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The Titanium Physicists Podcast

The Titanium Physicists Podcast

96 episodes

Dr. Ben Tippett and his team of physicists believe that anyone can understand physics. Black Holes! Lightning! Coronal Mass Ejections! Quantum Mechanics! Fortnightly, they explain a topic from advanced physics, using explanations, experiments and fun metaphors to a non-physicist guest. Visit the website to see a list of topics sorted by physics field.

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Episode 86: Live at AAAS- Quantum Computers

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 4:14 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 85: Decoherence Not Incoherence

Published: Feb. 1, 2020, 6:27 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 84: Super Stars Look Like Zebras

Published: Jan. 1, 2020, 5:26 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 83: Feeling Feeble WIMPS and Axions

Published: Nov. 30, 2019, 7:26 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 82: Snowing Diamonds

Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 4:53 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 81: LISA the Giant Tumbling Space Triangle

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 4:56 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 80: Picturing the Bach Hole

Published: Aug. 21, 2019, 5:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 79: MiniBooNE or Giant Curse

Published: March 11, 2019, 12:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 78 The Heat Death of The Universe

Published: Sept. 10, 2018, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 77: Disruptive Feedback

Published: Feb. 19, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 76: All that Glitters

Published: Dec. 18, 2017, 6:59 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes

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Episode 75: The Undeniable Outward Push

Published: Nov. 13, 2017, 7:59 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 seconds

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Episode 74: Jingle Bell Sweaters

Published: Aug. 24, 2017, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 73: An Episode with Glass

Published: July 10, 2017, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 72: Moonquake

Published: May 1, 2017, 5:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 71: Neutriyes or NeutriNO

Published: March 20, 2017, 3:43 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 seconds

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Episode 70: Muon, science cat, muon

Published: Jan. 16, 2017, 6:14 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 seconds

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Episode 69: Super Hyper Fire Hose Bucket Challenge

Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 8:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 68: The Shadows of Creation

Published: Nov. 7, 2016, 4:49 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 11 seconds

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Episode 67: A Phonon Call

Published: Oct. 1, 2016, 7:32 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 66: Life On Mars

Published: July 20, 2016, 8:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 65: New Ways of Looking

Published: May 23, 2016, 1:07 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 64: E and N (The edges of Einstein)

Published: April 25, 2016, 3:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 63: Worldbuilding

Published: March 25, 2016, 7:30 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 57 seconds

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NONEPISODE: ben's feeling

Published: Feb. 11, 2016, 5:31 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 62: Black Bells

Published: Feb. 1, 2016, 5:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 61: Levitating Trains

Published: Jan. 18, 2016, 6:38 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 60: Meters Of Interference

Published: Dec. 16, 2015, 8:58 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 59: Strange Truth and Charming Beauty

Published: Dec. 1, 2015, 6:09 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 58: Extraordinary Evidence

Published: Oct. 25, 2015, 5:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 57: Two Photons Walk Into An H Bar

Published: Sept. 18, 2015, 5:36 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 56: What "In Tangles" Meant

Published: June 7, 2015, 7:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 49 seconds

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Question Barn 8

Published: May 18, 2015, 5:17 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 55: Laser Laser Laser Laser Laser Laser

Published: April 1, 2015, 6:01 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 48 seconds

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Question Barn 7

Published: March 23, 2015, 4:57 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 54: The Way the Dog Ran Away

Published: Feb. 12, 2015, 7:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 43 seconds

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Question Barn 6

Published: Feb. 1, 2015, 6:03 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 53: Consistent Variables

Published: Jan. 11, 2015, 7:49 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 13 seconds

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Question Barn 5

Published: Dec. 26, 2014, 4 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 52: Through The Mirror

Published: Dec. 20, 2014, 7:42 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 13 seconds

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Question Barn 4

Published: Dec. 9, 2014, 1:39 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 57 seconds

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Question Barn 3

Published: Nov. 17, 2014, 5 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 24 seconds

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Question Barn 2

Published: Nov. 14, 2014, 5 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes

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Question Barn 1

Published: Nov. 12, 2014, 7:02 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 51: Tabled Tops

Published: Oct. 22, 2014, 5:17 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 50: The Death Of Spirals

Published: Sept. 1, 2014, 7:23 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep 49: Parallel Philosophies with Christopher Reynaga

Published: Aug. 1, 2014, 8:46 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 29 seconds

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Domains of Influence with Matt Sheehy and Brent Knopf

Published: July 1, 2014, 3:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 47: The Song Of Falling Stars with Robot Hugs

Published: June 18, 2014, 5:57 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 46: Burning Twice as Bright with Alasdair Stuart

Published: May 11, 2014, 10:01 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 45: The ThumBprint of Creation with Ryan North

Published: March 28, 2014, 5:13 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 44: Radiation oncology

Published: March 12, 2014, 4:22 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes

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Episode 43: Approaching Singularity

Published: Feb. 17, 2014, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 42: Quantum Twins Talk In Code

Published: Feb. 1, 2014, 3:43 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 41: The Light Which Pushes Back The Darkness

Published: Jan. 1, 2014, 6 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 40: Snowlines and No Rhymes

Published: Dec. 22, 2013, 9:41 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 39: Pasta Stars

Published: Dec. 7, 2013, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 38: Tron

Published: Oct. 30, 2013, 5:23 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 37: Quantum Shave and a Haircut

Published: Oct. 17, 2013, 4:59 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 36: Useless Spheres and Wasteful Rockets

Published: Sept. 1, 2013, 9:31 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 35: Crater?! I Hardly Know Her!

Published: July 22, 2013, 5:50 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 34: Ladder To The Stars

Published: June 24, 2013, 2:05 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 33: His Dark Materials

Published: June 9, 2013, 3:59 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 32: Sailors take warning

Published: May 8, 2013, 1:01 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 31: Pushing Mirrors

Published: April 8, 2013, 12:07 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 30: Subtle Pursuits

Published: March 10, 2013, 5:48 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 29: Dark Equivalence

Published: Feb. 12, 2013, 3 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 28: Smoke Like Swirls on the Moon

Published: Jan. 21, 2013, 2:40 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 27: Death and Heat Death

Published: Dec. 31, 2012, 3:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 2 seconds

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Episode 26: Black Gold

Published: Dec. 10, 2012, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 25: The No Bear Theorem

Published: Nov. 12, 2012, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 24: Higgs In A Blanket

Published: Oct. 14, 2012, 8:11 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 23: Quantum Tunneling

Published: Oct. 1, 2012, 3:24 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 22: Falling Down the Stepped Leader

Published: Sept. 17, 2012, 12:34 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 21: Things Fall Apart

Published: Aug. 20, 2012, 3:11 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 20: Time Dilates When You're Having Fun

Published: July 29, 2012, 5 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 19: The Northern Lights

Published: July 14, 2012, 8:01 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 18: That Superconductor Episode

Published: July 2, 2012, 1:55 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 34 seconds

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SBS! The Weekly Weinersmith Ep. 2

Published: June 25, 2012, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 17: See Spot Sun!

Published: June 9, 2012, 10 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 16: Drinking Superfluid from the Fire Hose of Knowledge

Published: May 28, 2012, 2:43 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 15: Music From Before Time

Published: May 13, 2012, 8:06 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 14: How Do You Spell Quasar?

Published: April 30, 2012, 5:45 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 13: That Which Lies Beneath The Ice

Published: April 16, 2012, 12:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 12: Exiled Worlds on the Outskirts

Published: April 2, 2012, 2:11 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 11: Of Matters Dark...

Published: March 18, 2012, 12:14 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 10: Neutron Stars

Published: March 5, 2012, 3:12 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 9: Warp Drive

Published: Feb. 20, 2012, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 8: The Sea of Dirac

Published: Feb. 5, 2012, 4:56 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 7: Extra Solar Planets

Published: Jan. 22, 2012, 10:28 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 6: Gravitational Waves

Published: Jan. 9, 2012, 6:15 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 5: The Dunes of Titan

Published: Dec. 23, 2011, 6:10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 4: The Solar Neutrino Problem

Published: Dec. 11, 2011, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 3: Time Travel

Published: Nov. 28, 2011, 3:38 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 2: Black Hole Detection

Published: Nov. 13, 2011, 2:48 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 1: Big Rips

Published: Nov. 9, 2011, 2:25 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 56 seconds

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