The Beyond Podcast

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Sat, 03 Jan 2026 04:09:47 GMT

This episode looks at probability theory, statistics, epistemology, and thought experiments involving the Self Sampling Assumption.

This Episode Halts

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:12:15 GMT

In this episode we discuss paradigms for naming very large numbers, and how this connects to the power of algorithms, programming languages, and the machines they run on.

This Episode’s Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:06:11 GMT

In this episode we discuss metaness in the realm of physics.

This Episode’s Title Exists Somewhere In the Digits of Pi

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:09:21 GMT

This episode discusses The Book of Tao, minimal descriptions of strings, as well as Kolmogorov Complexity.

This Episode Cannot Prove Its Own Consistency

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 23:14:35 GMT

This episode discusses the work of Alan Turing and Kurt Gödel, drawing parallels between the Halting Problem and the Incompleteness Theorems. We also review a fun book of puzzles!

This Episode’s Title Has Thirty Eight Letters

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 01:48:04 GMT

In this episode we discuss the metaness of maps, and Schelling Points.

This Episode Contains The Seeds Of Its Own Creation

Mon, 22 May 2023 03:32:19 GMT

In this episode we discuss Von Neumann probes, and also review Lewis Dartnell's "The Knowledge..." as well as “We Are Legion (We Are Bob)” by Dennis E. Taylor.

This Episode Is Coming From Inside Your Headphones

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:09:12 GMT

In this episode we will discuss JOOTsing - Jumping Out Of The System, in the context of software systems and security exploits.

The Following Episode Is False

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 07:31:45 GMT

This episode discusses metaness and Strange Loops in real life. We also review the 1985 novel "Contact" by Carl Sagan.

This Episode Contains a Hapax Legomenon

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 03:30:33 GMT

In this episode we will discuss the Chinese Room Argument, Turing Machines, and Fixed-Point proofs.

This Episode’s Transcript is a 89742 Byte PDF Document

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 05:46:20 GMT

In this episode we will discuss cellular automations, Turing machines, and the novel Permutation City by Greg Egan.

This Episode is 2580 Seconds Long

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 05:23:04 GMT

In this episode we will discuss quines - computer programs that can reproduce their own code. We will also talk about Exhalation - a sci-fi short story by Ted Chiang.

This Episode Has 6650 Words

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 01:20:57 GMT

Our first episode introduces the podcast and explores the idea of self-describing messages to send information far into the future.