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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

Can we really break physics?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.310.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

"Why does stuff happen? Can we predict it -- and if so, what do these predictions tell us?" Loosely described, the concept of "physics" is the First Science of human civilization. In tonight's episode, Ben and Matt explore recent discoveries that may well upend humanity's understanding of reality (also, spoiler: check out our upcoming episode on dreams).

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0:00.0

From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.

0:06.8

You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.

0:12.1

A production of IHeart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. Our colleague, Noel, is on a big adventure, but we'll be returning shortly.

0:32.1

They call me Ben. We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.

0:38.1

Most importantly, you are you, you are here.

0:41.1

That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.

0:44.8

Let's get physical.

0:46.8

Physical.

0:47.4

Remember that song?

0:48.7

I do, unfortunately.

0:49.8

I remember this song, yes.

0:52.1

It's not exactly, you know, Pulitzer or a Nobel Prize material,

0:56.8

but Matt, this evening, you and Dylan and I are getting into physical ideas in a literal

1:05.0

and oddly enough abstract sense. This is going to be a kind of loose exploration and conversation with us and with

1:13.2

our fellow listeners, because we're going to the very first science, a subject that has thoroughly

1:19.8

baffled humanity since antiquity, the study of what we call physics. Did you take many physics

1:26.8

classes in your school days? It took me a couple

1:29.7

physics. Yeah, I did that mostly in the college sphere, but, you know, a little bit in high school.

1:37.0

Physics are very interesting because it's really one of the most basic sciences, yet it seems to, or it feels as though, at least from my perspective, to be one of the most difficult to fully grasp.

1:51.1

Yeah, agreed, right?

1:53.1

We're coming to you as a collection of nerds from the alma matter how stuff works.

1:57.8

And Georgia State University.

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