Episodes
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Q+A • Season 1 Finale
Thank you for joining us this season. In this season 1 finale we take listener questions! What's the most dangerous experiment Taylor's ever done? How does lab glass work? What IS detergent? Those questions and more. YouTube • Podcast • Website • Patreon Giant Leap is a podcast hosted by nuclear...
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The Search for New Elements | Jacklyn Gates at Berkeley Lab
On this episode of Giant Leap, the search for elements beyond the end of the periodic table. Taylor and Joey visit the Heavy Element group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to learn more about the search for new superheavy elements. At the 88-inch Cyclotron, we take an inside look at the...
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Call for Questions
We're wrapping up production of Giant Leap Season 1. Before we go, we're taking listener questions at [email protected] Audio or Video is preferred, but if you can send text too.
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Is Evolution Linear? | Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton
How are species are evolving in response to climate change, ecosystem loss and humanity as a whole? On this episode we speak with evolutionary biologist Shane Campbell-Staton about microevolution, animals responding to urban environments, and the effect of nuclear radiation on ecosystems like...
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Are Carlsbad Caverns Radioactive?
In this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss Taylor’s recent trip to Carlsbad Caverns and why he was radioactive when he left. They discuss the element Radon, the physics of radioactive decay, the origins of Helium gas, and why people used to think radioactivity was actually good for…
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What’s Under the Ice? The science of ice cores | Joe McConnell
What’s under the ice? Trapped in the ice below the vast glacial ice fields, a frozen time capsule records the history of our planet’s atmosphere. From volcanic eruptions to the rise and fall of empires, the secrets to Earth’s past, and future, are recorded in pristine ice cores collected from…
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The Lead Problem
We’ve all been told about the dangers of the element lead, but why is lead toxic and why is it so present in our environment? In this short episode of Giant Leap, Taylor and Joey answer a listener question about the toxicity of lead and explore the promise and peril of heavy metals. YouTube:...
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The Day Earth Short Circuited | Massive solar storms and their effect on our planet.
Giant Leap is a new podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson and journalist Joey Lovato. Shot in Taylor's lab, the show digs into hard science, big ideas and possible futures by speaking with the people making those futures reality. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcast...
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The Next Big Volcano | Clive Oppenheimer
Website | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Patreon What can volcanoes tell us about our past, and future, as a species? Should we fear the destructive power of these portals to Earth’s interior? And how well can we predict future eruptions? In this episode of giant Leap Taylor and Joey dive...
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The Methane Problem
We hear a lot about CO2 and it's warming effect on the Earth's climate. What about Methane? In this episode of Giant Leap, Taylor talks about the methane problem -- where it's coming from, what it's doing in the atmosphere and ways that we could curtail some of its ill effects. YouTube:...
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Should Humans Still Go to Space? | Astronaut Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield, former commander of the International Space Station, talks with Taylor Wilson and Joey Lovato about the future of human space flight. We dig into the privatization of the space industry, the evolving technology in space exploration, science fiction, simulation and what's next for...
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Dude, where's my hydrogen car?
Electric cars are growing in popularity, but what about hydrogen cars? On this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss Hydrogen and examine its benefits and challenges. Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcast Giant Leap is a new podcast...
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Is A.I. Conscious? | Neuroscientist Anil Seth
What is consciousness...and, is it changing? On this episode of Giant Leap Taylor Wilson and Joey Lovato talk about the future of the brain with world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth. Together they explore some of the mysteries around the brain, the science of awareness, and the complicated...
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Could we stop an asteroid?
On this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss the various impacts that Earth has endured, and ask: "are we prepared for the next?". Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcast Giant Leap is a new podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor...
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Life as we Don’t Know it | Ellen Stofan (Smithsonian, NASA)
A few years back, Taylor Wilson snowmobiled into Yellowstone National Park in the dead of winter with Ellen Stofan, then chief scientist of NASA, now undersecretary of science at The Smithsonian. Ellen joins Taylor and Joey to dig into the future of scientific exploration, and what the…
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Trailer
Subscribe on youtube, or on your podcast app: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/subscribe As Carl Sagan once said, "We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology…” Giant Leap aims…
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Coming Soon | Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson
Announcing the podcast Giant Leap. Subscribe to be the first to hear the upcoming Trailer and first episodes. Giant Leap is a new show that explores the future by digging into cutting edge science, and talking with leading thinkers, explorers and scientists across the globe. Hosted by physicist...
About this show
A podcast about the future, today. Hosted by nuclear physicist, Taylor Wilson.
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