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 Great Enclosure of Saqqara: Egypt's Stone-Walled Prototype for the Pyramids
In Saqqara's landscape near the Step Pyramid, the Great Enclosure is a colossal, empty rectangle. This episode traces Gizar el-Mudir’s double limestone walls and solid-fill interior, dating it to the late 2nd/early 3rd dynasty, and argues it was a deliberate prototype—an engineering laboratory that marks the transition from mudbrick to stone and paves the way for the pyramids. A tale of deliberate design, trial and error, and a missing link in the dawn of monumental architecture.
Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical information.
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