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Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:27 Childhood 1:20 University years 2:20 Unifying quantum mechanics 3:23 Invitation to America 4:34 Nazi Party rises to power 4:56 Life in America at the Institute for Advanced Study 5:36 Worries about looming war in Europe 6:14 Marriage and divorce 7:00 Developing the atomic bomb 9:34 Developing the early computer (ENIAC and EDVAC) 11:50 Game theory and nuclear deterrence 15:00 Self-replicating machines and later life 15:58 The future 17:08 Sponsor, Brilliant
Special thanks to the Institute for Advanced Study for supplying many of the photos of John von Neumann in our video: https://www.ias.edu/
Select images sourced from Alamy and Associated Press
Thank you to our Patrons, including: John & Becki Johnston Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/Newsthink
Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:27 Childhood 1:20 University years 2:20 Unifying quantum mechanics 3:23 Invitation to America 4:34 Nazi Party rises to power 4:56 Life in America at the Institute for Advanced Study 5:36 Worries about looming war in Europe 6:14 Marriage and divorce 7:00 Developing the atomic bomb 9:34 Developing the early computer (ENIAC and EDVAC) 11:50 Game theory and nuclear deterrence 15:00 Self-replicating machines and later life 15:58 The future 17:08 Sponsor, Brilliant
Special thanks to the Institute for Advanced Study for supplying many of the photos of John von Neumann in our video: https://www.ias.edu/
Select images sourced from Alamy and Associated Press
I highly recommend Susan Butler’s incredible book East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart https://a.co/d/9ApVp23
Chapters: 0:00 Tomboy beginnings 1:02 A War That Changed Everything 1:36 First Urge to Fly 2:53 Inspired by Charles Lindbergh 3:50 First Atlantic Crossing (1928) 4:46 Becoming a Celebrity 5:40 Marriage to George Putnam 6:22 Proving Herself as a Pilot 7:26 The Solo Atlantic Flight (1932) 8:49 Breaking More Records 9:36 The Dream Machine: Lockheed Electra 10:48 Around the World Attempt (1937) 12:58 The Second Last Leg 13:24 Search, Disappearance, and Legacy 14:18 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Special thanks to the following for permission to utilize footage:
1932 flight footage courtesy of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Autogyro footage courtesy of the University of South Carolina
Bendix radio direction finder courtesy of Oldtymeantiques on eBay: ebay.us/m/C8F8sP
Earhart’s childhood home in Atchison, Kansas: Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Sad Story of the Greatest Physics Teacher EverNewsthink2025-09-01 | An unfathomable act overshadowed the extraordinary life of Paul Ehrenfest. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
I recommend Paul Ehrenfest Volume I: The Making of a Theoretical Physicist by author Martin J. Klein https://a.co/d/aeKMPge
Chapters: 0:00 A Tragic End 0:36 Humble Beginnings in Vienna 1:11 Göttingen and meeting Tatyana 1:58 Honouring Boltzmann with the Ehrenfest Model 2:49 Ehrenfest Paradox 3:36 Searching for a Home 4:12 Meeting Einstein 4:46 Professor at Leiden University 5:25 Life in Leiden: A Hub of Great Minds 6:09 Adiabatic Invariants 6:47 A Family of Five 7:10 Feeling Left Behind 7:38 Ehrenfest’s Theorem (1927) 8:16 Depression Deepens 9:42 Ehrenfest’s Legacy 10:12 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Sources: Vintage induction apparatus: By Hannes Grobe (talk) - own work, Schulhistorische Sammlung Bremerhaven, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Baroque Library Hall, part of the Clementinum, which in Ehrenfest’s time served as the main library of Charles University in Prague: By Skot - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Ehrenfest’s home exterior and interior images: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Interior of a Dutch classroom in 1905: Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Spy Inside the Manhattan ProjectNewsthink2025-08-26 | Klaus Fuchs helped create the atomic bomb, then handed it to the enemy. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
I highly recommend Frank Close’s book: Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History https://a.co/d/gsFKDST
Chapters: 0:00 The Most Dangerous Spy in History 0:22 Early Life in Nazi Germany 01:08 A New Life in England 01:31 The Discovery of Nuclear Fission 03:09 Contact with the Soviets 03:44 Betraying His New Family 05:18 Joining the Manhattan Project 6:01 Designing the Plutonium Bomb 6:57 Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Horror 7:22 The Cold War Begins 8:14 First Suspicions 9:49 The Soviet Bomb 10:22 Cracked by VENONA 11:14 The Interrogations 12:35 A Moment of Weakness 12:52 The Confession 13:47 Trial and Sentence 14:36 Fallout in Washington 15:27 Release and Exile 16:33 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Sources: Image of Genia and Rudolf Peierls: Photograph by Francis Simon, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Simon Collection Warneford Hospital: Part of Warneford Hospital by Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Brixton Prison: By David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Old Bailey courthouse entrance: By Tbmurray - Own work, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsTU Dresden: Jörg Blobelt, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe American Who Spied For IsraelNewsthink2025-08-10 | Jonathan Pollard thought he was untouchable. Visit today's sponsor strawberry.me/Newsthink to start coaching with a $50 credit.
I highly recommend Ronald J. Olive’s book, Capturing Jonathan Pollard: How One of the Most Notorious Spies in American History Was Brought to Justice https://a.co/d/faiv0N0
Watch my video on Israel’s greatest spy, Mossad agent Eli Cohen: youtu.be/ENumCCEQ9yU
Chapters: 0:00 The Spy Who Thought He’d Never Get Caught 1:02 Lies, Lies, Lies 2:08 Losing and Regaining Top Secret Clearance 3:55 A New Posting Opens the Door to Espionage 6:04 Smuggling Suitcases Full of Secrets 8:19 The Anonymous Tip 9:32 How to Trap a Spy 10:32 A Fatal Mistake with the Neighbors 11:49 The Dash to the Israeli Embassy 12:16 Cocky in Custody 12:53 The Courtroom Drama 14:52 Pollard’s Justification In His Own Words 15:52 Life After Prison 17:07 Today’s Sponsor: Strawberry.me
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Woman praying by Western Wall: Dan Hadani collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Lebanon: Original by Tiamat, Crop, cleanup and re-up by Jaakobou, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Yitzshak Rabin Way and Second Ave in New York: שנילי • שיחה, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Second photo of Israeli embassy in Washington: Krokodyl, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Jonathan Pollard in Israel in 2024: Pinhas stern, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsRally in support of Pollard: By My Israel ישראל שלי - My Israel ישראל שלי - official Facebook page, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Obama Yes You Can image: By udi Steinwell Pikiwiki Israel, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Pollard mural in Jerusalem: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Most Dangerous Female Spy in HistoryNewsthink2025-08-02 | For nearly 17 years, no one suspected a thing. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
I highly recommend Jim Popkin’s book Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America’s Most Dangerous Female Spy―and the Sister She Betrayed https://a.co/d/fC0uXch
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Robert Hanssen: The FBI Agent Who Lived a Double Life for 22 Years youtu.be/zP9ftISlsWI
Chapters: 0:00 The Day Ana Montes Was Caught 0:38 Childhood in a House of Fear 01:54 A Radical Worldview Takes Shape 02:40 Recruited by Cuba 03:39 Infiltrating U.S. Intelligence (DIA) 04:33 The Spy With an Incredible Memory 05:41 Deadly Consequences in El Salvador 6:06 Failing Up: DIA Background & Polygraph 6:30 Becoming the Queen of Cuba 6:57 First Suspicions: Brothers to the Rescue Incident 8:24 More Damage: MISTY Satellite & Suspicious FBI Van 8:04 How Her Sister’s FBI Work Triggered the Fall 10:04 The NSA Analyst Who Wouldn’t Let Go 11:16 Cracking the Clues & FBI Hesitations 12:22 The Love Life That Couldn’t Save Her 12:48 Tracking Down Her Toshiba Laptop 13:26 The Brilliant Purse Trap 14:27 The Arrest 15:29 Chilling Courtroom Speech 16:30 Life in a Maximum Security Wing 17:00 Her Sister’s Scathing Prison Letter 17:58 CIA's Psychological Profile of Ana Montes 18:21 Ana Montes Walks Free 18:31 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Sources: Menninger Clock Tower: By Aaron Hall - flickr.com/photos/vitahall/9337193673, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS): ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 1983 Havana street images: By LBM1948 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Sony ICF 2010 shortwave radio: Chris D on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=ITYUJvVY2fg Cessna T337H: Dtom, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Iridium satellite: By Flickr user ideonexus - flickr.com/photos/ideonexus/2188119372/sizes/l, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Embassy of Cuba, Washington: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Communist Party of Cuba Headquarters: By Marco Zanferrari - Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Sony ICF 2010 shortwave radio: RadioHamGuy on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=824FNeFidsw Peter Lapp photo: PJ Lapp Consulting, LLC petelapp.com/about/CompUSA store: By Coolcaesar at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Office cubicle, circa 2001 by Ian Lamont, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr Phone cards: By Wil540 art - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Tragic Life of the First Man on the MoonNewsthink2025-07-19 | How grief propelled Armstrong to the moon. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
I highly recommend James Hansen’s biography: First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong: https://a.co/d/4hF3UtD
Chapters: 0:00 The Step That Changed History 0:17 The Quiet Man with a Hidden Pain 0:40 A Boy Obsessed with Flight 1:18 The Korean War Near-Death Experience 1:56 Becoming a Test Pilot 2:56 The Death of His Young Daughter 3:48 The Space Race 5:03 Gemini VIII Spins Out of Control 6:04 Apollo 1 Tragedy 7:05 Armstrong Ejects From Failing Lander 7:25 Appointed Commander of Apollo 11 7:50 Buzz Aldrin’s Ambition To Be First On the Moon 8:44 Training for the Dangerous Mission 9:14 Apollo 11 Launches 9:50 Armstrong’s Split-Second Decision 10:33 The Eagle has Landed 11:08 Why There Are So Few Photos of Armstrong 12:10 Nixon’s Historic Phone Call 13:06 Armstrong Retreats from the Spotlight 13:47 Personal Struggles, Divorce, and Final Years 14:41 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Sources: Schweizer SGS 1-26 B sailplane (C-FPPM: The Aeronaut, CC0 via Wikimedia CommonsHow PayPal Created the Most BillionairesNewsthink2025-06-15 | How the PayPal mafia took over Silicon Valley. 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/NEWSTHINK and use code NEWSTHINK for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: international.joindeleteme.com
I highly recommend Jimmy Soni’s book: The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley: https://a.co/d/0zF1nzr
Chapters: 0:00 The PayPal Connection 0:17 Max Levchin Escapes the USSR 1:09 Meeting Peter Thiel 3:22 Elon Musk’s Early Hustle 4:37 The Birth of X.com 5:58 PayPal vs. X.com: The War Begins 7:11 The Reluctant Merger 8:20 Musk is Fired 9:20 Fight Against Fraud 9:54 Going Public 11:07 Today’s Sponsor: DeleteMe
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Image of Max Levchin: By TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsImage of Peter Thiel: TechCrunch50-2008, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Trading room: By Raiffeisenverband Salzburg reg. Gen. m. b. H., Schwarzstr. 13-15, 5024 Salzburg - Raiffeisenverband Salzburg reg. Gen. m. b. H., Schwarzstr. 13-15, 5024 Salzburg (transferred from de:Image:RVS Handelsraum.jpg), CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Cubberley Auditorium at Stanford: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons CryptoCard security token: Brian Ronald, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Palm Pilot 5000: BarsMonster on YouTube, Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed): youtube.com/watch?v=iL0YLuClysY Elon Musk 2008 images: OnInnovation CC by ND-2.0 via Flickr flickr.com/photos/oninnovation/4334978294/in/album-72157623364617582 David Sacks image: By Robert Scoble from Half Moon Bay, California, USA - flickr.com/photos/scobleizer/5435256332, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Wall Street: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Image of Peter Thiel: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons New York Stock Exchange: By TomasEE, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons eBay building in San Jose: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons PayPal building in San Jose: By Sagar Savla - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsHow Harvard Created the Smartest Serial KillerNewsthink2025-06-02 | Ted Kaczynski was a math prodigy who became the notorious mail bomber. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
Highly recommend Alston Chase's book: Harvard and the Unabomber (renamed: A Mind for Murder): https://a.co/d/5d7uwGR https://a.co/d/6G2B5kK
Chapters: 0:00 Introduction to Ted Kaczynski 1:20 Influences at Harvard 2:35 The Harvard Experiments 4:03 Growing Resentment & The Manifesto 5:31 Abandoning Society & Making Bombs 6:36 The Attacks Begin 8:35 Attacks Become More Violent 9:26 Deadly Results 12:00 David Kaczynski’s Dilemma 13:08 Arrest in Montana 13:56 The Trial and Mental Illness Debate 16:08 Sentence and Death 16:50 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Kaczyński at UC Berkeley: George Bergman, GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons
Image of young Ted Kaczyński and his parents courtesy of Jamie Gehring, author of Madman in the Woods: https://a.co/d/cMj8C19
1960s life: John Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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UC Berkeley campus: brainchildvn on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Unabomber bomb reproduction: Queerbubbles, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Prof. Buckley Buckley Crist image: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/crist-buckley.html
Cigar box: By AlejandroLinaresGarcia - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
John Hauser image: University of Colorado Boulder
Cory Hall at UC Berkeley: Falcorian/Berkeley, CC by 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
David Kaczynski adult image: By LightStamp from Nashville - David Kaczynski_9723, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Supreme Court: By Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Deadliest Mole Inside MI6Newsthink2025-05-21 | British agent Kim Philby switched allegiances and fooled everyone. 🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://JoinDeleteMe.com/NEWSTHINK and use code NEWSTHINK for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: international.joindeleteme.com
I highly recommend Ben Macintyre’s A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal: https://a.co/d/1ftlQEg
Chapters: 0:00 The Perfect English Gentleman 0:32 Recruited by the Soviets 1:08 The Cambridge Five 1:25 Infiltrating MI6 1:53 The Vermehren Betrayal 2:59 Section IX: A Spy at the Helm 3:54 Volkov and the Missed Defection 4:46 Operation Valuable: Doomed from the Start 5:15 Philby Lands in Washington 5:39 VENONA and the Fallout of “Homer” 6:23 Burgess & Maclean Disappear 6:44 Philby Under Suspicion 7:38 Philby’s Very Public Denial 8:17 Aileen Suspects the Truth 8:50 A New Life in Beirut 9:40 Flora Solomon's Bombshell 10:38 The Confrontation: Elliott vs. Philby 12:41 Escape to Moscow 13:22 Disillusionment and Decline 15:27 Today’s Sponsor: DeleteMe
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Sources: Former MI6 building: By Dormskirk - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Tokarev TT-33: By Thornfield Hall - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Consulate of the UK in Istanbul: By Maurice Flesier - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Fort Binġemma, training ground for Albanian recruits: By Frank Vincentz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons British Embassy in Washington: Roger W from Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A., CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Third man article: coldspur.com Marks & Spencer store: By MichaelMaggs - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons Photo of Eleanor Brewer courtesy of and scanned by: Nahei-366 on eBay, check out their store: ebay.ca/itm/316143350884 HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Marmite on toast: TheJackal, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Image of Philby and Rufina Pukhova: https://moi-goda.ru/images/opengraph/gradient_article_201991.jpg Kim Philby’s grave: Amadalvarez, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Math Prodigy Who Died in a DuelNewsthink2025-04-28 | Évariste Galois died in a duel before the world realized he had changed math forever. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
Chapters: 0:00 The Struggle 0:29 Galois's Early Life 0:54 School Struggles and First Setbacks 1:25 Galois's Revolutionary Insight (Quintic Equation) 2:28 Rejected by the Mathematical Elite 2:51 The Death of His Father 3:23 Hope and Heartbreak: Submitting to the Academy 3:38 Revolution and Expulsion 4:02 Joining the National Guard and Arrests 4:30 Rejected Again by the Mathematical Elite 5:00 Galois’ Prophecy in Prison 5:44 The Fatal Duel 6:04 Final Manuscripts and Last Words 6:46 Galois’s Work is Finally Noticed 7:46 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Sources: Lycée Louis-le -Grand image 1: Celette, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Lycée Louis-le-Grand image image 2: By Pline - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons École Polytechnique: Par NonOmnisMoriar — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Lycée Louis-le-Grand image image 3 (entrance close up): CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Père Lachaise cemetery: By Pierre-Yves Beaudouin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Joseph Fourier tombstone close up: By Coyau / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Sieur Faultrier, boarding facility where Galois resided after the Cholera outbreak in Paris: By User: LPLT - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Galois’ tombstone: By Beachboy68 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Heartbreaking Story of the Mozart of MathNewsthink2025-04-14 | Niels Abel was only 26 when he died, but he changed mathematics forever. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
CORRECTION: @4:50 the equation should read: x⁵-x=0 instead of x⁵-5=0
I highly recommend the book: Niels Henrik Abel and his Times by author Arild Stubhaug: https://a.co/d/i4VP0cqFollow Newsthink on X https://x.com/Newsthink
Chapters: 0:00 The Forgotten Genius 0:26 Abel’s Humble Beginnings 1:31 The Teacher Who Changed His Life 2:12 Refuge in Mathematics: Quintic Equation 2:52 Tragedy Strikes Again 3:17 Student Life in Poverty 4:08 A Mathematical Breakthrough 5:10 Rejection by Gauss 5:44 Crelle Believes in Him 6:23 The Paris Memoir 7:47 Alone and Ill in Paris 8:37 A Letter Too Late 9:41 Abel’s Legacy 10:21 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Chapters: 0:00 A Mole Inside the KGB 1:22 Preventing Nuclear Armageddon 2:17 KGB Bloodline and Early Spy Training 2:38 Gordievsky’s Awakening 4:25 MI6 Makes Contact in Copenhagen 5:13 Gordievsky Turns Against the Soviet Union 5:58 A New Life and a New Love 6:29 Preparing the Escape Plan: Operation PIMLICO 7:18: The London Assignment 7:55 The KGB’s Nuclear Paranoia 8:25 Able Archer and the Brink of WWIII 8:47 How Gordievsky Prevented Nuclear War 9:38 CIA Agent Aldrich Ames Betrays Gordievsky 10:36 Sending the Escape Signal 11:43 The Daring Escape 14:41 Leaving His Family Behind 15:30 A Bittersweet Family Reunion 15:43 Life in hiding and Final Years 16:20 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Sources: Century House, former MI6 headquarters (1964–1994): Peter Jordan via Wikimedia Commons Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO): Victoria 959, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Colorized Berlin Wall image 1: By Noir, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Colorized Berlin Wall image 2: Nancy Wong, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Prague Spring Soviet tank: By Engramma.it - Engramma.it, n. 64, agosto 2008, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Soviet panel buildings: By Lesless - Own work (аналоговый снимок), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Arne Treholt image: By Ole-Christian Bjarkøy - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsHow Carl Gauss Summed 1 to 100 in MINUTESNewsthink2025-03-13 | A young Carl Gauss figured out how to sum the numbers 1 to 100 within minutes, astonishing his elementary school teacher.Why Trump Really Loves TariffsNewsthink2025-03-07 | What are tariffs and how do they impact you? Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
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Support Cindy on Patreon! patreon.com/NewsthinkThe Mathematician Forced to Become a GeniusNewsthink2025-03-01 | Norbert Wiener’s father molded him into a genius. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
Watch my video on William James Sidis, the sad story of the smartest man who ever lived: youtu.be/L0zOdg7PCkQ
Chapters: 0:00 A Father’s Experiment 1:44 Homeschooling Through Tears 3:06 A Lonely Genius 4:08 A Shocking Discovery 4:33 Undermined by His Father 5:45 Intellectual Awakening in Europe 6:47 War, Rejection & Finding Purpose 7:57 The Telegram That Changed Everything 8:35 Opportunity at MIT & Brownian Motion 9:55 Finding Love & Personal Freedom 10:27 Ethical Dilemmas & The Nuclear Age 11:19 The Breakthrough: Cybernetics 12:22 Final Reflections 14:07 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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I highly recommend Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman’s biography called A Mind At Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age https://a.co/d/5sSLUIL
Chapters: 00:00 How Computers Understand 1s and 0s 0:35 Growing Up in Michigan 1:20 Boolean Logic: The Language of Computers 1:57 Building Circuits with Math 3:09 Working on the Differential Analyzer at MIT 4:15 The 1937 Master’s Thesis That Changed the World 5:15 Dabbling in Genetics 6:06 Building War Machines (SIGSALY) 7:25 Shannon Bell Labs 8:22 The Birth of Information Theory (1948 Paper) 9:07 Becoming a Celebrity Scientist 10:20 Building Theseus, an Electronic Mouse That Learned 11:01 Chess and Artificial Intelligence 11:28 Juggling, Stocks, and Curiosity 11:54 The Final Years: A Mind Lost to Alzheimer’s 13:39 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Support Cindy on Patreon! patreon.com/NewsthinkThe Most Damaging Mole in the CIANewsthink2025-02-12 | Aldrich Ames sold America’s secrets in exchange for millions. Go to my sponsor venice.ai/newsthink and use code NEWSTHINK to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using my code will get you 20% off a pro plan
Chapters: 00:00 The Arrest of Aldrich Ames 1:07 A Spy is Born: The Seeds of Betrayal 2:29 Rising Through the Ranks 3:03 The Spies He Betrayed 6:14 The First Act of Treason (1985) 9:25 Informant in Rome 10:40 The Spy’s Lavish Lifestyle 11:45 The Mole Hunt Begins 14:18 A Suspect Emerges 15:50 The Aha! Moment 16:38 The Takedown: FBI Closes In 18:54 The Aftermath 21:46 Today’s Sponsor: Venice AI
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Sources: Russian SS-18 Satan: Clay Gilliland, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsRussian ICBM: By Mil.ru, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons U.S. Embassy in Moscow: By NVO - Own work by the original uploader, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Chadwick’s restaurant in Washington, DC courtesy of Old Town Crier oldtowncrier.com/2015/11/30/chadwicks-of-old-town KGB/SVR headquarters in Moscow, Russia: By Alex Saveliev from Russia - Some Moscow buildings Uploaded by High Contrast, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Akula-class submarine: By Alex omen - Own work, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Aldrich Ames’ house image courtesy of Twelve Mile Circle: twelvemilecircle.com 1990 Jaguar Vanden Plas Majestic: Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Suspicious Makeover of Mark ZuckerbergNewsthink2025-01-30 | Is the Meta CEO's transformation a calculated move? Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
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Sources: January 6 Capitol riots: By Tyler Merbler from USA - DSC09523-2, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Voting: By Phil Roeder from Des Moines, IA, USA - Election Day 2020, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Wuhan Institute of Virology: Ureem2805, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Mark Zuckerberg from 2011: Robert Scoble, CC BY 2.0 ia Wikimedia Commons
Mark Zuckerberg from 2019: Anurag R Dubey, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Mathematician Who Lost His MindNewsthink2025-01-23 | John Nash lost his mind and then miraculously found it again. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
I highly recommend Sylvia Nasar's biography of John Nash called A Beautiful Mind: https://a.co/d/28g9nCV
Chapters: 00:00 The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of John Nash 0:50 His Early Life: Gifted but Socially Awkward 1:10 Discovering His True Passion: Mathematics 2:14 Life at Princeton: Eccentric Genius 3:53 Challenging John von Neumann 5:07 Nash Equilibrium 6:07 Manifolds 6:59 Embedding Theorems 8:09 Complicated Personal Life 8:51 Meeting Alicia 9:26 Descent into Madness 10:47 Fleeing to Europe 11:35 Return to America 13:37 A Remarkable Recovery 14:44 The Nobel Prize in Economics 16:33 The Tragic End 17:30 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Highly recommend Ronald Calinger’s comprehensive biography Leonhard Euler: https://a.co/d/7eOLwZk
Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Euler’s Brilliance 0:14 Early Life in Switzerland 1:00 Studying Under Johann Bernoulli 1:30 Choosing Mathematics Over Theology 1:50 Euler’s Identity and Divine Harmony 2:09 Rejection from the University of Basel 2:27 Opportunity in St. Petersburg 3:35 The Seven Bridges of Königsberg Problem 5:00 Marriage and Family Life 5:48 Solving the Basel Problem 6:18 Losing His Sight, Not His Drive 6:59 Invitation to the Berlin Academy 7:24 Contributions to Celestial Mechanics 8:06 Introduction to the Analysis of the Infinite 8:47 Exponential Formula 9:24 Polyhedron Formula 9:56 Unhappiness in Berlin 11:05 Fluid Dynamics 11:40 Return to St. Petersburg 13:03 Going Completely Blind 14:41 His Final Day 15:25 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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Chapters 00:00 SpaceX: The Most Valuable Private Company 0:35 Elon Musk’s Mars Obsession Begins 3:25 Building SpaceX from the Ground Up 4:34 Tragedy and Perseverance 5:18 Building Rockets the SpaceX Way 8:53 Falcon 1 Flight 1 10:35 Falcon 1 Flight 2 11:17 Falcon 1 Flight 3 13:04 Success at Lasts: Falcon 1 Flight 4 14:01 The Next Chapter 15:33 Starship: The Ultimate Goal 16:11 The Role of Starlink 16:43 Today’s Sponsor: NordPass
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I highly recommend the book Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes by Alan Hirshfeld: https://a.co/d/iNRTMyP
Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 1:19 Archimedes’ Early Life and Education 2:01 Archimedes’ Mathematical Achievements 4:25 Archimedes and Big Numbers 5:44 Lost Works and the Palimpsest 7:31 Archimedes’ Engineering and War Machines 8:30 The Fall of Syracuse and Archimedes’ Death 9:30 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
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I highly recommend the book: Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America by David Wise https://a.co/d/5Wdq3w9
Chapters 00:00 Introduction 0:35 Robert Hanssen’s Espionage Activities 1:40 A Troubled Childhood 2:27 Becoming a Spy 3:49 The Year of the Spy 6:44 His Espionage Techniques 7:55 His Famous Betrayal: The Secret Tunnel 8:47 The Collapse of the Soviet Union Mirrors Hanssen’s Unraveling 9:28 The Hunt for the Mole 11:19 The Breakthrough 12:56 Catching Him in the Act 14:41 The Arrest 15:20 The Sentencing 16:31 His Motivation 17:30 Today’s Sponsor: BetterHelp
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Chapters 00:00 Introduction 0:37 Inside the Ingenious Design 1:24 Walkie Talkie Attack 1:50 Mossad's Use of Technology 2:18 Hezbollah’s Shift to Pagers 2:56 The Shell Companies Behind the Pagers (BAC, Apollo Systems) 4:52 Mossad's Marketing Ploy 5:40 Israel's Cryptic Response 5:57 The Bulgarian Connection Ties It All Together 7:18 Hezbollah’s Response and Israel's Subsequent Attack 8:01 Today’s Sponsor: NordPass
Chapters 00:00 The Most Mathematical Child Who Ever Lived 0:43 Carl's Early Education and Genius Revealed 1:36 Self-Taught Scholar 2:53 The Revolutionary Discovery of Non-Euclidean Geometry 4:06 The Duke’s Patronage and Academic Success 5:04 Solving the Mystery of His Birthday 6:19 Revolutionary Impact of Disquisitiones Arithmeticae (Arithmetical Investigations) 7:12 Gauss Predicts Planet Ceres 7:58 Gauss Falls in Love 9:08 The Duke's Dies and Gauss' New Path 11:04 Finding Love Again 11:54 Mapping the Kingdom of Hanover 13:23 The Earth's Magnetism 14:21 Carl Gauss’s Legacy 15:05 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:24 Humble Beginnings 0:42 Military Service and Education 1:23 Birth of a Business Idea 1:52 Building the Duty-Free Empire 2:53 Overcoming Financial Struggles 3:44 Explosive Growth of Duty Free Shoppers 5:06 The Wealth He Didn’t Want 6:52 A Life-Changing Realization 7:40 Founding The Atlantic Philanthropies 9:52 The End of Anonymity 11:16 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
I highly recommend the book The Billionaire Who Wasn't by Conor O'Clery: https://a.co/d/et4NYJL
Chapters 0:00 The Unlikely Recruit 1:37 Becoming Kamel Amin Tabet 2:08 A Spy in Argentina 2:59 Infiltrating Syria’s Military Elite 4:48 Exposing Military Secrets 5:59 Tracking Down Nazis 6:45 The Ba’ath Party Coup 8:49 The Capture of Eli Cohen 11:18 Today’s sponsor: Protect Yourself with Hogo
Highly recommend the book Our Man in Damascus: Eli Cohn by Eli Ben-hanan: https://a.co/d/iA6OIKc
Chapters: 0:00 Introduction: Destiny to Conquer the World 0:26 Genghis Khan’s Difficult Childhood 1:31 Forging Alliances and the Path to Power 2:37 Path to Supreme Leadership 4:53 Psychological Warfare and Tactical Genius 5:48 The Jin Dynasty Conquest 6:56 Westward Expansion and Control of the Silk Road 8:11 Succession Tensions 8:53 Final Campaign and Death 10:56 Sponsor: NordPass
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Highly recommend the book Sandworm by Andy Greenberg: https://a.co/d/iUOXzlE
I highly recommend Walter Isaacson's biography on Leonardo da Vinci: https://a.co/d/1l90Xi7
Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:03 Early life and education 2:12 Apprenticeship under Verrocchio 3:49 Milan and the Vitruvian Man 5:10 Anatomical studies and dissections 6:03 Engineering, flying machines, and military contributions 7:55 The Last Supper’s linear perspective 9:20 Bronze horse monument and move to France 10:18 The Mona Lisa 11:57 Death and mortality 12:42 Today’s sponsor: Brilliant
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Highly recommend Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen: https://a.co/d/iFQ7wph
Chapters: 0:00 From FBI Informant to Criminal 0:22 Max’s Early Life and Downfall 1:37 Max Ray Vision: Rise of a Cybercriminal 2:58 Discovery of BIND flaw and the Backdoor 4:22 From White Hat to Black Hat 5:05 Meeting Chris Aragon 6:34 Launching Carders Market 6:44 Iceman: The King of Carding 8:05 Law Enforcement Closes In 8:52 Max’s Arrest and Downfall 13:01 Sponsor: Protecting Yourself from Cybercrime
Chapters 0:00 Intro to Kurt Gödel 0:44 Gödel’s early life 1:34 The Vienna Circle 2:00 The Incompleteness Theorem 4:05 Mental health struggles 6:30 Escape to America 7:15 Life at the Institute for Advanced Study 8:48 Growing paranoia 9:20 Views on God and the afterlife 10:05 His final days 11:10 Sponsor: Brilliant
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Chapters: 00:00 Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh 0:35 Origins and Founding of Mossad1:20 Israel’s Intelligence Triad 1:44 Recruitment and Operations of Mossad 2:13 High-Profile Operations: Adolf Eichman 2:45 Sabotaging Egypt’s Missile Program 4:06 Operation Diamond and the MiG-21 4:40 The Six-Day War and Its Consequences 5:35 The Rise of the PLO and Fatah 6:22 Munich Olympic Games and Black September 7:20 Mossad’s Retaliation Campaign 8:04 Operation Entebbe: A Daring Rescue 9:32 Intelligence Failures: The Yom Kippur War 10:45 The Camp David Accords 12:00 Iran: From Ally to Adversary 13:09 Mossad’s Role in Lebanon 14:31 Rescue Operations: Ethiopian Jews 15:20 The First Intifada and Oslo Accords 16:21 Targeting Hamas Leadership 18:02 Countering Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions 20:11 Recent Challenges: The 2023 Hamas Attack 20:51 Sponsor & personal reflection
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Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:35 Thames Tunnel 2:15 Clifton Suspension Bridge 2:38 Great Western Railway 5:00 Brunel’s bridges 5:44 Brunel’s first ship SS Great Western6:47 Brunel’s second ship SS Great Britain7:58 The struggle to build the SS Great Eastern 10:45 Brunel’s death and legacy 12:50 Today’s sponsor Brilliant
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0:00 Intro 0:18 EU vs U.S. tech company market cap 0:33 Irish brothers start Stripe in America 2:07 Spotify enters the U.S. market 2:46 Europe’s troublesome regulations 3:25 Elon Musk’s work ethic 4:00 EU’s new battery law 5:31 EU’s new AI Act 6:46 Europe’s lagging space industry 8:07 Today's sponsor: Brilliant
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Elon Musk’s Vator News interview (used with permission): vator.tv/newsWhy Einstein Couldn’t Get a Job for 9 YearsNewsthink2024-05-16 | Einstein had to settle as a lowly patent clerk. Try brilliant.org/Newsthink for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription
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Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:09 Einstein fails to get into college 1:40 Einstein’s grades at Zurich Polytechnic 2:02 Einstein irritates his university professors 2:51 Meeting Mileva Maric and illegitimate daughter Lieserl 4:40 Einstein fails to get a job 6:34 Working as a third-rate patent clerk 8:18 The ‘miracle’ year in 1905 starting with the photoelectric effect paper 9:10 Brownian Motion 9:40 Special theory of relativity 10:55 E = MC2 11:26 Einstein still struggles to get a job following 1905 papers 12:52 Falling in love with his Berlin cousin 13:09 Einstein and wife divorce 13:57 Elevator analogy for General Theory of Relativity 15:22 How the sun warps starlight 16:02 Einstein’s controversial character 17:21 Dropping the atomic bomb 18:25 Einstein troubled by quantum entanglement 19:05 Struggle to find a uniform field theory
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