Physical Attraction

About Physical Attraction

Physical Attraction is the show that explores topics in science, technology, and the future - from a physicist's perspective. From the birth of stars to the end of the world, from interviews with experts to meticulously-researched deep dives, we'll explore the topics that shape our world.

Publisher

Thomas

Category

science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Jun 2017

Latest episode

9 Mar 2022

Latest episodes

247 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Mar 2022

   Climate 201: Climate Doomism (II)

   In the last episode, we briefly introduced "climate change doomers" and some of their misleading claims. In this episode, I talk about despair, and why we cannot give in to it.

2. 

   21 Feb 2022

   Climate 201: Climate Doomism (I)

   We're going there. In this episode, I discuss why civilization is not going to imminently collapse due to climate change, explain why doomism is a new form of denialism, and debunk some of its most misleading claims.

3. 

   8 Feb 2022

   UNLOCKED: Book Club: Tim Wu's The Attention Merchants

   A new episode released from behind the Patreon paywall. This episode, we'll review and discuss some of the issues raised by Tim Wu's The Attention Merchants, a book that details the history of the advertising industry.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

74 ratings