Dr. Joseph Conlon is a theoretical physicist at the University of Oxford. He works on string compactifications, string cosmology, string phenomenology, and related areas. He also wrote the book, "Why string theory?". The list of his works can be found at the following link.

Some links
1) Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/phymaths
2) Dr. Conlon's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1024860
3) "Why String Theory" book: https://www.amazon.com/Why-String-Theory-Joseph-Conlon/dp/1482242478
4) His second book: https://www.amazon.com/Origins-Cosmos-Verse-Joseph-Conlon/dp/0861549112?ref_=ast_author_dp
5) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/

Contact Info
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Time stamps
(0:00 ) Coming Up
(0:43 ) Intro
(0:58 ) Introduction of the guest
(1:43 ) Why two undergrads
(3:16 ) His interest in physics
(4:40 ) His thoughts on DESI
(7:41 ) Getting deSitter in string theory
(10:19 ) Moduli stabilization (Equivalence principle)
(12:38 ) deSitter being an excited state
(13:39 ) AdS being the true vacuum
(14:33 ) deSitter swampland conjecture
(15:52 ) Non-supersymmetric approaches
(17:04 ) Holographic moduli stabilization
(19:36 ) M theory compactifications and G2 manifolds
(21:13 ) Strings and bouncing cosmologies
(23:04 ) That famous page and perception of string theory
(26:23 ) What led to writing that book?
(27:36 ) Countering the misinformation about strings
(31:28 ) Criticisms of string theory
(37:36 ) His upcoming book
(39:16 ) Managing time
(40:19 ) Making complex ideas simple
(42:21 ) Availability of his upcoming book
(43:13 ) (People's question) String and real world
(45:54 ) (People's question) Betting on cosmic strings
(47:24 ) (People's question) Tilt towards formal theory
(50:14 ) Third superstring revolution?
(52:53 ) (People's question) Inflation and strings
(54:00 ) (People's question) Developments to keep track of
(57:53 ) Goodbye