Summary
A 9-year-old boy named Kai co-hosts a podcast called The Quantum Kid with his mother, physicist Katia Moskvitch. The podcast explains quantum physics and related topics in a way that is easy to understand, featuring interviews with experts and visits to labs.
Key Facts
- Kai is 9 years old and has been programming in Python since he was 6.
- The Quantum Kid podcast started last summer and averages about one episode per month.
- Katia Moskvitch is a theoretical physicist and science communicator.
- The podcast recently passed 100,000 subscribers and was nominated for a Webby Award.
- Kai has interviewed well-known scientists like Peter Shor and Scott Aaronson.
- One episode showed Kai visiting a quantum computing lab in Zurich to see a quantum chip.
- The main audience is adults aged 25 to 45, often parents watching with their children.
- Kai’s dream guest is Mark Rober, a former NASA engineer and science YouTuber.
