Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson

Giant Leap

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

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17 episodes
Updated Dec 18, 2025

Episodes17

Newest first

Dec 18, 2025 · 57 min
Q+A • Season 1 Finale
On this season finale we take listener questions! (?)...(!)
Dec 10, 2025 · 53 min
The Search for New Elements | Jacklyn Gates at Berkeley Lab
Inside the Element Factory: the search for Superheavy Elements and the Island of Stability
Nov 23, 2025 · 1 min
Call for Questions
send your questions to GiantLeapPodcast@gmail.com
Nov 14, 2025 · 51 min
Is Evolution Linear? | Biologist Shane Campbell-Staton
How species are evolving in response to climate change, ecosystem loss and humanity as a whole.
Oct 31, 2025 · 15 min
Are Carlsbad Caverns Radioactive?
Radon, the physics of radioactive decay, the origins of Helium gas, and why people used to think radioactivity was actually good for you.
Oct 8, 2025 · 53 min
What’s Under the Ice? The science of ice cores | Joe McConnell
A trip to an Ice Core lab and an interview with ice scientist Joe McConnell.
Sep 24, 2025 · 18 min
The Lead Problem
Why is lead bad for us?
Sep 10, 2025 · 26 min
The Day Earth Short Circuited | Massive solar storms and their effect on our planet.
Historic solar events, and what would happen if another hit Earth today.
Aug 29, 2025 · 54 min
The Next Big Volcano | Clive Oppenheimer
The science and cultural context of volcanology, exploring the myths and mysteries of these awe-inspiring geological wonders with one of the world’s leading experts on the subject, Clive Oppenheimer.
Aug 6, 2025 · 21 min
The Methane Problem
A look at the ~other~ greenhouse gas
Jul 25, 2025 · 47 min
Should Humans Still Go to Space? | Astronaut Chris Hadfield
The privitization of space flight, science fiction's role in science, and how to react when things inevitably go wrong.
Jul 2, 2025 · 14 min
Dude, where's my hydrogen car?
the future of the hydrogen economy
Jun 18, 2025 · 54 min
Is A.I. Conscious? | Neuroscientist Anil Seth
Conciousness, artificial intellegence, and the future of the brain.
Jun 4, 2025 · 20 min
Could we stop an asteroid?
the science of planetary defense
May 21, 2025 · 54 min
Life as we Don’t Know it | Ellen Stofan (Smithsonian, NASA)
Will we know alien life when we see it? Exploring the future of scientific exploration with undersecretary of science at The Smithsonian, Ellen Stofan.
Apr 10, 2025 · 3 min
Trailer
Official Trailer for Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson
Mar 4, 2025 · 58 sec
Coming Soon | Giant Leap with Taylor Wilson
Teaser for a new science podcast hosted by nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson.