Cryptology (SECRET CODES) with Simon Singh

2025-06-04 · 75 min · episode 451 · 17 entities

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kers. Mysterious manuscripts. And … hog Latin. Cryptology expert and author of “The Code Book,” Simon Singh finally lets me ask him about the small mistakes that lost huge b
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kers. Mysterious manuscripts. And … hog Latin. Cryptology expert and author of “The Code Book,” Simon Singh finally lets me ask him about the small mistakes that lost huge b
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me ask him about the small mistakes that lost huge battles, the prison plots of Mary Queen of Scots, a cryptology reality show that I wish existed, the legacy of Alan Turing, Indi
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kers. Mysterious manuscripts. And … hog Latin. Cryptology expert and author of “The Code Book,” Simon Singh finally lets me ask him about the small mistakes that lost huge b
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Secret ciphers. Hidden treasure. Enigma breakers. Mysterious manuscripts. And … hog Latin. Cryptology expert and author of “The Code Book,” Simon Singh finally lets me ask him about the small mistakes that lost huge battles, the prison plots of Mary Queen of Scots, a cryptology reality show that I wish existed, the legacy of Alan Turing, Indigenous code-talking war heroes, hiding messages in your skin and guts, the role of A.I. in future deciphering and the possibility of a quantum computing apocalypse. Also: one whole ball of wax that you do not want to get into. Visit Dr. Singh’s website and follow him on Bluesky and X Browse Dr. Singh’s books including The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography , available on Bookshop.org and Amazon A donation went to GiveWell More episode sources and links Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Other episodes you may enjoy: Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT) , Momiology (MUMMIFICATION) , Curiology (EMOJI) , Graphology (HANDWRITING/FORGERY) , Anagnosology (READING) , Oneirology (DREAMS) , Salugenology (WHY HUMANS REQUIRE HOBBIES) , Architectural Technology (COMPUTER PROGRAMMING) , Neurotechnology (AI + BRAIN TECH) , Artificial Intelligence Ethicology (WILL A.I. CRASH OUT?) , Abstract Mathematology (UH, IS MATH REAL?) Sponsors of Ologies Transcripts and bleeped episodes Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek Website by Kelly R. Dwyer Theme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.