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
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
Dec 20, 2018 • 48min
Revisiting A New Kind of Science—Part 1
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
Jun 14, 2018 • 35min
30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 3
Part 3—How Wolfram Notebooks have evolved. In this final part of a three-part series, Stephen and Theo talk about developing the functions Dynamic and Manipulate, symbolic expressions, and how Theo uses Wolfram Notebooks in his day-to-day projects.
Jun 13, 2018 • 24min
30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 2
Join a conversation with Stephen Wolfram and Theodore Gray as they remember inventing the Wolfram Notebook, developing and launching Mathematica 1.0, and what came next in their decades-long journeys in software design, the business of technology, and creating lasting products that changed the way people think about and do computation.
Jun 12, 2018 • 29min
30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 1
Part 1—Developing Mathematica and the Wolfram Notebook. In this first part of a three-part series, Stephen and Theo reminisce on early names for Mathematica, advice on notebooks from Steve Jobs, and the origins of the Wolfram Spikey logo in an informal conversation.
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