Curious Minds Podcast

Curious Minds Podcast


Latest Episodes

Astronomy Shorts 2: Three Breathtaking Views within the Solar System | Curious Minds
March 31, 2016

Astronomy Shorts 2: Three Breathtaking Views within the Solar System

Astronomy Shorts 1: The Scale of the Universe | Curious Minds
March 31, 2016

Astronomy Shorts 1: The Scale of the Universe

The Longitude Problem (Maritime History) | Curious Minds
March 21, 2016

How a single navigation error cost the Royal Navy Four battle ships - and led to the solving of an important engineering challenge.

Stuxnet, Pt. 3: Flame & Duqu
March 11, 2016

In this episode, the last of the series, we'll learn about Stuxnet's creators and their motives - and get to know Flame & Duqu, Stuxnet's sinister sisters.

Stuxnet, Pt.2: Uranium Enrichment
March 01, 2016

Who was Stuxnet's target, and how can a computer virus destroy Uranium enrichment gas centrifuge? CMPod explores the inner mechanisms of the worm.

Stuxnet: a 3-Parts Series
February 03, 2016

When it was discovered in 2010, Stuxnet was the most complicated and sophisticated malware ever known. The Stuxnet attack was a terrifying display of cyberwarfare and jarring proof of concept: Advanced Persistent Threat

LSD History, Pt.2: Timothy Leary
January 17, 2016

Dr. Timothy Leary help kickstart the LSD's involvement in the Hippie movement - and was imprisoned for it. What really makes LSD so dangerous?

LSD History
January 04, 2016

The discovery of LSD, and the CIA's top-secret experiment: MKULTRA.

The Bubonic Plague
December 09, 2015

The Black Death that swept across Europe in the 14th century wasn't the first time nor the last that the Bubonic Plague decimate large cities and brought empires to their knees. For many thousands of years,

The Molecular Clock, Pt. 2: Genghis Khan’s Legacy
November 30, 2015

The male Y Chromosome holds tantalizing clues about our own, personal past - but that past can turn out to be very troubling....