The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss Podcast
1) Katie Herzog: The Science Behind Drinking To Get Sober
Alcoholism is a scourge on modern society. Every year, 178,000 American die from alcohol abuse, and it has been estimated that over 200 billion dollars is lost from the US economy due to alcoholism, ...Show More
2) What's New in Science With Sabine and Lawrence | Fusion Dark Matter, String Theory in Biology, and Rapid Evolution
Iâm back with my friend and colleague Sabine Hossenfelder for another episode of âWhatâs New in Scienceâ. I think this is one of my favorite dialogues that we have had. Spending time with Sabine was...Show More
3) Physics for Everyone, Lecture 2: The Gestalt of Physics, Tools for Seeing
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, as Arthur C. Clarke put it. In that spirit, the way we get closest to âmagicâ in physics is not by memorizing more facts or equati...Show More
4) What's New in Science With Sabine and Lawrence| New Year's Edition: Big ideas, precision measurements, and prebiotic molecules.
New Yearâs Eve always comes with that familiar urge to clean the slate, toss out what didnât hold up, and keep what actually earned its place. Thatâs basically the spirit of our latest âWhatâs New in ...Show More
5) The Like Button, and the Strange Power of Tiny Ideas | Martin Reeves
On this weekâs episode of The Origins Podcast, I ended up in a place I genuinely never expected to go: the humble âlikeâ button. When the idea first landed in my inbox, my reaction was basically, why ...Show More
6) Polarization, Powerlessness, and what We can Actually Do
On this weekâs episode of The Origins Podcast, I am excited to release a conversation that has been sitting in our archives for more than a year. When we first recorded this discussion with conflict m...Show More
7) Announcing our new 12-part series: A dozen Lessons on Physics and Reality
I am thrilled to introduce a significant new segment for the Origins Podcast. We are producing a fully fledged 12-part series titled âA Dozen Lessons on Physics and Reality.â Over the coming months, w...Show More
Announcing our new 12-part series: A dozen Lessons on Physics and Reality
1:03:38 | Nov 23rd, 2025
8) (Rebroadcast) Noam Chomsky | Prescient Predictions? | Trump, Brazil, and American Fear
This week, Iâm excited to share a special rebroadcast from the Origins Podcast archives: my original Origins Podcast conversation with Noam Chomsky.We recorded this dialog over six years ago, as an up...Show More
(Rebroadcast) Noam Chomsky | Prescient Predictions? | Trump, Brazil, and American Fear
2:04:54 | Nov 15th, 2025
9) What's New in Science With Sabine and Lawrence
As we move into the end of the year, Iâm excited to return to our recurring series âWhatâs New in Scienceâ with my co-host Sabine Hossenfelder. In this monthâs episode, we started by tackling a favori...Show More
10) Spooky Physics!
In a special Halloween episode of the Origins Podcast, which Iâve have decided to call âSpooky Physics!â, I explore why you shouldnât be afraid of the unknown, and in particular of supernatural gobble...Show More