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The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business. On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of civilization and ethics of AI.
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Episodes

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May 1, 2026]

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-qa Topics: Why brains matter in biology - Evolution beyond biology - Why evolution builds life the way it does

May 14, 20261 hr 22 min

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 29, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Topics discussed: Product strategy & company focus - AI's impact on business & society - Productive leadership & paradigm-shifting ideas

May 14, 20261 hr 15 min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 24, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: Quantum biology - Mass spectrometers on the Moon - Quantum algorithms vs. traditional algorithms - Future advances in chemotherapy and stem cells

May 14, 20261 hr 30 min

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April 10, 2026]

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-qa Topics: Proofs in the age of AI - Learning and communicating proofs - How AI handles errors and bugs

May 14, 20261 hr 13 min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 3, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: What counts as knowledge with AI? - Machine curiosity and new ways of thinking - How will future humans look at our science? - AI's final form - Exploring space and beyond

Apr 17, 20261 hr 26 min

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [March 13, 2026]

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-qa Topics: Bugs in software and whether the universe could have bugs - Why restarting a system can restore order - How wireless signals manage to coexist - How radio sound gets encoded onto a signal

Mar 27, 20261 hr 13 min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (March 6, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: Human senses effect on science and research - AI automation and the future of work - AI hype cycles and real progress - Machine intelligence and consciousness - Automated visualization and interfaces - Genetic engineering and molecular manufacturing between plants and humans...

Mar 19, 20261 hr 12 min

History of Science & Technology Q&A (March 4, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics: The beginning of science and physics - How people in the past understood nature - Celebrity status of scientists - Forces that drive scientific progress - History of logic

Mar 19, 20261 hr 25 min

What Ultimately Is There? Metaphysics and the Ruliad

Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers. Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/02/what-ultimately-is-there-metaphysics-and-the-ruliad/ Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brL8Ty0jXM0

Mar 07, 20262 hr 12 min

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (February 18, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Topics discussed: Business ideas using AI - Value of AI in business - Prompting and human interaction with AI - Possibilities for AI infrastructure - Reasoning, logic and benchmarks for LLMS - Advanced AI behavior and communication

Mar 05, 20261 hr 19 min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (February 13, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: Technology that changes how we think - How humans might change over time - Exploring space and oceans - Why the physical world changes slowly vs. the digital world - Flying cars and houses

Feb 24, 20261 hr 17 min

History of Science & Technology Q&A (February 11, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics: Early science communication - Accuracy vs. accessibility in science communication - Science communication with modern tools - Writing and recording science before modern tools - Scientific disagreement and challenges to authority - Economic status of scientists

Feb 24, 20261 hr 12 min

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [January 30, 2026]

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-qa Topics: How light is generated and structured - What it means to see color - Constraints of human vision - How the brain interprets visual signals - Designing visual effects with AI

Feb 22, 20261 hr 16 min

What Is Ruliology?

Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers. Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/01/what-is-ruliology/ Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dPMg8Rkl9n4

Feb 12, 20261 hr 8 min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 23, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: Engineering the human body - Life beyond biological definitions - Biology as a computational science - The future of psychology as a science

Feb 03, 20261 hr 25 min

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [January 16, 2026]

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-qa Topics: Three-body problem and computational irreducibility - Climate and radiation on planets with multiple suns - Cherenkov radiation and why it doesn't break relativity Proton decay, particle physics and "how bad would it be?"

Feb 03, 20261 hr 28 min

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (January 14, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Topics discussed: Managing work, focus and personal limits - For-profit vs. nonprofit decisions - Ultimate end goals in life and career - Public involvement in science - Productivity systems and practical tools

Feb 01, 20261 hr 10 min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 9, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: The future of doing science - Learning with LLMs - Long-term futures of intelligence and technology

Jan 26, 20261 hr 22 min

History of Science & Technology Q&A (January 7, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics: How 2025 fits into the history of science and technology - Theory vs. experiment in science and education - Panics in the history of technology

Jan 26, 20261 hr 16 min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 2, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: AI governance, ethics & policy - AI infrastructure Future of science & technology unrelated to AI - Biology as a programmable system - The future of AI beyond LLMs

Jan 25, 20261 hr 31 min

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [December 19, 2025]

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-qa Topics: Information, data and bits - Computation, energy and Infrastructure - How clones and machines might perceive humans - Mass, the Higgs field and the speed of light

Dec 29, 20251 hr 14 min

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (December 17, 2025)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Topics discussed: Goals and projects for 2026 - LLMs for sales and marketing - Personal analytics and self-quantification - New business Ideas - How curiosity and energy change with age

Dec 29, 20251 hr 32 min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (December 12, 2025)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics discussed: Alien intelligence & alternative scientific worldviews - Quantum computing & real-world applications - Future-ready homes & household robotics

Dec 29, 20251 hr 9 min

History of Science & Technology Q&A (December 10, 2025)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Topics: How languages (and Wolfram Language) evolved - Leibniz, Babbage and early "computer science" ideas - Ancient civilizations and computational thinking

Dec 24, 20251 hr 15 min

What’s Special about Life? Bulk Orchestration and the Rulial Ensemble in Biology and Beyond

Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers. Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2025/11/whats-special-about-life-bulk-orchestration-and-the-rulial-ensemble-in-biology-and-beyond Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uzCPN63oBYA

Dec 11, 20251 hr 45 min

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (November 19, 2025)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa Topics discussed: How companies succeed in focus, diversification and choosing the right partners - Experience with interviews, talks, live demos and media skills - AI strategy and the future of local LLMs - Learning environments, active thinking and meaningful education...

Dec 04, 20251 hr 14 min
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