The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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  2026 Wolfram Summer Research Institute: Opening Keynote 16.07.2026 1h 43min

  Stephen gives his opening keynote for the 2026 Wolfram Summer Research Institute. https://education.wolfram.com/summer-research-institute/
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  History of Science & Technology Q&A (June 17, 2026) 30.06.2026 1h 41min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE03Z481PVg&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx3IO8b1yvkNyASj9i_Tw4n8&pp=0gcJCdAEOCosWNinTopics: Lost scientific discoveries and ideas ahead of their time - How quickly civilization can take in new ideas - What it would mean for science to reach a final framework - The status of string theory and its experimental evidence - The November Revolution and the development of particle physics - The origins of quark names and particle-physics terminology 
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  Future of Science and Technology Q&A (June 12, 2026) 29.06.2026 1h 14min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlhZURSQIs8&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx2vIchOwIBRkDeKjuJDYTOQTopics discussed:  AI shaping human reality and agency - The nature of progress - The future of human biology and health - The boundaries of the brain
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  Business, Innovation and Managing Life (June 10, 2026) 28.06.2026 1h 17min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-704PZz0Uo&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx0UJceDNIMUAcjYGYFnW8yoTopics discussed:  AI and learning - Business ideas and startup strategy - Decision-making in business - Design and product development - Remote work and deciding where to live 
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  History of Science & Technology Q&A (June 3, 2026) 27.06.2026 1h 19min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE03Z481PVg&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx3IO8b1yvkNyASj9i_Tw4n8&pp=0gcJCdAEOCosWNinTopics: How the idea of discrete space developed - Why personal records matter for the history of science - How people and fields become part of history - Encounters with the past through people, machines and artifacts
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  Games between Programs: The Ruliology of Competition 23.06.2026 1h 21min

  Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers.Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/06/games-between-programs-the-ruliology-of-competition/Watch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4-CTOXSlYik
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  Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 29, 2026) 09.06.2026 1h 25min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlhZURSQIs8&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx2vIchOwIBRkDeKjuJDYTOQTopics discussed: How much control should we give AI? - AI's use in biology Future transportation - How robots could help explore the Moon and deep ocean Why underwater communication is so difficult - Future cities and microclimates
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  Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May 22, 2026] 28.05.2026 52min

  Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Why perpetual motion machines fail - What might be driving the universe's expansion - How particles emerge from the structure of space - Entropy and the Big Bang theory - How temperature can become negative
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  Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 15, 2026) 28.05.2026 1h 26min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlhZURSQIs8&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx2vIchOwIBRkDeKjuJDYTOQTopics discussed: How human understanding evolves - The future of the scientific method - Restoring movement after paralysis - Using physics to look back at Earth's history - Life in virtual worlds - Space-based data centers - AI for verifying code
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  Business, Innovation and Managing Life (May 13, 2026) 28.05.2026 1h 22min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-704PZz0Uo&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx0UJceDNIMUAcjYGYFnW8yoTopics discussed: Open source in the age of AI - Making AI useful without being fooled by it - Accountability for ownerless AI - Deploying AI in the real world
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  History of Science & Technology Q&A (May 6, 2026) 27.05.2026 1h 13min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE03Z481PVg&list=PLxn-kpJHbPx3IO8b1yvkNyASj9i_Tw4n8&pp=0gcJCdAEOCosWNinTopics: Lessons from the history of science - Why scientific progress isn't linear - Ancient inefficiencies and bad inventions - AI, automation and human motivation - Why humans started doing math
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  Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May 1, 2026] 14.05.2026 1h 21min

  Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Why brains matter in biology - Evolution beyond biology - Why evolution builds life the way it does
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  Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 29, 2026) 14.05.2026 1h 15min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qaTopics discussed: Product strategy & company focus - AI's impact on business & society - Productive leadership & paradigm-shifting ideas
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  Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 24, 2026) 14.05.2026 1h 30min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics discussed: Quantum biology - Mass spectrometers on the Moon - Quantum algorithms vs. traditional algorithms - Future advances in chemotherapy and stem cells
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  Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April 10, 2026] 14.05.2026 1h 12min

  Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Proofs in the age of AI - Learning and communicating proofs - How AI handles errors and bugs
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  Ep 2: Philosophy Discussion with Stephen Wolfram and Luz Christopher Seiberth 17.04.2026 1h 22min

  Stephen Wolfram plays the role of Salonnière in this ongoing series of intellectual explorations with philosophers. 
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  Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 3, 2026) 17.04.2026 1h 25min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics discussed: What counts as knowledge with AI? - Machine curiosity and new ways of thinking - How will future humans look at our science? - AI's final form - Exploring space and beyond
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  Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [March 13, 2026] 27.03.2026 1h 12min

  Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: Bugs in software and whether the universe could have bugs - Why restarting a system can restore order - How wireless signals manage to coexist - How radio sound gets encoded onto a signal
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  Future of Science and Technology Q&A (March 6, 2026) 19.03.2026 1h 12min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics discussed: Human senses effect on science and research - AI automation and the future of work - AI hype cycles and real progress - Machine intelligence and consciousness - Automated visualization and interfaces - Genetic engineering and molecular manufacturing between plants and humans
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  History of Science & Technology Q&A (March 4, 2026) 19.03.2026 1h 24min

  Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qaTopics: The beginning of science and physics - How people in the past understood nature - Celebrity status of scientists - Forces that drive scientific progress - History of logic