Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episodes
The Omega Point (Narration Only)
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Omega Point Cosmological Theory argues that it may be possible to continue existing until the End of Time itself.Sign up for a Curiosity Stream su...
The Omega Point
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Omega Point Cosmological Theory argues that it may be possible to continue existing until the End of Time itself.Sign up for a Curiosity Stream su...
The Dark Forest, Aliens, And A Hostile Galaxy (Narration Only)
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When we look up into the night skies, all we see is absence and silence, but could our galaxy be a dark forest full of hidden predators waiting to con...
The Dark Forest, Aliens, and a Hostile Galaxy
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When we look up into the night skies, all we see is absence and silence, but could our galaxy be a dark forest full of hidden predators waiting to con...
What If We Never Become Post-Scarcity? (Narration Only)
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A day may come when our technology permits vast prosperity for everyone, with robots and other automation producing plenty, but if that day never come...
What If We Never Become Post-Scarcity?
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A day may come when our technology permits vast prosperity for everyone, with robots and other automation producing plenty, but if that day never come...
Interstellar Colonization Strategies (Narration Only)
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
Interstellar Colonization Strategies
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
SFIA Monthly Livestream: December 31, 2022
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Transhumanism & Humanity’s Future (Narration Only)
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future, humanity may embrace genetic engineering and cybernetic augmentation of mind and body, but what does this Transhuman future look like? ...
Transhumanism & Humanity’s Future
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future, humanity may embrace genetic engineering and cybernetic augmentation of mind and body, but what does this Transhuman future look like? ...
Do We Live Inside A Black Hole… And Could We? (Narration Only)
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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-...
Do We Live Inside A Black Hole… And Could We?
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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-...
Farming On Mars (Narration Only)
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 https://brillian...
Farming On Mars
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 https://brillian...
Planetary Civil War
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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?...
Planetary Civil War (Narration Only)
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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?...
Humanity: Firstborn Space Civilization (Narration Only)
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 aris...
Humanity: Firstborn Space Civilization
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 aris...
The Plan For After SETI Is Successful
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Plan For After SETI Is Successful (Narration Only)
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 49 - November 27, 2022
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, November 27, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience.Support the stream: https://strea...
Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future (Narration Only)
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 covera...
Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 covera...
Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many have believed Earth might have a spirit, but Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis contemplates this as a scientific possibility. Could our world be alive i...
Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis (Narration Only)
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many have believed Earth might have a spirit, but Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis contemplates this as a scientific possibility. Could our world be alive i...
Stranded On An Alien World (Narration Only)
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Stranded On An Alien World
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Automated Economies & Unemployment (Narration Only)
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 prosper...
Automated Economies & Unemployment
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 prosper...
Refueling Our Sun: Holding Back Eternity
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Refueling Our Sun: Holding Back Eternity (Narration Only)
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 48 - October 30, 2022
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, October 30, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience.Support the stream: https://stream...
Damaged Spacecraft & Shipwrecked Saucers (Narration Only)
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Damaged Spacecraft & Shipwrecked Saucers
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Your Own Personal Spaceship (Narration Only)
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 deli...
Your Own Personal Spaceship
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 deli...
Alien Environments (Narration Only)
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Alien Environments
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
What Happens If We Can't Leave Earth? (Narration Only)
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ea...
What Happens If We Can't Leave Earth?
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ea...
Colonizing Planetary Rings
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 tr...
Colonizing Planetary Rings (Narration Only)
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 tr...
Grabby Aliens & The Fermi Paradox
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Grabby Aliens & The Fermi Paradox (Narration Only)
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 47 - September 25, 2022
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Sunday, September 25, 2022, where we take questions live from the audience.Support the stream: https://stre...
Post Science Civilizations (Narration Only)
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries now science has unlocked ever more mysteries, but could we one day run out of discoveries or abandon further research?Visit https://bril...
Post Science Civilizations
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries now science has unlocked ever more mysteries, but could we one day run out of discoveries or abandon further research?Visit https://bril...
Barriers to Becoming a Kardashev Civilization (Narration Only)
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kardashev Civilizations are beyond immense, with even the first tier of them making any modern nation look miniscule, and there are many barriers to b...
Barriers to Becoming a Kardashev Civilization
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kardashev Civilizations are beyond immense, with even the first tier of them making any modern nation look miniscule, and there are many barriers to b...
Alien Impostors & Doppelgangers
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Alien Impostors & Doppelgangers (Narration Only)
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Tethered Ring Space Launchers
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 offe...
Tethered Ring Space Launchers (Narration Only)
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 offe...
Staying Sane in Space (Narration Only)
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Space is deadly and our spaceships and stations are cramped and thin-protected environments, placing enormous stress on those who journey there. So ho...
Staying Sane in Space
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Space is deadly and our spaceships and stations are cramped and thin-protected environments, placing enormous stress on those who journey there. So ho...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 46 - August 28, 2022
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The First Space Settlement (Narration Only)
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 enti...
The First Space Settlement
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 enti...
Time Wars & Alternate Timelines (Narration Only)
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 bo...
Time Wars & Alternate Timelines
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 bo...
Dumbest Alien Invasions (Narration Only)
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 rea...
Dumbest Alien Invasions
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 rea...
The Fermi Paradox: Technological Timebombs (Narration Only)
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Fermi Paradox: Technological Timebombs
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Alien Refugees [Narration Only]
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Alien Refugees
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 45 - July 31, 2022
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for July 31, 2022Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.netSFIA Discord Server: discord.gg/53GAShESupport us on Pat...
Black Holes & Dark Matter (Narration Only)
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of those mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matt...
Black Holes & Dark Matter
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of those mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matt...
The Fermi Paradox: Absent Megastructures (Narration Only)
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The great mystery of where all the aliens are in our vast Universe contemplates ancient interstellar civilizations building enormous megastructures th...
The Fermi Paradox: Absent Megastructures
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The great mystery of where all the aliens are in our vast Universe contemplates ancient interstellar civilizations building enormous megastructures th...
Primitive Aliens
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We often imagine Earth being visited by more advanced civilizations, but in the future humanity may encounter more primitive ones on alien worlds. Wha...
Primitive Aliens (Narration Only)
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We often imagine Earth being visited by more advanced civilizations, but in the future humanity may encounter more primitive ones on alien worlds. Wha...
Deep Space Habitats (Narration Only)
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every known planet, moon, and asteroid in our solar system occupies a volume of space both enormous and yet tiny compared to the vast empty gulf betwe...
Deep Space Habitats
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every known planet, moon, and asteroid in our solar system occupies a volume of space both enormous and yet tiny compared to the vast empty gulf betwe...
Life As A Planetary Explorer
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We conclude our journey begun in Interstellar Probes by exploring an alien world and asking what life will be like as a Planetary Explorer. Go to http...
Life As A Planetary Explorer (Narration Only)
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We conclude our journey begun in Interstellar Probes by exploring an alien world and asking what life will be like as a Planetary Explorer. Go to http...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 44 - June 25, 2022
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, June 25, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be ans...
Crawlonizing The Galaxy: Settling Space At Ultra-Low Speeds
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Science Fiction has shown us humanity exploring the stars at hundreds of times faster than light speed, but what if the fastest ships we can make neve...
Crawlonizing The Galaxy: Settling Space At Ultra-Low Speeds (Narration Only)
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Science Fiction has shown us humanity exploring the stars at hundreds of times faster than light speed, but what if the fastest ships we can make neve...
Interstellar Probes (Narration Only)
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our discussion of surveying for habitable exoplanets by touring our possible option for interstellar probes, dumb and smart, flyby and pro...
Interstellar Probes
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our discussion of surveying for habitable exoplanets by touring our possible option for interstellar probes, dumb and smart, flyby and pro...
The Silurian Hypothesis: What Traces Of Humanity Will Be Left 50 Million Years From Now?
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Silurian Hypothesis contemplates how long the ruins of a civilization would be detectable, on Earth or even other worlds, and if we could ever kno...
The Silurian Hypothesis: What Traces Of Humanity Will Be Left in 50 Million Years (Narration Only)
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Silurian Hypothesis contemplates how long the ruins of a civilization would be detectable, on Earth or even other worlds, and if we could ever kno...
The Megastructure Compendium
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival planets or even be of greater scope. This episode catal...
The Megastructure Compendium (Narration Only)
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival planets or even be of greater scope. This episode catal...
What Are Ancestor Simulations... And Are We Living In One
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our capability to render virtual realities better and better makes it seem likely one day we could simulate our world flawlessly, and perhaps our mind...
What Are Ancestor Simulations... And Are We Living In One (Narration Only)
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our capability to render virtual realities better and better makes it seem likely one day we could simulate our world flawlessly, and perhaps our mind...
Dark Sky Stations, Stratospheric Satellites, and Ultra Low Orbit Infrastructure
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many don't realize that most of our satellites and space stations aren't intended to be far from Earth, but rather, as close as we can get them and st...
Dark Sky Stations, Stratospheric Satellites, and Ultra Low Orbit Infrastructure (Narration Only)
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many don't realize that most of our satellites and space stations aren't intended to be far from Earth, but rather, as close as we can get them and st...
Surveying For Habitable Interstellar Star Systems (Narration Only)
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One day humanity might journey to new worlds and settle them, or discover life already on them, but first we'll have to find those exoplanets under al...
Surveying For Habitable Interstellar Star Systems
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One day humanity might journey to new worlds and settle them, or discover life already on them, but first we'll have to find those exoplanets under al...
Lost Space Colonies
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Galaxy of trillion of worlds, all separated by vast gulfs of time and space, it is very easy for pioneers and colonists to disappear. But what happe...
Lost Space Colonies (Narration Only)
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Galaxy of trillion of worlds, all separated by vast gulfs of time and space, it is very easy for pioneers and colonists to disappear. But what happe...
Making a Magnetosphere for Mars
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We believe Mars may once have had oceans and sky, but lost them from a lack of a magnetosphere. How does this happen, and how can we create a magnetos...
Making a Magnetosphere for Mars (Narration Only)
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We believe Mars may once have had oceans and sky, but lost them from a lack of a magnetosphere. How does this happen, and how can we create a magnetos...
Godlike Aliens
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Science Fiction often shows us alien civilizations so advanced they are godlike, but how realistic are they, and what would such entities be like? Vis...
Godlike Aliens (Narration Only)
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Science Fiction often shows us alien civilizations so advanced they are godlike, but how realistic are they, and what would such entities be like? Vis...
Is A Technological Singularity Inevitable?
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such...