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SERIES 1 · 10 EPISODESSiliconHow purified sand became the transistor, the chip and the data centre, one question at a time.SERIES 2 · 10 EPISODESAustralian ScienceTen things Australians invented or discovered: what they solved, how they work, and who really deserves the credit.SERIES 3 · 10 EPISODESMathematics PuzzlesIdeas so simple a child can ask them, that took humanity centuries to crack.SERIES 4 · 10 EPISODESHollywood PhysicsThe movie moments physics says can't happen, worked out with real numbers, and the rare films that got it right.SERIES 5 · 15 EPISODESProgramming LanguagesThe languages, frameworks and tools behind every app and website: what each one is, why it exists, and why people argue about it.SERIES 6 · 12 EPISODESHow AI WorksWhat's actually going on inside the AI everyone is talking about: how a machine learns, writes and draws, and why it gets things confidently wrong.SERIES 7 · 5 EPISODESAI and UsWhat AI means for people: jobs, ownership, energy and water, truth, fairness, creativity and safety, from the evidence rather than the headlines.EVERY EPISODENot sure where to start?Browse all 72 episodes, series by series, each with the full transcript and sources.All episodes →

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Silicon

How purified sand became the transistor, the chip and the data centre, one question at a time.

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SERIES 2 · 10 EPISODES

Australian Science

Ten things Australians invented or discovered: what they solved, how they work, and who really deserves the credit.

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SERIES 3 · 10 EPISODES

Mathematics Puzzles

Ideas so simple a child can ask them, that took humanity centuries to crack.

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SERIES 4 · 10 EPISODES

Hollywood Physics

The movie moments physics says can't happen, worked out with real numbers, and the rare films that got it right.

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SERIES 5 · 15 EPISODES

Programming Languages

The languages, frameworks and tools behind every app and website: what each one is, why it exists, and why people argue about it.

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SERIES 6 · 12 EPISODES

How AI Works

What's actually going on inside the AI everyone is talking about: how a machine learns, writes and draws, and why it gets things confidently wrong.

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SERIES 7 · 5 EPISODES

AI and Us

What AI means for people: jobs, ownership, energy and water, truth, fairness, creativity and safety, from the evidence rather than the headlines.

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