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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.

Nuclear Fusion: Updates & Impacts

48 mins; November 10, 2024

Harvesting Planets: Space Mining and the Future of Resource Extraction

36 mins; November 07, 2024

Harvesting Planets: Space Mining and the Future of Resource Extraction (Narration Only)

36 mins; November 07, 2024

Early Terraforming

31 mins; November 03, 2024

Early Terraforming (Narration Only)

30 mins; November 03, 2024

Ghost Armadas & Primordial Galactic Wars (Narration Only)

35 mins; October 31, 2024

Ghost Armadas & Primordial Galactic Wars

35 mins; October 31, 2024

Dark Stars At The Beginning Of Time

17 mins; October 27, 2024

Dark Stars At The Beginning Of Time (Narration Only)

17 mins; October 27, 2024

Posthuman Pathways

42 mins; October 24, 2024

Posthuman Pathways (Narration Only)

41 mins; October 24, 2024

Ocean Habitats (Narration Only)

29 mins; October 17, 2024

Ocean Habitats: Artificial Islands, Raft Cities, Submarine Structures, and more…

30 mins; October 17, 2024

Fungal Aliens

28 mins; October 13, 2024

Fungal Aliens (Narration Only)

27 mins; October 13, 2024

Colonizing Io

35 mins; October 10, 2024

Colonizing Io (Narration Only)

34 mins; October 10, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Large Moons

45 mins; October 03, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Large Moons (Narration Only)

45 mins; October 03, 2024

Life As An Asteroid Miner (Narration Only)

27 mins; September 29, 2024

Life As An Asteroid Miner

28 mins; September 29, 2024

Is Privacy Going Extinct? (Narration Only)

28 mins; September 26, 2024

Is Privacy Going Extinct?

28 mins; September 26, 2024

Transcendence

55 mins; September 19, 2024

Transcendence (Narration Only)

55 mins; September 19, 2024

Anachronistic Technology

38 mins; September 15, 2024

Anachronistic Technology (Narration Only)

38 mins; September 15, 2024

The Cities Of Mars (Narration Only)

29 mins; September 12, 2024

The Cities Of Mars

29 mins; September 12, 2024

The Library Of Babel

33 mins; September 05, 2024

The Library Of Babel (Narration Only)

33 mins; September 05, 2024

Stellar Nomads (Narration Only)

33 mins; September 01, 2024

Stellar Nomads

34 mins; September 01, 2024

Gardens Of The Moon (Narration Only)

25 mins; August 29, 2024

Gardens Of The Moon

25 mins; August 29, 2024

Retrocausality: Cause After Effect

25 mins; August 25, 2024

Retrocausality: Cause After Effect (Narration Only)

25 mins; August 25, 2024

Battle Fleets

45 mins; August 22, 2024

Battle Fleets (Narration Only)

45 mins; August 22, 2024

The Next Technological Revolution (Narration Only)

44 mins; August 15, 2024

The Next Technological Revolution

45 mins; August 15, 2024

Were Primitive Humans Uplifted? (Narration Only)

48 mins; August 11, 2024

Were Primitive Humans Uplifted?

46 mins; August 11, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Migration (Narration Only)

48 mins; August 08, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Migration

49 mins; August 08, 2024

Life As A Planetary Governor

44 mins; August 01, 2024

Life As A Planetary Governor (Narration Only)

43 mins; August 01, 2024

Nomadic Miners On The Moon (2024) (Narration Only)

24 mins; July 28, 2024

Nomadic Miners On The Moon (2024)

24 mins; July 28, 2024

Self-Repairing Machines (Narration Only)

31 mins; July 25, 2024

Self-Repairing Machines

31 mins; July 25, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Fine-Tuned Universe

46 mins; July 18, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Fine-Tuned Universe (Narration Only)

45 mins; July 18, 2024

Dormant Alien Empires (Narration Only)

42 mins; July 14, 2024

Dormant Alien Empires

42 mins; July 14, 2024

Interstellar Colonization Compendium (Narration Only)

133 hours 28 mins; July 11, 2024

Interstellar Colonization Compendium

134 hours 9 mins; July 11, 2024

Cyborg Civilizations

31 mins; July 07, 2024

Cyborg Civilizations (Narration Only)

30 mins; July 07, 2024

Roko's Basilisk (Narration Only)

32 mins; July 04, 2024

Roko's Basilisk

32 mins; July 04, 2024

Free Will, Quantum & Orchestrated Objective Reduction

34 mins; June 30, 2024

Free Will, Quantum & Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Narration Only)

36 mins; June 30, 2024

Megastructures: Hollow Earth

36 mins; June 27, 2024

Megastructures: Hollow Earth (Narration Only)

35 mins; June 27, 2024

What If The Dinosaurs Hadn't Died Off?

33 mins; June 20, 2024

What If The Dinosaurs Hadn't Died Off? (Narration Only)

33 mins; June 20, 2024

Paradise Planets

39 mins; June 16, 2024

Paradise Planets (Narration Only)

39 mins; June 16, 2024

Oceanic Moons (Narration Only)

28 mins; June 13, 2024

Oceanic Moons

29 mins; June 13, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Timebombs (Narration Only)

35 mins; June 06, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Timebombs

36 mins; June 06, 2024

Jobs In Space

28 mins; June 02, 2024

Jobs In Space (Narration Only)

29 mins; June 02, 2024

Colonizing Ganymede (Narration Only)

31 mins; May 30, 2024

Colonizing Ganymede

31 mins; May 30, 2024

Space Freighters, Cargos & Crews

26 mins; May 26, 2024

Space Freighters, Cargos & Crews (Narration Only)

26 mins; May 26, 2024

Alternative Intelligence: The Other A.I.

37 mins; May 23, 2024

Alternative Intelligence: The Other A.I. (Narration Only)

36 mins; May 23, 2024

Cosmic Capitals (Narration Only)

32 mins; May 16, 2024

Cosmic Capitals

33 mins; May 16, 2024

Alien Embassies

35 mins; May 12, 2024

Alien Embassies (Narration Only)

36 mins; May 12, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Interdiction (Narration Only)

44 mins; May 09, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: Interdiction

44 mins; May 09, 2024

The Banks Orbital: God’s Bracelet (Narration Only)

33 mins; May 02, 2024

The Banks Orbital: God’s Bracelet

34 mins; May 02, 2024

Colonization & Habitability Of Binary Star Systems (Narration Only)

29 mins; April 28, 2024

Colonization & Habitability Of Binary Star Systems

29 mins; April 28, 2024

Colonizing White Dwarfs (Narration Only)

27 mins; April 25, 2024

Colonizing White Dwarfs

28 mins; April 25, 2024

Living In Lava Tubes (Narration Only)

25 mins; April 18, 2024

Living In Lava Tubes

26 mins; April 18, 2024

Stargates

35 mins; April 14, 2024

Stargates (Narration Only)

35 mins; April 14, 2024

Defending Earth (Narration Only)

42 mins; April 11, 2024

Defending Earth

43 mins; April 11, 2024

The Fermi Paradox: The Cronus Scenarios (Narration Only)

37 mins; April 07, 2024

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