{"podcast":{"title":"Temple of Sociology Podcast","slug":"temple-of-sociology-podcast-7475474","podcast_index_feed_id":7475474,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/951860.rss","website_url":"https://templeofsociology.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/951860/f928778615871704988ed827dec56683.jpg","author":"Fabio Rojas","episode_count":44,"summary":"Social science, social theory, and policy discussion without the games - plus fun stuff!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T02:19:19.002470+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/temple-of-sociology-podcast-7475474"},"episode":{"title":"Episode #20: Is Bigfoot More Believable than String Theory?","slug":"episode-20-is-bigfoot-more-believable-than-string-theory","published_at":"2025-01-13T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/temple-of-sociology-podcast-7475474/episode-20-is-bigfoot-more-believable-than-string-theory","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/temple-of-sociology-podcast-7475474","url":"https://templeofsociology.substack.com/p/episode-20-is-bigfoot-more-believable","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/154550531/45868f17c590ae4c81fd865d0034064e.mp3","summary":"Is Bigfoot more plausible than String Theory? In this podcast, I’ll make the case. Crazy? Tell me! Articles and books referenced: * The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin . * Wiki summary of string theory. * Wiki summary of Gigantopithecus . * Will String Theory Finally Be Put to the Experimental Test? in Scientific American . Thanks for listening. +++++++ Buy these books! Sociology and Classical Liberalism (Open access/free ) Grad Skool Rulz - cheap ($5) advice manual for grad students The history of Black Studies Obama and the antiwar movement A Social Theory book you will enjoy reading Intro Sociology for $1 per chapter Get full access to Temple of Sociology at templeofsociology.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Is Bigfoot more plausible than String Theory? In this podcast, I’ll make the case. Crazy? Tell me! Articles and books referenced: * The Trouble with Physi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1680,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/temple-of-sociology-podcast-7475474/episodes/episode-20-is-bigfoot-more-believable-than-string-theory/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/temple-of-sociology-podcast-7475474/episode-20-is-bigfoot-more-believable-than-string-theory.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}