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The DemystifySci Podcast

Michael Shilo DeLay, Anastasia Bendebury

Booking Overview

Interview-led science and philosophy show focused on foundational questions in physics, mathematics, consciousness, language, and metaphysics, typically featuring specialized scholars and independent theorists with original intellectual frameworks. Credible pitches include physicists, philosophers of science, mathematicians, linguists, sinologists, and other academically accomplished thinkers who can explain challenging ideas accessibly; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 468

Frequency: Several times a week

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 53.2k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

demystifysci@gmail.com

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Host

Michael Shilo DeLay - Doctor and co-host focused on making complex theories of nature accessible through extended discussions with researchers and theorists.

Anastasia Bendebury - Doctor and co-host focused on making complex theories of nature accessible through extended discussions with researchers and theorists.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Specialized academic or research expertise in physics, philosophy, mathematics, linguistics, Chinese studies, or related foundational disciplines, with the ability to explain abstract ideas clearly.
Required Achievements:  
Original theoretical work, University-level scholarship, Published translations or other substantial intellectual publications

Recent Guest Discussions

Steve Patterson - Mathematical Foundations, Conceptual Clarity In Physics, Infinity, Formalism, And The Effects Of Contradictory Reasoning Across Disciplines.

Brook Ziporyn - Classical Chinese, Translation, Chinese Philosophy, Consciousness, Language, Metaphysics, And Contrasts Between Chinese And Western Approaches To Knowledge.

Recent Topics

Science, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Philosophy, Mathematics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The DemystifySci Podcast
:

How Rome Actually Fell 200 Years Before Anyone Noticed - Dr. Kyle Harper (DemystifySci +456)

October 08, 2026

Today's guest is Professor Kyle Harper, author of The Fate of Rome, a radical reimagining of the fall of the Roman Empire. It is a saga of plague, volcanism & climate shifts, and coups, that reveals multiple fractures in the empire long before its final collapse. We touch on the crisis of the third century, currency collapse, imperial fractures, and the role of new urban diseases: the Antonine Plague, Plague of Cyprian, Plague of Justinian, and how being rich but sick pointed to criti...

Did Sumer Come From the Sea? - Nick Collins (DemystifySci +455)

September 30, 2026

Today's episode features a conversation with author Nick Collins concerning the obscure origins of the Mesopotamian "Cradle of Civilization." Collins points to a shared origin of Sumer and the Indus Valley Civilization, painting a picture of an interconnected culture connected by maritime trade. We discuss the rising of the oceans at the dawn of city-states, drowned coastlines, seafaring refugees, the historicity of mythological texts, and missing evidence waiting underwater off...

How Atoms Turn Heat Into Light - LIVE! Drs. Bendebury & DeLay (DemystifySci +454)

September 30, 2026

We're back to continue reading from our new book, Paradox Lost, where we examine the loss of material mediators in fundamental physics and then apply a simple set of axioms to imagine what the future of that abandoned physics might look like. Previously we introduced a material model of extended atomic architecture and used it to explain the basics of light transactions. This week, we look at absorption - and the ideal absorber, the blackbody. Ideally this can teach us everything we need ...

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