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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.
Episodes
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurInterstellar Colonization Strategies
As we seek to travel vast distances to claim the galaxy, we will need to develop strategies and methods for voyaging through deep space and reaching strange…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurInterstellar Colonization Strategies (Narration Only)
As we seek to travel vast distances to claim the galaxy, we will need to develop strategies and methods for voyaging through deep space and reaching strange…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream: December 31, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on New Year's Eve in the Afternoon, at 4pm EST, Saturday, December 31, and get your questions about the channel and…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTranshumanism & Humanity’s Future
In the future, humanity may embrace genetic engineering and cybernetic augmentation of mind and body, but what does this Transhuman future look like? And…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTranshumanism & Humanity’s Future (Narration Only)
In the future, humanity may embrace genetic engineering and cybernetic augmentation of mind and body, but what does this Transhuman future look like? And…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDo We Live Inside A Black Hole… And Could We?
Could our entire Universe be one enormous Black Hole? And is it possible to live inside a black hole? Go to https://nordvpn.com/isaacarthur to get a 2-year…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDo We Live Inside A Black Hole… And Could We? (Narration Only)
Could our entire Universe be one enormous Black Hole? And is it possible to live inside a black hole? Go to https://nordvpn.com/isaacarthur to get a 2-year…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurFarming On Mars
One day humanity might settle the Red Planet, but how will we grow food on world more barren than any desert or tundra on Earth? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurFarming On Mars (Narration Only)
One day humanity might settle the Red Planet, but how will we grow food on world more barren than any desert or tundra on Earth? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurPlanetary Civil War
Wars in the future may involve vast interplanetary conflicts or civil wars sprawling over an entire world or more, but what will those wars look like? Start…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurPlanetary Civil War (Narration Only)
Wars in the future may involve vast interplanetary conflicts or civil wars sprawling over an entire world or more, but what will those wars look like? Start…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurHumanity: Firstborn Space Civilization
As we continue to scan the heavens for signs of intelligent life, we must contemplate what it might mean if we are the first civilization to ever arise. Go to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurHumanity: Firstborn Space Civilization (Narration Only)
As we continue to scan the heavens for signs of intelligent life, we must contemplate what it might mean if we are the first civilization to ever arise. Go to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Plan For After SETI Is Successful
One day we may get a signal from beyond Earth, positive proof of the Existence of Extraterrestrial Life... but what comes next? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Plan For After SETI Is Successful (Narration Only)
One day we may get a signal from beyond Earth, positive proof of the Existence of Extraterrestrial Life... but what comes next? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 49 - November 27, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, November 27, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience. Support the stream…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurReasons To Be Optimistic About The Future
As we head through hard times things can seem rather bleak, but there's lots of amazing and beneficial technologies on the horizon. Compare news coverage. Spot…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurReasons To Be Optimistic About The Future (Narration Only)
As we head through hard times things can seem rather bleak, but there's lots of amazing and beneficial technologies on the horizon. Compare news coverage. Spot…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLiving Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis
Many have believed Earth might have a spirit, but Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis contemplates this as a scientific possibility. Could our world be alive itself?…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurLiving Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis (Narration Only)
Many have believed Earth might have a spirit, but Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis contemplates this as a scientific possibility. Could our world be alive itself?…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurStranded On An Alien World
As we reach out to explore the stars, could we find our explorers getting lost on new worlds, inhabited or otherwise. What should we do if stranded on an Alien…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurStranded On An Alien World (Narration Only)
As we reach out to explore the stars, could we find our explorers getting lost on new worlds, inhabited or otherwise. What should we do if stranded on an Alien…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAutomated Economies & Unemployment (Narration Only)
Many fear that future automation may turn out to be the bane of civilization rather than its liberator. How do we ensure we take the path to a prosperous world…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAutomated Economies & Unemployment
Many fear that future automation may turn out to be the bane of civilization rather than its liberator. How do we ensure we take the path to a prosperous world…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurRefueling Our Sun: Holding Back Eternity
One day our Sun will die, and consume our world in fire, but is it possible to refuel our Sun so that it might live trillions and trillions of year to come?…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurRefueling Our Sun: Holding Back Eternity (Narration Only)
One day our Sun will die, and consume our world in fire, but is it possible to refuel our Sun so that it might live trillions and trillions of year to come?…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 48 - October 30, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, October 30, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience. Support the stream…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDamaged Spacecraft & Shipwrecked Saucers (Narration Only)
Spaceships getting damaged or crashing is common story in science fiction but it's also terrifyingly common with real spaceships. So what do we if our…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDamaged Spacecraft & Shipwrecked Saucers
Spaceships getting damaged or crashing is common story in science fiction but it's also terrifyingly common with real spaceships. So what do we if our…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurYour Own Personal Spaceship
Many of us dream of one day owning our on spacecraft, of traveling to space and other worlds when we choose to. What technologies must the future deliver to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurYour Own Personal Spaceship (Narration Only)
Many of us dream of one day owning our on spacecraft, of traveling to space and other worlds when we choose to. What technologies must the future deliver to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAlien Environments
Among the uncounted stars in this Universe there may be unnumbered strange new worlds, many of which may have environments unlike anything we've ever imagined…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAlien Environments (Narration Only)
Among the uncounted stars in this Universe there may be unnumbered strange new worlds, many of which may have environments unlike anything we've ever imagined…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurWhat Happens If We Can't Leave Earth?
One day our destiny may take us to the stars, but what happens if we find we are unable, or unwilling, to journey to new worlds, and remain only on Earth?…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurWhat Happens If We Can't Leave Earth? (Narration Only)
One day our destiny may take us to the stars, but what happens if we find we are unable, or unwilling, to journey to new worlds, and remain only on Earth?…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurColonizing Planetary Rings
Saturn's Moon Titan captures our attention as a future colony, but might the majestic rings of Saturn and other planetary rings be better places to transplant…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurColonizing Planetary Rings (Narration Only)
Saturn's Moon Titan captures our attention as a future colony, but might the majestic rings of Saturn and other planetary rings be better places to transplant…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurGrabby Aliens & The Fermi Paradox
The new Grabby Aliens model proposes that the Universe may already contain several thousand immense alien empires... and that we may soon be one of them. Start…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurGrabby Aliens & The Fermi Paradox (Narration Only)
The new Grabby Aliens model proposes that the Universe may already contain several thousand immense alien empires... and that we may soon be one of them. Start…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 47 - September 25, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, September 25, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience. Support the stream…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurPost Science Civilizations
For centuries now science has unlocked ever more mysteries, but could we one day run out of discoveries or abandon further research? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurPost Science Civilizations (Narration Only)
For centuries now science has unlocked ever more mysteries, but could we one day run out of discoveries or abandon further research? Visit…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurBarriers to Becoming a Kardashev Civilization
Kardashev Civilizations are beyond immense, with even the first tier of them making any modern nation look miniscule, and there are many barriers to becoming…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurBarriers to Becoming a Kardashev Civilization (Narration Only)
Kardashev Civilizations are beyond immense, with even the first tier of them making any modern nation look miniscule, and there are many barriers to becoming…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAlien Impostors & Doppelgangers
The idea that some mimic might steal your identity and replace you, or takeover your mind, is terrifying. But could we encounter aliens that were able to do…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAlien Impostors & Doppelgangers (Narration Only)
The idea that some mimic might steal your identity and replace you, or takeover your mind, is terrifying. But could we encounter aliens that were able to do…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTethered Ring Space Launchers
To get into space in a big way we need to be able to move vast amounts of people and cargo to space at a fraction of modern costs; tethered rings offer a…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTethered Ring Space Launchers (Narration Only)
To get into space in a big way we need to be able to move vast amounts of people and cargo to space at a fraction of modern costs; tethered rings offer a…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurStaying Sane in Space
Space is deadly and our spaceships and stations are cramped and thin-protected environments, placing enormous stress on those who journey there. So how to we…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurStaying Sane in Space (Narration Only)
Space is deadly and our spaceships and stations are cramped and thin-protected environments, placing enormous stress on those who journey there. So how to we…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurSFIA Monthly Livestream 46 - August 28, 2022
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, August 28, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be answered!…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe First Space Settlement
One day humanity will settle space, but what will that first settlement be like and where will it be? In Orbit? The Moon? Mars? Or somewhere else entirely?…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe First Space Settlement (Narration Only)
One day humanity will settle space, but what will that first settlement be like and where will it be? In Orbit? The Moon? Mars? Or somewhere else entirely?…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTime Wars & Alternate Timelines
Temporal Paradox and Time Travel delight us in science fiction, but what would a war across time really look like? Click the link in the description box or go…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurTime Wars & Alternate Timelines (Narration Only)
Temporal Paradox and Time Travel delight us in science fiction, but what would a war across time really look like? Click the link in the description box or go…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDumbest Alien Invasions
An Alien Invasion of Earth is a terrifying scenario, yet science fiction rarely has good reason for those invasions. Today we'll discuss the worst reasons…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurDumbest Alien Invasions (Narration Only)
An Alien Invasion of Earth is a terrifying scenario, yet science fiction rarely has good reason for those invasions. Today we'll discuss the worst reasons…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Fermi Paradox: Technological Timebombs
We often wonder where all the aliens are out in the galaxy, but could it be that the technologies needed to get to space and travel the stars lead to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurThe Fermi Paradox: Technological Timebombs (Narration Only)
We often wonder where all the aliens are out in the galaxy, but could it be that the technologies needed to get to space and travel the stars lead to…
Science & Futurism with Isaac ArthurAlien Refugees
Aliens may one day visit Earth not to invade us but to seek refuge from an invasion or other calamity, how can we respond and should we? Sign up for a…