{"podcast":{"title":"Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal","slug":"theories-of-everything-with-curt-jaimungal-6685488","podcast_index_feed_id":6685488,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/WoEHhoGp","website_url":"https://youtube.com/TheoriesOfEverything","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3775439c-21d9-11ef-ba0a-0f2bf7e94c97/image/909651088bd04115de5cbc733f02b07e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Curt Jaimungal","episode_count":346,"summary":"Exploring theoretical physics, consciousness, Ai, and God in a technically rigorous manner. If you'd like to support this endeavor, then please visit the Patreon ( https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal ). Thank you for your charitable and kindhearted support. My name's Curt Jaimungal, a Torontonian with a degree in mathematical physics from the University of Toronto and I analyze various Theories of Everything from this analytic perspective, though more and more opening up to alternative approaches. The separating factor of TOE from other podcasts is its focus on depth even at the risk of limiting the audience due to how much detail we delve into subjects. Paralleling the intensity found in academic discourse, we're increasingly embracing a spectrum of unconventional ideas to conduct research during this podcast, rather than merely conveying existing information. Contact toe [at] indiefilmTO [dot] com for business inquiries / sponsorship.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theories-of-everything-with-curt-jaimungal-6685488"},"episode":{"title":"Slavoj Zizek: “Buddhism Can’t Explain This”","slug":"slavoj-zizek-buddhism-can-t-explain-this","published_at":"2026-04-27T14:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theories-of-everything-with-curt-jaimungal-6685488/slavoj-zizek-buddhism-can-t-explain-this","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theories-of-everything-with-curt-jaimungal-6685488","url":"https://s.gum.fm/s-62d83916a854b1cc0031878d/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TEMI2684168828.mp3?updated=1777299407","audio_url":"https://s.gum.fm/s-62d83916a854b1cc0031878d/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TEMI2684168828.mp3?updated=1777299407","summary":"SPONSORS:- Accelerate your efficiency. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at http://shopify.com/theories- Go to https://shortform.com/toe for a free trial and an exclusive $50 OFF on your annual subscription- I subscribe to The Economist for their science and tech coverage. As a TOE listener, get 35% off! No other podcast has this: https://economist.com/TOESlavoj Žižek doesn't answer your question — he dismantles it, rebuilds it, and hands you something stranger and more useful than what you started with. Philosopher, provocateur, and self-described pessimist, he's spent decades insisting on something most thinkers shy away from: that freedom isn't the absence of necessity — it's the moment you choose what you fundamentally are. The fall comes first. Paradise was never real to begin with. Reality is the gap, not the thing on either side of it. FOLLOW: - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e - Substack: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribe - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - Crypto: https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/de803625-87d3-4300-ab6d-85d4258834a9 - PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XUBHNMFXUX5S4 TIMESTAMPS:- 00:00:00 - Socrates and Radical Freedom- 00:05:02 - Quantum Indeterminacy vs. Freedom- 00:10:06 - Ontological Collapse Paradoxes- 00:15:07 - Adorno and Social Antinomies- 00:20:36 - Democritus: Less Than Nothing- 00:25:40 - Sartre and Existential Choice- 00:30:45 - Freudian Death Drive- 00:36:01 - Heidegger and Hysterical Awareness- 00:42:10 - Imp of Perversity- 00:48:07 - Einstein vs. Bohr- 00:53:15 - God’s Ontological Laziness- 00:58:17 - Hegel’s Retroactive Necessity- 01:03:41 - Digital Spirituality and AI- 01:09:18 - Sta…","meta_description":"SPONSORS:- Accelerate your efficiency. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at http://shopify.com/theories- Go to https://shortform.com/toe f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5719,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/theories-of-everything-with-curt-jaimungal-6685488/episodes/slavoj-zizek-buddhism-can-t-explain-this/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/theories-of-everything-with-curt-jaimungal-6685488/slavoj-zizek-buddhism-can-t-explain-this.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}