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Brain Bites

Brain Bites

By: Ryan Joseph
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A short-form podcast delivering quick, engaging, and informative episodes on a variety of topics such as sports, science, history, pop culture, and everyday curiosities.

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Episodes
  • Brain Bites: Business & Tech: The Blockbuster Collapse

    Brain Bites: Business & Tech: The Blockbuster Collapse
    Aug 20 2025
    9 mins
  • Brain Bites: History: Cleopatra Was Closer to the iPhone Than the Pyramids

    Brain Bites: History: Cleopatra Was Closer to the iPhone Than the Pyramids
    Aug 18 2025

    Cleopatra and the pyramids — we usually picture them together. But here’s the mind-bending truth: the Great Pyramid of Giza was already ancient history by the time Cleopatra was born. In fact, Cleopatra lived closer in time to the invention of the iPhone than to the construction of the pyramids.

    In this Brain Bites: History episode, we explore the real world of Cleopatra — her cosmopolitan Alexandria, her political genius, and her fight to keep Egypt independent against the rise of Rome. Along the way, we uncover why the way we picture “ancient Egypt” is more myth than reality, and what this timeline twist tells us about how we see history itself.
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    10 mins
  • Brain Bites: Science: Are We Living in a Simulation?

    Brain Bites: Science: Are We Living in a Simulation?
    Aug 18 2025

    Ever get the feeling life is a little too perfect — or maybe a little too weird? From Plato’s cave to The Matrix to Elon Musk’s late-night tweets, the Simulation Hypothesis asks a question that shakes the foundation of reality: what if everything we know is just code in a computer program?

    In this Brain Bites: Science episode, we explore the philosophy, physics, and mind-bending possibilities behind one of the most fascinating theories of our time. Are we real — or just lines of code in someone else’s experiment?

    Tune in, and decide for yourself.
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    8 mins
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