Oct 30, 20261h 4m
This week we kick off with the most recent PHP exploit: what it is, how it works, and why a piece of code most of the web quietly runs on keeps ending up in the news. Then we swing back to death itself. Does your life...
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Welcome to The Information Entropy Podcast, where Mitchell and Tomtake you through the universe of science in an attempt to make it more understandable. Along the way expect tohave many laughs, tangents, pop culture, and gaming references!
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What is The Information Entropy Podcast about?
Welcome to The Information Entropy Podcast, where Mitchell and Tomtake you through the universe of science in an attempt to make it more understandable. Along the way expect tohave many laughs, tangents, pop culture, and gaming references!
What has The Information Entropy Podcast covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Death Returns: Hacked Servers, Dying Brains, and Living Forever?" (30 October 2026, 64 minutes), "How Do You Know Someone Is Dead?" (2 October 2026, 73 minutes), and "AI Agents: Acting for or against us?" (25 September 2026, 63 minutes).
How often does The Information Entropy Podcast publish?
The Information Entropy Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 59 minutes across 217 episodes.
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The Information Entropy Podcast is a science podcast with 217 episodes published.
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Episode #218
How Do You Know Someone Is Dead?
Oct 2, 20261h 13mTRIGGER WARNING: This episode speaks openly and consistently about the topic of death, including medical procedures used to ascertain death in humans. Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! It is inevitable...
Episode #217
AI Agents: Acting for or against us?
Sep 25, 20261h 3mWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are continuing to explore the fascinating world of artificial intelligence (insofar as large language models, ChatGPT, Claude etc.). Will it be humankinds...
- Sep 18, 20261h 5m
Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we continue our exploration of the Dead Internet Theory, trying to understand just how much of the internet is made up of generative AI, AI agents, and "bad...
- Sep 11, 20261h 5m
Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are starting a series investigating whether the internet is made up of more AI agents and content that actual humans. In this first episode the boys start by...
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Episode #214
Drugs: Types, Addiction, & Ibuprofen
Sep 4, 20261h 16mWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are continuing our examination of drugs. Tom explores the different types of drugs that exist, from depressants to stimulants, what effects do they have on...
- Aug 28, 20261h 1m
Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are taking a closer look at drugs! The boys start off the show recounting the awful week of celebrity deaths before cracking on with drugs themselves. They...
Episode #212
To the Mooooooon II
Aug 21, 20261h 2mWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This week we are continuing our exploration of moons in the solar system, what secrets are hidden in the atmosphere of Titan, what mysteries lie within the volcanism of...
Episode #211
Full Moon... Half Moon... Total Eclipse!
Aug 14, 20261h 2mWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast. This week we are heading straight to the Moon! On the way we are going to find out just what a moon is and how important our Luna is to fundamental forces that shape our...
Episode #210
Bioacoustics: How Dangerous is Sound?
Aug 7, 202637 minWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! In this episode, we explore what happens when sound goes from useful information to physical stress, exploring how hearing systems become overloaded and causes temporary...
- Jul 31, 202629 min
Desertification is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time—but what is it, and why should we care? In this solo episode of Information Entropy, Mitchell explores the science behind desertification...
Episode #208
Deserts: Shadow of the Mountain
Jul 24, 20261h 4mWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast. This week we are finishing our exploration of the deserts… but first: The boys relive their MagicCon Amsterdam experience, so if you’ve ever been tempted to go to a...
Episode #207
Bioacoustics: Why and How We Study Animal Sounds
Jul 17, 202632 minIn this episode of The Information Entropy Podcast, we ask: How do we study animal sounds? Welcome to the world of bioacoustics! In previous solo episodes Dr. Tom Jenks has taken you through his behaviour and cognition...
Episode #206
Deserts: Shadow of the Sand
Jul 10, 202659 minWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast where this week we are exploring deserts in The Shadow of the Sand! When we are not theorising about possible book trilogies the boys explore what deserts are (not just...
Episode #205
Friction: The Rules of Contact
Jul 3, 20261h 4mWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast where this week explore the all-encompassing emergent property that is friction. No matter what we do in our lives, friction probably has some part to play whether we...
- Jun 26, 20261h 4m
Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast where this week we continue our exploration into the electromagnetic spectrum. Given the extreme heat (transmitted through infrared radiation… see its relevant ramble!)...
Episode #203
Electromagnetic Radiation (and books)
Jun 19, 20261h 3mWelcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast where this week we aimed to speak about the electromagnetic spectrum! But before that we had a deep and impromptu dive about books we are reading and weighed in on the...
- Jun 12, 20261h 4m
Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast where this week we are buzzing at you about electricity! What even is electricity in the first place and how does it interact with magnetism? One of the four fundamental...
- Jun 5, 20261h 3m
Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast where this week we are back to our regular two-host shenanigans and we are exploring the different ways that people perceive the world. Hyperphantasia is the enhanced...
Episode #200
Do Animals Experience Emotion?
May 29, 202643 minIn this episode of The Information Entropy Podcast, we ask: Do animals experience emotions? We are right in the middle of Tom’s area of work and interest so today he is going to explore how the field of emotion seeks to...
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