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Welcome to Quantum on the Treadmill. Over the past few months, I’ve been trying to understand quantum physics—and honestly, it hasn’t been easy. I’m not a physicist, and equations aren’t naturally how I think. Instead, I ask strange questions: Why whole numbers? What is Planck’s constant? And why did anyone believe these ideas in the first place? Most of these questions came to me while walking on the treadmill. So I began using AI to challenge my assumptions, explore the history, and help me make sense of the science. Then I realized I could automate almost the entire creative process without stepping off the treadmill—from capturing the conversation and organizing the ideas to creating the script, audio, and visuals. This series is an experiment in learning, exercise, AI, and curiosity.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Quantum on the Treadmill. Over the past few months, I’ve been trying to understand quantum physics, and honestly, it hasn’t been easy. I’m not a physicist, and equations aren’t naturally how I think. Instead, I ask strange questions: Why whole numbers? What is Planck’s constant? And why did anyone believe these ideas in the first place?
Quantum on the Treadmill is hosted by John Willis. The show has published 19 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "14 - Hay Fever" (10 September 2026, 15 minutes), "16 - When the Electron Became a Wave | Schrödinger, Bohr, and the Music Inside the Atomoject" (10 September 2026, 12 minutes), and "13 - Wolfgang Pauli, Unlucky Numbers, and the Problem of Chanceed project" (10 September 2026, 8 minutes).
Booking probability for Quantum on the Treadmill is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Quantum on the Treadmill requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Quantum on the Treadmill's contact route on record: public web form.
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John Willis hosts Quantum on the Treadmill, an arts podcast with 19 episodes published.
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Episode #14
What if one of the greatest revolutions in science began with a hay fever escape to a remote North Sea island? In 1925, Werner Heisenberg travelled to Helgoland to escape severe pollen allergies. There, working with...
Episode #16
Bohr gave us a strange new picture of the atom: electrons could occupy only certain energy levels and somehow “jump” between them. But he never really explained why only those levels were allowed. Then Erwin Schrödinger...
Episode #13
Welcome to Episode 13 of Quantum on the Treadmill . And because this is Episode 13, I thought we should probably talk about bad luck. Thirteen has had a strange hold on human imagination for centuries. Buildings skip...
Episode #16
What happens when one of the founders of quantum mechanics asks a biological question? Most people know Erwin Schrödinger for the famous cat-in-a-box thought experiment. But in 1944, he asked something just as profound...
Episode #15
Why does the order of operations matter in quantum mechanics? In this video, we follow the surprising path from Heisenberg’s early work on atomic transitions to one of physics’ most famous ideas: the uncertainty...
Episode #11
When most people hear the name Heisenberg, they think of uncertainty, quantum mechanics, and one of the twentieth century's greatest physicists. Few realize that before Werner Heisenberg revolutionized our understanding...
Episode #12
Before we move forward, let’s do a checkpoint and go back in time a little bit. Most histories of quantum mechanics take us to Berlin in 1900 and introduce us to Max Planck. That is where the familiar story begins...
Episode #18
Schrödinger’s Cat is one of the most famous thought experiments in science—and one of the most misunderstood. In this visual guide, we unpack why Erwin Schrödinger imagined a cat in a sealed box, why the thought...
Quantum on the Treadmill
Five weeks into Quantum on the Treadmill, I realized I could talk about Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and Schrödinger, but I still could not clearly explain the difference between quantum science, quantum physics...
Quantum on the Treadmill
The history of quantum mechanics is often told as a series of isolated breakthroughs. Max Planck discovered that energy comes in discrete packets. Erwin Schrödinger later described matter using waves. But between them...
Episode #1
Quantum on the Treadmill is a series about learning quantum physics through curiosity, conversation, and movement. While walking on a treadmill, I use AI to explore the strange questions at the heart of quantum...
Episode #1
A clear, visual introduction to the structure of atoms and the particles that shape matter. Using engaging illustrations, the video explains protons, neutrons, electrons, isotopes, ions, atomic mass, and empty...
Quantum on the Treadmill
A fast-paced journey through the birth of quantum mechanics, tracing how Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and Born transformed our understanding of energy, light, atoms, measurement, and reality in just...
Quantum on the Treadmill
Imagine Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Max Born gathered around a café table, each explaining the discovery that pushed physics closer to the quantum revolution...
Quantum on the Treadmill
This video traces humanity’s long journey from counting whole numbers to understanding the strange mathematics of quantum mechanics. Beginning with Kronecker’s famous phrase, “God made the integers,” it explores how...
Quantum on the Treadmill
A brief journey into the overlooked quantum history of sound, from classical vibrations to phonons, the discrete packets of energy that emerge from collective motion in materials. The story reveals how quantum mechanics...
Quantum on the Treadmill
<p>Imagine Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Max Born gathered around a café table, each explaining the discovery that pushed physics closer to the quantum revolution...
Quantum on the Treadmill
<p>The history of quantum mechanics is often told as a series of isolated breakthroughs. Max Planck discovered that energy comes in discrete packets. Erwin Schrödinger later described matter using waves. But between...
Quantum on the Treadmill
<p>Five weeks into Quantum on the Treadmill, I realized I could talk about Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and Schrödinger, but I still could not clearly explain the difference between quantum science, quantum...
Quantum on the Treadmill
<p>This podcast traces the remarkable journey from Newton’s particle theory to Thomas Young’s double-slit experiment, Maxwell’s electromagnetic waves, Planck’s quantum packets, and Einstein’s photons. Each breakthrough...
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