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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 12, 2026-January 17, 2027
| CTN Broadcast Date | Lecture Title | Presenters | Original Episode Date | ||
| Week of July 12 | Taking the Plunge: The Physics of Roller Coasters | David Gerdes | April 12, 2008 | ||
| Week of July 19 | Van Loo Family Endowment Student Presentations | Tayari Colemen and Max Jerdee | April 20, 2024 | ||
| Week of August 2* | Comics About Science, From Feyman to Einstein: Math Is Hard & Leaving Stuff Out Is Harder: Jim Ottaviani | Jim Ottaviani | October 5, 2024 | ||
| Week of August 9 | The Science of Election Security | J. Alex Halderman | October 19, 2024 | ||
| Week of August 16 | Climate Change in the Great Lakes: Effects on Algal Blooms and Human Health | Gregory Dick | November 2, 2024 | ||
| Week of August 23 | Galaxy Clusters: Special Fields in the Sky, Special Challenges for Our Science | Camille Avestruz | November 16, 2024 | ||
| Week of August 30 | AI and the Business World | Nigel Melville | November 23, 2024 | ||
| Week of Sept. 6 | Science of Baseball | Tim Chupp | October 4, 2025 | ||
| Week of Sept. 13 | Breaking Bias, Building Bots: The Intersection of DEI and Robotics | Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi | February 22, 2025 | ||
| Week of Sept. 20 | Physics Extra-VAN-ganza! Good Vibrations: The Science of Vibrations, Sound and Hearing | U-M Physics Students | March 15, 2025 | ||
| Week of Sept. 27 | ZEUS: The Highest Power Laser in the U.S. | Karl Krushelnick | March 29, 2025 | ||
| Week of Oct. 4 | Organic Optical Material: From Solar Cells to Light-Emitting Diodes | Theodore Goodson III | April 5, 2025 | ||
| Week of Oct. 11 | Van Loo Family SMP: Graduate Student Presentations | Emilie LaVoie and Otavio Alves | April 12, 2025 | ||
| Week of Oct. 18 | When “Physic(k)s” Lost Its ‘k’ and Other Language Quarks | Anne Curzan | October 18, 2025 | ||
| Week of Oct. 25 | The Physics of Halloween | Timothy Chupp & Gregory Tarle | October 31, 2015 | ||
| Week of Nov. 1 | How Old Is the Universe-That Is, What Time Is It? | Scott Watson | November 8, 2025 | ||
| Week of Nov. 8 | What Is Classical and What Is Quantum? Insights from the Assumptions of Physics Project | Gabriele Carcassi | November 15, 2025 | ||
| Week of Nov. 15 | 30 Years of SMP! | Monika Wood & Others | December 6, 2025 | ||
| Week of Nov. 22 | An Introduction to Quantum Computing | Finn Larsen | February 7, 2026 | ||
| Week of Nov. 29 | Surviving the Death of a Star: Life on Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs | Juliette Becker | February 28, 2026 | ||
| Week of Dec. 6 | The Van Loo Family Student Presentations: Magnets and Amplitudes: A Glimpse into the Quantum Realm | Justin Berman and Aaron Chan | March 14, 2026 | ||
| Week of Dec. 13 | The Physics of Active Matter | Suraj Shankar | March 28, 2026 | ||
| Week of Dec. 20 | The Science of Physicist Jens Zorn’s Art | Wolfgang Lorenzon, Roy Clarke, Tim McKay, Steve Cundiff, Henriette Elvang, Tim Chupp | April 18, 2026 | ||
| Week of Dec. 27 | The Physics of Music | Christine A. Aidala | October 23, 2021 | ||
| Week of Jan. 3 | On Deciding the Next Big Science Projects (It’s Much More Than Just Science) | James Wells | November 6, 2021 | ||
| Week of Jan. 10 | The Mechanics of Decompression Sickness | Jens-Christian D. Meiners | November 20, 2021 | ||
| Week of Jan. 17 | How Ultrasound May Be Useful to You | Oliver D. Kripfgans | December 4, 2021 |
*CTN is moving this summer, and the channels will be down for a period during the week of July 26. Saturday Morning Physics may not play this week.
**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
