The Beyond Podcast

by Vadim Yushprakh

The Beyond Podcast explores meta-topics and concepts. Note: this has nothing to do with Meta - the corporation. We will focus on mind-twisting subjects like recursion, self-similarity, self-reference, various paradoxes, and other fun puzzles and problems. We will discuss meta references in art and entertainment. And we will try to make these discussions fun and entertaining! Check out The Beyond Podcast at thebeyondpod.com, or  ...   ...  Read more

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • This Episode Cannot Prove Its Own Consistency

    This Episode Cannot Prove Its Own Consistency

    This episode discusses the work of Alan Turing and Kurt Gödel, drawing parallels between the Halting Problem and the Incompleteness Theorems. We also review a fun book of puzzles!

  • This Episode’s Title Has Thirty Eight Letters

    This Episode’s Title Has Thirty Eight Letters

    In this episode we discuss the metaness of maps, and Schelling Points.

  • This Episode Contains The Seeds Of Its Own Creation

    This Episode Contains The Seeds Of Its Own Creation

    In this episode we discuss Von Neumann probes, and also review Lewis Dartnell's "The Knowledge..." as well as “We Are Legion (We Are Bob)” by Dennis E. Taylor.

  • This Episode Is Coming From Inside Your Headphones

    This Episode Is Coming From Inside Your Headphones

    In this episode we will discuss JOOTsing - Jumping Out Of The System, in the context of software systems and security exploits.

  • The Following Episode Is False

    The Following Episode Is False

    This episode discusses metaness and Strange Loops in real life. We also review the 1985 novel "Contact" by Carl Sagan.