Intellectually Curious
Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring over 1,800 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
Le Plasker: From Mesolithic Hut to Neolithic Tomb on Brittany's Ridge
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In Brittany near Carnac, Le Plasker reveals a time-spanning story: a Mesolithic hut dating to about 5700 BC was abandoned for 300 years, then a Neolithic tomb was built atop the old ditch. Rather than a quiet cemetery, the site becomes a living landscape: 46 granite blocks were scattered to fashion an artificial rocky landscape that made the ridge look untouched, with hearths and cooking pits aligned with the monuments, showing people gathering here across centuries. This episode rethinks megalithic sites as dynamic places that connect the living, the dead, and the sky, offering a fresh view of memory and landscape.
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