Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episodes
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...
Is A Technological Singularity Inevitable? (Narration Only)
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...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 42 - April 24, 2022
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, April 24, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be an...
Traveling Around Other Worlds
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we will journey to new worlds, but how will we travel around on them? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning S...
Traveling Around Other Worlds (Narration Only)
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we will journey to new worlds, but how will we travel around on them? Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning S...
What If Earth Became A Rogue Planet?
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible the Earth might be separated from the Sun or the Sun go out? And if so, could we survive under an eternally dark sky? Sign up for a Cur...
What If Earth Became A Rogue Planet? (Narration Only)
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible the Earth might be separated from the Sun or the Sun go out? And if so, could we survive under an eternally dark sky? Sign up for a Cur...
Multi-Species Empires
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interstellar civilizations home to hundreds of peacefully cooperating alien species are a common theme in science fiction, but are such civilizations ...
Multi-Species Empires (Narration Only)
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interstellar civilizations home to hundreds of peacefully cooperating alien species are a common theme in science fiction, but are such civilizations ...
Self-Growing Habitats & Space Bases (Narration Only)
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we will build outposts and bases in space and on distant worlds, but what if we could make it so they built themselves instead? Visit ht...
Self-Growing Habitats & Space Bases
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we will build outposts and bases in space and on distant worlds, but what if we could make it so they built themselves instead? Visit ht...
Programmable & Smart Matter
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The future may see advancements in claytronics, memory metals, and catoms to allow shapeshifting materials that can take on any form and perform any j...
Programmable & Smart Matter (Narration Only)
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The future may see advancements in claytronics, memory metals, and catoms to allow shapeshifting materials that can take on any form and perform any j...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 41 - March 27, 2022
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, March 27, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be an...
Moon: Mega City
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Moon may one day be colonized and grow to be covered in domes and bases spanning the entire once-barren surface, a single mega-city sprawling not ...
Moon: Mega City (Narration Only)
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Moon may one day be colonized and grow to be covered in domes and bases spanning the entire once-barren surface, a single mega-city sprawling not ...
Covert Aliens
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clandestine conspiracies and covert alien activity are popular theories involving UFO & UAP sightings as well as in science fiction, but what would co...
Covert Aliens (Narration Only)
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clandestine conspiracies and covert alien activity are popular theories involving UFO & UAP sightings as well as in science fiction, but what would co...
Synthetic Life
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them, but what truly is synthetic life? And what is it like?...
Synthetic Life (Narration Only)
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them, but what truly is synthetic life? And what is it like?...
The Million Year Machine
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In order to build a future able to stretch across millions of years, we may need to be able to build machines able to endure the brutal erosion of dee...
The Million Year Machine (Narration Only)
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In order to build a future able to stretch across millions of years, we may need to be able to build machines able to endure the brutal erosion of dee...
Nuclear Transmutation
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All we are made of comes from dying stars, those rare supernovae and other cosmic death throes that forge those scarce heavier elements, but could we ...
Nuclear Transmutation (Narration Only)
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All we are made of comes from dying stars, those rare supernovae and other cosmic death throes that forge those scarce heavier elements, but could we ...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 40 - February 27, 2022
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session. Join us on 4pm EST, Sunday, February 27, 2022, and get your questions about the channel and episodes on chat to be...
Oceans In Space: Marine Space Habitats & Preserves (Narration Only)
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future humanity will look to build new lives out among the stars, forging new worlds and megastructures for us to live on. But what about deep ...
Oceans In Space: Marine Space Habitats & Preserves
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the future humanity will look to build new lives out among the stars, forging new worlds and megastructures for us to live on. But what about deep ...
Super-Earths
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we find more and more exoplanets, we glimpse enormous "Super Earths" worlds more massive than our own. Could these harbor life and would we be able...
Super-Earths (Narration Only)
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we find more and more exoplanets, we glimpse enormous "Super Earths" worlds more massive than our own. Could these harbor life and would we be able...
The Fermi Paradox: Imprisoned Planets
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Getting into space is difficult, but it may be that other worlds have even harder times at it than we do, imprisoned by orbital debris, high gravity, ...
The Fermi Paradox: Imprisoned Planets (Narration Only)
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Getting into space is difficult, but it may be that other worlds have even harder times at it than we do, imprisoned by orbital debris, high gravity, ...
Kessler Syndrom Planets
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kessler Syndrome is a scenario in which a cascade of orbital collisions could render low orbit a wasteland of dangerous debris. Will it happen to us, ...
Kessler Syndrome Planets (Narration Only)
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kessler Syndrome is a scenario in which a cascade of orbital collisions could render low orbit a wasteland of dangerous debris. Will it happen to us, ...
The Future Of Solar Power
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Solar power has been promised for decades as bringing us a bright future, and at last is beginning to see widespread use. What new innovations and opp...
The Future Of Solar Power (Narration Only)
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Solar power has been promised for decades as bringing us a bright future, and at last is beginning to see widespread use. What new innovations and opp...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 39 - January 30, 2022
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for January 2022 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social M...
Nuclear Terraforming: Using Nukes to Bring Life to Mars
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the Future, we may use nuclear bombs to help turn dead worlds into living ones, in this episode we'll discuss several different methods of atomic t...
Nuclear Terraforming Using Nukes To Bring Life To Mars (Narration Only)
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the Future, we may use nuclear bombs to help turn dead worlds into living ones, in this episode we'll discuss several different methods of atomic t...
Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Current science and cosmology tell us the Universe will slowly die and ebb away countless trillions of trillions of years from now, but another model ...
Civilizations at the End of Time: The Big Rip (Narration Only)
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Current science and cosmology tell us the Universe will slowly die and ebb away countless trillions of trillions of years from now, but another model ...
Telepathy (Narration Only)
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Telepathy and other psychic abilities have often been investigated by science, but could the future offer humanity such talents, and is science they k...
Telepathy
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Telepathy and other psychic abilities have often been investigated by science, but could the future offer humanity such talents, and is science they k...
Hibernating Aliens (Narration Only)
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One explanation for the Fermi Paradox is that aliens may be undetected because they slumber, quietly hidden away in the galaxy. But how and why might ...
Hibernating Aliens
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One explanation for the Fermi Paradox is that aliens may be undetected because they slumber, quietly hidden away in the galaxy. But how and why might ...
The New Dawn: The Orion Project Spaceship Revitalized
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before we landed on the Moon, in the early days of the Cold War, Project Orion contemplated using Nuclear Bombs to power spaceships to new worlds and ...
The New Dawn: The Orion Project Spaceship Revitalized (Narration Only)
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before we landed on the Moon, in the early days of the Cold War, Project Orion contemplated using Nuclear Bombs to power spaceships to new worlds and ...
Challenges & Predicitons For The Next 100 Years
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every year has new challenges, every generation faces its own unique crises, and as we move into the New Year, we will look at the challenges facing u...
Challenges & Predicitons For The Next 100 Years (Narration Only)
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every year has new challenges, every generation faces its own unique crises, and as we move into the New Year, we will look at the challenges facing u...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 38 - December 26, 2021
26 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for December 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social ...
Escaping The Galaxy
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One day humanity might find itself competition on the galactic stage, and need to flee aliens, artificial intelligence, or even other humans. How coul...
Escaping The Galaxy (Narration Only)
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One day humanity might find itself competition on the galactic stage, and need to flee aliens, artificial intelligence, or even other humans. How coul...
Vertical Farming
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As our civilization has expanded outward we find ourselves running out of new room to settle and farm, and often look to other worlds as an option, bu...
Vertical Farming (Narration Only)
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As our civilization has expanded outward we find ourselves running out of new room to settle and farm, and often look to other worlds as an option, bu...
Colonizing Space Staking & Jumping Claims (Narration Only)
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we may settle the moon, asteroid, planets, and even other stars - but how do pioneers stake claims in space and what keeps other from ju...
Colonizing Space Staking & Jumping Claims
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the future we may settle the moon, asteroid, planets, and even other stars - but how do pioneers stake claims in space and what keeps other from ju...
Upcoming Advances In Material Science
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In order to forge a bright future, we'll need materials stronger, lighter, and better than ever before. Advances in material science are the gateway t...
Upcoming Advances In Material Science (Narration Only)
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In order to forge a bright future, we'll need materials stronger, lighter, and better than ever before. Advances in material science are the gateway t...
The Fermi Paradox: Digital Empires & Miniaturization
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many believe the future of humanity is to go Digital, uploading our minds to computers, living in virtual worlds that are vastly more efficient and co...
The Fermi Paradox: Digital Empires & Miniaturization (Narration Only)
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many believe the future of humanity is to go Digital, uploading our minds to computers, living in virtual worlds that are vastly more efficient and co...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 37 - November 28, 2021
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for November 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social ...
How Colonizing Space Can Save Earth
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many believe we need to colonize space to get all of our eggs out of one basket, in case something should happen to Earth, but colonizing space might ...
How Colonizing Space Can Save Earth (Narration Only)
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many believe we need to colonize space to get all of our eggs out of one basket, in case something should happen to Earth, but colonizing space might ...
Belligerent Aliens
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many feel Humanity walks a thin line between needing ambition to develop and being so aggressive we destroy ourselves. Could aliens civilizations exis...
Belligerent Aliens (Narration Only)
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many feel Humanity walks a thin line between needing ambition to develop and being so aggressive we destroy ourselves. Could aliens civilizations exis...
Folding Space (Narration Only)
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To travel to the stars by Folding Space is a method of space travel seen in many science fiction classics like Dune, but could it be possible under kn...
Folding Space
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To travel to the stars by Folding Space is a method of space travel seen in many science fiction classics like Dune, but could it be possible under kn...
Solar System Colonization Strategies (Narration Only)
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whether its pioneering spirit and an urge to explore or a chance to make a fortune or new life out in space, colonization of our solar system may purs...
Solar System Colonization Strategies
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whether its pioneering spirit and an urge to explore or a chance to make a fortune or new life out in space, colonization of our solar system may purs...
Spaceports: Ascending To The Stars
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries we've sailed from ports across the deep blue sea, and to sail into the ocean of the night to new worlds and stars, we will need some Spa...
Spaceports: Ascending To The Stars (Narration Only)
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries we've sailed from ports across the deep blue sea, and to sail into the ocean of the night to new worlds and stars, we will need some Spa...
SFIA Monthly Livestream 36 - Halloween, October 31, 2021
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for Halloween 2021 Visit our Website: www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Social...
Criminal AI
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence offers many challenges, including criminals using AI to break the law, but also of AI, robots, and androids becoming criminals...
Criminal AI (Narration Only)
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence offers many challenges, including criminals using AI to break the law, but also of AI, robots, and androids becoming criminals...