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Randall Munroe: XKCD Cartoonist, Author, & Physicist

Randall Munroe: XKCD Cartoonist, Author, & Physicist

FromBehind The Tech with Kevin Scott


Randall Munroe: XKCD Cartoonist, Author, & Physicist

FromBehind The Tech with Kevin Scott

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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Sep 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

XKCD is one of our favorite webcomics - and it started out as doodles in Randall Munroe's college notebooks. Munroe describes his work as “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.” In this episode, he joins Kevin to talk about how he got started, where his inspiration comes from and his latest book, What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Find out why a surprising number of cartoonists are physicists by training, explore the joy of seeking answers to seemingly impossible questions, and much more! 
Released:
Sep 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (63)

Behind the Tech invites listeners to geek out with an amazing line-up of tech heroes, inventors and innovators. Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott takes tech enthusiasts behind-the-scenes to meet AI experts, computer scientists, authors, musicians, digital leaders, bioengineers and neuroscientists who have made discoveries, built tools, and literally helped make our modern world possible.