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First Principles

First Principles is the podcast that deconstructs the complex, invisible systems shaping our modern world. Ever wonder how a social media algorithm works, how AI really thinks, or how GPS knows your…

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Latest episodes

  1. EP82 - eVTOL Air Taxis: The Surprising Physics of Flying Without a Runway20 Oct 2026
  2. EP81 - Cultivated Meat and the Billion Dollar Physics Puzzle Behind a Chicken Breast17 Oct 2026
  3. EP80 - Cloud Storage: The Algebra of Immortality14 Oct 2026
  4. EP79 - The Impossible Physics of the Heat Pump8 Oct 2026
  5. EP78 - E-Ink and the Secret Physics of the Screen That Remembers5 Oct 2026
  6. EP76 - The Geometry of Gravity: How 3D Printing Builds the Future One Slice at a Time29 Sep 2026
  7. EP75 - The Chip That Feels You: Inside MEMS Motion Sensors26 Sep 2026
  8. EP74 - Starlink: Ten Thousand Tiny Routers Stitched Across the Sky26 Sep 2026
  9. EP73 - Direct Air Capture: Wringing Carbon From the Endless Sky20 Sep 2026
  10. EP72 - Federated Learning: Teaching Machines Without Showing Your Secrets17 Sep 2026