An hour-long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. It is broadcast each week on WBAI New York City (99.5 FM), and re-aired on stations across the country via the Ku National Radio Satellite.
Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, genetic engineering, the aging process, the future of medicine, the human body shop, artificial intelligence, the future of computers and robots, as well as topics from science fiction.
Upcoming Episodes
April 1, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: Why do people believe in weird things
Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with his guest, Dr. Michael Shermer, the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. Are there borders on what is real?
Read MoreMarch 25, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: Why did we separate from the apes? Can we understand how the brain works? Can we reverse the aging process?
First, Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with his guest, William Calvin, about the origin of the human race. Then Michio Kaku will speak with Dr. Jay Olshansky about the aging process. Can genetic engineering save us from that?
ListenMarch 18, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: how Henrietta Leavitt helped Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble determined that the universe was expanding, and he used the results of a woman astronomer, Henrietta Leavitt, to show this remarkable result.
ListenMarch 11, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: BROKEN ARROWS – the top-secret history of nuclear weapons accidents
It's all about war and peace. In the first half hour, Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with his guests, Michael H. Maggelet and James C. Oskins, authors of Broken Arrow: The Declassified History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accidents, about the cost of maintaining our nuclear arsenal. Then, Dr. Kaku speaks with Michael Moore, Peace Activist, about the Twilight War.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: Why did we separate from the apes? Can we understand how the brain works? Can we reverse the aging process?
We know we evolve, do we have to age?
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: What is it like to be an astronaut? Can we explore the Red Planet with astronauts?
Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with his guests, Tom Jones, former astronaut, and Robert Zubrin, founder and current president of the Mars Society, about the good old days and about the future of the space program.
Which way should we go? Should we go to the moon or to Mars?
February 19, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: The lives of Wernher Von Braun and Fritz Haber
Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with his guests, Michael J. Neufeld, Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, about his book, Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War, and Daniel Charles, author of Master Mind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: Can science prove there is or is not a God? The life of Einstein, theories and religion.
On this episode, host Michio Kaku opens the hour with his answers to emails that listeners have sent him. God is in the news. Then he speaks with his guest, John Brinster, independent science researcher and author.
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
HUMAN GENETIC ENGINEERING with Dr. Greg Stock of UCLA
HUMAN GENETIC ENGINEERING with Dr. Greg Stock of UCLA
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE BOTH GOOD AND BAD?
Michio Kaku speaks with his guests about scientists whose work brings both good and bad into the world.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: What lies inside a black hole? Is time travel possible?
What lies inside a black hole? Is time travel possible?
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