Free on the World Science Festival’s official video page; 1h 00m 12s, no paid streaming subscription required. This is an appealing companion to The Black Hole War. The conversation was recorded May 29—a catch-up discovery, not a new release. Watch the complete program
Leonard Susskind and Brian Greene cover the fight with Hawking over information loss, the holographic idea, and the less tidy business of choosing which theoretical convictions deserve another decade of one’s life. The program also addresses what string theory has and has not delivered. That last part makes it more appealing than a celebratory tour of famous conclusions.
Choose this for a curious solo hour, not as tonight’s default entertainment for everyone. It is a sustained conversation, not a visualization-led primer, and it asks for attention. But hearing the author’s manner of arguing alongside the book is a particularly good reason to watch an older program now.