What Is General Relativity?

On today’s episode we’re joined by college football analyst and Big T’s dream guest, Josh Pate. Josh gives us a behind the scenes look at his interview with Donald Trump and a deep dive into college football. Plus, we discuss the US’s escalating tensions with Iran and what a pote ...  Show more

On today’s Macrodosing, Big T is joined by Chief and Jersey Jerry to discuss the Mexican drug cartels. From today’s fentanyl epidemic and border debates to the decades-long evolution of Mexico’s most powerful criminal organizations. Plus, we get into the State of the Union, a man ...  Show more

Sitting in an apartment. What could be better? In the culture lab, (Matt’s apartment in Queens) our Las Cultch hosts catch up with culture. Topics include: RIP Jimmy Buffett, if Lady Gaga ever came on the podcast, remembering high school math, Charli and Rina, whether anyone actu ...  Show more

Weekend recaps (00:00-36:12). Sabrina Carpenter’s new song & music video with Barry Keoghan for ‘Please Please Please’ (37:30-53:51). Ariana Grande’s music video with Penn Badgley for ‘the boy is mine’ + Ariana Grande & Ethan Slater’s date night (53:52-1:07:17). Actors on Actors ...  Show more

Jim Gates (S James Gates Jr.) is a theoretical physicist and professor at Brown University working on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. He served on former President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He is the co-author of a new book titled ...  Show more

Jonathan sits down with physics professor Alan Weinstein to discuss gravitational waves, Einstein's theory of relativity, and his work for LIGO. Plus, Jonathan and Alan try to imitate the sound of two black holes merging. It's delightful. Find out what today’s guest and former g ...  Show more