“The Joy of Why” is a Quanta Magazine podcast about curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge. The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the cosmologist and author Janna Levin take turns interviewing leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time. New episodes are released every other Wednesday.
Quanta Magazine is a Pulitzer Prize–winning, editorially independent online publication launched and supported by the Simons Foundation to illuminate big ideas in science and math through public service journalism. Quanta’s reporters and editors focus on developments in mathematics, theoretical physics, theoretical computer science and the basic life sciences, emphasizing timely, accurate, in-depth and well-crafted articles for its broad discerning audience. In 2023, Steven Strogatz received a National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications partly for his work on “The Joy of Why.”
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How to Lend Money to Strangers
A podcast about lending innovation and lending leadership in all the markets in which it takes place, however diverse those markets may be. In fact, it’s a case of ‘the more diverse the better,’ with guests from New York to New Zealand discussing everything from crypto-backed mortgages to crowd-funded loans for refugees to gamified loan journeys to AI-powered credit scores.
I am the host, Brendan le Grange, and I have spent the last twenty years working in – or alongside – lenders in Africa, Asia, and Europe and I’m using that experience to find and learn from industry insiders in a series of weekly interviews. Sometimes, those interviews discuss the inspiration behind a new start-up, sometimes they look back at a career spent at the lending coal face, and sometimes they explore where the latest technologies might take us. In the end, if it shapes a lending decision, we’ll talk about how. You can join us every Thursday here, or wherever you prefer to find your podcasts.
You can find more at www.HowToLendMoneytoStrangers.show
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Golic & Smetty
Golic & Smetty brings you a breakdown of everything in the headlines of sports, pop culture and news from a football player who isn’t sure if it’s a social media app or the sound a clock makes and a woman who had to ask how to dial on a rotary phone. Catch Mike Golic and Jessica Smetana every week for their thoughts on everything from football to fashion on Golic and Smetty.
Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast
Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast returns in celebration of the final film installment with Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. This weekly podcast revisits the series, the films, and the legacy of Downton Abbey through the eyes of the cast and crew of the beloved franchise. Hosted by Rotten Tomatoes Awards Editor Jacqueline Coley, Downton Abbey: The Official Podcast goes deep with heartfelt memories and inside stories from the making of the television series and the film trilogy. Experience Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale in theaters on September 12th. Get tickets at DowntonAbbey.com.
Search Engine
We try to make sense of the world, one question at a time. No question too big, no question too small.Hosted by PJ Vogt, edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni. Named one of the best podcasts of all time by Time Magazine
Trial by Content
Every week, Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Neil Miller enter the pop-culture discourse with a lively (and occasionally heated) debate pegged to the biggest new releases in film and television. In addition to bringing their own answer, they also consider submissions from listeners and the occasional special guest. Together via rigorous debate and a listener poll, the hosts and audience venture on a quest to find the perfect answer for each of the greatest pop culture questions of our time.
A Ghost Ruined My Life with Eli Roth
Terrifying, first-person stories of people who have been tormented by an evil spirit, hosted and hand-picked by Eli Roth and as told by the victims themselves. From confrontations with ghosts to demons, dark entities and poltergeists, these are the true accounts of people dragged through hell and back, complete with candid interviews and evocative, horrifying soundscapes. For even more haunting stories with Eli Roth, head to discovery+ to stream full episodes of Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life. Go to discoveryplus.com/ghost to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply.
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Club Random with Bill Maher
In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics. It’s Maher in his familiar element: one-on-one vibes, unfiltered laughs, and the kind of freewheeling banter only he can deliver.
The Ringer F1 Show
Your pit stop for everything Formula 1. Find Megan Schuster and expert guests from around the world every Wednesday and Sunday covering the 22 Grand Prix events and news.
Eons: Surviving Deep Time
Season 2 of the Eons podcast will be a longform exploration of a question we’re often asked in the comments section of our YouTube videos: how long could a human survive if they were dropped into a particular period of the geologic past?
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