The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business.
On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of civilization and ethics of AI.
Latest episodes
Apr 14, 2020 • 22min
How We Got Here: The Backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project-Part 1
In this first episode in a 3-part series, Stephen Wolfram details the backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project.
Apr 14, 2020 • 2h 26min
Informal History of Physics
Stephen Wolfram gives a brief history of physics from Aristotle to Newton to Einstein and beyond---including simple conceptual explanations, historical footnotes and a few ideas about the future of the field.
Nov 26, 2019 • 2h 27min
Stephen Wolfram's Birthday AMA
In this episode, Stephen Wolfram, founder and CEO of Wolfram Research and creator of Wolfram|Alpha, celebrates his 60th Birthday by addressing the "what's next" question followed by an AMA.
Nov 20, 2019 • 1h 22min
Learning about the Future from '2001: A Space Odyssey,' Fifty Years Later
Stephen Wolfram revisits the film '2001: A Space Odyssey' fifty years since its release. Stephen takes a look at what the movie got right about technology, space travel, and AI based on his blog post "Learning about the Future from '2001: A Space Odyssey,' Fifty Years Later." Read the post here: wolfr.am/tBgxwAPq
Nov 20, 2019 • 60min
A Book from Alan Turing... and a Mysterious Piece of Paper
In this episode, Stephen reads from a recent essay about receiving a book Alan Turing owned and the journey it sent him on.
Aug 7, 2019 • 1h 31min
A Very Brief History of Mathematics
Join a lecture with Stephen Wolfram as he gives a thumbnail sketch of the history of mathematics live from the Wolfram Summer School 2019.
Jun 5, 2019 • 30min
What We've Built Is a Computational Language (and That's Very Important!)
Stephen Wolfram reads a recent essay, "What We've Built Is a Computational Language (and That's Very Important!)" and explains how he's built the Wolfram Language as a way to communicate computational ideas. Read the essay: https://wolfr.am/Drl0JCmF
May 31, 2019 • 18min
A World Run with Code
A version of a recent talk Stephen Wolfram gave at a blockchain conference, where he said he'd talk about "What will the world be like when computational intelligence and computational contracts are ubiquitous?" Read the written version: wolfr.am/DgM8rMy8
Mar 8, 2019 • 1h 18min
Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure
Stephen Wolfram details the tech infrastructure he has created to make himself a productive scientist, CEO, and language designer. Read more here: wolfr.am/BVcUHXdF
Dec 20, 2018 • 31min
Revisiting a New Kind of Science—Part 2
In this two-part podcast, join Stephen Wolfram as he revisits his magnum opus A New Kind of Science—examining its implications for modern machine learning, neural networks, the fundamental theory of physics, and mining the computational universe. Learn more at https://wolframscience.com
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