When Kip Thorne arrived at Caltech as a freshman in 1958, the "warped side of our universe"—objects and phenomena made from warped space and time—was a far-out speculation. In his talk, Thorne will describe how he and colleagues transformed a portion of that warped side (black holes and gravitational waves) into firmly established and observed phenomena, and discuss what they have learned about another portion (wormholes and time travel). He will also speculate on future warped-side discoveries about the birth of our universe and of the laws that govern it.