Janna Levin is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist specializing in black holes, cosmology of extra dimensions, topology of the universe, and gravitational waves.
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Episode highlight
2:03 - Introduction
3:03 - Black holes
10:37 - Formation of black holes
21:28 - Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
27:50 - Inside the black hole
40:53 - Supermassive black holes
44:22 - Physics of spacetime
47:25 - General relativity
52:56 - Gravity
1:09:29 - Information paradox
1:17:59 - Fuzzballs & soft hair
1:21:10 - ER = EPR
1:27:49 - Firewall
1:36:41 - Extra dimensions
1:39:06 - Aliens
1:54:42 - Wormholes
2:05:40 - Dark matter and dark energy
2:15:43 - Gravitational waves
2:27:51 - Alan Turing and Kurt Godel
2:40:05 - Grigori Perelman, Andrew Wiles, and Terence Tao
2:46:40 - Art and science
2:56:19 - The biggest mystery
