Podcasts about Entropy

Episode 279 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movies  ‘Obsession' & ‘Backrooms.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Disclosure Day'!Spoiler-talk starts at 30:30 and ends at 1:05:08.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Author Rebecca Newberger Goldstein joins us to explore “the mattering instinct,” the deeply human need to feel significant, worthy, and justified in our own eyes. From “mattering projects” and morality to fame, incels, AI, and entropy, this conversation dives into the psychological and philosophical forces shaping how we search for meaning and purpose in our lives. Topics [0:00] Intro and Speed Round with Rebecca Goldstein [7:12] What is the “Mattering Instinct”? [11:57] Why Mattering Creates Conflict [15:11] Depression, Despair, and Significance [26:42] The Four “Mattering” Types [32:34] Fame, Recognition, and Validation [41:38] Incels, Radicalization, and the Search for Meaning [46:19] Ethics, Entropy, and Human Flourishing [51:59] Desert Island Music [59:17] Grooving Session: Defining Mattering ©2026 Behavioral Grooves Links About Rebecca The Mattering Instinct by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein  Join us on Substack! Join the Behavioral Grooves community Subscribe to Behavioral Grooves on YouTube Support Behavioral Grooves Musical Links Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love

Why is the past different from the future? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the universe's deepest questions like why is there anything, how we know we are in the real present, if there could be a unified theory of physics and more with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll. Originally aired August 29, 2023. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:  https://startalkmedia.com/show/physics-philosophy-with-sean-carroll/ Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode 278 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 21:48.Spoiler-talk starts at 45:36 and ends at 1:25:02.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Welcome to a Bit of Sizzle episode of Back Row Banter! Three of the Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Backrooms'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 17:05.Spoiler-talk starts at 47:35 and ends at 59:49.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

In this episode of Working Forward, Jason Cochran sits down with Matt Poepsel, SVP of Workforce and Talent at The Predictive Index and author of multiple books on talent optimization, to explore what happens when AI disruption, generational shifts, and organizational entropy collide. Matt introduces the concept of entropy in the workplace, the natural tendency of systems to descend toward disorder, and explains why fear-driven leadership only accelerates the breakdown. They dig into why 75 percent of Gen Z workers are interested in entrepreneurship, how AI is simultaneously creating opportunity and eroding foundational skills, and why the employer-employee relationship needs a return to mutuality. Matt makes the case that partnership, not power, is the only sustainable path forward, and that leaders who practice active listening, make concessions, and invest in adaptive skills will be the ones who hold their organizations together through the turbulence ahead. Additional Resources: Connect with Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattpoepsel/ Watch the Working Forward Podcast on YouTube! Connect with Jason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-d-cochran/ Follow PeopleForward Network on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peopleforward-network/ Learn more about PeopleForward Network: https://peopleforwardnetwork.com/ Key Takeaways: Entropy is the silent force pulling organizations apart; without intentional leadership, trust and commitment naturally erode over time. 75 percent of Gen Z workers are interested in entrepreneurship, largely because AI has made it easier than ever to start something on your own. The pendulum of power between employers and employees swings in cycles; leaders who squeeze talent during downturns will pay for it when the market opens back up. AI is not just displacing tasks but eroding the foundational adaptive skills that those tasks used to quietly build, and leaders need to protect that development. Mutuality, the practice of genuine partnership between employers and employees, is the antidote to the fear and self-interest that drive organizational breakdown. The pace of technological change is only accelerating; leaders who bet against AI's capabilities in their industry are making a short-sighted gamble.  

The US public's tastes and habits are fragmenting, leading to new consumer behaviours. The shift from a handful of TV networks to an endless supply of streamed shows and social media clips is just one of many causes. Investment manager Dave Bujnowski discusses the characteristics that determine which growth companies should thrive in the resulting ‘high entropy' environment.Dave Bujnowski is an investment manager in our US Equity Growth Team and co-manager of the Baillie Gifford U.S. Equity Growth Fund and our American Fund. In this conversation, he tells Short Briefings… host Leo Kelion about his work with anthropologist Dr Grant McCracken, studying the causes and effects of the fragmentation of American culture. They believe that US culture is a system that has entered a ‘high entropy state' – meaning that tastes and habits no longer change in an orderly manner. The result is “tremendous instability” and a sense of “continual pandemonium”. This shift, they argue, has implications for growth companies and helps explain why some are struggling to maintain mass-market appeal. But the disorder also plays to others' advantage, and they have sought to identify which will thrive and why. Portfolio companies discussed include:·      Cloudflare – the service that protects websites from attack and optimises their performance·      DraftKings – the sports gambling platform that lets Americans bet on sporting events·      Samsara – the Internet of Things specialist helping companies track and make sense of data·      SharkNinja – the home appliance company behind the CREAMi ice-cream maker·      Shopify – the ecommerce platform serving merchants ·       Resources:Dr Grant McCrackenShort Briefings on Long Term Thinking podcast archiveThe Long View collectionThinking in SystemsWhen systems fragment: entropy, cultural change and the next great US companies  Companies mentioned include:·      Alphabet (Google)·      Amazon·      Cloudflare·      DraftKings·      Meta·      Netflix·      Samsara·      SharkNinja·      Shopify·      SpaceX Timecodes:00:00  Introduction02:05  System-level thinking03:20  How change happens06:10   Entropy and fragmentation08:15   A conversation with Cloudflare's CEO10:20   Ants and anthropology13:25   Grant McCracken on North Sea culture15:15   The causes of splintering culture17:05   New consumer behaviours19:15   Challenging times for lululemon21:00   Shopify and agility23:10   Agentic commerce25:40  SharkNinja and new niches28:30  DraftKings and cultural anchors30:40  Samsara's entropy antidote32:10   Finance and space: systems to watch33:50  Book choice  Glossary of terms (in order of mention): Entropy: In this podcast, a metaphor for systems becoming more fragmented, varied and harder to predict.Cash flows: The money moving into and out of a business.Market cap: The total stock-market value of a company: share price multiplied by number of shares.S&P 500: A major US stock-market index of large companies.Second law of thermodynamics: A physics principle often simplified as the tendency of energy in a closed system to spread out over time. Mainframe: A large, central computer used by organisations to process major computing tasks. Big iron: Informal technology term for large, powerful central computers. MMA: Mixed martial arts, a full-contact combat sport. Delulu: Internet slang for optimistic or unrealistic self-belief. Short for ‘delusional'. Traffic aggregation: Bringing together large numbers of users or customers in one place, often online. Total addressable market (TAM): The total potential market size for a product or service if it reached all possible customers. Prediction markets: Markets where people trade contracts based on the likelihood of future events. Internet of Things: Everyday equipment connected to the internet so it can collect and share data.     

As the tumbleweeds gather around the forthcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special, and a year passes since the show was last being broadcast on television, we take stock of the situation and the swirling rumours surrounding the lack of production Presented by J.R. Southall, with Jon Arnold and Matt Barber and the ghost of Steve Hatcher

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Why perpetual motion machines fail - What might be driving the universe's expansion - How particles emerge from the structure of space - Entropy and the Big Bang theory - How temperature can become negative

TENE is rejoined by Amanda (Ms.Entropy) to discuss the recent shooting at the San Diego Islamic Center, the lingering Legacy of Tom Metzger, and neo-Nazi accelerationism.

Pri krste mojej novej knihy Krotitelia entropie ma organizátor konferencie CryptoByte Dušan poprosil aj o prednášku o tom, ako som pri jej tvorbe používal AI. Spravil som to ale úplne inak, než si pravdepodobne predstavoval — žiadny prompt engineering, žiadne triky, ako prinútiť AI napísať za vás knihu. Volá sa to Ako uloviť memetického ducha a je o tom, prečo má zmysel chcieť od modelu niečo, čo v jeho tréningových dátach nikdy nebolo. V intre vám poviem aj o samotnej knižke — prečo som ju napísal, čo obsahuje a prečo verím, že úplne najlepším výsledkom nebude, že sa bude páčiť vám, ale že sa jej mémbionty dostanú do váh budúcich AI modelov a prežijú skok z vašich hláv do kremíkového vedomia. Odkazy k podcastu: Kniha Tamers of Entropy (Krotitelia entropie) — v slovenčine, češtine a angličtine, štandardná a premium verzia. Kupón podcast dáva zľavu. Objednať sa dá na juraj.bednar.io. Nostr účet Tamers of Entropy — postavy z románu Paul Rosenberg: The Breaking Dawn — kniha, kde som prvýkrát stretol pojem „machine intuition“ (Rosenberg mimochodom predpovedal aj Bitcoin ešte predtým, ako vznikol) Robin Hanson, Kevin Simler: The Elephant in the Brain — o postracionalizácii intuitívnych rozhodnutí Michael Levin a jeho výskum adaptívnej inteligencie v jednoduchých triediacich algoritmoch The Merge — môj predchádzajúci pokus o ulovenie memetických duchov v hudobno-textovej forme, o mémbiontoch je tam skladba Another Life – a nový web projektu The Ohm (kde je aj soundtrack k Tamers of Entropy)

Episode 277 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Mortal Kombat II.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 14:14.Spoiler-talk starts at 30:10 and ends at 51:52.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Dr. Kevin Knuth is a former NASA research scientist, professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany & the editor-in-chief of the journal Entropy.He also helped launch UAlbany Project X (UAPx), a new academic collaboration focused solely on advancing rigorous science in the study of UAPs/UFOs.Sponsors:Bombas offers a wide variety of sock lengths, colors, and patterns that have you covered whether you're working out, going out, or lounging at home. If you want to upgrade your sock game to one that's more comfortable, durable, fashionable, and charitable, head over to⁠ ⁠Bombas⁠⁠ to browse their full collection of everyday wear and don't forget to use code CDSF20 for 20% off your first order.ANCORE: Named the best portable cable machine by Men's Health Home Gym Awards. Head over to⁠ ⁠ancoretraining.com/cdsf10⁠⁠ and use promo code CDSF10 for $50 off your order today.By combining the most potent organic nootropics found in nature, Drink Alchemy delivers sustainable boosts to creativity, memory, energy, & focus in one epic beverage. Enjoy the benefits of real ingredients, natural nootropics, and live with your Mind Unbound by going to⁠ ⁠drinkalchemy.co⁠⁠ and use code CDSF at checkout for 10% off your order today.Thorne vitamins and supplements are made without compromise: quality ingredients ensure your body optimally absorbs and digests your daily supplements, while in-house and third-party testing ensure you're getting exactly what you paid for. Thorne's selection of high-quality supplements can help improve your quality of life. Switch to Thorne's high-quality and extensively tested supplements today at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠thorne.com/u/CDSF⁠⁠.Marc Pro. Marc Pro is an electric muscle stimulator that focuses on improving recovery through its patented technology. Unlike a traditional TENS unit, the Marc Pro doesn't just mask your pain, it improves circulation, flushes lymphatic waste, reduces soreness and fatigue, and prevents overuse injuries – leading to improved performance in the gym and on the field. Start taking your recovery to the next level. Head over to⁠ Marc Pro⁠ and use code CDSF for 10% off your Marc Pro, Marc Pro Plus, or Boost Pro Massage gun.Intro/outro music:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠freebeats.io/⁠⁠ (prod. White Hot)

Echoes of Your Memories is an ambient and chill music podcast. This is great for relaxing after a stressful day. Please check this out and enjoy. Artist names and song titles are in the order they were played... TIIKK-INSOMNIA, THOMAS KEAY-FADED MEMORY, ENOUEMENT & LOGIC 23-ENTROPY, TWISTED PSYKIE-PARANOID, EVEROUS-JUST A LITTLE LONGER, BYTHEWVVE-MELT, BK ART-COLD NIGHT, TWISTED PSYKIE-FALLING DOWN, BLAUDISS & ELVYA-ASTRAL PROJECTION, KEERDA-STRESS TEST, JAY MELLOCK-METEORA, NODIUM-UNSTILL AMONG THE MEADOWS, OSUNE-CANVAS, ZANDYR-ECHOES OF YOUR TEARS, EVERIE-TRAVERSE, SYEREN-ARE YOU THE ONE, STXRLESS-CIRCLES. End. Thanks for listening to Ken Steele Music.

This podcast we smoke Domail Entropy, Penderyn Whiskey & a look at the movies of Robert Duvall, along with our typical sophomoric behavior.   Follow @TheCigarDungeon  On twitter/Instagram/facebook

In our World Password Day Special, we're digging into credentials, identity, and authentication  — and where security is  heading next.

Episode 276 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Hokum.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Mortal Kombat II'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 11:58.Spoiler-talk starts at 29:17 and ends at 60:00.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

The second law of thermodynamics says that disorder always increases. Not sometimes. Always. Ludwig Boltzmann proved it in the 1870s. Rudolf Clausius named it. The universe is moving toward a state of maximum entropy — a cold, uniform, perfectly disordered nothing — and there are no known exceptions to this law.This episode covers the actual physics: entropy and the second law, Edward Lorenz and chaos theory, Ilya Prigogine's Nobel Prize-winning work on dissipative structures — and what all of it has to say about what it means to be organized, alive, and beautiful inside a universe that is structurally committed to falling apart.No metaphors used as shortcuts. The science is real. The conclusion follows from it.Mentioned in this episode: Ludwig Boltzmann, Rudolf Clausius, Edward Lorenz, Ilya Prigogine, Henri BergsonRead more at hotliterati.comJoin Hot Literati Academy: hotliterati.com

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Episode 275 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Speed Racer.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Hokum'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 10:45.Spoiler-talk starts at 33:01 and ends at 59:06.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

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Episode 274 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Lee Cronin's The Mummy.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Speed Racer'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 6:10.Spoiler-talk starts at 23:32 and ends at 47:37.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Episode 275 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Field of Dreams.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Lee Cronin's The Mummy'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 12:21.Spoiler-talk starts at 36:14 and ends at 1:08:48.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Episode: 1564 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and time's arrow.  Today, we see why time goes only from then to now.

Welcome to a Bit of Sizzle ep of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys (minus Tyler) gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘The Drama.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Field of Dreams'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 4:17.Spoiler-talk starts at 24:43 and ends at 1:21:45.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

SPONSORS: - Go to https://expressvpn.com/theoriesofeverythingyt to find out how you can get up to 4 extra months thanks to our sponsor, ExpressVPN - Accelerate your efficiency. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at http://shopify.com/theories - I subscribe to The Economist for their science and tech coverage. As a TOE listener, get 35% off! No other podcast has this: https://economist.com/TOE This conversation belongs in a category I wish were larger on this channel: the experimentalist who also thinks (deeply) about foundations. Professor Aephraim Steinberg, winner of Physics World's Breakthrough of the Year in 2011, is that species! For basically 30 years, he's been measuring aspects of physics that others wouldn't touch: Bohmian trajectories, Heisenberg's disturbance bound (he showed it was wrong), even where the photon is inside the double slit (which most textbooks will tell you is impossible). His lab measured negative time — and it keeps reappearing across completely different experiments, stubbornly suggesting it means something. FOLLOW: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Substack: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribe - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9 - PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 TIMESTAMPS: - 00:00:00 - Defining Negative Time - 00:06:50 - Quantum Trajectory Theory - 00:12:44 - The Holland Tunnel Analogy - 00:18:40 - Resonant Atomic Interactions - 00:26:05 - Superluminal Energy Propagation - 00:32:00 - Eight Velocities of Light - 00:38:00 - Causality and Retrocausality - 00:44:00 - Dwell Time vs. Delay - 00:50:24 - Time: Operator or Parameter? - 00:58:21 - Bell's Theorem and Realism - 01:04:55 - Heisenberg's Measurement Disturbance - 01:11:26 - Weak Measurement Formalism - 01:17:37 - Time Symmetry and Entropy - 01:27:07 - Bohmian Trajectories Observed - 01:35:56 - Spin-Statistics and Indistinguishability - 01:42:14 - Quantum Computational Advantage - 01:48:15 - Many Worlds vs. Complexity - 01:54:51 - Psi-Ontic vs. Psi-Epistemic - 02:01:37 - Collapsing Tunneling Particles - 02:08:48 - Larmor vs. Atto Clocks - 02:15:24 - Locality and Information LINKS MENTIONED: - Aephraim's Website: https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~aephraim/ - Aephraim's Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PzUyb6IAAAAJ - Photon Negative Time in Atom Cloud [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.03680 - How Much Time Does a Photon Spend as Atomic Excitation? [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00432 - Measuring Time Atoms Spend in Excited State [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/prxquantum/abstract/10.1103/PRXQuantum.3.010314 - Tunneling Atom Time in Barrier [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.13523 - Single-Photon Tunneling Time [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.708 - Traversal Time for Tunneling [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.1739 - Propagation of a Gaussian Light Pulse [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.1.305 - Linear Pulse Propagation in Absorbing Medium [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.738 - Eighth Velocity of Light [Paper]: https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article-abstract/45/6/538/1045817/Eighth-velocity-of-light - Attosecond Ionization [Paper]: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1163439 - Tunneling Optical Pulses Photonic Band Gaps [Paper]: https://attoworld.de/fileadmin/user_upload/tx_attoworld/publications/paper_PhysRevLett_Y1994_M10_D24_V73_P2308.pdf - Evidence of Negative Time [Article]: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evidence-of-negative-time-found-in-quantum-physics-experiment/ - Light Speed Reduction [Article]: https://www.nature.com/articles/17561 - On the Theory of Light and Colors [Paper]: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/107113.pdf - Wave Propagation and Group Velocity [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/1483253937?tag=toe08-20 - EPR Paper [Paper]: https://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.47.777 - Uncertainty Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle - QBism [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5209 More links at https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Guests do not pay to appear. #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 272 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.' Join us next week for our review of ‘The Drama'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 11:12.Spoiler-talk starts at 27:24 and ends at 50:45.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

The downtime between races continues, forcing the team to consider their bonds off the track. Atlas tunes up KillerByt3, and remembers their legacy. Carmen snoops around the garage, and Eloise opens up about magic and its risks. Cedar finds himself in a high-stakes family reunion. Check out Girl by Moonlight from our Sponsors, Evil Hat Productions! For Transcripts, our Tip Jar, and the official Discord Server: https://bloomandblight.com/ Be sure to stick around after our credits for a word from friends of the show, QueeRPG! Theme Songs: "PRESS/LEAD" and "PRESS/LEAD (Jazz Lounge Vers.)" by Harper S.K. Songs featured courtesy Epidemic Sound: "Shibuya Bullet Train" by baegel, "LEGACY" by Maine, "1978" by Tellsonic, "Feeling New" by Max Anson, "A Nebula Inside" by ELFL, "Not Safe Anymore" by Phillip Ayers, "End Game Throwdown" by Max Anson, and "You're a Believer (Instrumental Version)" by Stonekeepers.

Noise is default. Radiation surrounds us like a memory of the Big Bang. And leaks into every microphone...In this episode, we break down what noise actually is. The painful (and beautiful) interference from power lines and radio waves, and the limits it places on every signal we try to capture. We talk through white, pink, brown, and blue noise, and why some feel harsh while others put us to sleep.Then we dive into noise floors, dynamic range, gain staging, and why every piece of gear has its own signature. And why engineers sometimes add noise on purpose!At the edge, noise becomes something deeper: it limits how much information can exist in a system. Even the universe has a background signal.This episode is about where signal ends and everything else begins.For 30% off your first year with DistroKid to share your music with the world click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DistroKid.com/vip/lovemusicmore⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Renato Renner (ETH Zurich) proves quantum mechanics contains logical contradictions that undermine its foundations.Quantum theory may be the most successful theory in history — and Renato Renner has proved it can't consistently describe itself. This is not a philosophical objection. It's a theorem. From there it spirals into black holes, reference frames, and why some of his students refused to continue working on the subject. This one is a quiet storm, blending the foundations of physics with something uncomfortably personal: the question of what you are. TIMESTAMPS: - 00:00:00 - Quantum Theory's Internal Contradiction - 00:05:51 - Recursive Consistency Checks - 00:11:00 - Wigner's Friend Paradox - 00:18:11 - Global vs. Local Inconsistency - 00:25:04 - The Inhabitant's Perspective - 00:31:12 - Modeling Multi-Agent Reasoning - 00:44:25 - Three Fundamental Assumptions - 00:56:36 - Quantum Reference Frames - 01:06:14 - Black Hole Information Paradox - 01:15:06 - Operationalizing Hawking Radiation - 01:24:48 - Realizability of Thought Experiments - 01:41:16 - Emotional Physics: Many Worlds - 01:50:03 - The Limits of Probability - 02:01:06 - Operationalizing the Measurement Problem - 02:15:41 - Generalized Probabilistic Theories - 02:29:16 - Quantum-Gravity Correspondence - 02:40:10 - The Source of Disagreement - 02:56:54 - Physics as Communication LINKS MENTIONED: - Renato's Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OEBtlWgAAAAJ - Renato's Lecture at Helgoland [Lecture]: https://youtu.be/NxIyldEZzZI - Against Probability [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.18872 - Testing Quantum Theory with Thought Experiments [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.05314 - Quantum Advantage in Cryptography [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.04078 - Quantum Theory Cannot Consistently Describe the Use of Itself [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.07422 - Security of Quantum Key Distribution [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0512258 - Thought Experiments in a Quantum Computer [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.06236 - The Black Hole Information Puzzle [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.14653 - Quanundrum Software: https://github.com/jangnur/Quanundrum - Wigner's Friend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner's_friend - Reimagining of Schrödinger's Cat [Article]: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reimagining-of-schroedingers-cat-breaks-quantum-mechanics-mdash-and-stumps-physicists1/ - Collapse Theory [Paper]: http://www.psiquadrat.de/downloads/grw86.pdf - Entropy of Hawking Radiation [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.06872 - QBism [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5209 - Respecting One's Fellow [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03572 - Why Do Humans Reason? [Paper]: https://www.dan.sperber.fr/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MercierSperberWhydohumansreason.pdf - Quantum Mechanical Rules for Observed Observers [Paper]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47170-2 - Game Theory [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/0262061414?tag=toe08-20 - Tim Maudlin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/fU1bs5o3nss - Jacob Barandes [TOE]: https://youtu.be/gEK4-XtMwro - Sean Carroll [TOE]: https://youtu.be/9AoRxtYZrZo - David Wallace [TOE]: https://youtu.be/4MjNuJK5RzM - David Bessis [TOE]: https://youtu.be/GHGi_XDqKNw More links at https://curtjaimungal.substack.com Guests do not pay to appear. #science Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yousaf Nishat-Botero on the Ecologies of Planning and Metabolic Municipalism. Shownotes Yousaf Nishat-Botero Dr. Yousaf Nishat-Botero at the University of Birmingham:  https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/yousaf-nishat-botero/ Nishat-Botero, Y. (2023). Planning's ecologies: Democratic planning in the age of planetary crises. Organization. Special Issue: Public Value, 1-23. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13505084231186749 Nishat-Botero, Y. & Thompson, M. (2025). Planning in Nature's Metropolis: Metabolic Municipalism and Ecological Planning in Barcelona. Environment and Planning D. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02637758251364061 Nishat-Botero, Y. & Thompson, M. The land question and postcapitalist countrysides: towards a town-country synthesis. In Postcapitalist Countrysides (N. Gallent, M.Gkartzios, M. Scott, A. Purves (Eds.). UCL Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379514594_The_land_question_and_postcapitalist_countrysides_towards_a_town-country_synthesis on ‘metabolism' in Liebig and Marx: Clark, B. & Foster, J. B. (2018). The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Metabolic Rift. Monthly Review 70(3). https://monthlyreview.org/articles/the-robbery-of-nature/ Marx, K. ([1867] 2004). Capital: Volume I. Penguin U https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/35192/capital-by-karl-marx-intro-ernest-mandel-trans-ben-fowkes/9780140445688 Sorg, C. (2023). Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Toward an Expanded Notion of Democratically Planned Postcapitalism. Critical Sociology 49(3), 475-493. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08969205221081058 Salleh, A. (2010). From Metabolic Rift to “Metabolic Value”: Reflections on Environmental Sociology and the Alternative Globalization Movement. Organization & Environment 23(2), 205-219. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27068655 on ‘capitalism as socioecological totality': Fraser, N. (2022). Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and what we can do about it. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2685-cannibal-capitalism Moore, J. (2015). Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-life Planning for Entropy. (2022). Democratic Economic Planning, Social Metabolism and the Environment. Science and Society Journal. Vol 82, Nr 2. New York: Guilford Publications https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.2022.86.2.291 Latour, B. & Weibel, P. (2020). Critical Zones. The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth. MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262044455/critical-zones/ on the Oskar-Lange-Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_model Barca, S. (2021) Forces of Reproduction: Notes for a Counter-hegemonic Anthropocene. Elements in Environmental Humanities. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/forces-of-reproduction/BE9B0DBDC89593F3284FE3F51D3B0418 on Donna Harraway's ‘response-ability': Harraway, D. (2016). Staying with the Trouble. Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/staying-with-the-trouble Braudel, F. (1979 [1992]). Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, Vol I-III. University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paper Nunes, R. (2021). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal?srsltid=AfmBOoqNKlXZJs9HrqEBU4BlAF7hbaxEzAOWD1oQCV6M_Kwtg5n9xOcO on Otto Neurath's political economy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neurath/political-economy.html on the quote by Otto Neurath: Otto Neurath in O'Neill, J. (2003) ‘Socialism, Associations and the Market', Economy and Society 32(2): 184–206 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249006144_Socialism_associations_and_the_market on Friedrich Hayek's argument against centralized planning: Hayek, F. A. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review 35(4), 519-530. https://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/hykKnw.html https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/hayek-opposes-centralized-economic-planning Morozov, E. (2019). Digital Socialism? New Left Review 116/117. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialism Rochowicz, N. (2025). Planning progress: Incorporating innovation and structural change into models of economic planning. Competition & Change, 29(1), 64-82. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10245294231220690? Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Duke University Press. https://web.education.wisc.edu/halverson/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2012/12/jameson.pdf Toscano, A. & Kinkle, J. (2015). Cartographies of the Absolute. Zero Books. https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/cartographies-of-the-absolute Anderson, P. (1961). Sweden: Mr. Crosland's Dreamland. New Left Review 1/7. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i7/articles/perry-anderson-sweden-mr-crosland-s-dreamland-part-1 Mandel, E. (1986). In Defence of Socialist Planning. New Left Review 1/159. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i159/articles/ernest-mandel-in-defence-of-socialist-planning Thompson, M., & Nishat-Botero, Y. (2025). Postcapitalist Planning and Urban Revolution. Competition & Change, 29(1), 101-120. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10245294231210980 Durand, C., Hofferberth, E. & Schmelzer, M. (2023). Planning beyond growth. The case for economic democracy within limits. Political Economy Working Papers. University of Geneva.  https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:166429 on Barcelona En Comú: https://barcelonaencomu.cat/ on Grupo AGBAR and the anti-privatisation movement:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Agbar https://ejatlas.org/conflict/remunicipalisation-and-anti-privatization-movement-in-barcelona1 on the Socialist party of Catalonia:  https://www.socialistes.cat/ on the airport expansion in Barcelona: https://ejatlas.org/conflict/prat-airport-expansion-catalonia-spain on the paper by Union Populaire:  https://programme.lafranceinsoumise.fr/livrets/planification-ecologique/ on the quote from Mike Davis: Davis, M. (1990). City of Quartz. Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. Verso.  https://www.versobooks.com/products/1320-city-of-quartz?srsltid=AfmBOor1VtvQMJu_87qS8EDz0EcwP9KABUrajgH5LX2pdFNXWVC5Su6B Future Histories Folgen S03E59 | Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e59-cedric-durand-on-ecological-planning/ S03E50 Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism II https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e51-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-ii/ S03E49 Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism I https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e50-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-i/ S03E21 | Christoph Sorg zu Finanzwirtschaft als Planung https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung/ S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/ S02E44 | Evgeny Morozov on Discovery Beyond Competition  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e44-evgeny-morozov-on-discovery-beyond-competition/ — If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help: Democratic planning – an information website: https://www.democratic-planning.com/ Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1 Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk] https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction International Network for Democratic Economic Planning https://www.indep.network/ Democratic Planning Research Platform: https://www.planningresearch.net/ — Future Histories Contact & Support If you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories Contact: office@futurehistories.today Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories English webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com   Episode Keywords #YousafNishat-Botero, #JanGroos, #Interview, #UniversityofBirmingham, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #FutureHistories, #DemocraticPlanning, #Planning, #EconomicPlanning, #Ecology, #Socialization, #Organization, #Capitalism, #Socialism, #Municipalism, #Metabolism, #PlanetaryCrisis, #Nature, #Barcelona  

Episode 271 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Project Hail Mary.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 6:27.Spoiler-talk starts at 24:49 and ends at 56:30.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Episode 270 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Undertone.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Project Hail Mary'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 12:21.Spoiler-talk starts at 35:40 and ends at 1:07:54.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

In this solo episode Zach talks about entering the Tableau Visionary Hall of Fame, entropy in complex processes, and persevering when work gets tough

Lisa and I discuss the "ministry" of Jael in driving a tent peg into Sisera's head. Plus, the glory of revealing our shame, how we ought to expose our failures to reveal His grace. We seek, once again, ministry partners, and finally, rejoice in the reversal wrought by our Lord's resurrection.

CBC's investigative program, the fifth estate--has spent months looking into two Canadian platforms and the role they play in monetizing hate--under the banner of free speech. Rumble and Entropy both promote themselves as cancel-free spaces and have attracted extremist voices--that many say spew harmful content that may lead to real world harm.

On this episode we sample two of Sierra Nevada's Trail Pass NA Series while talking about Kyle's safe space, goosing Capt America, interacting with a celebrity, comparing Cs, why we gotta have the body, is the IPA too much, college dorm room toe jam, gas stoves, a 20% loss to entropy, work life balance is a myth, what are we trying to achieve here, finding the equilibrium, and juggling four balloons.  Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DrepandStone We'd love to hear from you! https://linktr.ee/DrepandStone Don't forget to subscribe! Music by @joakimkarudmusic Episode #338

Episode 269 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Ready or Not.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Undertone'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 16:32.Spoiler-talk starts at 34:32 and ends at 58:10.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

This week’s guest is Adam Lawrence. Ron and Adam discussed Adam’s Wheel of Sustainability, the importance of continuously improving, what his Sustainability System assessment is trying to solve, and more. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here. In this episode you’ll learn:  The quote Adam likes (2:41) His background (3:32) The Wheel of Sustainability (4:22) Why he created the system (6:48) A case study of how Adam has seen it work (7:33) The importance of continuously improving (9:20) What Adam’s assessment is trying to solve (12:16) The feedback he’s gotten (17:29) Adam’s challenge for our listeners (21:29) Podcast Resources Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3 Adam’s Past Gemba Academy Podcast Episodes The Wheel of Sustainability Get Your Sustainability Score Adam on LinkedIn Adam’s Website Get All the Latest News from Gemba Academy Our newsletter is a great way to receive updates on new courses, blog posts, and more. Sign up here. What Do You Think? What are your thoughts on the Wheel of Sustainability?

In this episode, Neha and Shruti discuss Annihilation, the first book of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy. We discuss its world building, character development, and share our many theories about the central mystery and the book's ending. Shelf Discovery & Books Mentioned:His Dark Materials by Phillip PullmanWhat Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeIf you would like to get additional recommendations, analyses, and behind-the-scenes content related to this and all of our episodes, subscribe to our free email newsletter on Substack.We love to hear from listeners about the books we discuss - you can connect with us on Instagram or by emailing us at thenovelteapod@gmail.com.This episode description contains links to Bookshop.org, a website that supports independent bookstores. If you use these links we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 268 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Ready or Not'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 7:14.Spoiler-talk starts at 23:17 and ends at 46:32.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Episode 267 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Crime 101.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 5:03.Spoiler-talk starts at 19:25 and ends at 40:00.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Episode 266 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die.' Join us next week for our review of ‘Crime 101'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 9:06.Spoiler-talk starts at 26:57 and ends at 1:02:11.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Episode 265 of Back Row Banter. The Back Row Boys gather around to discuss what they have been watching recently and review the movie ‘Shaft (2000).' Join us next week for our review of ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die'!The review segment of the podcast starts at 12:12.Spoiler-talk starts at 33:16 and ends at 56:02.Entropy listhttps://letterboxd.com/ayysh/list/entropy-list/Tiered Listhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1d531wOAZPI4njYagWcklfYqzcFCditLgRAOemjDe2sM/edit?usp=sharingFollow the podcast!Show:Website: https://backrowbanter.buzzsprout.com/Twitter: @BanterRowYouTube: Back Row BanterEmail: BackRowBanterPod@gmail.comInstagram: @BackRowBanterPodBlake:Letterboxd: BlakeHolderAdam:Letterboxd: @AyyshTwitter: @Ayysh24Twitch: twitch.tv/AyyshNathaniel:Letterboxd: @nsgingrichTwitter:  @nsgingrichInstagram: @nathanielg92Check out Nathaniel's podcast, The Sandpiper Tapes!http://www.buzzsprout.com/1386679Tyler:Letterboxd: @tylervidalesTwitter: @tylervidalesInstagram: @tylervidalesTwitch: twitch.tv/ElTrabajo87Intro/Outro music by washedgoods, soundcloud.com/washedgoods

Entropy threatens the universe—and the Doctor's life. As Logopolis falls and the Master seizes control, the Fourth Doctor faces destiny. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli could ask: Was this the perfect regeneration?

Entropy threatens the universe—and the Doctor's life. As Logopolis falls and the Master seizes control, the Fourth Doctor faces destiny. With Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli, we ask: Was this the perfect regeneration? The post Logopolis (Revisited) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

What if gravity is just entropy in disguise? Professor Erik Verlinde joins me to argue that gravity isn't a fundamental force—it's thermodynamic, emerging from quantum information the way gas pressure emerges from molecules bouncing around. We explore why spacetime may be stitched together by entanglement, and how dark energy and dark matter both pop out automatically without extra particles or parameters. Verlinde explains why the cosmological constant problem is a red herring, and why there may be no final theory of physics. When asked where the universe comes from, his answer is one word: chaos. SUPPORT: - Support me on Substack: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribe - Support me on Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9 - Support me on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 JOIN MY SUBSTACK (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e TIMESTAMPS: - 00:00:00 - Thermodynamic Gravity and Information - 00:06:35 - Beyond Effective Field Theory - 00:13:08 - Turtles All The Way Down - 00:25:41 - Entropy as a Force - 00:36:31 - Entanglement and Spatial Connectivity - 00:47:31 - Deriving Inertia and F=ma - 00:56:41 - De Sitter Space Challenges - 01:02:01 - Dark Matter and Milgram - 01:11:51 - The Emergence of Time - 01:21:01 - Statistical Gravity Fluctuations - 01:27:01 - Quantum Computational Complexity - 01:36:01 - Physics Intuition and Mentorship - 01:47:31 - Beauty, Garbage, and Chaos LINKS MENTIONED: Papers, books, websites: - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Tm64-J0AAAAJ - https://journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevB.4.3174 - https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0785 - https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02269 - https://journals.aps.org/pr/pdf/10.1103/PhysRev.47.777 - https://amazon.com/dp/0486600688?tag=toe08-20 - https://www.nature.com/articles/248030a0 - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:The_Field_Equations_of_Gravitation - https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9504004 - https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0603001 - https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3035 - https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0106112 - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1408.3203 - https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.02087 - https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.08255 - https://www.ias.edu/sns/events/iaspctspgi-workshop-quantum-aspects-black-holes-and-spacetime - https://amazon.com/dp/0262533413?tag=toe08-20 Videos: - https://youtu.be/HIoviZe14pY - https://youtu.be/X4PdPnQuwjY - https://youtu.be/xZnafO__IZ0 - https://youtu.be/gEK4-XtMwro - https://youtu.be/-BsHh3_vCMQ - https://youtu.be/3mhctWlXyV8 - https://youtu.be/bprxrGaf0Os - https://youtu.be/zNZCa1pVE20 - https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE - https://youtu.be/2p_Hlm6aCok - https://youtu.be/kUHOoMX4Bqw - https://youtu.be/_yebLXsIdwo - https://youtu.be/Ve_Mpd6dGv8 - https://youtu.be/0YRlQQw0d-4 - https://youtu.be/Bnh-UNrxYZg - https://youtu.be/hF4SAketEHY - https://youtu.be/Iya6tYN37ow - https://youtu.be/0_Px5gbs9i0 - https://youtu.be/gsSJPLX-BTA - https://youtu.be/73IdQGgfxas - https://youtu.be/c8iFtaltX-s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do astrophysicists mean when they talk about “information”? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice dive into questions about the black hole information paradox, moon moons, wormholes between black hole universes, and more! NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:https://startalkmedia.com/show/cosmic-queries-black-hole-information-paradox/Thanks to our Patrons Dustin Franke, Joel Bradley, Bill, Bailey's Old Guard, Ezrah Davies, Joseph, David Tilbury, David Holt, Andrew Bowen, John Blair, BigShrimpin, Niall Heaton, Stefan Tabakov, Roger McVay, Steve, John Skobrak, Mau Guzmán, Marcus, Michael Astro-Knight, Charlize, Zach Sweet, Trish Edwards, 에이 큐, Michael Kitchen, Alboogie, studioofmars, Anders Öqvist, Liris, Robbie Bentley, Harry Campbell Blyth Clark, Timmeh, Stupot, Wick3dHeathen, Denise Pinheiro, Kenneth Millen, Porn Person, Bill, PotatoGraphick, Conrad Dunfee, Steve A, Priit Pääsukene, Étienne Pouly, thomas rodriguez, Jibak, Michael S, Kerin McGee, Kyle Young, S.P., Adam Sweeney, Micah Sell, Austin, Emmyb, Caiden Osborne, Devinder Singh, John Posey, Thierry Hubert, Spider, B. Nielsen, jonathan Ryan Munns, tanya henry, K Be, Tyler, Moseph Thuglewits, A O, Tim Gibbs I, Robert Buckley, Maggy, Abhi Arikapudi, Luna Sylvan, omarelsewefy, Kevin, Sylvain Racicot, Aiden Nathan, naked alien, Mohammed Al-Sabah, Derek S., Mark Oestereich, DarkInferno, Joseph Hernandez, Osboyjr, Jay Titus, Nathan Hargett, Dave Baxter, aspiring scientific journalist Also a cow, Charles Ian Norman Venn, Amanda, Tony DeGregorio, Michael Chunn, jeffrey gerber, Raymond McGovern, Ricky Byrd, Glen Bizeau, Richard Rines, Matthew Drumheiser, Raj, and kornschnitzel for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Christians should be known by their love for one another and for the world, but so often, we are too busy, too distracted, or too focused on ourselves to really show God’s love. It’s time we pay attention to what the people in our lives are going through so that we can walk alongside them in love.(00:00) Now is the time(03:39) Love must match home life(06:12) Entropy, time, and an end(10:36) Times, seasons, readiness(15:22) Salt, light, and urgency(17:48) Salvation assurance vs assumptionCONNECT WITH PASTOR JACKGet Updates via Text:  https://text.whisp.io/jack-hibbs-podcastWebsite: https://jackhibbs.com/ Instagram: http://bit.ly/2FCyXpO Facebook: https://bit.ly/2WZBWV0 YouTube:  https://bit.ly/437xMHn DAZE OF DECEPTION BOOK:https://jackhibbs.com/daze-of-deception/ Did you know we have a Real Life Network? Sign up for free for more exclusive content:https://bit.ly/3CIP3M99