The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Episodes
Stephen Wolfram Q&A, Physics & Astronomy: Episode 3
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram answers audience questions about physics and astronomy as part of an ongoing livestream Q&A series for kids (and others). Question...
Stephen Wolfram Q&A, Physics & Astronomy: Episode 2
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram answers audience questions about physics and astronomy as part of an ongoing livestream Q&A series for kids (and others). Question...
Stephen Wolfram Q&A, Physics & Astronomy: Episode 1
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram answers audience questions about physics and astronomy as part of an ongoing livestream Q&A series for kids (and others). Question...
How We Got Here: The Backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project-Part 3
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode in a 3-part series, Stephen Wolfram details the backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project.
How We Got Here: The Backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project-Part 2
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode in a 3-part series, Stephen Wolfram details the backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project.
How We Got Here: The Backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project-Part 1
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode in a 3-part series, Stephen Wolfram details the backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project.
Informal History of Physics
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram gives a brief history of physics from Aristotle to Newton to Einstein and beyond---including simple conceptual explanations, historica...
Stephen Wolfram's Birthday AMA
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stephen Wolfram, founder and CEO of Wolfram Research and creator of Wolfram|Alpha, celebrates his 60th Birthday by addressing the "wh...
Learning about the Future from '2001: A Space Odyssey,' Fifty Years Later
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram revisits the film '2001: A Space Odyssey' fifty years since its release. Stephen takes a look at what the movie got right about techno...
A Book from Alan Turing... and a Mysterious Piece of Paper
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Stephen reads from a recent essay about receiving a book Alan Turing owned and the journey it sent him on.
A Very Brief History of Mathematics
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join a lecture with Stephen Wolfram as he gives a thumbnail sketch of the history of mathematics live from the Wolfram Summer School 2019.
What We've Built Is a Computational Language (and That's Very Important!)
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram reads a recent essay, "What We've Built Is a Computational Language (and That's Very Important!)" and explains how he's built the Wolf...
A World Run with Code
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A version of a recent talk Stephen Wolfram gave at a blockchain conference, where he said he'd talk about "What will the world be like when computati...
Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram details the tech infrastructure he has created to make himself a productive scientist, CEO, and language designer. Read more &nb...
Revisiting a New Kind of Science—Part 2
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part podcast, join Stephen Wolfram as he revisits his magnum opus A New Kind of Science—examining its implications for modern machine le...
Revisiting A New Kind of Science—Part 1
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part podcast, join Stephen Wolfram as he revisits his magnum opus A New Kind of Science—examining its implications for modern machine le...
30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 3
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3—How Wolfram Notebooks have evolved. In this final part of a three-part series, Stephen and Theo talk about developing the functions Dynamic a...
30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 2
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join a conversation with Stephen Wolfram and Theodore Gray as they remember inventing the Wolfram Notebook, developing and launching Mathematica 1.0, ...
30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 1
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1—Developing Mathematica and the Wolfram Notebook. In this first part of a three-part series, Stephen and Theo reminisce on early names for Mat...
Remembering Richard Feynman
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Wolfram remembers his time spent with Richard Feynman on what would have been his 100th birthday. Based on a chapter in his book 'Idea Makers,...
Buzzword Convergence: Making Sense of Quantum Neural Blockchain AI
01 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens if you take four of today’s most popular buzzwords and string them together? Does the result mean anything? Stephen Wolfram explores hi...
Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Part 4
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram revisits an essay in his book Idea Makers and blog post titled "Untangling the Tale of Ad...
Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Part 3
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode of a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram revisits an essay in his book Idea Makers and blog post titled "Untangling the Tale of Ad...
Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Part 2
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram revisits an essay in his book Idea Makers and blog post titled "Untangling the Tale of A...
Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Part 1
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram revisits an essay in his book Idea Makers and blog post titled "Untangling the Tale of Ad...
Communicating with the Past & Future, on Earth & Beyond
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Science? Philosophy? Linguistics? Archaeology? Communicating the achievements of our civilization to aliens or the future: what should we send? Join S...
A Brief History of Science with Stephen Wolfram—Part 1
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode in a four-part series on the history of science recorded at the Wolfram Summer School, Stephen Wolfram traces the roots of scien...
The Future of AI and Civilization with Stephen Wolfram—Part 1
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of a three-part series live from the Wolfram Summer School, Stephen Wolfram gives an overview of his thoughts on theories of eth...
A Brief History of Science with Stephen Wolfram—Part 2
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode in a four-part series exploring the history of science recorded at the Wolfram Summer School, Stephen Wolfram picks up with the...
A Brief History of Science with Stephen Wolfram—Part 3
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode in a four-part series exploring the history of science dating back to ancient Babylon recorded live at the Wolfram Summer School...
A Brief History of Science with Stephen Wolfram—Part 4
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode in a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram answers questions from students at the Wolfram Summer School about cybernetics, the simul...
The Future of AI and Civilization with Stephen Wolfram—Part 2
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of a three-part series live from the Wolfram Summer School, Stephen Wolfram discusses the future of digitized humanity as a box...
The Future of AI and Civilization with Stephen Wolfram—Part 3
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of a three-part series, Stephen Wolfram answers questions from students at the Wolfram Summer School about the simulation hypoth...