In Episode 1 we talked to Dr Yihui Quek about what means.

How do we understand the process of , and what does it have to do with ? Take a listen to find out!

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In Episode 2, we talked to Dr Philippe Faist (@phfaist) about and .

How can we make the most of noisy, current-generation quantum computers, and just what is the Error Correction Zoo? Take a listen to find out!

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In Episode 3, we talked to Dr Lídia del Rio (@azul) about and what it took to co-found the community-driven scientific journal "Quantum".

Take a listen to the episode if you'd like to know more!

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In Episode 4, we talked to Prof. Román Orús about , and techniques.

We heard about how algorithms that originated in many-body physics could be put to use in solving real-world optimisation problems and how is applying these techniques with real clients in areas such as finance.

Take a listen to the episode if you'd like to know more - available on all good podcasting platforms!

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In Episode 5, we heard from Dr Elliot Bentine about his work with the coldest atoms in the universe and...video game programming!?

If you want to hear more about how cold atoms can be used to detect gravitational waves, and how years at the lab bench led to a surprising side hustle as a game developer, take a listen to the full episode!

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In Episode 6, we did something a bit different and talked to Dr Monica Kang about black holes!

We learned all about the surprising connections between black holes (and the conformal field theory used to describe them) and error correcting codes used in quantum technologies.

Take a listen to the full episode if you'd like to hear more!

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In Episode 7, we talked to Ieva Čepaitė (@hyperboIeva) about what it'll take to make near-term quantum computing practical, and how we can make the most of different types of hardware for solving different problems.

We also chatted a bit about and science writing!

Take a listen to the full episode to learn more, available on all good podcast apps!

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