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Follow Lisa Randall— it's freeArt Bell welcomes physicist Noam Mohr and Harvard professor Lisa Randall for a double-header exploring two of science's biggest frontiers. Mohr presents a compelling case that animal agriculture, not just fossil fuels, is the primary driver of near-term global warming through massive methane emissions. He argues that dietary changes could have a more immediate cooling effect than switching to hybrid cars, citing research from the University of Chicago. Randall discusses her work on extra dimensions of space, explaining how the weakness of gravity relative to other forces may point to hidden dimensions beyond our perception. She describes membrane-like objects called branes in higher-dimensional space and explains how entirely different physics could govern other regions of reality. The upcoming Large Hadron Collider, she notes, may provide the first experimental evidence. Both guests weigh in on the accelerating pace of climate change, with Randall describing Al Gore's presentation on ice core data as deeply convincing. Art presses each on the urgency of action, drawing connections between energy policy, scientific suppression, and the long-term survival of civilization.
Physicist Noam Mohr and Harvard's Lisa Randall tackle two of the most pressing scientific questions of our time in this thought-provoking double feature. Can our planet survive the rapid acceleration of climate change, and what secrets do extra dimensions hold about the nature of reality? Mohr, with degrees from Yale and Penn, presents alarming data showing Arctic ice loss at unprecedented rates, with complete disappearance predicted by 2060. He challenges climate skeptics with mounting evidence that 2005 was the warmest year on record, with nine of the ten hottest years occurring in the past decade. Following this sobering analysis, theoretical physicist Lisa Randall opens minds to the possibility of extra dimensions beyond our perception. Her groundbreaking work suggests gravity waves may be the key to detecting and potentially communicating with parallel universes. The conversation explores how these invisible dimensions might explain fundamental mysteries of physics while offering hope for revolutionary breakthroughs in our understanding of reality itself. This episode brilliantly demonstrates how cutting-edge science continues pushing the boundaries of human knowledge.
This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Lisa Randall. Lisa graduated with the highest honors from Georgia Tech in 2000, She worked full time as a civil engineer while juggling a heavy training and racing schedule. She entered the professional mountain bike ranks in 2004 after 2.5 years of racing, but definitely struggled to see results since she was trying to train at the pro level while working full time. In 2006, she discovered a new addiction, Adventure Racing, and has competed in dozens of multisport races ranging from 3 hours to 5 days. Lisa has had the opportunity to complete the TransRockies Mountain Bike Stage Race as well as the 2013 Trans North Georgia Mountain Bike Race, a 350 mile non-stop MTB race across the mountains of North Georgia. While it was definitely the most physically and mentally draining event she had done, she completed the route in just under 2 days, which is still the women's record. In 2015, Lisa was proud to earn a stars and stripes jersey at the Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships. Being drawn to difficult events, she is a two time buckle recipient in the Marji Gesick Duathlon (2019 and 2023) and one of maybe 4 women who have ever earned buckles in the event's history. In 2021 Lisa was diagnosed with breast cancer so her treatment for that was how she spent a lot of 2021 and 2022. By 2023 she was feeling strong enough to get back out into endurance racing and she competed in Expedition Ozark, a 5 day adventure race, where her team was the 2nd US team to finish. She also raced solo at the Chattanooga Epic 48 hour adventure race (2nd overall) and won the women's title at the Solo Adventure Race Championships. She participates in competitive orienteering and has even dabbled in some 50K running events. Lisa is happiest on her bike but generally just loves to be outdoors. Lisa's passion for athletics, competition and the outdoors led to her voluntary resignation from the engineering profession in 2011 and the creation of Mountain Goat Adventures, which is an event company that specializes in Mountain Bike Races, Trail Runs and Off Road Duathlons. The creation of Mountain Goat Adventures has allowed her to share her passion with like minded people, as well as given her a chance to really give back to the organizations that provide some of the best trail systems in the Northwest Metro Atlanta area. Between herself, her family members, and many great volunteers, they have logged hundreds of hours of trail maintenance in conjunction with her events, as well as over a hundred thousand dollars in donations to trail groups, with SORBA Woodstock being our largest benefactor. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com Powered by: Rock Creek Outfitters - www.rockcreekoutfitters.com Sponsored by: Mountain View Auto Dealers Chattanooga Concrete: https://chattanoogaconcreteco.com/ RoofingCo.com: www.roofingco.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
Lisa Randall is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Babbel : https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off – Notion : https://notion.com – SimpliSafe : https://simplisafe.com/lex to get free security camera plus 20% off – LMNT : https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack – InsideTracker : https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/lisa-randall-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Lisa’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lirarandall Lisa’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/proflisarandall Lisa’s Website: https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall Books: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: https://amzn.to/417cKZJ Knocking on Heaven’s Door: https://amzn.to/3R4LjLC Warped Passages: https://amzn.to/49Xcr85 Higgs Discovery: https://amzn.to/4a6sfWe PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (11:11) – Dark matter (30:02) – Extinction events (41:02) – Particle physics (56:16) – Physics vs mathematics
Lisa is having success with her memory course and is being asked “How come this ins’t on line?” Where can I get more information? And moreover her mom is stressed out about her memory. Lisa Randall is a memory memory Specialist. She has her education in Kinesiology, (MS) Gerontology and Public Health, and hung with the memory pro’s at Scripps La Jolla. And her “Memory Alive Program has delivered engaging and effective transformational memory training to individuals and small groups, along with corporate and community organizations for many years. See everything Lisa Randall here: https://integrativememory.com See her current offerings here: https://integrativememory.com/current-offerings See her memory meditations on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A3cQ1xlafZpj-nf5RyJcQ Email her here: lisa@chunkyseahorse.com Some of the takeaways: Spirituality tied with memory and your mental health. The physics behind it. Both memory and spirituality. The parallels. The power of emotions and sensations on our memory. The power of emotions on our ability to remember. What do you say to someone who is 65 or 70 who is balking at this program? I would tell them that, that all of neuroscience contradicts their belief that memory loss is inevitable, and, and that the concept that as I age, I will then lose my memory and forget is one that we buy into. It is not based on science, the brain is plastic, the brain never stops. It never loses its ability to generate new neural connections. We never are too old to stop changing our brain ever. And so I would point people to science, there's way too much science. We simply have bought into a concept that's that scientifically unfounded. Her success stories ...the reflection on how much more they're enjoying the moments that they are creating. How much more they are focused on creating memories that they want to keep. And that's been the moments that give me the chills. Where I think that is it. Because who cares if we can remember a bunch of shitty moments strung together right? But if we are focused on being present, and being aware and really valuing the creation of beautiful memories, that's it. What could be better than that? That is what I have loved. Administrative: (See episode transcript below) WATCH the Table Rush Talk Show interviews here: www.TableRushTalkShow.com Check out the Tools For A Good Life Summit here: Virtually and FOR FREE https://bit.ly/ToolsForAGoodLifeSummit Start podcasting! These are the best mobile mic's for IOS and Android phones. You can literally take them anywhere on the fly. Get the Shure MV88 mobile mic for IOS , https://amzn.to/3z2NrIJ Get the Shure MV88+ for mobile mic for Android https://amzn.to/3ly8SNj See more resources at https://belove.media/resources Email me: contact@belove.media For social Media: https://www.instagram.com/mrmischaz/ https://www.facebook.com/MischaZvegintzov Subscribe and share to help spread the love for a better world! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Transcript: Mischa Zvegintzov
Want to get involved in your community but don’t know where to start? Find out how from Scottsdale resident and community volunteer Lisa Randall, this episode’s guest, as she shares her story with hosts Andrew and Jenna. Lisa serves as the Community Relations Manager for Family Promise of Greater Phoenix, a nonprofit that provides emergency shelter and other support services for primarily first-time homeless families. Volunteering and giving back defines Lisa; she has contributed her time to more than 15 different organizations over her many years in Scottsdale. From being a founding member of Keep Scottsdale Beautiful to being a founder and board member of the National Charity League’s 100th Chapter, her efforts have been boundless. Our community is a better place to live because of Lisa; she may inspire you to a find a special place to volunteer as well! Family Promise - familypromiseaz.org/ Scottsdale Leadership - scottsdaleleadership.org/ Get Involved through the City of Scottsdale - scottsdaleaz.gov/volunteer Keep Scottsdale Beautiful - keepscottsdalebeautiful.org/
As moviegoers were mesmerized by the futuristic stories in Christopher Nolan's science fiction film Interstellar, Harvard University's theoretical physicist Lisa Randall says the high-grossing movie - even though "technically accurate" - failed to illustrate the type of extra dimensions she tries to picture in her own mind. "They have to make it [the fifth dimension] visible to people looking at the screen, which means that some of the subtle effects - that are on scales that you'd never be able to see with your naked eyes, won't be shown in the movie," Randall explains in a recent interview with China Money Network in Hong Kong during her trip in Asia. But as the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University with research interests in elementary particles, fundamental forces and extra dimensions of space, Randall appreciated how the movie inspired people's interests in science. That inspiration is critical in pushing scientific research forward, she believes. Outside of sci-fi movies, what China has done in practical measures is "inspirational" too, and could be "ground-breaking", Randall says. For example, China's ambitious plan in building the world's most powerful particle collider will produce something twice the size and seven times as powerful as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The planned particle collider, namely China Electron Positron Collider (CEPC), is a long-term project first proposed by the Chinese high energy physics community in 2012. It is a facility used to measure the precise properties of the Higgs boson, or the so-called "God particle", which is regarded as a crucial link that could explain why other elementary particles have mass. Scientists in China have released details for the collider, saying it will produce over one million Higgs bosons in a seven-year period. The project is expected to start construction in 2021 and be completed in 2027, and then put into operation one year after. "Just the idea that it might exist [in China in the future] already has been an incentive for many people to come here," said Randall. "The prospect of having this collider has brought a lot of American physicist who I know – I mean, maybe other countries as well – to China." Concerning the overall research environment in China, Randall says her main concern lays in the "hierarchical system" that she has observed. "It seems like it's an environment where there's one person who gets a lot of resources and people have to accommodate that," she says. Instead of focusing funding a few great scientists and let them have the right to determine everything, Randall believes that China should spread resources more widely, so that the young generation can be more independent and have a chance to lead new innovations. Lisa Randall is an American theoretical physicist working in particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University. Her research connects theoretical insights to puzzles in the current understanding of the properties and interactions of matter. She has developed and studied a wide variety of models to address these questions, most prominently involving extra dimensions of space. Read an interview Q&A below. Also subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Below is an edited version of the interview. Q: If you look at the global top 20 best universities to study physics, twelve are American universities and only one university is from China, which is Tsinghua University. Why American universities are so strong in providing good physics research environment? And what should China do to improve this? A: Well, (American universities) have a longer history of doing this. I think it's only recently that China has had these very big modernization. One thing China is doing is promoting experiments and observations. There are dark matter experiments,
“When it comes to the world around us,” Lisa Randall has written, “is there any choice but to explore?” As one of the most influential theoretical physicists working today, she’s interested in the interconnectedness between fields that have previously operated more autonomously: astronomy, biology, and paleontology. She’s pursuing a theory that “dark matter” might have created the cosmic event that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs — and hence humanity’s rise as a species. We learn what she’s discovering, as well as the human questions and takeaways her work throws into relief. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Lisa Randall — Dark Matter, Dinosaurs, and Extra Dimensions.” Find more at onbeing.org.
On this week’s Little Atoms podcast, Neil Denny talks to Theoretical physicist Lisa Randall about her new book Dark Matter and The Dinosaurs, and then Francesca Kay on her latest novel The Long Room.Lisa Randall is one of the world's leading theoretical physicists and the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. She has received numerous awards and honours and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics. She is the author of numerous books including Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions, and Knocking On Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate our Universe. Her latest book is Dark Matter and The Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe.Francesca Kay's first novel, An Equal Stillness, won the Orange Award for New Writers and was nominated for the Authors' Club First Novel Award and for Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Europe and South Asia Region). Her second novel, The Translation of the Bones, was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her latest novel is The Long Room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Listen to this audiobook in full for free on https://epod.space Title: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe Author: Lisa Randall Narrator: Carrington Macduffie Format: Unabridged Length: 12:31:00 Language: English Release date: 10-27-2015 Publisher: HarperAudio Genres: Science & Technology, Astronomy & Physics, Animals & Nature, General Summary: In this brilliant exploration of our cosmic environment, the renowned particle physicist and New York Times bestselling author of Warped Passages and Knocking on Heaven’s Door uses her research into dark matter to illuminate the startling connections between the furthest reaches of space and life here on Earth. Sixty-six million years ago, an object the size of a city descended from space to crash into Earth, creating a devastating cataclysm that killed off the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the other species on the planet. What was its origin? In Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Lisa Randall proposes it was a comet that was dislodged from its orbit as the Solar System passed through a disk of dark matter embedded in the Milky Way. In a sense, it might have been dark matter that killed the dinosaurs. Working through the background and consequences of this proposal, Randall shares with us the latest findings—established and speculative—regarding the nature and role of dark matter and the origin of the Universe, our galaxy, our Solar System, and life, along with the process by which scientists explore new concepts. In Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Randall tells a breathtaking story that weaves together the cosmos’ history and our own, illuminating the deep relationships that are critical to our world and the astonishing beauty inherent in the most familiar things.
Performed by Carrington MacDuffie About the Book In this brilliant exploration of our cosmic environment, the renowned particle physicist and New York Times bestselling author of Warped Passages and Knocking on Heaven’s Door uses her research into dark matter to illuminate the startling connections between the furthest reaches of space and life here on Earth. Sixty-six million years ago, an object the size of a city descended from space to crash into Earth, creating a devastating cataclysm that killed off the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the other species on the planet. What was its origin? In Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Lisa Randall proposes it was a comet that was dislodged from its orbit as the Solar System passed through a disk of dark matter embedded in the Milky Way. In a sense, it might have been dark matter that killed the dinosaurs. Working through the background and consequences of this proposal, Randall shares with us the latest findings—established and speculative—regarding the nature and role of dark matter and the origin of the Universe, our galaxy, our Solar System, and life, along with the process by which scientists explore new concepts. In Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Randall tells a breathtaking story that weaves together the cosmos’ history and our own, illuminating the deep relationships that are critical to our world and the astonishing beauty inherent in the most familiar things.
Professor Lisa Randall (@lirarandall) researches particle physics and cosmology at Harvard, where she is a professor of theoretical physics. Professor Randall was the first tenured woman in the Princeton physics department and the first tenured female theoretical physicist at Harvard. In autumn 2004, she was the most cited theoretical physicist of the previous five years. In 2007, Randall was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People (Time 100) under the section for "Scientists & Thinkers". Randall was given this honor for her work regarding the evidence of a higher dimension. She has written several mind-expanding books, the newest of which is Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe. If you want a semi-psychedelic experience (viewing the world through a new lens) without imbibing substances, this is worth checking out. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Thrive Market. If you're anything like me, you care a lot about the food you put in your body. In fact, I think it's much more important than exercise. The problem is that good food can be extremely expensive...but it doesn't have to be. Thrive Market is like Costco for everything healthy - an online shopping club offering the best brands and groceries at 25-50% off retail prices, shipped nationally for free. There are a lot of Slow Carb Diet friendly items that I recommend in The 4-Hour Body. You can easily filter everything by your preferences: paleo, gluten-free, vegan, raw, non-GMO, etc. Never pay full price for healthy food again. Go to thrivemarket.com/tim to start your free 2-month trial and get 25% off your first order. What do you have to lose? Nothing. So check it out: thrivemarket.com/tim *** If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts /iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews! For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast . Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday . For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts . Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit tim.blog/sponsor and fill out the form. Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books . Follow Tim: Twitter : twitter.com/tferriss Instagram : instagram.com/timferriss Facebook : facebook.com/timferriss YouTube : youtube.com/timferriss Past guests on <a