Intellectually Curious
Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring over 1,600 AI-powered explorations across science, mathematics, philosophy, and personal growth. Each short-form episode is generated, refined, and published with the help of large language models—turning curiosity into an ongoing audio encyclopedia. Designed for anyone who loves learning, it offers quick dives into everything from combinatorics and cryptography to systems thinking and psychology.
Inspiration for this podcast:
"Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson."
― Frank Herbert, Dune
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Intellectually Curious
The Snail That Rebuilt Its Eye: Secrets of Regeneration
We dive into groundbreaking findings from the Stowers Institute showing Pomacea canaliculata, the golden apple snail, can regrow a complete camera-type eye in about four weeks. Learn how blastema formation, Pax6, and a vertebrate-like genetic toolkit enable this regeneration, why humans scar instead, and what these insights could mean for restoring human vision, retinal organoids, and optic nerve repair. We also discuss how mapping complex regenerative networks with data—and AI tools—could guide future therapies.
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