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The "Exploration" radio show is an hour-long science program heard nationally. Exploration covers the world of science, war and peace, and the environment. The show has commentary and interviews with top scientists and environmentalists.
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Dr. Michio Kaku is an internationally recognized authority in theoretical physics and also the environment. He holds the Henry Semat Professorship in Theoretical Physics at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His goal is to help complete Einstein's dream of a "theory of everything," a single equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, which will unify all the fundamental forces in the universe.
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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 29, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: the topic of black holes and astronomy
In this episode, Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, and his second guest is black hole expert, Dr. Fulvio Melia, an Italian-American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. He is author of The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy.
Read MoreApril 22, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: how scientists view religion, and the mind from a scientific point of view
Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with Prof. Daniel Dennett, an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology. In the second half, Dr. Kaku speaks with Prof. Steven Pinker, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.
ListenApril 15, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: invention, innovation, science – the engines of prosperity
Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with Randall Stross, author of the Wizard of Menlo Park, a biography of Thomas Edison and MIT Professor Seth Lloyd. It all started with Thomas Edison, and now, quantum computers may eventually replace ordinary transistors and usher in a new quantum era.
ListenApril 8, 2024 National, News & Public Affairs
ON EXPLORATIONS: Science is unraveling our origins: a) the origin of the universe and the big bang b) the origin of humanity by analyzing ancient DNA
Searching for answers, what sets science apart is that conclusions are based on demonstrable facts.
Read MoreApril 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?
Read MoreMarch 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.
Read MoreMarch 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.
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