First Principles
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Episodes: 60
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First Principles is the podcast that deconstructs the complex, invisible systems shaping our modern world. Ever wonder how a social media algorithm works, how AI really thinks, or how GPS knows your exact location? Each episode, we break down one concept from its fundamental truths, giving you clarity without the technical jargon. If you're curious about the tech you use every day and want to finally understand it, this is your starting point.
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EP60 - AlphaFold and the Origami of Life: Solving Biology’s Grandest Puzzle
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May 01, 2026 |
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EP59 - The Universal Eye: How AI Learned to See
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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EP58 - Racing the Light: Deconstructing High-Frequency Trading and the Physical Limit
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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EP57 - The Density of Air Deconstructing 5G and the Physics of Connectivity
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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EP56 - The Amnesiac Genius: How Retrieval Augmented Generation Anchors AI in Reality
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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EP55 - The Ghost With Hands: How Agentic AI Escapes the Chatbot Box
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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EP54 - The Pause Before The Answer: How System 2 AI Learned to Reason
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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EP53 - God Mode: Inside the Infinite Logic of the Video Game Engine
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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EP52 - Magnetic Resonance: How We Learned to Listen to the Body’s Water
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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EP51 - Bottling the Star: The Impossible Physics of Nuclear Fusion
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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EP50 - Mirror World: How Digital Twins Clone Reality to Predict the Future
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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EP49 - Graphene and the Impossible Physics of the One-Atom-Thick World
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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EP48 - The Universal Language Decoding HTTP and the Secret Life of APIs
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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EP47 - The Messenger Code: How mRNA Vaccines Rewrote the Rules of Medicine
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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EP46 - The Silent Engine: Deconstructing Solar Power and the Silicon Trap
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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EP45 - Wiring the Ghost: How Brain-Computer Interfaces Translate Thought into Action
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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EP44 - The Planetary Nervous System: Deconstructing the Internet of Things
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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EP43 - The Possible Worlds Engine: The First Principles of Digital Simulation
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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EP42 - The Librarians of Everything: Unlocking the Database
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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EP41 - The Pixel's Gaze: How Computer Vision Teaches Machines to See
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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EP40 - The King's Accord: How Bluetooth Unites Our Devices
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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EP39 - The Search-and-Replace of Life: Decoding the CRISPR Revolution
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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EP38 - The Body of the Machine: How Robots Find Their Feet
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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EP37 - The Digital Chisel: How Light Sculpts Microchips from Sand
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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EP36 - The Internet's Phonebook: Decoding the Invisible Magic of DNS
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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EP35 - The Unseen River: Unpacking the Chemical Magic of the Battery
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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EP34 - The Conductor of Chaos: Unmasking the Operating System
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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EP33 - Micro LLMs: Putting a Supercomputer in Your Pocket
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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EP32 - The Rise of Humanoid Robots: AI Gets a Body
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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EP31 - Synthetic Media: When Seeing Is No Longer Believing
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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EP30 - The Electric Dream: Neuromorphic Computing and the Brain on a Chip
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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EP29 - AI in Cybersecurity: The Digital Arms Race
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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EP28 - Hey, Computer: The Unheard Symphony of Voice AI
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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EP27 - The Silent Memory: How Solid State Drives (SSDs) Finally Taught Sand How to Think
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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EP26 - A Sandwich of Light: The First Principles of Your Screen
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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EP25 - The Glimmer in the Deep: Finding the Physical Internet Under the Sea
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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EP24 - The Chorus of Light: How Self-Driving Cars Actually See
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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EP23 - The Three-Billion-Letter Word: Cracking the Code of DNA Sequencing
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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EP22 - The Ghost in the Machine: How Recommendation Algorithms Curate Your Life
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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EP21 - The Electric Skin: First Principles of the Modern Touchscreen
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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EP20 - The Echo in the Machine: The Surprising Illusion of Digital Audio
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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EP19 - The Unseen Librarians: How a Search Engine Actually Builds the Library of Everything
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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EP18 - The Smart Grid: A Nervous System for the Planet
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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EP17 - From Thought to Thunder: Deconstructing the Language of Code
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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EP16 - The Blockchain and the Unbreakable Promise: A Ledger Without a King
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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EP15 - Tap to Pay: The Ghost in the Transaction
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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EP14 - The GPU: How an Army of Artists Painting Light Accidentally Built the AI Revolution
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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EP13 - Whispers on the Waves: The Surprising First Principles of Wi-Fi
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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EP12 - The Dial-Turners: The Simple Secret of Machine Learning
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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EP11 - Pixels from Photons: The First Principles of the Digital Camera
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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EP10 - The Cloud Atlas: Finding the Physical Earth in Our Digital GPS
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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EP9 - The Unbreakable Lock: Cracking the Code of Digital Encryption
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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EP8 - Einstein's Ghost in the Machine: The Secret Clockwork of GPS
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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EP7 - The City on a Grain of Sand: Inventing the Modern World with the Microchip
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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EP6 - The Algorithm Illusion: How a Simple Recipe Powers Your Digital World
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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EP5 - The Physical Ghost: Deconstructing the Magic of the Internet
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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EP4 - The Spinning Coin Solution: How Quantum Computing Rewrites the Rules of Reality
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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EP3 - The AI Power Crunch: The Hidden Cost of a Single Chatbot Query
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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EP2 - The Agentic Shift: When AI Stops Talking and Starts Doing
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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EP1 - The Universal Echo: How AI Learned Our Language By Accident
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Sep 29, 2025 |