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The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss

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The Origins Podcast features in-depth conversations with some of the most interesting people in the world about the issues that impact all of us in the 21st century. Host, theoretical physicist, lecturer, and author, Lawrence M. Krauss, will be joined by guests from a wide range of fields, including… read more

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Farewell

February 22nd, 2024

0:39

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A Conversation with Irwin Shapiro: Scientist Extraordinaire from the Earth to the Stars, and at 94, still going strong.

March 16th, 2024

1:57:27

Irwin Shapiro is a remarkable human being by almost any standard. Following his education in physics at Cornell and Harvard, he had a job at MIT’s …

A Dialogue with Label-Defying Journalist Jonathan Kay

February 16th, 2024

2:49:06

I first became aware of Jonathan Kay through his writing for the online magazine, Quillette. And for full disclosure, I got to know him better …

A dialogue with Brian Keating, at the San Diego Air and Space Museum

February 2nd, 2024

1:22:09

In mid October the Origins Project Foundation ran two public events in California. The second event was held at the Air and Space Museum in San …

Greg Lukianoff: : The Canceling of the American Mind. Free Speech and Academia

December 27th, 2023

1:57:47

Greg Lukianoff is a First Amendment lawyer by training. During his education he began to see how, even among organizations ostensibly created to help protect free speech, how actual free speech was improperly being …

Scott Aaronson: From Quantum Computing to AI Safety

December 15th, 2023

3:02:28

Scott Aaronson is one of the deepest mathematical intellects I have known since, say Ed Witten—the only physicist to have won the prestigious Fields Medal in Mathematics. While Ed is a string theorist, Scott decided to …

Dialogues with Richard Dawkins

November 30th, 2023

1:19:59

Richard Dawkins and I have appeared together onstage many times, been the subject of the documentary The Unbelievers, and have collaborated on …

Carlo Rovelli: From Dante to White Holes

November 3rd, 2023

2:24:16

Carlo Rovelli is well known as a popularizer of science. His short book, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, was an international bestseller. I have …

Robert Sapolsky: The Illusion of Free Will

October 18th, 2023

2:58:34

I have been a fan of Robert Sapolsky’s for a long time. He is a creative force, with wide ranging knowledge, from primatology to neuroscience, and …

Peter Singer: From Animal Liberation to Effective Altruism

October 7th, 2023

2:19:12

I have felt privileged to know the remarkable scholar Peter Singer as a friend and colleague for over a decade. We first met, I believe, in the …

Hakeem Oluseyi: An unexpected life in Science, and unpopular truths

September 20th, 2023

2:37:27

I confess that Hakeem Oluseyi had not really risen on my radar screen until the last year or two. I was aware of the National Society of Black Physicists, having sometimes gotten notices about is meetings, but, being …

The Best of the Origins Podcast, Part 1:

September 1st, 2023

3:11:20

As promised at the beginning of this month, here is the first of two “Best of” selections from the Origins Podcast. I apologize that this hasn’t …

Bart Ehrman: Revelations about Revelation...and more

July 7th, 2023

2:10:19

I have admired Bart Ehrman’s writing for more than a decade. I remember how profoundly reading Christopher Hitchens’ God is Not Great reminded me of how little I had really understood about the scriptures. For me, …

Martin Rees: If Science is to Save Us, Part 2

June 9th, 2023

1:45:51

This is part two of the second podcast dialogue we are airing with renowned astrophysicist, Astronomer Royal, and former President of the Royal Society, Lord Martin Rees. The first time I sat down with Martin for the …

Douglas Murray: From Poetry to Free Speech

May 27th, 2023

3:07:23

I have to say that Douglas Murray reminds me in several ways of my late friend Christopher Hitchens. It is not merely that they are both English, …

Andrei Linde: Inflation, Multiverses, and all that, from Mr. Eternal Inflation

May 14th, 2023

3:00:31

Andrei Linde is one of the world’s leading cosmological theorists, and is the father of much of Inflationary Cosmology. After Alan Guth developed …

Boldly going where no podcast has gone before: William Shatner; Wonder, Awe, and Questions, Questions...

April 28th, 2023

1:34:33

I first met William Shatner a little over 19 years ago when we were filming a TV inspired in part on my book, The Physics of Star Trek. The show was …

Martin Rees: If Science is to Save Us, Part 1

April 12th, 2023

1:53:39

This is the second podcast dialogue we are airing with renowned astrophysicist, Astronomer Royal, and former President of the Royal Society, Lord Martin Rees. The first time I sat down with Martin for the Podcast we …

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss Onstage at the Orpheum Theater, Nov 15, 2022

March 9th, 2023

1:32:16

On Nov 15th and 16th, 2022, The Origins Project Foundation hosted their first public events in North America at the beautiful Orpheum Theater in …

John Preskill: From the Early Universe to the Future of Quantum Computing

February 17th, 2023

2:14:21

John Preskill is the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Physics at Caltech, a title many physicists would cherish. He is widely known in the field for …

Tim Palmer: The Primacy of Doubt

February 4th, 2023

2:10:46

Tim Palmer graduated from Oxford with a PhD in mathematical physics, working on general relativity, and got a postdoc to work with Stephen Hawking. …

Elizabeth Kolbert: Can human technology solve unintended consequences of human technology

January 14th, 2023

2:18:34

Note: Due to internet difficulties due to storms in California delaying uploading of the video, the video post of this podcast will be delayed by a …

Holiday Edition Part 2, Science Matters: How the Universe Made your Holiday Gifts

December 29th, 2022

30:59

In December it was announced that the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory National Ignition facility has achieved its first goal of “Ignition”, in …

Origins Podcast Wishful-Thinking Holiday Edition Part 1: A Dialogue with Augusten Burroughs: A Witch or Not A Witch

December 25th, 2022

2:05:54

I want to be upfront. I love Augusten Burroughs. I fell in love with him when I first read Running with Scissors, and every time I have picked up anything he has written, I have that warm feeling knowing I will …

An Origins Podcast EXCLUSIVE: A Dialogue with Cormac McCarthy About Science, on the occasion of his newest book releases

December 9th, 2022

1:04:56

Cormac McCarthy is a literary icon. Winner of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his novel All the Pretty Horses

Brian Keating: Probing the Early Universe and Communicating about Science

November 29th, 2022

1:56:05

Find Brian’s INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/39UaHlB and on Spotify here spoti.fi/3vpfXok 

Brian Keating is an …

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Starry Messages, Science, Culture, and Life

November 6th, 2022

1:33:41

Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most recognizable faces of science in the world, and for good reason. He has thought a lot about how to engage people in the wonder and joy of science, something that is also near and …

Peter Boghossian: From Street Epistemology to Academic Freedom

October 14th, 2022

2:12:47

Pete Boghossian is a philosopher with little tolerance for nonsense, whose efforts to broadly encourage critical thinking using Socratic methods …

Frans de Waal: Learning from Primates about ourselves: From Gender to Social Hierarchies

September 27th, 2022

2:30:55

Frans de Waal is not only my favorite primatologist, he is one of my favorite scientist-communicators. His books on primates, particularly on …

Janice Fiamengo: Feminism, Anti-Feminism, and Common Sense

September 9th, 2022

1:58:56

As I describe in the introduction to our discussion, I first learned about Janice Fiamengo by watching an incredible series of videos she produced called The Fiamengo Files. Not surprisingly, because they presented a …

Richard Dawkins: From Selfish Gene to Flights of Fancy

August 26th, 2022

2:03:31

Richard Dawkins needs no introduction. He is one of the world’s most well known scientists and science writers. He is also a good friend and …

Alex Garland: Fundamental questions inspire art and science

August 14th, 2022

1:12:58

Alex Garland is probably best known to the world for writing and directing the blockbuster film Ex Machina about the consequences of the coming of age of an AI humanoid robot. Before that, he wrote the film 28 days …

Geoff Marcy: The Search for Exoplanets and Life Elsewhere in the Universe

July 29th, 2022

1:53:24

Geoff Marcy has been pioneer in the search for extra-solar system planets since the first discovery of an exoplanet surround a main sequence star was …

Andy Knoll: The First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth

July 14th, 2022

2:54:27

Andy Knoll is a Renaissance Scientist. He is a geologist, paleobiologist, and geochemist and has applied key ideas from chemistry, biology, …

Charles Murray: On Human Diversity

July 1st, 2022

2:19:05

After writing the book, The Bell Curve, Charles Murray became a controversial figure in the US Social Science scene, and was much maligned in the public arena. His work has been misinterpreted as being racist and …

(Audio) John Mather: From the Big Bang to Searching for Life

June 16th, 2022

1:56:41

John Mather is an astrophysicist at NASA who has been involved in important space missions to probe our fundamental understanding of the Universe for …

Origins Podcast with Michael Shellenberger: From Apocalypse Never to Running for Governor

June 2nd, 2022

3:26:56

I was very happy to have the chance to speak to Michael Shellenberger some time ago, after his book Apocalypse Never appeared. Having written my book, The Physics of Climate Change, I was intrigued by his take on the …

Jonathan Rauch: Free Thought, Democracy, and the Nature of Science

May 19th, 2022

1:43:06

Jonathan Rauch was 30 years ahead of the curve. In his book Kindly Inquisitors, written in 1993, he described the very mechanisms by which ideology …

Alan Guth: Inflation of The Universe & More

May 6th, 2022

2:29:50

In 1979 Alan Guth, then a postdoc at Cornell, made what is perhaps the most important contribution to our theoretical understanding of the evolution …

Dorian Abbot: From Climate and Exoplanets to DEI and Free Speech.

April 21st, 2022

1:35:01

Dorian Abbot is an associate professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago, who uses mathematical and computational models to understand and explain fundamental problems in Earth and Planetary Sciences. His work …

Matt Ridley: The Origins of COVID-19

April 7th, 2022

2:25:39

(The Origins Podcast will appear every other Thursday.)

Matt Ridley is a veteran journalist and science writer, with a training in genetics. He is also a Conservative member of the House of Lords in the UK. Matt and I …

The Origins Podcast: Roger Penrose

March 24th, 2022

2:50:29

Summary: Roger Penrose and I discussed his life and work in science, mathematics, art and beyond, including the work for which he won the Nobel Prize, and his recent highly controversial proposal regarding the …

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

March 2nd, 2022

2:21:16

This episode features a very special guest, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has an incredible life story and track record of speaking out against oppression, fighting for freedom of expression, and fostering a deeper discussion …

Stephen Wolfram on Math, Philosophy, & More

February 21st, 2022

2:23:15

In this episode of the Origins Podcast, Stephen Wolfram joins Lawrence Krauss for a fascinating conversation around Stephen's upbringing, his …

Steven Pinker on Rationality, Psychology, Language, & More

February 2nd, 2022

1:03:14

On this episode of The Origins Podcast, experimental psychologist, Steven Pinker shares an excellent conversation with Lawrence Krauss. Steven and …

Tim Minchin Discussing Science, Culture, & Comedy

January 18th, 2022

2:02:03

Tune in for an excellent conversation between Tim Minchin and Lawrence Krauss. They dive into a variety of interesting subjects, such as Tim …

Science Matters: Understanding The James Webb Space Telescope

January 18th, 2022

28:15

This episode is best watched on Youtube, as there are slides and images that accompany Lawrence's talk. This week marks a very special moment in which the Origins Podcast passed 100,000 subscribers! In celebration of …

Jordan B Peterson on Confronting Value, Meaning, & More

December 18th, 2021

2:22:48

This exciting episode of the Origins Podcast features Jordan B Peterson along with host, Lawrence Krauss. They explore Jordan's upbringing and …

Sabine Hossenfelder: Physics, Science Ideology, & More

November 13th, 2021

2:00:16

Sabine Hossenfelder joins Lawrence Krauss for an interesting discussion about theoretical physics, academia, and the future of science ideology.

You …

Jim Simons: Math, Codes, Hunting Talent, Stocks, & Science

October 28th, 2021

1:42:34

Jim Simons joins Lawrence for fascinating new and different take on the life of a man best known to the public for becoming a billionaire by using …

Heather Mac Donald | Part 2 of 2 | Updates & Clarifications

October 6th, 2021

1:10:50

This is the second part unique conversation with journalist and author, Heather Mac Donald. The author of The Diversity Delusion, Heather doesn't mince words. Lawrence and she don't agree on everything as you'll see …

Stephen Fry on Current Events | Self-Censoring of Scientific Publications

September 24th, 2021

48:19

Lawrence Krauss and Stephen Fry have a conversation about recent disconcerting news that several scientific publications and associations are self-censoring scientific publications and data for fear of offending people, …

Heather Mac Donald | Part 1 of 2

September 19th, 2021

2:06:14

This is the first part unique conversation with journalist and author, Heather Mac Donald. Heather doesn't mince words, but Lawrence and she don't agree on everything as you'll see during the podcast. Nonetheless, these …

Current Events: Follow Up on Afghanistan with Noam Chomsky

August 23rd, 2021

26:16

Listen to our newest mini-series "Current Events with Noam Chomsky"! In this episode, Lawrence and Noam have a follow-up discussion about the latest …

Barry Barish | Exploring The History of Experimental Physics

August 10th, 2021

2:58:53

In this podcast episode, Lawrence Krauss reconnects with an old friend and Nobel Prize recipient, Barry Barish. They discuss a wide range of topics …

David Gross

July 2nd, 2021

2:15:37

Lawrence Krauss recently had the pleasure of sitting down with David Gross, one of the preeminent theoretical physicists who has been involved not …

Current Events: Noam Chomsky on Censorship & More

June 16th, 2021

12:20

Listen to our newest mini-series "Current Events with Noam Chomsky"! In this episode, Lawrence and Noam discuss a variety of issues around Censorship.

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Current Events: Noam Chomsky on Refugees & Border Policies

June 2nd, 2021

19:23

Listen to our newest mini-series "Current Events with Noam Chomsky"! This episode covers a variety of topics around Refugees and Border Policies in …

Current Events: Noam Chomsky on Afghanistan

May 26th, 2021

10:24

Listen to our newest mini-series "Current Events with Noam Chomsky"! In this episode, Lawrence and Noam discuss a variety of issues around Afghanistan, including the withdrawal of troops, military leaders, and …

Current Events: Noam Chomsky on Iran

May 23rd, 2021

15:38

Listen to our newest mini-series "Current Events with Noam Chomsky"! In this episode, Lawrence and Noam discuss a variety of issues around Iran, including nuclear weapons, sanctions, and diplomatic relations.

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Werner Herzog

May 1st, 2021

2:01:28

Lawrence joins acclaimed film director Werner Herzog at his home in Los Angeles to discuss societal norms, consumerism, cancel culture, the …

Ian Tattersall

April 8th, 2021

1:09:34

Ian Tattersall (paleoanthropologist and curator emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History) joins Lawrence for a nuanced discussion of a wide …

Ian McEwan

March 1st, 2021

1:39:33

Lawrence joins novelist Ian McEwan (Atonement, Machines Like Me) at his home in London to discuss a wide variety of topics ranging from storytelling and censorship to artificial intelligence and Brexit.  His latest book …

Andrea Ghez

February 1st, 2021

1:45:28

2020 Nobel Prize-winning physicist and astronomer Andrea Ghez joins Lawrence to discuss her life in science and the path that led her to the …

Woody Allen

January 1st, 2021

1:47:33

Lawrence joins Academy Award-winning filmmaker Woody Allen at his screening room in New York City where Allen shares insights on his career, …

Joseph LeDoux

December 5th, 2020

1:44:59

Lawrence joins neuroscientist and author Joseph LeDoux in his office at New York University to discuss human consciousness (including its …

Maryam Namazie

October 30th, 2020

1:15:59

Lawrence joins human rights activist Maryam Namazie at her office in London to discuss her work with The Council of Ex-Muslims, the rise of fascism in the west, blasphemy, “safe spaces”, and more.

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Stephen Fry

September 22nd, 2020

2:05:42

The incomparable Stephen Fry joins Lawrence to discuss topics ranging from Greek myths and language, to AI, technology, religion, politics, and …

David Frum

July 13th, 2020

2:29:31

Author and political commentator David Frum joins Lawrence to discuss Trump, US foreign policy, the challenges of a Carbon Tax, “wokeness”, behavior …

George Church

May 21st, 2020

1:10:54

Known as “the Father of Synthetic Biology”, George Church is a geneticist, chemist and molecular engineer.  In this episode, Lawrence joins him in …

Sheldon Glashow

February 29th, 2020

1:30:31

Nobel Prize winning physicist Sheldon Glashow sits down with Lawrence to reflect on his life in science, the state of modern physics, and more.

See …

Sir Trevor Nunn

February 7th, 2020

1:36:34

Lawrence discusses Shakespeare, education and science with the Tony award-winning director and former head of the Royal Shakespeare company Sir …

Elizabeth Loftus

January 13th, 2020

1:29:22

In this episode, Lawrence is joined by award-winning cognitive psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus to discuss her ground-breaking work on false …

Stephen Greenblatt

December 16th, 2019

1:35:29

Lawrence joins Shakespearean, historian, and Pulitzer Prize winning author Stephen Greenblatt to discuss renaissance thinking, the crossroads of …

Martin Rees

October 24th, 2019

1:23:12

In London, Lord Martin Rees joins Lawrence to discuss cosmology, science writing, politics, and the role of religion (and religious figures) in …

Neil deGrasse Tyson

October 4th, 2019

1:43:09

Lawrence joins astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson in his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City to discuss Neil’s background, science communication methods, creating the perfect …

A.C. Grayling

September 6th, 2019

1:42:42

Lawrence joins philosopher Anthony Grayling in his office at the New College of the Humanities in London.  Together, they discuss the Brexit crisis, …

Penn Jillette

August 21st, 2019

1:41:01

Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) joins Lawrence at the Origins Podcast studios for a wide-ranging and colorful discussion of topics including …

Gail Collins

August 6th, 2019

1:02:46

Lawrence joins author and New York Times columnist Gail Collins to discuss her book When Everything Changed, which chronicles the progress of women’s …

Daniel P. Schrag

July 23rd, 2019

1:36:16

In this episode, Lawrence joins environmental scientist Dan Schrag at Harvard University to discuss Earth history, energy policies, and what we can …

Brian May

July 8th, 2019

31:11

In this episode, Lawrence joins musician and astrophysicist Brian May at his studio in Surrey.  May, the lead guitarist of the legendary rock band …

Alan Stern

July 7th, 2019

1:07:18

In this episode, Lawrence sits down with planetary scientist Alan Stern to discuss his new book Chasing New Horizons, which chronicles his work as head of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond.  Stern …

Jennifer Finney Boylan

June 18th, 2019

1:01:52

In this episode, Lawrence sits down in the offices of the New York Times with author and columnist Jennifer Finney Boylan. They discuss her life, …

Noam Chomsky

June 18th, 2019

2:04:55

In this episode, Lawrence talks with public intellectual, linguist, and political activist Noam Chomsky. Together, they discuss topics ranging from …

Ricky Gervais

June 18th, 2019

1:32:28

In this episode, Lawrence talks with actor, writer and comedian, Ricky Gervais about the science of comedy, the comedy of religion, and the religion of free speech. He also gets a mind-bending, personal science lesson …

Introduction

June 8th, 2019

2:02

Welcome to The Origins Podcast! This brief introduction with host Lawrence M. Krauss provides a glimpse of what to expect from the upcoming show. The Origins Podcast features in-depth conversations with some of the most …

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