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. On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of c...

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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [December 19, 2025]

Dec 29th, 2025 9:30 PM

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-qaTopics: Information, data and bits - Computation, energy and Infrastructure - How clones and machines might perceive humans - Mass, the Higgs field and the speed of light

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (December 17, 2025)

Dec 29th, 2025 9:03 PM

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-qaTopics 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

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (December 12, 2025)

Dec 29th, 2025 8:48 PM

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-qaTopics discussed: Alien intelligence & alternative scientific worldviews - Quantum computing & real-world applications - Future-ready homes & household robotics

History of Science & Technology Q&A (December 10, 2025)

Dec 24th, 2025 11:14 PM

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-qaTopics: How languages (and Wolfram Language) evolved - Leibniz, Babbage and early "computer science" ideas - Ancient civilizations and computational thinking

What’s Special about Life? Bulk Orchestration and the Rulial Ensemble in Biology and Beyond

Dec 11th, 2025 11:00 AM

Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers.Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2025/11/whats-special-about-life-bulk-orchestration-and-the-rulial-ensemble-in-biology-and-beyondWatch the original livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uzCPN63oBYA

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