
Physics World Weekly Podcast
Physics World
4.5from 188 ratings
- 235
- Episodes
- 35
- Transcribed
- 188
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About Physics World Weekly Podcast
Physics World Weekly offers a unique insight into the latest news, breakthroughs and innovations from the global scientific community. Our award-winning journalists reveal what has captured their imaginations about the stories in the news this week, which might span anything from quantum physics and astronomy through to materials science, environmental research and policy, and biomedical science and technology. Find out more about the stories in this podcast by visiting the Physics World website. If you enjoy what you hear, then also check out our monthly podcast Physics World Stories, which takes a more in-depth look at a specific theme.
- Publisher
- Physics World
- Category
- science · science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
35 of 235 episodes have a transcript.

5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Building an international research institute from the ground up

29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
From catalysts to quantum materials: exploring the future of platinum group metals

22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Theorists use cloud-based Bose–Einstein condensate to study tunnelling
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Building an international research institute from the ground up
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The whole thing is in vacuum, and, and, and. So you can imagine that that's a lot of a lot of technical details that we have to overcome to really create a world where we can really deal with sort of the thought experiments that the founders of quantum mechanics had in their mind. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Physics World Weekly Podcast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Founding Director of the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience
- Marge Ryan
- Ignacio Cirac
- Kirsty Duffy
- Nick Zacharopoulos
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 2,434,457
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.2 / 5
- 78 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 110 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100
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- Quality
- 100
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Physics World Weekly Podcast take guests?
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