The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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The Stephen Wolfram Podcast episodes

February 03 Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [January 16, 2026]
Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Topics: Three-body problem and computational irreducibility - Climate and radiation on planets with multiple suns - Cherenkov radiation and why it doesn't break relativity Proton decay, particle physics and "how bad would it be?"
1 hr 29 min
February 01 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (January 14, 2026)
Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa

Topics discussed: Managing work, focus and personal limits - For-profit vs. nonprofit decisions - Ultimate end goals in life and career - Public involvement in science - Productivity systems and practical tools
1 hr 10 min
January 26 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 9, 2026)
Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Topics discussed: The future of doing science - Learning with LLMs - Long-term futures of intelligence and technology
1 hr 23 min
January 26 History of Science & Technology Q&A (January 7, 2026)
Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Topics: How 2025 fits into the history of science and technology - Theory vs. experiment in science and education - Panics in the history of technology
1 hr 16 min
January 25 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 2, 2026)
Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Topics discussed: AI governance, ethics & policy - AI infrastructure Future of science & technology unrelated to AI - Biology as a programmable system - The future of AI beyond LLMs
1 hr 31 min
January 23 Wolfram Science Winter School Keynote Address
Stephen Wolfram gives his opening Keynote Address for the Wolfram Science Winter School.
https://education.wolfram.com/winter-school/
1 hr 48 min
January 12 The Unification of Mathematics, Metamathematics and Physics
Delivered on October 8, 2025 at the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere in Milan, Italy as part of their Leonardo da Vinci lecture series.
1 hr 8 min
December 29, 2025 Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [December 19, 2025]
Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Topics: Information, data and bits - Computation, energy and Infrastructure - How clones and machines might perceive humans - Mass, the Higgs field and the speed of light
1 hr 14 min
December 29, 2025 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (December 17, 2025)
Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-business-qa

Topics discussed: Goals and projects for 2026 - LLMs for sales and marketing - Personal analytics and self-quantification - New business Ideas - How curiosity and energy change with age
1 hr 32 min
December 29, 2025 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (December 12, 2025)
Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Topics discussed: Alien intelligence & alternative scientific worldviews - Quantum computing & real-world applications - Future-ready homes & household robotics
1 hr 10 min

About The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business.