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Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson

Giant Leap

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Frequency: 1 episode/19d. Total Eps: 17

A podcast about the future, today. Hosted by nuclear physicist, Taylor Wilson.

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Coming Soon | Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson

Season 1

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 • Duration 00:58

Announcing the podcast Giant Leap. Subscribe to be the first to hear the upcoming Trailer and first episodes.

Giant Leap is a new show that explores the future by digging into cutting edge science, and talking with leading thinkers, explorers and scientists across the globe. Hosted by physicist Taylor Wilson and produced by journalists Joey Lovato and Fil Corbitt, Giant Leap will be available as a podcast, YouTube series, and on broadcast radio.

Joey Lovato is a producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting, an on-air host at KUNR and previously created and hosted IndyMatters for The Nevada Independent. Fil Corbitt is a critically acclaimed radio maker whose work has appeared nationally and internationally on NPR, USA Today’s The City, the BBC, CBC and several others. Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion when he was 14 years old and now is a nuclear physicist based in Reno. Along with his scientific pursuits, he’s a science policy advocate, has given several TED talks, and has hosted science documentaries including for the award-winning HBO series VICE on HBO.

The first season of Giant Leap will include interviews with Canadian astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station Chris Hadfield, and former Chief Scientist of NASA and current Undersecretary for Science at the Smithsonian Institution, Ellen Stofan, among others.

As Carl Sagan once said, "We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology…” Giant Leap aims to help people better understand science and technology in a captivating, entertaining format, recorded in Taylor’s working laboratory.

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Season 1

Thursday, April 10, 2025 • Duration 03:14

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Giant Leap is a new podcast that explores the future by digging into cutting edge science, and talking with leading thinkers, explorers and scientists across the globe. Hosted by physicist Taylor Wilson and produced by journalists Joey Lovato and Fil Corbitt, Giant Leap will be available as a podcast, YouTube series, and on broadcast radio.

At 14, Taylor Wilson became the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion and is now a nuclear physicist. Along with his scientific pursuits, he’s a science policy advocate, has given several TED talks, and has hosted science documentaries including for the award-winning HBO series VICE. Joey Lovato is a producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting, an on-air host at KUNR and previously created and hosted Indy Matters for The Nevada Independent. Fil Corbitt is a critically acclaimed radio maker whose work has appeared nationally and internationally on NPR, USA Today’s The City, BBC's Shortcuts, 99% Invisible, Snap Judgement, and The World.

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Life as we Don’t Know it | Ellen Stofan (Smithsonian, NASA)

Season 1 · Episode 1

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 • Duration 54:24

A few years back, Taylor Wilson snowmobiled into Yellowstone National Park in the dead of winter with Ellen Stofan, then chief scientist of NASA, now undersecretary of science at The Smithsonian. Ellen joins Taylor and Joey to dig into the future of scientific exploration, and what the Smithsonian is exploring--both in the depths of outer space, and here on Earth.

Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcast

A huge community made the launch of this show possible…

Thank you to:

Chris Casaceli, Mike Corbitt, Chloe Curtis-Smith, Brian Dugan, Mignon Fogarty, Doug Fraser, Will Hennessy, Holly Hutchings, Jennifer Kent, John Lawson, Tim Lenard, Kristyn Leonard, Nancy Maldonado, Chris Orr, Andrew Oxner, Emily Pratt, Eleanor Qull, Kaleb Roedel, Daniel Rothberg, Dave Santina, Savanna Strott, Esteban Valle, Jackie Valley.

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Could we stop an asteroid?

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 • Duration 20:07

On this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss the various impacts that Earth has endured, and ask: "are we prepared for the next?".

Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcast

Subscribe to Giant Leap on your podcast app, or in video format on YouTube.

This podcast is made with listener support. Thank you this week to Adrian Davis and John Lawson.

If you’d like to join the Giant Leap community, and get access to bonus content, Q+As and more, head to

https://patreon.com/giantleappodcast to set up a monthly donation.

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Is A.I. Conscious? | Neuroscientist Anil Seth

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 • Duration 54:03

What is consciousness...and, is it changing? On this episode of Giant Leap Taylor Wilson and Joey Lovato talk about the future of the brain with world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth. Together they explore some of the mysteries around the brain, the science of awareness, and the complicated ethical and technical discussions unfolding at the place where artificial intelligence meets human consciousness. This episode is a deep dive into the neuroscience of consciousness, and the technology driving discoveries -- mind and machine. If you're interested in consciousness, AI and the mind, if AI can really think, or even how quantum processes could be involved in the machinations of the human brain, tune in.

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OR subscribe to watch every episode in Taylor’s lab right here on YouTube.

Website: https://giantleappodcast.org

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giant-leap-with-taylor-wilson/id1799994450

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5BNeMj71sURs28GrNuhQel?si=7abc48e9aac9495a

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2UHQ96am5_mSwYWVzie12A

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/GiantLeapPodcast/home

Featuring:

Anil Seth - Neuroscientist and professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex

Taylor Wilson - Nuclear physicist and host of Giant Leap

Joey Lovato - Journalist and co-host of Giant Leap

Being You by Anil Seth available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-You-Science-Consciousness-Bestseller/dp/0571337724/

Keywords: Anil Seth consciousness, brain and AI, neuroscience of consciousness, what is consciousness, is AI conscious, how the brain works, artificial intelligence and the brain, neuroscience podcast, science explained, philosophy of mind, mind vs machine, future of AI, science of awareness

Dude, where's my hydrogen car?

Season 1 · Episode 4

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 • Duration 14:49

Electric cars are growing in popularity, but what about hydrogen cars? On this episode of Giant Leap, Joey and Taylor discuss Hydrogen and examine its benefits and challenges.

Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcast

Subscribe to Giant Leap on your podcast app, or in video format on YouTube.

This podcast is made with listener support. Thank you this week to Adrian Davis and John Lawson.

If you’d like to join the Giant Leap community, and get access to bonus content, Q+As and more, head to

https://patreon.com/giantleappodcast to set up a monthly donation.

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Should Humans Still Go to Space? | Astronaut Chris Hadfield

Season 1 · Episode 5

Friday, July 25, 2025 • Duration 47:33

Chris Hadfield, former commander of the International Space Station, talks with Taylor Wilson and Joey Lovato about the future of human space flight. We dig into the privatization of the space industry, the evolving technology in space exploration, science fiction, simulation and what's next for people in space.

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Chris Hadfield: Former commander of the ISS, Canadian astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer.

Taylor Wilson - Nuclear physicist and host of Giant Leap

Joey Lovato - Journalist and co-host of Giant Leap

"The Defector", "The Apollo Murders", "Final Orbit", and more books by Chris Hadfield available here: https://chrishadfield.ca/books/

Keywords: Chris Hadfield interview, future of spaceflight, human space exploration, privatization of space, commercial space travel, ISS commander, space technology 2025, Giant Leap podcast, Taylor Wilson space, Joey Lovato journalism, Chris Hadfield Giant Leap, Canadian astronaut insights, space simulation, sci-fi and space, space industry evolution, The Apollo Murders Hadfield, modern space race, private vs public spaceflight, next generation astronauts, space science podcast, Chris Hadfield books

The Methane Problem

Season 1 · Episode 6

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 • Duration 21:33

We hear a lot about CO2 and it's warming effect on the Earth's climate. What about Methane? In this episode of Giant Leap, Taylor talks about the methane problem -- where it's coming from, what it's doing in the atmosphere and ways that we could curtail some of its ill effects.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GiantLeapPodcast

Podcast: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/subscribe

Website: https://www.giantleappodcast.org/

Patreon: https://patreon.com/giantleappodcast

Giant Leap is a new podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson and journalist Joey Lovato. Shot in Taylor's lab, the show digs into hard science, big ideas and possible futures by speaking with the people making those futures reality. In between guest episodes, Taylor and Joey will talk about advances in science and technology, or more accurately, Joey will ask Taylor questions and Taylor will answer them. This podcast is made with listener support. Thank you this week to Adrian Davis and John Lawson. If you’d like to join the Giant Leap community, and get access to bonus content, Q+As and more, head to https://patreon.com/giantleappodcast to set up a monthly donation.

Keywords: methane climate change, methane emissions, methane vs CO2, greenhouse gases explained, climate science methane, giant leap methane, Taylor Wilson climate, global warming methane, methane sources, how methane warms the planet, methane in the atmosphere, methane solutions, reduce methane emissions, climate crisis, environmental science podcast, climate change 2025, cutting methane emissions, giant leap podcast climate, methane gas explained, future of the climate

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The Next Big Volcano | Clive Oppenheimer

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, August 29, 2025 • Duration 54:00

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What can volcanoes tell us about our past, and future, as a species? Should we fear the destructive power of these portals to Earth’s interior? And how well can we predict future eruptions? In this episode of giant Leap Taylor and Joey dive into the topic of volcanoes with one of the world’s leading experts on the subject, Clive Oppenheimer. Clive discusses the science and cultural context of volcanology, exploring the myths and mysteries of these awe-inspiring geological wonders. They discuss future tools for studying volcanoes, the connection between volcanoes and origins of life, and even the promise of exploring extraterrestrial volcanic systems.

Available wherever you get your podcasts. Or subscribe to watch every episode in Taylor’s lab on YouTube.

Featuring:

Clive Oppenheimer - Volcanologist and Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Cambridge

Taylor Wilson - Nuclear physicist and host of Giant Leap

Joey Lovato - Journalist and co-host of Giant Leap

"Mountains of Fire" by Clive Oppenheimer available here

Giant Leap is a new podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson and journalist Joey Lovato. Shot in Taylor's lab, the show digs into hard science, big ideas and possible futures by speaking with the people making those futures reality. Keywords: volcanoes, volcanic eruption, clive oppenheimer, volcanology, giant leap podcast, giant leap volcanoes, power of volcanoes, explosive volcanoes, history of volcanoes, deadly volcanoes, volcanic disasters, supervolcano, earth on fire, eruption science, volcanic ash, climate and volcanoes, pompeii eruption, history changing eruptions, why volcanoes erupt

The Day Earth Short Circuited | Massive solar storms and their effect on our planet.

Season 1 · Episode 8

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • Duration 26:00

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Patreon: https://patreon.com/giantleappodcast

Around noontime on the First of September 1859, the British astronomers Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson noticed something spectacular erupting from the surface of our nearest star while observing a large sunspot group. 17 hours later Earth’s atmosphere would light up in a dazzling display of auroral light and telegraph operators would be stunned by sparks of electricity emanating from their wires. This event which would come to be known as the Carrington Event was the largest geomagnetic storm in the modern era, and serves as a warning to us today about the dangers of space weather. In this episode of Giant Leap Taylor and Joey explore the Future of Space Weather.

Will a Carrington scale event happen again in our lifetime? Will modern life irreparably grind to a halt? What can the past tell us about the future of these destructive events? How good are our space weather forecasts and how much warning will we have of future geomagnetic storms? And can we build defenses to survive the next Carrington Event?

This podcast is made with listener support. Thank you this week to Adrian Davis and John Lawson. If you’d like to join the Giant Leap community, and get access to bonus content, Q+As and more, head to https://patreon.com/giantleappodcast to set up a monthly donation.

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