# Juan Maldacena: Geometry as Entanglement, and the Emergence of Spacetime

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Podcast: [Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/theories-of-everything-with-curt-jaimungal-6685488)
Published: 2026-05-04T13:55:00+00:00
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