As the Caltech community grappled with loss and uncertainty after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, researchers jumped into action, collecting data as soon as flames erupted. In this series, find out what they are learning, as they are learning it. Hear from scientists and engineers on Caltech's campus and at JPL who lend their expertise and answer questions from the local community.
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Story matters. Our lives are shaped around immersive, powerful stories that thrive at the heart of our religious traditions, scientific inquiries, and cultural landscapes. As Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein claimed, science without religion is lame and religion without science is blind. This podcast will hear from speakers in interdisciplinary fields of science and religion who are finding answers for how to live wholistic lives. This podcast is made possible by funding from the Fetzer ...
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The Loh Down on Science is the fun way to get your daily dose of science -- in less than two minutes! Writer/performer and Caltech alumna Sandra Tsing Loh explains the world of science with a dash of humor. It's a program for those who love science as well as for those who avoid it!
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What would it sound like if the scientists producing some of the latest research also produced podcasts about their work? Listen to Caltech Letters Podcasts to find out! In all our shows, you'll hear Caltech researchers blending science and storytelling to bring you the latest findings in their fields as well as a window into how science works, breaks, and moves forward. We believe communicating our research honestly reveals how scientists view their own work, and helps us all understand how ...
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“LA Made” is a series exploring stories of bold Californian innovators and how they forever changed the lives of millions all over the world. Each season will unpack the untold and surprising stories behind some of the most exciting innovations that continue to influence our lives today. Season 3, "LA Made: The Other Moonshot," tells the story of three Black aerospace engineers in Los Angeles, who played a crucial role in America’s race to space, amid the civil unrest of the 1960s. When Joan ...
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Great science and engineering often begin with a singular hypothesis. In conversations with seven Caltech faculty members, including Caltech's president, The Lonely Idea podcast series explores what can happen when sparks of innovation are given the chance to become popular science.
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TalkRL podcast is All Reinforcement Learning, All the Time. In-depth interviews with brilliant people at the forefront of RL research and practice. Guests from places like MILA, OpenAI, MIT, DeepMind, Berkeley, Amii, Oxford, Google Research, Brown, Waymo, Caltech, and Vector Institute. Hosted by Robin Ranjit Singh Chauhan.
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen from the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC/Caltech interviews the brilliant minds behind the discoveries of planets orbiting other stars.
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NOAO/AURA/NSF Sorry for the space picture. We needed a picture that was 1400 x 1400 pixels to upload podcasts. Thank you for your understanding.
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EXPLORING the interactive relationship between Art ("expression") & Science ("information")
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Join us as we investigate the powers of art and science–and the extraordinary, unexpected outcomes when the two fields intersect. This four-part series features prominent artists and scientists tackling big ideas about dark matter and transcendence from right- and left-brain points of view. At ArtCenter, science and art often cross paths–after all, CalTech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are in our backyard, allowing for unique collaborations through programs, exhibitions, internships a ...
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The Double Docs Podcast is about all things MD/PhD! We are three MD/PhD students at UCLA/Caltech looking to share our experiences and what one can expect as a dual degree student. We hope our podcast helps provide insight into these programs as well as helpful tips for undergrad research, med school applications, and more. You'll also hear from our amazing classmates and faculty who'll join us each week to provide their unique perspectives. We hope you get something out of listening and look ...
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In this podiobook: Larry Lazard, CEO of hackoff.com, takes his company public and watches its stock price soar and collapse. Following a hostile takeover attempt, Lazard is found dead in his office of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.Author Tom Evslin, a serial CEO, also took a company public in the Internet bubble and fought off hostile takeover attempts in the subsequent rubble. Unlike Larry, Evslin lived to tell what may be the definitive story of those strange times.The mystery ...
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Bringing you the speeches that changed the world… but lofi. Drift off and enjoy these chill vibes to expand your mind to.
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Join me as I learn about the world of Astrophysics. My name is Vikram Bhamre and I am 18 years old. On my podcast, Exploring Astrophysics, I chat with some of the most incredible astrophysicists around the world on the most interesting questions left unanswered in astrophysics. What's amazing is how helpful and forthcoming they all are and I hope you too are inspired when you listen to them.
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Public Outreach for Space Exploration
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Scared of Big Brother? You should be!By LAist 89.3
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Time heals all wounds—but how about honey?By LAist 89.3
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A monitor for… the baby monitor?!By LAist 89.3
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Imperfect Paradise: From ranchers with guns to gurus with crystals: How extremism in the American West has evolved
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26:03When Portland, Oregon-based reporter Leah Sottile began covering extremism in the American West a decade ago, she was interviewing ranchers, fundamentalist Mormons and “sovereign citizens” who did not believe the federal government should own land. During the pandemic, she began noticing that New Age wellness leaders were talking about many of the …
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Let’s have a Dinner Party! But YOU host it!By LAist 89.3
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How AI May Guide Us with Gregory Stock (Part 1)
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34:23In this conversation, Ilia Delio speaks with biophysicist, entrepreneur, and author Gregory Stock. Known for his groundbreaking ideas about biotechnology and the future of humanity, Gregory shares the story behind his influential book Metaman and offers insights into how technology is shaping—and destabilizing—our species and planet. Ilia and Grego…
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Don’t come any closer!By LAist 89.3
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Fight Night! In one corner, cancer. In the other…your immune system?By LAist 89.3
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Go ahead, sleep in. It’s good for ya!By LAist 89.3
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Imperfect Paradise: Can Oakland point the way for the future of liberal cities
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34:50Journalist Alexis Madrigal is obsessed with the port of Oakland. He even has a tattoo of a shipping container! In his new book, The Pacific Circuit, he makes the case that Oakland is where the real-world impacts of globalization are felt, and serves as a warning for other port communities. He documents the impact that the tech/logistics industry ha…
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Your bank account balances on a strict budget…your body does too!By LAist 89.3
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Ring ring! Hello, do you trust SCIENTISTS???By LAist 89.3
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Take a chill pill! For the grandbabies!By LAist 89.3
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Could the cure for cancer be… your own fat?!By LAist 89.3
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News flash: Rock ‘n’ roll head-banging ain’t healthy!By LAist 89.3
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Imperfect Paradise: The fallout over LAFD funding: Bass vs. Crowley
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36:13Amid the devastating Palisades and Eaton Fires that killed more than two dozen people, a political conflict came sharply into focus surrounding the funding of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). Finger-pointing as to who was to blame included former LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley and LA Mayor Karen Bass. The two women would be lambasted for thei…
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Ugh. You think just like mom!By LAist 89.3
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Can protein cause… back pain?!... in rats?!By LAist 89.3
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How Scripture Can Still Evolve with Peter Enns (Part 2)
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33:26In Part 2 of Ilia Delio’s conversation with author and biblical scholar Peter Enns, we explore deeper dimensions of scripture—and how our understanding of it must evolve alongside us. Together, Ilia and Pete examine how the Bible is often misused as a political and cultural tool, and they ask: Can scripture still offer wisdom in a world facing ecol…
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*sniff sniff* Smells…noisy?By LAist 89.3
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In this limited series, find out what Caltech scientists on campus and at JPL are learning, as they’re learning it. In this episode, “the Earthquake Lady” Lucy Jones shares how lessons about disaster response and recovery learned from decades as a seismologist apply to the 2025 fires. Hear Jones’s insights into how communities confront events like …
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Is the cure for cancer… pickleball?!By LAist 89.3
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Beanie Babies are back… on the menu?!By LAist 89.3
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Water and technology don’t mix! But what if they did?By LAist 89.3
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Imperfect Paradise: Rebuild or leave? One Black family in Altadena decides their future after Eaton Fire
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40:25The biggest question hanging over most people in Los Angeles who lost homes in the Palisades and Eaton Fires is whether to rebuild or leave -- a question that's especially fraught for Altadena's Black community, who faced a long history of redlining. Charel Bailey’s parents have lived in Altadena since 1977, and she desperately wants them to rebuil…
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Pump some iron… into your noggin?!By LAist 89.3
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Stop and smell the… NANO BOTS?!By LAist 89.3
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Can AI tell if you have cancer?By LAist 89.3
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A benefit concert for the ocean? Try a reef instrument!By LAist 89.3
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Don’t let the chubby cheeks fool you!By LAist 89.3
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Imperfect Paradise: When the disinformation machine comes for you
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39:40Renée DiResta joined the Stanford Internet Observatory to analyze how propaganda spreads online. But in 2023, she went from studying the online disinformation machine to becoming its target. We dive into what happened when a right-wing conspiracy made Renée its villain, as well as how disinformation has changed over the last three presidential elec…
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Those wild birds eat WHAT?By LAist 89.3
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How to Read Scripture with Peter Enns (Part 1)
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29:35Hunger for Wholeness is back with a brand new season—and we’re beginning with a deep and timely conversation about one the most timeless texts. In this season-opening episode, Ilia Delio speaks with biblical scholar and bestselling author Peter Enns. Known for his accessible, thoughtful takes on scripture, Pete invites us to rethink how we read the…
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I see the light!By LAist 89.3
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Got… Insulin?By LAist 89.3
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Jetlag… in your tummy?!By LAist 89.3
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Imperfect Paradise: ‘Free the Tee’ Redux: Fighting back against LA golf course scalpers
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43:49This episode originally aired on June 12, 2024. LA was rocked on March 4 when Dave Fink, a golf influencer, posted a viral video on Instagram detailing how brokers - largely using a Korean messenger app- were snatching up prime time tees at Los Angeles’ public golf courses and reselling them. Here’s how an unlikely crew of golf enthusiasts’ fight t…
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Welcome to the memory storage department – graveyard shift!By LAist 89.3
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Guess what’s the next big VIRAL hit…By LAist 89.3
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Your therapist doesn’t get you? Maybe try one named HAL…By LAist 89.3
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In this limited series, find out what Caltech scientists on campus and at JPL are learning, as they’re learning it. In this episode, you’ll hear about the air and soil data scientists collected and analyzed during and after the fires and how that can help us understand potential health risks. This episode was produced by the Caltech Office of Strat…
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Can bacteria make us smarter?By LAist 89.3
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Ah, the first day of spring! Time to bathe our children in flowery essential oils and—what, no?By LAist 89.3
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Imperfect Paradise: Meet the filmmakers who love AI
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34:04It’s hard to find people in Hollywood who are willing to speak publicly about their enthusiasm for AI, for fear of being seen as “siding with the machines.” And yet, many people are quietly using the technology already. In this episode, we interview two enthusiastic early adopters of AI in filmmaking about how they’re using it, its strengths and li…
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