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Quantum Physics & Parallel Universes

Frontier physics episodes on quantum mechanics, cosmology, parallel universes, time, entanglement, simulated reality, and the strange edges of scientific possibility.

36 Episodes
Episode thumbnail for January 20, 2007: Parallel Universes and Quantum Science - Charles Seife
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January 20, 2007: Parallel Universes and Quantum Science - Charles Seife

Jan 20, 2007
2h 35m
Art Bell interviews science journalist and mathematician Charles Seife about the nature of information as a fundamental property of the universe. Seife explains how Claude Shannon's mid-20th century discovery of the laws of information created a third great scientific revolution, revealing that information behaves a...
Episode thumbnail for February 5, 2005: Cosmological Theories - Charles Seife
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February 5, 2005: Cosmological Theories - Charles Seife

Feb 5, 2005
2h 54m
Art Bell speaks with Charles Seife, a science journalist and author who covers physics and cosmology for Science Magazine. Seife explains how the discovery of dark energy in the late 1990s upended decades of assumptions about the fate of the universe. Rather than gravity slowing the expansion of the cosmos, distant...
Episode thumbnail for July 23, 2006: Consciousness and Quantum Entanglement - Dean Radin
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July 23, 2006: Consciousness and Quantum Entanglement - Dean Radin

Jul 23, 2006
2h 40m
Art Bell broadcasts from Manila during Typhoon Glenda before welcoming Dr. Dean Radin, senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Radin provides an overview of the Global Consciousness Project at Princeton, where 65 shielded random number generators positioned worldwide have been running for eight years,...
Episode thumbnail for January 27, 2007: Science Talk - Charles Seife
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January 27, 2007: Science Talk - Charles Seife

Jan 27, 2007
2h 35m
Art Bell welcomes back science journalist Charles Seife for a wide-ranging second installment covering the origins of the universe, the nature of consciousness, and the future of genetic science. Seife discusses what scientists know about the Big Bang, explaining that while they can simulate conditions microseconds...
Episode thumbnail for November 10, 2015: Digital Simulated Reality - Jim Elvidge
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November 10, 2015: Digital Simulated Reality - Jim Elvidge

Nov 10, 2015
2h 23m
Art Bell welcomes Jim Elvidge, who holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell, to explore the theory that our reality may be a digital construct. Elvidge outlines philosopher Nick Bostrom's simulation argument, positing that if civilizations eventually create simulations indistinguishable from re...
Episode thumbnail for February 28, 2004: Physics of the Universe - Dr. Brian Greene
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February 28, 2004: Physics of the Universe - Dr. Brian Greene

Feb 28, 2004
2h 53m
Columbia University physicist and mathematician Dr. Brian Greene, author of The Fabric of the Cosmos, joins Art Bell to discuss physics of the universe, time, wormholes, string theory, and parallel universes. Art returns after two weeks spent constructing a massive ham radio antenna in the Nevada desert and opens wi...
Episode thumbnail for December 3, 2006: Cosmology and Time - Sean Carroll
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December 3, 2006: Cosmology and Time - Sean Carroll

Dec 3, 2006
2h 39m
Art Bell welcomes Sean Carroll, senior research associate in physics at the California Institute of Technology, for a wide-ranging discussion on the nature of time, space-time, and the possibility of time travel. Carroll explains that time has multiple definitions in physics, from the universal clock that labels eve...
Episode thumbnail for November 8, 2003: Parallel Universes - M.R. Franks
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November 8, 2003: Parallel Universes - M.R. Franks

Nov 8, 2003
2h 51m
Art Bell opens with remote viewer Major Ed Dames, who declares that the recent extreme solar activity represents the long-predicted shot across the bow, a precursor to escalating solar events he calls kill shots. Dames describes an 11,500-year solar cycle and warns of progressive coronal mass ejections that will des...
Episode thumbnail for November 6, 2002: Time Travel and Cosmology - Lawrence M. Krauss
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November 6, 2002: Time Travel and Cosmology - Lawrence M. Krauss

Nov 6, 2002
2h 46m
Art Bell welcomes theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, professor of physics and astronomy at Case Western Reserve University, for a wide-ranging conversation on time travel, cosmology, and the nature of the universe. The discussion begins with Einstein's special and general relativity, exploring how clocks slow...
Episode thumbnail for October 6, 2015: Time Travel - Ronald Mallett
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October 6, 2015: Time Travel - Ronald Mallett

Oct 6, 2015
2h 22m
Art Bell sits down with Professor Ronald Mallett, a research professor of physics at the University of Connecticut, to explore the science behind time travel. Professor Mallett shares the deeply personal origin of his lifelong obsession: the death of his father from a heart attack at age 33, when Ronald was just ten...
Episode thumbnail for November 13, 2004: Time Travel - Dr. Fred Alan Wolf
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November 13, 2004: Time Travel - Dr. Fred Alan Wolf

Nov 13, 2004
2h 53m
Art Bell opens with a disturbing report from the former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit, who reveals that Osama bin Laden has obtained religious authorization to use a nuclear weapon against Americans. Callers weigh in on the threat and what a nuclear attack on a U.S. city would mean. The conversation shifts dramat...
Episode thumbnail for September 12, 2002: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku
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September 12, 2002: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

Sep 12, 2002
2h 46m
Art Bell opens with a series of striking coincidences surrounding the first anniversary of September 11th, including the New York State Lottery drawing 9-1-1 and the S&P 500 futures closing at 911.00 the day before. He presents these events as possible evidence of mass consciousness affecting random systems, connect...
Episode thumbnail for July 15, 1999: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku
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July 15, 1999: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

Jul 15, 1999
1h 50m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Michio Kaku, co-founder of String Field Theory and professor of theoretical physics at City University of New York, for a wide-ranging exploration of the frontiers of modern physics. They discuss the quest for a unified field theory, the possibility of parallel universes existing like bubbles i...
Episode thumbnail for April 17, 1998: Taking the Quantum Leap - Dr. Fred Alan Wolf
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April 17, 1998: Taking the Quantum Leap - Dr. Fred Alan Wolf

Apr 17, 1998
2h 49m
Theoretical physicist Dr. Fred Alan Wolf joins Art Bell to discuss Taking the Quantum Leap, quantum physics, consciousness, parallel universes, and time travel after Linda Moulton Howe's Cydonia update. Howe interviews Dr. Mark Carlotto about the new Mars Global Surveyor photograph of the Cydonia face, and Carlotto...
Episode thumbnail for August 22, 1997: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku
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August 22, 1997: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

Aug 22, 1997
2h 35m
Art Bell welcomes theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku for a wide-ranging conversation about ten-dimensional hyperspace, time travel, and the classification of civilizations in the universe. Dr. Kaku explains that humanity is a Type 0 civilization, still dependent on dead plants for energy, and describes how Type 1...
Episode thumbnail for April 21, 2007: Physics and Cosmology - Janna Levin
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April 21, 2007: Physics and Cosmology - Janna Levin

Apr 21, 2007
2h 36m
Art Bell welcomes physicist Janna Levin, professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University, for a wide-ranging exploration of whether the universe is finite or infinite. The evening begins with open lines as callers weigh in on the Virginia Tech tragedy, top conspiracies, and whether alien...
Episode thumbnail for November 12, 2006: Towards a Time Machine - Ronald Mallett
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November 12, 2006: Towards a Time Machine - Ronald Mallett

Nov 12, 2006
2h 39m
Art Bell welcomes Professor Ronald Mallett, a theoretical physicist at the University of Connecticut, who presents his research on building a time machine grounded in Einstein's general theory of relativity. Mallett explains that his quest began at age ten when his father died suddenly, and reading H.G. Wells inspir...
Episode thumbnail for May 28, 2005: Topics in Physics - Dr. Brian Greene
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May 28, 2005: Topics in Physics - Dr. Brian Greene

May 28, 2005
2h 54m
Art Bell welcomes physicist Brian Greene, a Harvard-educated, Oxford-trained Rhodes Scholar and Columbia University professor, for a wide-ranging conversation about the frontiers of modern physics. Greene explains Einstein's 1905 discoveries, including special relativity and E=MC squared, and discusses why the quest...
Episode thumbnail for March 14, 2002: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku
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March 14, 2002: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

Mar 14, 2002
1h 43m
Art Bell welcomes theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku for a sweeping conversation that moves from tabletop nuclear experiments to the far future of human civilization. Kaku explains sonoluminescence, a phenomenon first observed by Nazi scientists during World War II, where collapsing bubbles in liquid can reach te...
Episode thumbnail for May 19, 1999: Time Travel - Dr. Bruce Goldberg
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May 19, 1999: Time Travel - Dr. Bruce Goldberg

May 19, 1999
2h 2m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Bruce Goldberg, a hypnotherapist and author who has regressed over 11,000 patients into past and future lives, to discuss one of Art's favorite subjects: time travel. Dr. Goldberg outlines four methods of traveling through time, from physical time machines based on exotic matter and warp drive...
Episode thumbnail for October 19, 2003: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku
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October 19, 2003: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

Oct 19, 2003
2h 51m
Art Bell opens with psychic Sean David Morton, who shares predictions about Osama bin Laden's alleged death, potential threats to the president, a biological attack on U.S. soil, the eruption of Mount Rainier by 2005, and economic forecasts drawn from both his intuitive work and Bible Code research. Morton also disc...
Episode thumbnail for May 29, 2003: Cosmology & Consciousness - Adair Butchins
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May 29, 2003: Cosmology & Consciousness - Adair Butchins

May 29, 2003
2h 46m
Art Bell opens with personal updates on his recovery from back problems and his massive dual-loop ham radio antenna project in Pahrump, Nevada. The antenna produces an unexplained 400 volts of mixed AC and DC current and delivers signal gains of 20 to 25 decibels that defy conventional physics. Art also discusses th...
Episode thumbnail for October 17, 2001: Time Travel - J. Richard Gott
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October 17, 2001: Time Travel - J. Richard Gott

Oct 17, 2001
2h 39m
Art Bell opens with updates on the anthrax attacks spreading across the country and growing tensions between India and Pakistan before welcoming Princeton astrophysics professor J. Richard Gott for an in-depth discussion on the physics of time travel. Professor Gott explains how Einstein's special relativity makes t...
Episode thumbnail for February 10, 2007: Physics and Sci-Fi Science - Jennifer Ouellette
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February 10, 2007: Physics and Sci-Fi Science - Jennifer Ouellette

Feb 10, 2007
2h 37m
Art Bell welcomes science writer Jennifer Ouellette, author of "The Physics of the Buffyverse" and "Black Bodies and Quantum Cats," for a conversation exploring the intersection of real physics and science fiction. They discuss the newly announced 16-qubit quantum computer from a Vancouver company, and Ouellette exp...
Episode thumbnail for November 6, 2004: Philosophical Physics - Dr. Anthony Rizzi
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November 6, 2004: Philosophical Physics - Dr. Anthony Rizzi

Nov 6, 2004
2h 51m
Art Bell interviews Dr. Anthony Rizzi, a theoretical physicist who earned degrees from MIT, the University of Colorado, and Princeton, and who served as the first scientist at Caltech's LIGO gravitational wave observatory. Rizzi explains his discovery of the first definition for angular momentum in general relativit...
Episode thumbnail for February 6, 2001: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku
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February 6, 2001: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

Feb 6, 2001
2h 47m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Michio Kaku for a wide-ranging discussion on his second night back on the air. Dr. Kaku describes how Einstein's death when he was eight years old inspired his lifelong pursuit of the unified field theory. They examine the recent experiment where scientists stopped light in a laboratory, with D...
Episode thumbnail for April 5, 2000: Time Travel - Dr. David Anderson
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April 5, 2000: Time Travel - Dr. David Anderson

Apr 5, 2000
3h 18m
Art Bell opens the program by taking calls from listeners who claim to be time travelers or visitors from other dimensions. One caller describes arriving from a dimension where the South won the Civil War, while another recounts meeting his older self as a child. The conversations set the stage for the evening's mai...
Episode thumbnail for February 16, 2000: Creation, Physics & God - Dr. Hugh Ross
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February 16, 2000: Creation, Physics & God - Dr. Hugh Ross

Feb 16, 2000
2h 42m
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Hugh Ross and Dr. Fuz Rana from Reasons to Believe, an organization dedicated to demonstrating harmony between science and the Christian faith. Dr. Ross, an astrophysicist who researched quasars at Caltech, and Dr. Rana, a biochemist and former Procter & Gamble researcher, discuss evidence for...
Episode thumbnail for July 14, 1998: Hyperdimensional Physics - Richard C. Hoagland
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July 14, 1998: Hyperdimensional Physics - Richard C. Hoagland

Jul 14, 1998
2h 11m
Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland for an expansive discussion of his newly published 50-page hyperdimensional physics paper and its implications for climate change, planetary science, and space exploration. Hoagland opens by questioning why Japan launched a Mars probe five months early into Earth parking orbit,...
Episode thumbnail for February 24, 1998: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku
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February 24, 1998: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

Feb 24, 1998
1h 35m
Art Bell welcomes Professor Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist at the City University of New York and co-founder of string field theory, for a sweeping conversation that moves from the nature of gravity to the possibility of time travel and the future of human civilization.Kaku explains Einstein's revolutionary insi...
Episode thumbnail for September 24, 1997: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku
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September 24, 1997: Theoretical Physics - Dr. Michio Kaku

Sep 24, 1997
2h 46m
Art Bell hosts theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku of the City University of New York for a far-reaching conversation about the scientific breakthroughs awaiting humanity over the next century. Drawing from interviews with 150 top scientists, including six Nobel laureates, Kaku outlines coming revolutions in genet...
Episode thumbnail for March 11, 1997: Time Travel - Fred Bell
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March 11, 1997: Time Travel - Fred Bell

Mar 11, 1997
3h 25m
Dr. Fred Bell, a former NASA spacecraft checkout engineer and physicist, joins Art Bell to discuss time travel, the Philadelphia Experiment, and exotic propulsion technologies. Bell describes building an octahedral time machine in his Laguna Beach backyard, a 20-foot structure using Wimhurst-style electrostatic gene...