{"podcast":{"title":"Danny Jones Podcast","slug":"danny-jones-podcast-462898","podcast_index_feed_id":462898,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/QCD2752074976","website_url":"https://www.daylightmedia.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3458dfb4-3eff-11ef-98f1-ef379edc942c/image/50c9241ef432988e46fee20837d045c7.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Danny Jones","episode_count":432,"summary":"Danny’s quest to get smarter.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T06:18:58.127034+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898"},"episode":{"title":"#428 - CERN Physicist: \"We Found Something That Shouldn't Exist\" | Daniel Whiteson","slug":"428-cern-physicist-we-found-something-that-shouldn-t-exist-daniel-whiteson","published_at":"2026-09-04T16:57:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/428-cern-physicist-we-found-something-that-shouldn-t-exist-daniel-whiteson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD6824963064.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD6824963064.mp3","summary":"Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist at UC Irvine and an active researcher at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. SPONSORS https://www.amentara.com/go/dj - Use code DJP22 for 22% off your first order. https://upwork.com - Visit Upwork dot com right now and post your job for free. https://shopify.com/dannyjones - Start your free trial today. https://dupe.com - Stop wasting money on brand names & start saving with Dupe. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS Daniel's latest book: https://amzn.to/4gE81II Daniel's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daniel-and-kellys-extraordinary-universe/id1436616330 *NEW* DJP MERCH https://dannyjonespodcast.com FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Particle-colliding physics at CERN 03:23 - How to detect & measure dark matter 08:46 - Best evidence for existence of dark matter 15:19 - Universe expansion is accelerating 24:52 - Theory that information has mass 28:13 - Conservation of energy debunked 31:53 - Dark energy is taking over the universe 36:23 - James Webb telescope finds early galaxies 42:17 - Black holes 48:36 - The biggest mystery in physics 54:54 - New ion drive propulsion technology 01:03:55 - Voyager satellites & the golden records 01:10:17 - The problem with Spielberg's Disclosure Day 01:15:20 - Earth satellites that pre-date humans 01:25:34 - Our incorrect assumptions about aliens 01:30:08 - How we might learn an alien language 01:35:40 - How AI is advancing science 01:44:35 - Nazi involvement in the Manhattan Project 01:51:11 - Privatization of space exploration 01:57:37 - Jim Gates' simulation hypothesis 02:07:12 - Supersymm…","meta_description":"Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist at UC Irvine and an active res…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":10296,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/danny-jones-podcast-462898/episodes/428-cern-physicist-we-found-something-that-shouldn-t-exist-daniel-whiteson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/428-cern-physicist-we-found-something-that-shouldn-t-exist-daniel-whiteson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}