packed.
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SophiellinOkIt was too much information to take in. Too many numbers and facts at once. Very accurate though!
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Almost SomebodyExcellent way to follow fields outside your particular expertisevery high quality science, one of the best podcasts i know
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Awinde05So good!The right blend of breadth and depth. Clear enough to give the lay person an introduction but “meaty” enough to merit multiple listens and provide a great jumping off point for more information.
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T-Mo31Top qualityWill not disappoint
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Bklyn guyGreat content, but...The content is great. But during interviews it sounds like someone is transcribing whoever is speaking and the microphone is picking up the keyboard typing.
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Mt. ShastaGreat Writing from the Edge of KnowledgeMy new favorite science podcast. Great writing that goes deep into a subject and tries to convey some of the more complex nuances of current scientific thinking. If you like this podcast also check out Scientific Odyssey for a great science history podcast.
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Action2FluencyExceptional content and deliveryQuanta Magazine was a new discovery for me in 2020 and I’m in love with the content and the way it’s delivered. Beyond educational, it’s the entertainment that keeps me equally engaged. The podcast supplements the magazine by providing bite size articles. I find myself eagerly awaiting each podcast. This is top notch!
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Chaim K.Fascinating and informative fun!Quanta magazine is probably the best and most important science magazine around. The articles are Clever, detailed and legitimate science not just “gee whiz, look how brilliant we all are.” The writing is top notch and the podcast is like a second dessert filling in the details with a more human touch. Truly this is the modern model for podcasts in this genre and is destined to win awards just like the written magazine has!
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Mark__mCritters be damned!Is it the mind, or the brain, which came first? Are we scientists or philosophers? Does it even matter?
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MIT kid 2010Blast for science-loversI've been blazing through this podcast's back episodes at 1.5 speed, it's really fun!!
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Kyoung21bExcellent podcastThis podcast does a great job at including enough detail to allow for an understanding not only of the subject under discussion but of the larger context of the research. Though fluff pieces on science have their place it was sad to see some negative reviews of this podcast by people who apparently expected such fluff pieces here when, in my view, this podcast (and magazine) has a completely different, and welcome, aim.
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HfshrdvExcellentA spectacular podcast. Consistently interesting, and much less dumbed down compared to other science news outlets.
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PerryBorensteinVery IntenseThis is a very intense science podcast. It goes deeply into science issues.
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nateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeethis podcast is amazingso good
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IxzoGreat content - unbearable deliveryI love QuantaMagazine online so I was excited to see a podcast. However, the presenter's reading style is too difficult to listen to anymore. It's as far from natural speaking as you can get, clearly just reading from a script in a painfully stilted manner. Unfortunately I won't be listening again until they get someone else to read/speak.
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MfawnwayArtist Loves This PodcastThanks for this terrific podcast. Especially enjoyed the avian eyes episode.
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Info414One of the best Science podcastYou can't go wrong with this,
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Mike1636252Great way to learn about current science!This podcast serves up a dense, but digestible, helping of science. You'll stay up to date on the latest goings on in a wide variety of scientific research fields. Topics are explained very well without feeling like a dissertation. I recommend this podcast for people who like Inquiring Minds or Startalk, and don't mind digging in to topics a little deeper.
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MIflyerGreat podcast!Love this podcast, just like QM website & stories. Please keep it going.
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Junko JonesMy favorite science podcastA great mix of topics, at a level that is a little higher than most science podcasts. Lots of shows about math, which I love! The presenter is very pleasant to listen to. My only suggestion would be to check pronunciation of all foreign names, since many are tricky. Some examples I've heard: Fermat (should be 'Fer-mah', the 't' is silent), Gauss (rhymes with 'house'), Von Neumann (should be 'Von Noy-men'). Not a big deal, though! Overall, though, this is a great series! Thank you!
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krs617Presenter strugglesI really enjoy Quanta the magazine, but the podcast is very difficult to listen to. It's not so much that the presenter reads in monotone, because she does make an effort to emphasize certain words, perform vocal inflections, etc. But the pacing is so off. Like, she doesn't pause at the end of phrases or sentences like you would ordinarily expect someone who is reading aloud. In audio, that's very important because the listener relies on the narrator for those queues. It's very strange. Perhaps additional coaching or they can find someone else to read the articles - in the meantime I will be unsubscribing.
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Ad<3DWIntelligent and current news.Thanks for keeping me up to date. I appreciate the thoroughness of the discussions, the calm delivery, and the brevity of this podcast.
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sam harrison 456Love thisOne of the best science podcasts out there. It covers new and cutting edge ideas, for people who understand, or want to understand, how scientific reasoning actually works.
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Fydor DostoevskyGreat podcastAs a scientist, I really enjoy this podcast. The material is fascinating and covers topics not normally seen as “sexy” in a lot of popularizations of science. They do a great job with attributions and making sure to get several views on a subject. It’s not meant to be funny, so I’m not sure what the other reviewer was expecting. They do a great job turning the science into a story, and in that way it is very entertaining. Overall, these are extremely informative podcasts. A scientist or science enthusiast would likely enjoy these. Please keep them coming!
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Twiddle me thumbsQuanta podcast... for when you can't fall asleep.The content is OK. But the delivery is so dry and uninteresting.
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