The Information Entropy Podcast

Is Anything Truly Random?

In this episode of The Information Entropy Podcast, we ask a simple question: is anything truly random? We explore why randomness matters for cryptography, statistics, and scientific modelling, and how computers attempt to generate unpredictability from purely deterministic logic. From game show exploits to lava lamps and quantum vacuum fluctuations, we trace how humans try to manufacture randomness from the universe itself. Finally, we confront a surprising problem: even “random” real-world data is full of patterns that can mislead us into seeing structure where none exists!

Exploring the Minds Eye: Aphantasia and Beyond

Welcome back to the Information Entropy Podcast! This is a special episode as Mitch and Tom conduct their first ever in-person recording of the show! The boys embark on a journey of perceptual differences as they seek to understand how other people internally perceive and process the world, starting with those people with Aphantasia: the inability to visualise things in the minds eye.

Extinction: Mechanisms, Conservation, and Humans

Welcome back to The Information Entropy Podcast! This week the boys finish their exploration of extinction, managing to stay much more on topic! The boys start by contemplating the Hantavirus outbreak in relation to previous circumstances before quickly recapping what classifies as extinction. They turn to the topic of conservation strategies and how they can help and how sometimes they might be misaligned. Mitch explores the leading causes of extinction while Tom reinforces the biological mechanisms at play within a declining population.

Extinction: The Big Five and More

Welcome back to The Information Entropy Podcast! This week Tom is back and the boys are aiming to cover the topic of extinction! You will see that this is a meandering topic of cybersecurity, AI, extinction, and a section on Magic at the very end. While on topic, we find out what actually counts as extinction and how the IUCN defines and declares a species as extinct, we hear about the story of the last Thylacine, and going back in geological history we explore the big five mass extinction events.

When AI Starts Thinking Like an Attacker

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming cybersecurity—but not always in the ways headlines suggest. In this episode, we explore the concept of “Claude Mythos,” a purported frontier AI system linked to advanced vulnerability discovery, and unpack what it represents in the broader evolution of cyber defence and offense. From traditional scanning tools to agentic AI capable of iterative reasoning, we examine how these systems are reshaping the way vulnerabilities are found, understood, and potentially exploited.   Is this the beginning of autonomous cyber threats—or just the next step in smarter security tooling? Listen now and decide for yourself.