Pod Crashing Episode 370 Jorge Cham Digs Into The Great Mystery On The Podcast Science Stuff
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Pod Crashing episode 370 with Jorge Cham from the podcastScience Stuff.
"ScienceStuff" a new original podcast hosted bybest-selling and award-winning cartoonist and author Jorge Cham. New episodesrelease every Wednesday starting March 12th.. Ever wonder if your pet is lyingto you, what's inside a black hole or if you'd survive being cryogenicallyfrozen? Each week, "ScienceStuff" will tackle the kind of questionseveryday people have always wanted to know the answer to including: Do youreally have to wait 30 minutes before you can go swimming?Are near-deathexperiences real?What exactly are Quantum Computers? With infectious curiosity,Cham, a former roboticist and Caltech researcher and instructor, will takelisteners on a fun and illuminating dive into a new question each week, talk toexperts and explain the history and latest scientific results on each topic.Jorge Cham obtained his Ph.D. in robotics from Stanford University and was aninstructor and research associate at Caltech before leaving academia to create"Piled Higher and Deeper" (known as "PHD Comics"), a favoritecomic strip of scientists and academics with millions of readers online and inprint. According to the prestigious journal Science, Cham's "following inthe scientific world are enough to make even the most distinguished professorgreen with envy." He is also the main creator and creative director of theEmmy-nominated animated series "Elinor Wonders Why" which airs on PBSKids and around the world, and an author of several popular science booksincluding the award-winning "We Have No Idea: A Guide to the UnknownUniverse" and the celebrated children's series "Oliver's Great BigUniverse." "ScienceStuff" is produced and distributed byiHeartPodcasts, joining its flagship family of "Stuff" curiosityshows, which includes the popular "Stuff You Should Know,""TechStuff," "Stuff You Missed in History Class" and"Stuff To Blow Your Mind," among others, expanding the brand into theworld of science. All "Stuff" shows are available on the iHeartRadioapp and everywhere podcasts are heard. Trailer available here: Https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-sciencestuff-269210018/
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