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Big questions about quantum, answered by the people building it. Kai and his mom, physicist and former WIRED editor Katia Moskvitch, talk to Nobel laureates, top scientists and tech leaders, and go inside labs from CERN to ETH Zurich, to find out how quantum computing, fusion, space science and AI are shaping tomorrow's world. If Kai gets it, so will you. Guests include John Martinis, Steven Chu, Peter Shor, John Preskill and Scott Aaronson. Made by Tesseract Quantum.

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This Roblox game uses quantum computing?! (Gamescom reveal) Kai plays quantum chess too

dimanche 4 octobre 2026 • Durée 14:26

This game was shown live at Gamescom, where it got serious attention, so we had to find out what it's actually doing with quantum computing. Can a video game really run on quantum mechanics? Kai finds out, then sits down for a real game of quantum chess, where winning means putting his own king into superposition.

Chapters:
0:00 What is a quantum game?
0:17 Can a quantum computer make a game?
0:34 Quantum chess: a pawn in superposition
0:52 Meet James Wootton (CSO, MOTH Quantum) and Natasha Skult (CEO, MiTale)
1:52 Kai plays MOTH in real time
2:50 Quantum computers for level generation
3:11 Quantum music
3:56 Should players care about quantum technology?
4:53 MOTH at Gamescom
5:15 Quantum chess with Tamás Varga
6:49 Can I build my own quantum game?
7:23 Quantum backrooms
11:13 Quantum computer as a booster
11:58 The future of quantum gaming
12:09 Clay: The Last Redemption
13:23 Quantum computing and procedural generation
13:58 I lost my MOTH
14:03 Thank you, James and Natasha!

In this episode, Kai explores a Roblox-style quantum game (rescuing a moth using quantum mechanics!), then learns to play quantum chess with Tamás Varga, discovering what superposition and entanglement actually mean by using them to win.

Along the way, we dive into:

How a video game can be built around real quantum mechanics
What superposition actually means, explained through a chessboard, not a textbook
What entanglement means and how it shows up in the game
Why quantum ideas are showing up in gaming and entertainment, not just labs
Kai's honest reaction to putting a chess piece in two places at once!

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Can quantum computers really break the encryption protecting your data?

Saison 2 · Épisode 2

dimanche 4 octobre 2026 • Durée 08:51

Can quantum computers really break the encryption protecting your data? Kai sits down with Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO of QuSecure, to find out, recorded live in Geneva at the AI for Good Summit. Plus, great questions from the UN diplomatic corps in the audience!

Chapters:
0:00 Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO of QuSecure
0:45 What is encryption?
1:30 Do quantum computers threaten Roblox, banking and email?
2:00 How quantum computers work, really, and what Peter Shor discovered in the 1990s
3:06 Preparing hospitals and banks for the future
3:54 Why quantum computers could break today's encryption
5:25 Steps you can take right now to protect yourself
6:45 Why we need quantum safety
8:18 Kai's take on quantum computing

The Quantum Kid is a show where 10-year-old Kai asks the world's top scientists and tech leaders to explain quantum computing to him, and if he gets it, so will everyone else.

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Particle Fever director: can art explain quantum physics better than equations?

Saison 2 · Épisode 1

dimanche 4 octobre 2026 • Durée 16:10

Can quantum be explained through art instead of equations? Award-winning filmmaker Mark Levinson (Particle Fever, The Universe in a Grain of Sand) joins Roger Highfield from the Science Museum Group to answer Kai's biggest questions!

Chapters:
0:00 Meet Mark Levinson and Roger Highfield
1:09 Why quantum physics is so hard to explain
2:28 Can film make invisible physics visible?
3:42 Inside "The Universe in a Grain of Sand"
5:23 How museums make quantum ideas click
7:41 Kai's own take on superposition and entanglement
10:20 Why quantum ideas give even scientists a headache
12:22 Why CERN and museums are teaming up
14:05 What quantum education looks like next

For the past year, The Quantum Kid has explored quantum technologies through the eyes of Kai, a curious young co-host who started this journey at age nine. In this special anniversary episode, Kai has officially turned 10!

To celebrate, we are joined by two exceptional science storytellers:

Mark Levinson, physicist and director of the acclaimed films Particle Fever and The Universe in a Grain of Sand
Roger Highfield, Director of Science at the Science Museum Group, UK

Together, they explore one of the biggest challenges in science: how do you explain quantum ideas to the next generation?

The conversation ranges from CERN and Particle Fever to Mark's latest film, The Universe in a Grain of Sand, which uses art, experimental cinema and stunning visuals to make some of the strangest ideas in physics more accessible.

Along the way, Kai shares his own interpretations of superposition and entanglement, leading to a fascinating discussion about whether children may sometimes be better prepared for quantum thinking than adults.

This episode celebrates one year of The Quantum Kid and Kai's journey from age nine to ten, proving that some of the biggest questions in science can start with a child's curiosity.

How do you build a quantum computing startup?

Saison 1 · Épisode 12

dimanche 4 octobre 2026 • Durée 20:53

In this episode of The Quantum Kid, Kai visits a real quantum computing startup, ZuriQ, at ETH Zurich to find out what it takes to build a company in one of the world's most advanced technologies.

How do quantum startups begin? Who provides the funding? What makes a good founder? And what happens if your company fails?

Kai speaks with:

David DiVincenzo, pioneer of quantum computing and creator of the DiVincenzo criteria
Alexandra Beckstein, CEO of QAI Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in quantum technologies

Explore a quantum lab with Kai to learn how atoms can become qubits, and why building a startup requires much more than just a great idea!

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to startups
0:28 Inside a quantum laboratory
3:01 Challenges of a quantum CEO
4:37 Expert advice on startups
7:05 Technical and design criteria
9:01 Market applications
11:56 Founding and funding advice
16:14 The reality of failure

The Quantum Kid is a show where 10-year-old Kai asks the world's top scientists and tech leaders to explain quantum computing to him, and if he gets it, so will everyone else.

💬 Leave a comment here on Spotify. Kai reads them all!

🎧 Follow The Quantum Kid on Spotify for new episodes
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Why do kids learn quantum faster than adults? John Martinis explains

Saison 1 · Épisode 11

dimanche 4 octobre 2026 • Durée 26:05

Why do kids understand quantum concepts faster than adults? Nobel Prize winner John Martinis (2025 Nobel Prize in Physics) and Elisa Torres Durney (founder of Girls in Quantum) join Kai to find out, and to challenge how physics gets taught in the first place.

In this episode, we explore why children have a natural advantage with non-intuitive ideas like superposition and entanglement, before anyone's told them physics is supposed to be hard. John shares real advice for parents on how to nurture scientific curiosity through building, playing and asking better questions, not more advanced ones.

Chapters:
0:00 Meet John Martinis and Elisa Torres Durney
2:15 John Martinis on curiosity and building things as a kid
6:31 Elisa Torres Durney's path into quantum research
9:10 Why the "adult" way of teaching physics is failing
14:45 What is quantum chess? (and how it's different from the real thing)
18:30 Preview: Kai's quantum chess battle with Tamás Varga
23:33 Advice for raising the next generation of scientists

In an upcoming episode: Kai takes on Tamás Varga, the creator of a quantum chess game called Niel's Chess, to see how quantum rules actually govern the board.

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Can quantum computing help unlock fusion energy on Earth?

Saison 1 · Épisode 10

dimanche 4 octobre 2026 • Durée 22:19

Why can't we simulate the Sun, and could quantum computers help us build a star on Earth? Watch Kai visit a tokamak to find out.

First, though, he heads to the Atacama Desert in Chile, where, among cacti and llamas, two remarkable observatories explore the wonders of the universe. Starting at Paranal and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Kai ponders how stars shine through nuclear fusion. That question takes him all the way to Japan, to the largest operational fusion reactor in the world, the JT-60SA tokamak, to see how scientists are trying to achieve fusion energy right here on Earth.

Back in the studio, MIT physicist Peter Fisher explains why fusion is so difficult, especially when it comes to simulating plasma, where vast numbers of particles interact at extreme speeds. Today's classical computers struggle with this complexity, and that's exactly where quantum computing comes in.

Quantum systems could simulate plasma in fundamentally new ways, helping scientists better understand and control fusion reactions. Researchers are already exploring this connection, combining quantum simulations with traditional methods.

Chapters:
0:00 Why can't we simulate the Sun?
0:49 Seeing the invisible: inside Chile's observatories
2:32 Inside a real fusion reactor in Japan
8:53 How quantum computing could crack fusion
17:24 What comes next for fusion energy

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Inside CERN: is quantum computing the answer to the next LHC upgrade?

Saison 1 · Épisode 9

dimanche 4 octobre 2026 • Durée 15:42

Kai visited CERN just before the Large Hadron Collider shut down for one of the biggest upgrades in its history.

The High-Luminosity LHC will dramatically increase collision density: stronger magnets (up to around 12 tesla), far more particle interactions, and an explosion in data that will push computing infrastructure to its limits.

So 9-year-old Kai went to CERN to ask a direct question: if nature is quantum, and the data is growing beyond anything we've handled before, could quantum computers help?

Inside CMS, 100 metres underground, protons collide every 25 nanoseconds. Millions of detector channels record events at microscopic precision. Physicists simulate quantum field theory on classical machines, and know exactly where approximations start to strain.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to CERN
0:21 Particle collision process
1:34 Quantum computing role
3:35 Inside the CMS experiment
5:55 Simulation challenges
8:21 Data analysis in control room
10:01 Future computing efforts
12:05 Global data distribution
13:26 Magnet testing and upgrade

This episode covers serious scientific questions emerging from the next phase of high-energy physics. Follow the show to catch future episodes, and watch the previous ones!

Oh, and leave a comment here on Spotify. Kai is looking forward to each and every one!

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A kid 3D-printed a human ear — then found out how quantum computers discover new drugs

Saison 1 · Épisode 8

dimanche 4 octobre 2026 • Durée 27:17

Would you like to print a new ear? How about a new heart?

In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai goes somewhere very few kids ever get to go: a real bioprinting lab at ETH Zurich. With the help of a researcher, Kai 3D-prints a mini human ear 🦻 made from living cells, and learns how scientists use printed tissue to study the body and test new medicines.

Back in the studio, Kai has a fascinating discussion about another big "wow" in science: the use of quantum computing for drug discovery. He chats with two quantum experts:

Pedram Roushan, quantum physicist at Google Quantum AI
Sabrina Maniscalco, Professor of Quantum Information Science and Co-Founder and CEO of Algorithmiq

They explain how quantum computers are different from regular computers, and why they could help scientists discover new drugs by understanding molecules in much more detail. To help Kai and viewers understand quantum, we use analogies like LEGO bricks with mini brains 🧱🧠: tiny building blocks that can hold lots of possibilities at once, which is exactly what chemistry and biology need.

Chapters:
0:00 Inside a real bioprinting lab
0:20 Why quantum computing matters for medicine
0:47 The problem with studying molecules
2:42 Why molecules are so hard to simulate
6:12 How 3D bioprinting actually works
9:25 The challenge of engineering living tissue
11:05 The problems classical computers can't solve
13:41 Quantum vs. classical computing, explained
15:20 How AI and quantum computing work together
18:52 What's next for drug discovery
20:35 How soon could quantum drug discovery happen?
22:22 Inside the design of a quantum algorithm
25:01 What the future of science could look like

Real labs. Real scientists. Big ideas, explained so viewers of any age can follow along.

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John Preskill & Ken Goldberg: can quantum computers make robots smarter?

Saison 1 · Épisode 7

jeudi 8 janvier 2026 • Durée 29:33

Here's the Spotify version. Spotify has episode comments too, so I kept the "Now your turn" section. You could also turn one of those questions into a Spotify poll (there's a Polls tab on the episode page), which listeners can answer with one tap.

Kai, The Quantum Kid, explores what happens when quantum computing meets robotics!

We have two amazing guests:
• John Preskill, Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, who coined the term "quantum supremacy"
• Ken Goldberg, William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley

We discuss how quantum computers could help robots make smarter decisions and solve problems faster, and what this could mean for the future of intelligent machines. We also talk about uncertainty, both in quantum physics and in robotics.

Kai also heads to a super cool robotics lab in Zurich, ANYbotics, to talk to Ayla Watsuji, Robotics Mechanical Engineer. There, he meets ANYmal, a robot dog the size of a Labrador that can walk, climb stairs, and go where it's dangerous for humans. And, as Kai puts it, "it's veeeeeryyyy cute!"

Quantum computers don't just calculate faster. They think differently. Could that give robots new abilities?

Chapters:
0:00 Exploring a robot lab
3:46 Meeting the experts
5:13 Challenges of uncertainty
6:54 Defining quantum uncertainty
9:59 The role of computation
12:20 AI, data, and synthesis
15:17 Quantum speed for robotics
19:13 Future of quantum hardware
22:22 Robots and human interaction
26:40 Closing thoughts

👇 Now your turn:
• How do you think robots might use quantum computers?
• What should robots be able to do that they can't do today?
• Would you trust a quantum-powered robot?

💬 Leave a comment here on Spotify. Kai reads them and may answer yours in the next episode!

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Scott Aaronson's Chat with Kai: Time Travel, Wormholes, Paradoxes, and the Future of Physics

Saison 1 · Épisode 6

jeudi 8 janvier 2026 • Durée 23:54

In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai explores one of the most fascinating frontiers in modern physics: time travel, and what quantum mechanics and relativity really say about it.

Our guest is Scott Aaronson, one of the world's leading experts in quantum computing, the Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, and director of UT's Quantum Information Center.

Together, we dig into the science behind the movies, from Back to the Future to Interstellar, and unpack what physics actually allows. Scott explains:

Why traveling forward in time is real physics, not science fiction
What a closed timelike curve is, and why it matters for time travel
How relativity links wormholes and time travel to the past
Why stable wormholes would require large amounts of negative energy, far beyond anything observed
How time-travel paradoxes like the grandfather paradox and the Shakespeare paradox challenge our understanding of reality
How quantum superposition and David Deutsch's 1991 model introduce the idea of branching timelines
Why quantum computers interacting with their past selves would be unimaginably powerful, far beyond anything we expect real quantum computers to do

Along the way, Kai asks what every curious kid wants to know: Can you bring your homework back from the future? Could Marty McFly really fade out of existence? How much of Interstellar is true? And will we ever time-travel for real?

To bring the cosmic perspective to life, this episode also features original footage from the ALMA Observatory in the Atacama Desert, one of Earth's most advanced instruments for exploring the structure of space-time.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to the topic
1:39 Is time travel possible?
3:17 Black holes and telescopes
6:07 Experiencing a black hole
6:59 Wormholes and relativity
9:24 Addressing paradoxes
12:40 The Shakespeare paradox
16:15 Computing and time travel17:40 Deutsch's model22:52 Concluding thoughts

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