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 Medulla Nebula: Inside a Brain-Shaped Supernova Remnant
We peel back the pareidolia to reveal the physics of CTB 1 (G116.9+0.1): a 49-light-year remnant in Cassiopeia where radio and X-ray views tell opposite halves, shaped by an asymmetric explosion. The gas is rich in oxygen and neon, pointing to a massive progenitor, while iron tracks the explosion's uneven kick. A fast runaway pulsar, PSR J0002+6216, carries the core away, linking the remnant to a cosmic seeding event that enriches the interstellar medium and seeds future generations of stars and maybe life.
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