What Is Life?
Carl ZimmerA series of live conversations between writer Carl Zimmer and eight leading thinkers on the question of what it means to be alive. What Is Life? was recorded in front of a live audience at Caveat in New York and is supported by a grant from Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 8 | Founded | 7 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | Natural SciencesScience | ||||
Listen to this Podcast
Latest Episodes
Kate Adamala is a chemist at the University of Minnesota. In her Protobiology Lab, she is trying to build a synthetic cell from scratch.
Protobiology Lab Adamala’s TEDx talk, “Life But Not Alive”
Donato Giovannelli is an assistant professor at the University of Naples “Federico II.” He travels to acid lakes and other extreme environments that are the closest thing today to what Earth was like when life began.
Giovannelli’s web siteGiovannel... more
All the life we know is the same: carbon-based, with DNA for genes. (Okay, except for RNA viruses.) But Steven Benner says it doesn’t have to be that way. Benner is a Distinguished Fellow at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution.
Benner at... more
Jeremy England is a physicist at MIT. He has developed an influential theory of life as a way for matter to dissipate energy.
England’s MIT lab site An article about England in Quanta
Key Facts
Similar Podcasts
People also subscribe to these shows.
Reviews
- Mind-blowingly Wonderful
Zimmerman talks to scientists researching the subject of what is life and how does it begin and gets them to talk about their work at an accessible level. Big questions, big fun!
Apple Podcasts5Dakota Jane
United States7 years ago - What is Life?
Very insightful interviews.
Apple Podcasts5DickZimmerUnited States7 years ago
Chart Rankings
How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.
Apple Podcasts | #225 | United States/Science/Natural Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #144 |  United Kingdom/Science/Natural Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #220 |  Canada/Science/Natural Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #40 |  Germany/Science/Natural Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #13 |  Denmark/Science/Natural Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #68 |  Ireland/Science/Natural Sciences |
Audience Metrics
Listeners, social reach, demographics and more for this podcast.
| Gender Skew | Location | Interests | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professions | Age Range | Household Income | |||
| Social Media Reach | |||||
Frequently Asked Questions About What Is Life?
Where can I find podcast stats for What Is Life??
Rephonic provides a wide range of podcast stats for What Is Life?. We scanned the web and collated all of the information that we could find in our comprehensive podcast database. See how many people listen to What Is Life? and access YouTube viewership numbers, download stats, audience demographics, chart rankings, ratings, reviews and more.
How many listeners does What Is Life? get?
Rephonic provides a full set of podcast information for three million podcasts, including the number of listeners. View further listenership figures for What Is Life?, including podcast download numbers and subscriber numbers, so you can make better decisions about which podcasts to sponsor or be a guest on. You will need to upgrade your account to access this premium data.
What are the audience demographics for What Is Life??
Rephonic provides comprehensive predictive audience data for What Is Life?, including gender skew, age, country, political leaning, income, professions, education level, and interests. You can access these listener demographics by upgrading your account.
How many subscribers and views does What Is Life? have?
To see how many followers or subscribers What Is Life? has on Spotify and other platforms such as Castbox and Podcast Addict, simply upgrade your account. You'll also find viewership figures for their YouTube channel if they have one.
Which podcasts are similar to What Is Life??
These podcasts share a similar audience with What Is Life?:
1. Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
2. Discovery
3. The world, the universe and us
4. Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
5. Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
How many episodes of What Is Life? are there?
What Is Life? launched 7 years ago and published 8 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
How do I contact What Is Life??
Our systems regularly scour the web to find email addresses and social media links for this podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the contact information that we could find in our podcast database. But in the unlikely event that you can't find what you're looking for, our concierge service lets you request our research team to source better contacts for you.
Where can I see ratings and reviews for What Is Life??
Rephonic pulls ratings and reviews for What Is Life? from multiple sources, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, and Podcast Addict.
View all the reviews in one place instead of visiting each platform individually and use this information to decide if a show is worth pitching or not.
How do I access podcast episode transcripts for What Is Life??
Rephonic provides full transcripts for episodes of What Is Life?. Search within each transcript for your keywords, whether they be topics, brands or people, and figure out if it's worth pitching as a guest or sponsor. You can even set-up alerts to get notified when your keywords are mentioned.