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The Titanium Physicists Podcast

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Dr. Ben Tippett and his team of physicists believe that anyone can understand physics. Black Holes! Lightning! Coronal Mass Ejections! Quantum Mechanics! Fortnightly, they explain a topic from advanced physics, using explanations, experiments and fun metaphors to a non-physicist guest. Visit the website to see a list of topics sorted by physics field.
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Episodes

Episode 57: Two Photons Walk Into An H Bar

BIOPHYSICS! Nicole Prent! Jacqueline Townsend! Broadway actor Brian Cross joins us to talk about how biophysicists use frequency doubling of photons To LOOK INSIDE CELLS! well, it's really cool I can't wait for you to hear it!

Sep 18, 20151 hr 31 min

Episode 56: What "In Tangles" Meant

Oh boy it's been a while since we got an episode scheduled, recorded, edited and out the door. but the wait has been worth it because THIS EPISDE IS AMAZING! Dan Harmon (From Channel 101, The Sarah Silverman Show, Monster House, COMMUNITY!, Harmontown (the podcast), Harmontown (the documentary about the podcast), and Rick and Morty) joins us! Physicist Katherine Brown RETURNS! and Ken Clark is flying shotgun! TODAYS EPISODE TOPIC: QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT. this is a lovely episode and i am prouder t...

Jun 07, 20151 hr 22 min

Question Barn 8

Ken Clark Joins me! we answer Ramiro's question, who asked "I have heard that bosons are the force carriers. So what force is the higgs boson "carrying" ?"

May 18, 201518 min

Episode 55: Laser Laser Laser Laser Laser Laser

Appologies. the audio turned out way crunchier than i thought it would be while we recorded. I tried to fix it. My "Doctor Evil" impression is way crappier than it sounded in my head. after all these years of thinking i had a good doctor evil impression.. turns out i suck. THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT LASERS! Dr. Abby Shockley and Dr. Tia Miceli join me in trying to explain lasers to a very Patient Aaron Fischer. this episode is super fun....

Apr 01, 201554 min

Question Barn 7

Me and Amanda Bauer Answer a question from dave! "First of all I really enjoy the podcast! And for a while I’ve been wanting to send in this question and think it would be perfect for the new segment. My question is: What direction would one look to see the big bang? Now, I understand that we are in an ever expanding universe and technically the big bang is in all directions but I guess I’m having a hard time mentally grasping the concept. I’ve heard the balloon analogy but I just can’t understa...

Mar 23, 201516 min

Episode 54: The Way the Dog Ran Away

Erin McGathy (from the "This Feels Terrible" and "Harmontown" podcasts and the USB theater in LA) joins us! Dr. Rupinder Brar and Dr. Amanda Bauer have both returned after WAY TOO LONG! We talk about the milky way! dust and pancakes. dusty pancakes. that'd be a great name! Oh man what a great show! this episode is GREAT! Listen past the end music for some addition great conversing. wooooooooooooooooo

Feb 12, 20151 hr 6 min

Question Barn 6

Dr. Katie Mack and I talk about big bang stuff. the question is from bob: "Hello again Ben. I've found and listened to the QB episodes. Thanks for the help with locating them. Since you seem to have ready access to a cosmologist, I'd like to offer for QB a trio of related cosmological questions that have bugged me for some time. 1. How do we know that all the matter in the universe came from the big bang? 2. How do we know that the big bang did not expand into an existing precursor universe? (It...

Feb 01, 201532 min

Episode 53: Consistent Variables

Vicky Scowcroft and David Tsang were talkin' to me, and i was like "Yoooo what kind of show topic should we do" and Vicky was like "Cepheid Variables" so i was like... hmm. A star who tells us about distance and travelling... Who else should I ask on the show to talk about these crazy stars, but Lucy Knisley, star of the comic book world and the travel memoir? mmm. happy winter, everyone.

Jan 11, 201547 min

Question Barn 5

Geoffrey Lovelace and I talk about Interstellar. mostly we geek out over the relativity. we ran out of time before we could make this podcast 3 hours long. it was definitely a possibility.

Dec 26, 201456 min

Episode 52: Through The Mirror

I was super excited about this Episode! Our Guest is Patrick McHale ! We Talk about CPT symmetry (Charge-Parity-Time inversion symmetry), which leads to discussions about antimatter, and the nature of time. it's a SUPER EPISODE! It goes ON AND ON! CRAZY AWESOME PHYSICS! Physicists Tia Miceli and Ryan Martin!...

Dec 20, 20141 hr 22 min

Question Barn 4

email your questions to tiphyter@titaniumphysics.com the question today: "Howdy, The Higgs boson turned out to be a massive particle from what I understand. It is also supposed to be a field through which everything moves. So, there must be a lot of them, I reason. So, could this be the missing mass of the universe? Maybe there is some obvious reason that it is not, but I have not heard the idea mentioned and it seems obvious to me."...

Dec 09, 201427 min

Question Barn 3

This is the Third episode of "Question Barn" send your questions to TIPHYTER@TITANIUMPHYSICS.COM This one has Mike Zemcov

Nov 17, 201425 min

Question Barn 2

This is the Second episode of "Question Barn" send your questions to TIPHYTER@TITANIUMPHYSICS.COM This one has Ken Clark.

Nov 14, 201416 min

Question Barn 1

This is the First episode of "Question Barn" send your questions to TIPHYTER@TITANIUMPHYSICS.COM This one has Jocelyn Read on it.

Nov 12, 201420 min

Episode 51: Tabled Tops

Mr. Noah Zimmerman joins us to talk about nuclear magnetic resonance. you know MRIs? "Magnetic resonance Imaging" is what it stands for, "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging" is what it actually stands for. Essentially, magnets are used to make the nuclei in your atoms stand up and dance. Our experts are the Mighty Dr. Fiona Burnell, and the Mighty Dr. Abby Shockley. THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!

Oct 22, 201449 min

Episode 50: The Death Of Spirals

Galaxies are cool. some are eliplical (blobby) some are swirly. there's a reason why. Our guest today is Katrina Griffiths from the verity podcast . and my experts are Sean Moran and Laura Hainline (they're married. that's why they keep interrupting each other. it's kinda sweet, i think) wooo! 50 episodes!

Sep 01, 201448 min

Ep 49: Parallel Philosophies with Christopher Reynaga

Christopher Reynaga is an awesome author, and he has written the best story ever which is called “ I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee ” . look it up, a link to a podcast reading of the story will be on teh website. Anyway, I wanted to talk to him so I told him that I'd explain many worlds Quantum mechanics to him. well, that and copenhagen interpretation, why not. So this week's episode is where the math side of physics meets the philosophy side of physics! Experts are Ken Clark and Tia Miceli...

Aug 01, 201452 min

Domains of Influence with Matt Sheehy and Brent Knopf

Some famous singing clowns once sang a song about magnets. The world looks down on a singing clown's ignorance, but how many of us can actually explain how magnets work? the question is rhetorical, though, because the answer is obviously "yes I can do it because i am a physicist and i have clever physicist friends who also know a lot about it." i recruited my old pals Brian Sullivan and Fiona Burnell! Our guests today are Matt Sheehy from the band ' Lost Lander ' and Brent Knopf from the band ' ...

Jul 01, 20141 hr 12 min

Episode 47: The Song Of Falling Stars with Robot Hugs

Long story short: there's no such thing as a stable orbit... any two objects in orbit will emit gravitational waves.. and slowly get closer and closer together. If the two objects in question are neutron stars, we can even detect the gravitational waves! We hope to "hear" them soon with the LIGO gravitational Wave Observatory! Today's guest it Robot Hugs, the author of the Robot Hugs comic. The Physicists are Jocelyn Read and David Tsang! WHAT FUN!

Jun 18, 201449 min

Episode 46: Burning Twice as Bright with Alasdair Stuart

Today is a super episode! it's got so much stuff in it it's CRAYCRAY. Alasdair Stuart, from the Pseudopod podcast joins James Silvester and Vicky Scowcroft and me. and we talk about STARS. what's inside them and how they work and how they change.

May 11, 201451 min

Episode 45: The ThumBprint of Creation with Ryan North

The most amazing thing has come to pass: a telescope at the south pole called BICEP2 has detected decisive evidence demonstrating that the model of how the universe grew over the first second of existence is correct. It detected evidence of gravitational waves which were generated during inflation! I've put the best team together. Katie Mack! Mike Zemcov... and returning to the show, RYAN NORTH. it's a the best episode we have made.

Mar 28, 201449 min

Episode 44: Radiation oncology

Chad Jones from the collapsed wavefunction podcast joins us today. My experts are Dr. Kiri Nichol and Dr. Ken Clark and we talk about how radiation can be used to cure cancer. Good work, everyone. We talk about Neutron Therapy, Radio Therapy, Brachytherapy.

Mar 12, 201433 min

Episode 43: Approaching Singularity

Jocelyn Read! Katie Mack! Jesse Moynihan! A mighty ensemble to talk about the strangest thing in physics: Gravitational Singularities! Black Holes! Big Bangs! Event Horizons! ADVENTURE.

Feb 17, 20141 hr 6 min

Episode 42: Quantum Twins Talk In Code

This episode we are talking about Quantum Cryptography! With the host of CANADALAND, Jesse Brown! Also announcing the completion of my ultimate quantum team: Miles Steininger and Dr. Katherine Brown!

Feb 01, 201448 min

Episode 41: The Light Which Pushes Back The Darkness

There was a time when light would not shine in the universe. There was a time when nothing was shining, and the universe was full of light-absorbing gas. But the first stars came, and pushed back the darkness and made the heavens clear. This is the story of the dark age of the universe. Physicists Vicky Scowcroft and Mike Zemcov explain everything to THE TOLKEIN PROFESSOR Corey Olsen.

Jan 01, 20141 hr 7 min

Episode 40: Snowlines and No Rhymes

Teachers take things from an unrefined state to a point where they are wonderous. Poets are apt at describing both of these. This episode of TiPhy aims to teach genius poet Taylor Mali about where the planets in our solar system came from. Taylor's time with us was a little short, and our conversation broached many topics. listen after the end music to hear some crazy conversations. My physicists are Catherine and Dave!

Dec 22, 201351 min

Episode 39: Pasta Stars

So. If someone comes up to you and tells you that there are planets out there made of ice and water, you'd go "yeah". and if they said "there are planets made of diamond", you'd probably shrug. what if I told you there were stars made of pasta? well there aren't. theyr'e made of protons and neutrons and electrons that are shaped like pasta! PASTA PHASES OF MATTER IN NEUTRON STARS!!!! My guest is my old pal sean martin. My experts are Jocelyn Read and Andrew Steiner. FUN!

Dec 07, 201337 min

Episode 38: Tron

So Tia and Ken and I talk with Dave Shumka from Stop Podcasting Yourself! we talk about accelerators. how they work. what they get used for. whether aspiring supervillains sould invest in a particle accelerator or a giant laser. How Congress is in the pocket of big chud. (we have too much fun). um. listen past the end song to hear more conversation.

Oct 30, 201354 min

Episode 37: Quantum Shave and a Haircut

Q-Bits! we're talking about quantum computers today! ha. Okay! our guest today is comicbookgirl19, and my experts are Omair Taibah and Katherine Brown. This episode is fun, but the audio quality is BAAD. After weeks of obsessive work, I had to make poor john give up on trying to fix this thing. sorry.

Oct 17, 201356 min

Episode 36: Useless Spheres and Wasteful Rockets

So. One day we will be a space-faring species. currently, we're more of an "earth orbit" faring species. anyway. we'll need large structures to help us get into space, and maybe to help us live in space. MEGASTRUCTURES IN SPACE. Mur Lafferty joins Jocelyn Read and Jacob Stump and myself. WHAT FUN.

Sep 01, 201343 min
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