Podcast Episodes featuring Janna Levin
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27 | Janna Levin on Black Holes, Chaos, and the Narrative of Science
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - December 17, 2018 15:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsIt's a big universe out there, full of an astonishing variety of questions and puzzles. Today's guest, Janna Levin, is a physicist who has delved into some of the trippiest aspects of cosmology and gravitation: the topology of the universe, extra dimensions of space, and the appearance o...
Eclipses, Cosmic Cataclysms, and More with Janna Levin (Repeat)
StarTalk All-Stars - May 22, 2018 22:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsMoments after the Great American Eclipse of 2017, astrophysicist Janna Levin, comic co-host Matt Kirshen, and Columbia professor of astronomy Joe Patterson talk about eclipses, relativity, black widow pulsars, and more. (Repeat) NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this ...
Traveling Through Space and Time, with Janna Levin (Repeat)
StarTalk All-Stars - February 13, 2018 23:40 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsAstrophysicist Janna Levin and comic co-host Matt Kirshen answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about interstellar travel, from special relativity, to time dilation, to visiting exoplanets. Don’t miss an episode of StarTalk All-Stars. Subscribe on: TuneIn: tunein.com/startalkallstars SoundCloud: h...
Now Hear This: Theoretical Physics, with Janna Levin
StarTalk All-Stars - December 05, 2017 23:40 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsJoin astrophysicist and host Janna Levin, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and astrophysicist David Spergel as they ponder the cosmological and theoretical phenomena found in our universe. Recorded live at the Now Hear This: Podcast Festival in New York City. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can w...
Traveling Through Space and Time, with Janna Levin
StarTalk All-Stars - October 17, 2017 22:40 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsAstrophysicist Janna Levin and comic co-host Matt Kirshen answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about interstellar travel, from special relativity, to time dilation, to visiting exoplanets. Don’t miss an episode of StarTalk All-Stars. Subscribe on: TuneIn: tunein.com/startalkallstars SoundCloud: h...
Eclipses, Cosmic Cataclysms, and More with Janna Levin
StarTalk All-Stars - September 26, 2017 22:40 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsMoments after the Great American Eclipse of 2017, astrophysicist Janna Levin, comic co-host Matt Kirshen, and Columbia professor of astronomy Joe Patterson talk about eclipses, relativity, black widow pulsars, and more. Don’t miss an episode of StarTalk All-Stars. Subscribe on: SoundCloud: https...
Hunting for Black Holes, with Janna Levin (Repeat)
StarTalk All-Stars - September 05, 2017 22:40 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsIf light can’t escape from black holes, how can we observe them at all? Find out from astrophysicist Janna Levin, co-host Matt Kirshen, and Shep Doeleman, the MIT astrophysicist leading the Event Horizon Telescope project to study black hole Sgr A* at the center of our galaxy. Don’t miss an epis...
Deciphering Gravitational Waves, with Janna Levin (Repeat)
StarTalk All-Stars - July 04, 2017 22:50 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsWhat are gravitational waves, and what can they tell us about our universe? In her first outing as StarTalk All-Star host, cosmologist Janna Levin untangles the astrophysics with help from LIGO co-founder Rainer Weiss and comic co-host Matt Kirshen.
Hunting for Black Holes, with Janna Levin - StarTalk All-Stars
StarTalk Radio - November 15, 2016 18:45 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratingsIf light can’t escape from black holes, how can we observe them at all? Find out from astrophysicist Janna Levin, co-host Matt Kirshen, and Shep Doeleman, the MIT astrophysicist leading the Event Horizon Telescope project to study black hole Sgr A* at the center of our galaxy. NOTE: StarTalk All...
Hunting for Black Holes, with Janna Levin
StarTalk All-Stars - November 13, 2016 00:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsIf light can’t escape from black holes, how can we observe them at all? Find out from astrophysicist Janna Levin, co-host Matt Kirshen, and Shep Doeleman, the MIT astrophysicist leading the Event Horizon Telescope project to study black hole Sgr A* at the center of our galaxy. NOTE: StarTalk All...
Deciphering Gravitational Waves, with Janna Levin - StarTalk Allstars
StarTalk Radio - October 04, 2016 22:52 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratingsWhat are gravitational waves, and what can they tell us about our universe? In her first outing as StarTalk All-Star host, cosmologist Janna Levin untangles the astrophysics with help from LIGO co-founder Rainer Weiss and comic co-host Matt Kirshen.
Deciphering Gravitational Waves, with Janna Levin
StarTalk All-Stars - October 02, 2016 00:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 447 ratingsWhat are gravitational waves, and what can they tell us about our universe? In her first outing as StarTalk All-Star host, cosmologist Janna Levin untangles the astrophysics with help from LIGO co-founder Rainer Weiss and comic co-host Matt Kirshen.
140 Janna Levin - This Is the Sound of Two Black Holes Colliding
Inquiring Minds - July 08, 2016 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 821 ratingsWe talk to Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College and author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
Episode 115 - Janna Levin
Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria - June 28, 2016 03:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 923 ratingsAstrophysicist and author of "Black Hole Blues" Janna Levin joins Cara to talk about why theoretical physics is so fascinating, how Einstein really got it right, and what the incredible detections at LIGO mean for our understanding of the universe. Follow Janna: @JannaLevin.
5. Dr. Janna Levin — Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and the Nature of the Cosmos
The Michael Shermer Show - April 10, 2016 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 361 ratingsOn Thursday, February 11, 2016, the National Science Foundation made a thrilling announcement: gravitational waves—first predicted by Einstein as part of his general theory of relativity in 1916—had been detected for the first time. This incredible development made front page news and was report...
Janna Levin — Mathematics, Purpose, and Truth
On Being with Krista Tippett - April 03, 2014 16:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratingsAn astrophysicist who studies the shape of the universe, Janna Levin has also explored her science by writing a novel about two pivotal 20th-century mathematicians, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing. Both men pushed at boundaries where mathematics presses on grand questions of meaning and purpose. Suc...
[Unedited] Janna Levin with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett - April 03, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratingsJanna Levin is an astrophysicist and writer. She has contributed to an understanding of black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in the shape of spacetime. She is the author of “A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines,” which won the PEN/Bingham prize. This interview i...
Episode 108 - Drs. Larry Price, Jamie Rollins and Janna Levin
Probably Science - March 27, 2014 06:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 609 ratingsTo help us make sense of the biggest cosmology story of recent years, we invited three of our favorite physicists back to the show. Matt and Jesse are joined by an in-studio Dr. Larry Price, and, thanks to technical wizardry, NYC-dwelling Prof. Janna Levin and a Washington State-based Dr. Jamie ...
Episode 073 - Janna Levin
Probably Science - June 19, 2013 03:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 609 ratingsTheoretical 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 ...