Your Friendly Physicist and other Nerds: Stories from Physics and Science

Your Friendly Physicist and Other Nerds is the science podcast where curiosity meets conversation. Hosted by physicist Lucas Kreuzer, this show brings you engaging interviews with scientists, engineers, and creative thinkers across disciplines — from quantum physics to climate science, from materials research to machine learning. Whether you're a fellow researcher, a science enthusiast, or just nerdy at heart, join us for deep dives into cutting-edge research, honest stories from the lab, and surprising insights into how science shapes our world.🎙️ New episodes regularly.

Your Friendly Physicist and other Nerds: Stories from Physics and Science is a education podcast hosted by Lucas Kreuzer, with 31 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Lucas Kreuzer hosts Your Friendly Physicist and other Nerds: Stories from Physics and Science, a education show with 31 episodes published.

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  (GERMAN) Episode #29: "Vom Labor zur Firma: Die Gründungsgeschichte von Qkera und die Batterien der Zukunft" mit Dr. Andreas Weis und Dr. Steffen Weinmann

  Apr 28, 202635 minS2

  <p>"In the end, founding our company was a no‑brainer!"</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can say this about the founding process of your company, you've probably done a few things right. With the right people. At the right place.</p><p>Dr. Andreas Weis and Jennifer L.M. Rupp founded Qkera in 2023. Steffen Weinmann came in a bit later as Head of Engineering. Together with a (still) small team they develop next-generation batteries. And they use materials that are not so different from what your favorite coffee cup is made of: oxide ceramics. </p><p>But as...

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  (GERMAN) Episode #28: "Science & Travel" mit Dr. André Baumeister

  Dec 28, 20251h 6mS2

  <p>In der neuen Episode ist André Baumeister von FramScience zu Gast: Geograph, Geologe und jemand, der Reisen mit Wissenschaft und echte Lernerfahrungen kombiniert. Von den Alpen über Norwegen bis in die Arktis sprechen wir darüber, wie aus Beobachten ein tieferes Verständnis für Landschaften, Klima und die dahinterstehende Wissenschaft wird.</p><p>Ein Winter-Special mit Abenteuer-Geschichten, und eine wohlverdiente Pause nach dem Feiertagstrubel. Und wenn ihr gerade dabei seid den Urlaub fürs kommende Jahr zu planen, nimm diese Folge gerne als kleine Starthilfe.</p><p><br></p><p>Link zur FRAM Seite gibts hier:</p><p>https...

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  Episode #17

  Inside Beamtime: Where Science meets Adventure

  Aug 27, 202537 minS2

  <p>Imagine, you rent a car, pack it with scientific equipment, a bunch of samples, and your favorite colleagues. You drive to a large-scale facility, where you set up your experiment and spend days and nights to shoot neutrons or x-rays on your samples. Sounds exciting?</p><p>That's what scientists call beamtime: It's intense, exhausting, and chaotic but those sleepless nights often lead to the breakthroughs that keep us going!</p><p>I realized that many of you are curious what really happens during beamtime, so I asked your to send in your beamtime questions, and you delivered!</p><...

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  (GERMAN) Episode #26: "Vom Labor in den Bundestag: Ein Physiker in der deutschen Politik" mit Dr. Markus Schleuning

  Jul 1, 202534 minS2

  <p>Physik trifft Politik: Vom Labor direkt in den Deutschen Bundestag ⚛️🥼 ➡️ 🏛️🇩🇪</p><p><br /></p><p>Wie fühlt es sich an, wenn man Schutzbrille gegen Aktentasche tauscht? Und wenn plötzlich nicht mehr Messdaten, sondern Gesetzestexte den Arbeitsalltag bestimmen?</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Markus Schleuning ist Physiker und hat genau diesen Schritt gewagt. Ein halbes Jahr lang hat er im Team von Thomas Heilmann (CDU) im Deutschen Bundestag mitgearbeitet.</p><p><br /></p><p>In der neuesten Folge von "Your Friendly Physicist and other Nerds" spricht Markus über seine Zeit im Bundestag und gibt spannende Einblicke ins politische Tagesgeschäft...

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  Episode #25: "Building a University on the Moon? Vision & Reality" with Lakshmi Karan

  Apr 15, 202536 minS2

  <p>Let's build a university on the Moon. And you can be part of it! 🌖🎓</p><p><br /></p><p>Lakshmi Karan is Vice Chair of the Galactic Council of LunARC and she has a mission: To democratize space exploration, so that all humans, and not just some billionaires, benefit from access to space. 💪🏽🚀</p><p><br /></p><p>One idea to achieve this is to build a university on the Moon. But Lakshmi and LunARC aren't doing this on their own. They want you to be part of this. Why and how this works is now available in the latest episode...

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