Quantum Foundations Podcast

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Latest episodes

• Subquantum physics: nonlocality, pilot-waves & breaking the Born rule with Prof Antony Valentini

  May 11, 2026 · 2 hr 6 min

  Quantum theory appears to allow some kind of connection between entangled particles, but not enough to send messages. Antony Valentini argues this is a conspiracy: there must be something deeper than quantum, where nonlocality can actually…

• A new theory of quantum & spacetime with Prof. Gerard Milburn

  March 17, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

  What if quantum particles have no gravity? In this episode of the Quantum Foundations Podcast, Professor Gerard Milburn explains how this radical idea could solve open problems in quantum theory and lead towards a theory of quantum…

• Deriving probability in quantum many-worlds with Dr Tony Short

  February 19, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

  If there really is a quantum reality for every possible outcome of a measurement, then where do measurement probabilities come from? Dr Tony Short at the University of Bristol has used a set of intuitive assumptions to derive probability…

• Solving nonlocality with fractals, chaos & counterfactuals | Prof. Tim Palmer

  February 5, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

  The notion of true quantum nonlocality is absurd. Prof Tim Palmer from the University of Oxford suggests that there is a hidden assumption in standard quantum mechanics, and dropping it will save us from this absurdity. Namely, the reality…

• Testing quantum observers on quantum computers with Dr Will Zeng

  January 22, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

  What if you could put an observer in superposition on a quantum computer? Dr Will Zeng suggests that this experiment could stretch standard quantum theory so far that it might break — and radically update our understanding of physical…

• Conservation laws with Dr Chiara Marletto

  January 8, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

  Our most far-reaching principles of physics are not about what changes, but what stays the same: conservation laws. In this episode of the Quantum Foundations Podcast, Dr Chiara Marletto from the University of Oxford explains how such…

• Quantum, cryptography & metacomplexity with Oxford Computer Scientist Matthew Gray

  December 10, 2025 · 1 hr 52 min

  You’ve heard of cryptography. Perhaps quantum cryptography too. Maybe even post-quantum cryptography. But what about *quantum post-quantum cryptography*?! When this came up in conversation with Oxford Computer Scientist Matthew Gray…

• A quantum theory of time with Dr Simone Rijavec

  November 19, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min

  What if time isn’t fundamental — but emerges from quantum mechanics itself? In this episode, Dr Simone Rijavec explains how a timeless quantum universe can still give rise to the illusion of time flowing. We unpack the Wheeler–DeWitt…