Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episodes
SFIA Monthly Livestream 25 - November 29, 2020
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for November 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social ...
Life As A Space Colonist (Narration Only)
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In order to colonize space, we will need colonists willing to travel to desolate planets, moons, and asteroids to settle those worlds. What would life...
Life As A Space Colonist
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In order to colonize space, we will need colonists willing to travel to desolate planets, moons, and asteroids to settle those worlds. What would life...
Asteroid Mining and Orbital Settlements (Narration Only)
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Asteroids represent a threat to Earth, but in the future they may be a boon, serving as sources of vast wealth and resources, and as orbital settlemen...
Asteroid Mining and Orbital Settlements
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Asteroids represent a threat to Earth, but in the future they may be a boon, serving as sources of vast wealth and resources, and as orbital settlemen...
Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that extraterrestrials might hide from us to avoid altering our so...
Fermi Paradox: The Prime Directive (Narration Only)
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that extraterrestrials might hide from us to avoid altering our so...
Interstellar Trade & Cyclers
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass...
Interstellar Trade & Cyclers (Narration Only)
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass...
Becoming a Kardashev- 1 Post-Scarcity Civilization (Narration Only)
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their p...
Becoming a Kardashev- 1 Post-Scarcity Civilization
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their p...
Terrifying Aliens
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aliens are portrayed in Science Fiction both as our potential saviors and best friends, as well as the stuff of nightmares. Would an extraterrestrial ...
Terrifying Aliens (Narration Only)
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aliens are portrayed in Science Fiction both as our potential saviors and best friends, as well as the stuff of nightmares. Would an extraterrestrial ...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 24 - October 25, 2020
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Octoberr 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social ...
Mars Base (Narration Only)
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To become an Interplanetary Species we need to colonize another planet, and Mars will be our first target. To establish a base there, and a future set...
Mars Base
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To become an Interplanetary Species we need to colonize another planet, and Mars will be our first target. To establish a base there, and a future set...
Low-Tech Spacefaring Civilizations (Narration Only)
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We typically imagine interstellar civilizations as vastly superior in technology to modern times, but could the future see planets colonized by spaces...
Low-Tech Spacefaring Civilizations
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We typically imagine interstellar civilizations as vastly superior in technology to modern times, but could the future see planets colonized by spaces...
Response And Analysis Of Recent UFO Disclosures From The US Military
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recently the Military released Navy footage of 3 separate UFO or UAP - unidentified aerial phenomena - we will review that footage and consider both m...
Response And Analysis Of Recent UFO Disclosures From The US Military (Narration Only)
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recently the Military released Navy footage of 3 separate UFO or UAP - unidentified aerial phenomena - we will review that footage and consider both m...
Mega-Cities (Narration Only)
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science Fiction delights in showing us grim, dark, giant, and dystopian future cities of covered in garbage and where life is cheap, but how realistic...
Mega-Cities
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science Fiction delights in showing us grim, dark, giant, and dystopian future cities of covered in garbage and where life is cheap, but how realistic...
Return To The Moon (Narration Only)
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's been over half a century since we first went to the Moon, and nearly as long since we last went. To Return to the Moon we need a base with a purp...
Return To The Moon
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's been over half a century since we first went to the Moon, and nearly as long since we last went. To Return to the Moon we need a base with a purp...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 23 - September 27, 2020
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for September 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social...
The Fermi Paradox: The Phosphorus Problem (Narration Only)
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The genesis and origin of life may require a very rare and delicate mixture of certain chemicals. One of those is phosphorus, and trying to figure out...
The Fermi Paradox: The Phosphorus Problem
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The genesis and origin of life may require a very rare and delicate mixture of certain chemicals. One of those is phosphorus, and trying to figure out...
The Future Of Fission (Narration Only)
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nuclear Fission was once hailed as the solution to our power & energy needs, but has grown unpopular of fears of radiation, meltdowns, and radioactive...
The Future Of Fission
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nuclear Fission was once hailed as the solution to our power & energy needs, but has grown unpopular of fears of radiation, meltdowns, and radioactive...
Asteroid Defense
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Asteroids represent a serious hazard to Earth, past, present, and future, but will be even more of a concern to humanity as we venture out to space be...
Asteroid Defense (Narration Only)
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Asteroids represent a serious hazard to Earth, past, present, and future, but will be even more of a concern to humanity as we venture out to space be...
Colonizing Cislunar Space And The Lagrange Points
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To travel to other planets, we will first have to build up are infrastructure closer to home, in orbit of Earth. The best place to get all the mass fo...
Colonizing Cislunar Space And The Lagrange Points (Narration Only)
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To travel to other planets, we will first have to build up are infrastructure closer to home, in orbit of Earth. The best place to get all the mass fo...
Nomadic Space-Based Civilizations (Narration Only)
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceships and fleets of the future may host their own unique civilizations of nomads, traveling the space lanes or venturing deep into interstellar s...
Nomadic Space-Based Civilizations
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Spaceships and fleets of the future may host their own unique civilizations of nomads, traveling the space lanes or venturing deep into interstellar s...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 22 - August 30, 2020
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session For August 2020 Watch Paleontology and Jerry Guern's other stories: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnySNJ_gDOdRAd...
Government Types of the Future (Narration Only)
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space col...
Government Types of the Future
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the centuries humanity has tried many versions of government and many variations on each type, today we will examine how technology and space col...
The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Disasters (Narration Only)
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One possible solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that some ancient galactic disaster wiped out extraterres...
The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Disasters
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One possible solution to the Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, is that some ancient galactic disaster wiped out extraterres...
Talkative Aliens (Narration Only)
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, SETI, relies on looking for signals from distant alien worlds where even very powerful signals can weak...
Talkative Aliens
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, SETI, relies on looking for signals from distant alien worlds where even very powerful signals can weak...
Coming and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures (Narration Only)
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civil...
Coming and Going: Navigating Space Between Megastructures
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civil...
The Impact Of Superconductors (Narration Only)
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technolog...
The Impact Of Superconductors
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Superconductors offer us a path to high-efficiency, low-loss power and energy, but the impact they'll have on our civilization through other technolog...
Techno-Barbarians (Narration Only)
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction often shows us post-apocalyptic future civilizations with techno-barbarians running around in fur & hides but carrying laser weapons o...
Techno-Barbarians
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction often shows us post-apocalyptic future civilizations with techno-barbarians running around in fur & hides but carrying laser weapons o...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 21 - July 26, 2020
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session For July 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Medi...
Fermi Paradox Disappearing Stars & Cosmic Voids (Narration Only)
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If the Universe is inhabited by older alien civilizations, those who have ventured out to the stars and colonized galaxies, we would expect to see a f...
Fermi Paradox Disappearing Stars & Cosmic Voids
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If the Universe is inhabited by older alien civilizations, those who have ventured out to the stars and colonized galaxies, we would expect to see a f...
Lets Dismantle The Solar System! (Narration Only)
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our solar system contains many planets, moons, and asteroid that we may one day call home, but the future might instead be artificial space habitats, ...
Lets Dismantle The Solar System!
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our solar system contains many planets, moons, and asteroid that we may one day call home, but the future might instead be artificial space habitats, ...
Becoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps (Narration Only)
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our future lies out among the planets and stars, but to climb out in to space we must take many steps to get off, and today we'll look at those first ...
Becoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our future lies out among the planets and stars, but to climb out in to space we must take many steps to get off, and today we'll look at those first ...
Life as a Brain in a Jar (Narration Only)
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction loves to show us disembodied heads or brains floating in jars, but could this be one route to extending our lives? Or could you alread...
Life as a Brain in a Jar
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction loves to show us disembodied heads or brains floating in jars, but could this be one route to extending our lives? Or could you alread...
Continent-Sized Rotating Space Habitats (Narration Only)
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mankind's future is among the stars, but not necessarily on other planets. Instead we might forge giant space stations that are entire artificial worl...
Continent-Sized Rotating Space Habitats
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mankind's future is among the stars, but not necessarily on other planets. Instead we might forge giant space stations that are entire artificial worl...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 20 - June 28, 2020
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session For June 2020 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social Medi...
The Impact Of Graphene
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and other hyper-strong materials have generated great interest in recent years, but how do they actually work and what wil...
The Impact Of Graphene (Narration Only)
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and other hyper-strong materials have generated great interest in recent years, but how do they actually work and what wil...
Space Police
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we head out into space we can expect to see crimes and a need for laws and someone to enforce them. Today we'll examine the notion of Space Police ...
Space Police (Narration Only)
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we head out into space we can expect to see crimes and a need for laws and someone to enforce them. Today we'll examine the notion of Space Police ...
After AI (Narration Only)
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence seems nearer everyday, and many people worry about a conflict between us and robots & computer minds, but what would life be l...
After AI
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence seems nearer everyday, and many people worry about a conflict between us and robots & computer minds, but what would life be l...
The Fermi Paradox: Firstborn (Narration Only)
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As ancient and vast as the Universe is, it seems like some alien race arose in the galaxy long before us, but who rose before them? What would the cos...
The Fermi Paradox: Firstborn
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As ancient and vast as the Universe is, it seems like some alien race arose in the galaxy long before us, but who rose before them? What would the cos...
Summer On Jupiter: Making a Second Sun
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jupiter is an enormous gas giant, more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined... and yet small compared to our Sun and other ...
Summer On Jupiter: Making a Second Sun (Narration Only)
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jupiter is an enormous gas giant, more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined... and yet small compared to our Sun and other ...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 19 - May 31, 2020
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, February 23, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be an...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 18 - March 29, 2020
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us 4pm EST, Sunday, February 23, 2020, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be an...
Benevolent Aliens
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction often shows us seemingly benevolent aliens whose UFOs come in peace then turn out to have sinister motives and hidden conspiracies, bu...
Benevolent Aliens (Narration Only)
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction often shows us seemingly benevolent aliens whose UFOs come in peace then turn out to have sinister motives and hidden conspiracies, bu...
Antimatter Factories & Uses
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Antimatter represents both the most powerful weapon and most powerful fuel for a future humanity, if we can ever learn to make it efficiently and stor...
Antimatter Factories & Uses (Narration Only)
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Antimatter represents both the most powerful weapon and most powerful fuel for a future humanity, if we can ever learn to make it efficiently and stor...
Conscious Stellar Objects
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ancient cultures long thought the Sun had a mind of it's own, but could life form in stars by nature or exist by artificial origins, and what would st...
Conscious Stellar Objects (Narration Only)
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ancient cultures long thought the Sun had a mind of it's own, but could life form in stars by nature or exist by artificial origins, and what would st...
Parallel Universes & Alternate Realities
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Parallel Universes, Multiverses, Alternate Timeline & Realities are the focus of many theories of physics and popular science & science fiction. Watch...
Parallel Universe & Alternate Realities (Narration Only)
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Parallel Universes, Multiverses, Alternate Timeline & Realities are the focus of many theories of physics and popular science & science fiction. Watch...
Life As A Digital Being (Narration Only)
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we might see the rise of minds entirely on computers, be it uploaded humans, transhumans, or artificial intelligence. But what would suc...
Life As A Digital Being
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we might see the rise of minds entirely on computers, be it uploaded humans, transhumans, or artificial intelligence. But what would suc...
Genetic Divergence & Civilization
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As humanity reaches out to the stars and make new homes on strange new worlds, how will our genetics & DNA change under those alien planets? Watch the...
Genetic Divergence & Civilization (Narration Only)
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As humanity reaches out to the stars and make new homes on strange new worlds, how will our genetics & DNA change under those alien planets? Watch the...
Economies Of The Future
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The future of humanity might be one of unrivaled prosperity - a post-scarcity civilization - of abundant power, advanced automation and robotics, and...
Economies Of The Future (Narration Only)
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The future of humanity might be one of unrivaled prosperity - a post-scarcity civilization - of abundant power, advanced automation and robotics, and...
The Future Of Garbage (Narration Only)
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The other side of the coin to all the new & future wonders we produce is what to do with them when they're old or broken. Today we examine the future ...
The Future Of Garbage
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The other side of the coin to all the new & future wonders we produce is what to do with them when they're old or broken. Today we examine the future ...
Non-Carbon Based Life
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science Fiction has long contemplated the idea that alien life not based on carbon chemistry such as silicon might exist on distant and strange worlds...
Non-Carbon Based Life (Narration Only)
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science Fiction has long contemplated the idea that alien life not based on carbon chemistry such as silicon might exist on distant and strange worlds...
Technological Stagnation (Narration Only)
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We often see science as an eternal march forward, but could a society stop advancing, either by choice or by running out own new things to discover. W...
Technological Stagnation
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We often see science as an eternal march forward, but could a society stop advancing, either by choice or by running out own new things to discover. W...
New Technologies That May Be In The Cards
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every day brings us new technological advances, today we'll explore many of those of such as robotics, automation, rapid delivery, education, medical ...
New Technologies That May Be In The Cards (Narration Only)
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every day brings us new technological advances, today we'll explore many of those of such as robotics, automation, rapid delivery, education, medical ...
Life On A Low Gravity Planet
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction loves to take us to desolate alien worlds with low-gravity, and envision creatures evolved to those or humans adapted to those conditi...
231n Life On A Low Gravity Planet March 26 2020, S6E13 Narration Only
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Science fiction loves to take us to desolate alien worlds with low-gravity, and envision creatures evolved to those or humans adapted to those conditi...
The Fermi Paradox: Whispers In The Night
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We often speculate that the reason we can't hear aliens civilizations is because our SETI efforts (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) relie...
The Fermi Paradox: Whispers In The Night (Narration Only)
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We often speculate that the reason we can't hear aliens civilizations is because our SETI efforts (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) relie...
Can we have a Trillion People on Earth? (Narration Only)
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Could Earth be home to a trillion people, or even more? We'll explore if we can do this with current technology, what future technologies would help, ...
Can we have a Trillion People on Earth?
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Could Earth be home to a trillion people, or even more? We'll explore if we can do this with current technology, what future technologies would help, ...