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The Michigan Channel on YouTube

See past Saturday Morning Physics talks whenever you desire. You may view Saturday Morning Physics (SMP) presentations on the Michigan Channel YouTube.

Community Television Network (CTN)

Past Saturday Morning Physics talks are now telecast on the city of Ann Arbor Community Television Network (CTN), EduTV channel 18.

Saturday Morning Physics broadcast times each week:

Sundays               12:00 PM

Mondays               9:00 AM

Tuesdays              11:00 PM

Fridays                  6:00 PM

Saturdays             7:00 AM

CTN Broadcast Schedule from Week of July 27 - January 11, 2026

CTN Broadcast Date Lecture Title Presenters Original Episode Date          
Week of
July 27 
The Mechanics of Decompression Sickness 

Jens-Christian D. Meiners  November 20, 2021    
Week of August 3

How Ultrasound May Be Useful to You

Oliver D. Kripfgans December 4, 2021    
Week of 
August 10
The James Webb Space Telescope: Discovery Space Michael R. Meyer March 12, 2022    
Week of 
August 17
A Quantum Hologram For Black Holes Leopoldo Pando Zayas April 9, 2022    
Week of 
August 24
Van Loo Saturday Morning Physics Lecture Mackenzie
Devilbliss and Chamindu Sangeeth Amarasinghe
April 23, 2022    
Week of August 31 From Nobel Prize Research to the Breakthrough Technologies Transforming Our Lives  Kai Sun October 29, 2022    
Week of
Sept 7 
The Heart of Darkness  Mark Reynolds Nov. 5, 2022    
Week of
Sept 14 
Battery Management System: Engineering a Guardian Angel for Lithium-Ion Batteries  Anna Stefanopoulou  Nov. 12, 2022    
Week of
Sept 21

Fluid Instabilities: Stars, Bars, and Fusion

Carolyn Kuranz December 10, 2022    
Week of
Sept 28 
NASA Astronaut and Physicist Josh Cassada Live from the International Space Station  Josh Cassada January 14, 2023    
Week of October 5 The Transition to Renewable Energy: Truth and Consequences  Adam C. Simon February 11, 2023    
Week of October
12
Physics Goes BOOM: Energy in Action! Nicholas Arnold, Conor Heaney, and Monika Wood March 11, 2023    
Week of October
19
UN/EARTH-Science and Art from a Mile Underground Gina Gibson and Bjoern Penning March 18, 2023    
Week of October
26
The Van Loo Family Endowment Saturday Morning Physics Student Presentations Blake Hipsley and Larissa Markwardt March 25, 2023    
Week of November 2

The James Robert Walker Memorial Lecture: Quantum Tools to Explore the Universe… and Help Life on Earth Ronald Walsworth April 1, 2023    
Week of November 9 The History of the Mystery of Spin: In Celebration of Homer A. Neal
Aaron Pierce April 15, 2023    
Week of November 16 Life and Research on the International Space Station: What We Accomplished During Expedition 68 and What’s Next
Josh A. Cassada October 7, 2023    
Week of November 23 The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics  Sean Carroll October 21, 2023    
Week of November 30 Making Music From Noise: The Physics of a Drum Nicholas Arnold  November 4, 2023    
Week of December 7 All About Light: A Family-Friendly Light and Laser Show Physics Demolab November 18, 2023    
Week of December 14 The Formation of Planetary Systems  Fred Adams December 2, 2023    
Week of December 21 Totally Awesome: Your Guide to the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2024

David Gerdes  February 17, 2024    
Week of December 28 The Facets of Glass John Kieffer  March 9, 2024    
Week of January 4 The Future of Oppenheimer Feared: What We Can Do to Reduce the Nuclear Threat  Laura Grego March 23, 2024    
Week of January 11 Bioinspired Microrobotics: Lessons From Nature Abdon Pena-Francesch April 6, 2024    

**If anyone would like to request replays they may do so by calling CTN directly at 734.794.6150.**


CARMA

Please view a selection of past Saturday Morning Physics (SMP) presentations on your computer taped by CARMA.

Saturday Morning Physics - Winter 2011

Saturday Morning Physics - 2011-2012

Saturday Morning Physics - 2012-2013