Beyond Space Defense: War, Sabotage & Survival Beyond Earth
In space, every ship, tug, mass driver, and power beam can become a weapon. We explore how future stations and settlements might defend them...
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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Podcast by Isaac Arthur
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Beyond Space Defense: War, Sabotage & Survival Beyond Earth (Narration Only)
In space, every ship, tug, mass driver, and power beam can become a weapon. We explore how future stations and settlements might defend them...
Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End?
Nuclear war could kill millions or billions, but would it really end civilization? We separate blast, fallout, nuclear winter, and Hollywood...
Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End? (Narration Only)
Nuclear war could kill millions or billions, but would it really end civilization? We separate blast, fallout, nuclear winter, and Hollywood...
The Fermi Paradox: Civilization Extinction Cycles
What if alien civilizations are common, but keep collapsing before they can spread across the galaxy? We explore civilization extinction cyc...
The Fermi Paradox: Civilization Extinction Cycles (Narration Only)
What if alien civilizations are common, but keep collapsing before they can spread across the galaxy? We explore civilization extinction cyc...
The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next
Elections look simple until you ask what they’re meant to measure. From ranked voting and redistricting to online ballots, AI, and paper rec...
The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next (Narration Only)
Elections look simple until you ask what they’re meant to measure. From ranked voting and redistricting to online ballots, AI, and paper rec...
Colonizing the Multiverse: Beyond the Kardashev Scale Into Infinite Universes
Why colonize one universe when reality may offer infinitely many? We explore alternate Earths, multiversal travel, dangerous new worlds, and...
Colonizing the Multiverse: Beyond the Kardashev Scale Into Infinite Universes (Narration Only)
Why colonize one universe when reality may offer infinitely many? We explore alternate Earths, multiversal travel, dangerous new worlds, and...
Civilizations at the Galactic Center: Thriving at the Core
Could the most dangerous part of the Milky Way also be its most valuable? We explore civilizations at the galactic center, where dense stars...
Civilizations at the Galactic Center: Thriving at the Core (Narration Only)
Could the most dangerous part of the Milky Way also be its most valuable? We explore civilizations at the galactic center, where dense stars...
Could We Create Artificial Universes?
What if the ultimate technology isn’t a starship, but a universe? We explore simulated worlds, baby universes, black holes, false vacuum bub...
Could We Create Artificial Universes? Narration Only)
What if the ultimate technology isn’t a starship, but a universe? We explore simulated worlds, baby universes, black holes, false vacuum bub...
White Holes: Do They Exist?
White holes are black holes run backward: nothing can enter, but matter and light can escape. We explore whether these strange solutions cou...
White Holes: Do They Exist? (Narration Only)
White holes are black holes run backward: nothing can enter, but matter and light can escape. We explore whether these strange solutions cou...
Mining Mercury: The First Planetary Industrial Base
Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and ho...
Mining Mercury: The First Planetary Industrial Base (Narration Only)
Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and ho...
We Can Make Gasoline From Air. So Why Don’t We? (Narration Only)
Gasoline doesn’t have to come from oil. With carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere, hydrogen, and enough energy, we can manufacture sy...
We Can Make Gasoline From Air. So Why Don’t We?
Gasoline doesn’t have to come from oil. With carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere, hydrogen, and enough energy, we can manufacture sy...