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Episode 073 - Janna Levin

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

Jessecase, Comedy, News, Mattkirshen, Standup, Andywood, Science & Medicine, Science, Brookswheelan

4.8707 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2013

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Theoretical physicist, author and Barnard College of Columbia University professor Janna Levin (jannalevin.com) invited Matt and Andy to her temporary Venice home where she resides while working at Caltech, and she helped this installment of Probably Science have perhaps the most actual science of any episode yet, delving into: Andy's house troubles! The mathematical basis of theoretical physics! Einstein's explanation of Mercury's odd orbit! Black holes orbiting in three-leaf clovers! Building a device to detect the sounds of oscillating space-time! Black holes banging on the drum of space! Trying to wrap your head around what's actually in a black hole! An explanation of Hawking radiation! Tooling on the pseudo-science movie What The Bleep Do We Know! Chalkboards vs. whiteboards! Andy finally (sort of) understanding relativity! How a black hole could theoretically evaporate! The Large Hadron Collider: Nothing to worry about! The music of Warren Malone! Janna's Moth talk!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Probably Science

0:01.9

Welcome to probably science.

0:10.2

We are not in our usual place.

0:14.8

I'm sat next to Andy Wood, as always.

0:17.1

Yes, I'm glad to be here.

0:18.4

It seems like whenever we leave the confines on my backyard, it's always for a special

0:22.1

occasion.

0:22.5

It's always for a guest that actually brings something scientific to the table.

0:25.3

Yeah, scientific or just, or nerdy, or for some reason.

0:30.2

Someone who smashes watermelons might justify leaving my backyard for a remote recording.

0:35.8

We're currently in Venice, in the temporary home of our guest.

0:40.0

I'm super excited about this.

0:41.5

Let's just introduce us straight off.

0:42.7

We've got Jan 11.

0:44.3

Hi, guys.

0:45.0

Thanks for coming to my little Venice home.

0:47.0

Thanks for bringing us.

0:48.0

This is a great spot you've got here.

0:49.4

So we should introduce her a bit.

0:51.5

Jana is normally, you normally based out of Columbia, right? Yes.

0:55.0

At Barnet College? Yes. But New York City. Just make sure people know, not Columbia

1:00.5

the country. Not Colombia, the country. With a no, with you. Yeah. I didn't even realize

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