Ep. 423 Normalize Bringing Up Quantum Field Theory with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Today on The Stacks, we’re joined by award-winning theoretical physicist and cosmologist, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, to discuss her newest book, The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie. In it, Chanda uses poetry, pop culture, and Black feminism to explore some of the most abstract concepts and mysteries of the universe, from black holes to dark matter. We talk about why she wants us all to know about advanced scientific concepts, how she simplifies these topics for lay readers, and how all this high-level science relates to the social and political issues of our time.
The Stacks Book Club pick for May is Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu. We’ll be discussing the book with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Wednesday, May 27.
You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks website: https://www.thestackspodcast.com/2026/5/6/ep-423-chanda-prescod-weinstein
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| 0:00.0 | As you all know, the stacks just celebrated its birthday last month, and I cannot thank you all |
| 0:05.5 | enough for supporting this independent podcast for the last eight years. We truly could not do it |
| 0:12.9 | without you. My plan is to continue to bring you many more years of great reads, author |
| 0:18.4 | interviews, behind the scenes, looks in the book world, and pop culture |
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| 0:36.0 | I will say, May is also the month that kicks off summer around here. I believe |
| 0:41.1 | in the longest possible summer. That's Memorial Day to September 22nd for those who are wondering. |
| 0:47.1 | And summer ushers in the era of the summer reading guide. My nonfiction reading guide is coming |
| 0:52.9 | in May for all of you who are paid |
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| 1:01.1 | else we've got going on like Book Club Meetups, our Discord conversation, bonus episodes, |
| 1:07.8 | my weekly show and tell over on Substack. Making this podcast takes a village as they say, |
| 1:13.4 | and you're part of our village when you support through Patreon and Substacks so that me and my |
| 1:18.3 | amazing team can continue doing what we do best, which is bringing this podcast to you every |
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| 1:34.2 | at tracytomis.com. I would love to have you. The story that I want to tell people in this book |
| 1:41.6 | in The Edge of Space Time is that if we're serious about going back and getting black history, that going back and getting black |
| 1:47.0 | history means also going back and getting the story of the Big Bang. It is the story of |
| 1:51.8 | space time. It is the story of this cosmos that our ancestors witnessed for generations. Under |
| 1:58.5 | a dark night sky, we're really among the first generations that have |
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