Intellectually Curious
Intellectually Curious is a podcast by Mike Breault featuring over 1,800 AI-powered explorations across science, mathematics, philosophy, and personal growth. Each short-form episode is generated, refined, and published with the help of large language models—turning curiosity into an ongoing audio encyclopedia. Designed for anyone who loves learning, it offers quick dives into everything from combinatorics and cryptography to systems thinking and psychology.
Inspiration for this podcast:
"Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson."
― Frank Herbert, Dune
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Podcasting since 2024 • 1895 episodes
Intellectually Curious
Latest Episodes
Black Mass: Turning Spent EV Batteries into a Circular Economy
We dive into how the industry converts dead EV batteries into 'black mass,' a concentrated mix of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese. From safe disassembly and inert shredding to hydrometallurgy that recovers 95–99% of metals with far less ...
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The Silicon Geologist: Mapping Alien Worlds with AI
A dive into a hybrid AI architecture that maps exoplanet minerals by linking atmospheric chemistry and host-star composition to surface geology. Learn how millions of synthetic planetary systems train proactive AI agents to generate a prospecti...
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Spacetime Bounds on Consciousness: Chords, Arpeggios, and the BCI Frontier
We unpack Michael Timothy Bennett’s Spacetime Bounds on Consciousness, asking whether a unified mind is a simultaneous chord or a sequential arpeggio. Using the piano-lag metaphor, we explore how the speed of information and integration windows...
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From Local News to GroundSource: AI That Predicts Floods 24 Hours Ahead
This episode explains how satellites miss localized weather and how GroundSource uses 20+ years of local journalism to train an AI that converts unstructured headlines into precise, actionable flood forecasts. Through a strict four-step prompt—...
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Two Realities, One Team: Trust and Cooperation in Mixed Reality
A 2026 study investigates what happens when mixed reality introduces digital curveballs. In 104 participants paired to memorize nine virtual objects, researchers secretly swap the positions of one or two objects for one member. The invisible di...
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