In order to reach the stars we will need vastly more powerful engines for our spacecraft than modern rockets offer. Fortunately, when it comes to possible ship drives, the sky is not the limit.
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Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium
Episode 385, March 9, 2023
Produced & Written by: Isaac Arthur

Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur
Sarah Fowler Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
David McFarlane
Sarah Fowler Arthur

Music Courtesy of:
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Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://markusjunnikkala.com
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Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com

▬ Spaceship Drive Index  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Intro
3:12 Alcubierre Drive
4:10 Antimatter Ablated Light Sail
5:06 Antimatter Catalyzed Fusion
6:13 Antimatter Rocket
8:12 Arcjet Rocket
9:15 Bias Drive
10:02 Black Hole Drive
11:23 Bussard Ramjet
14:04 Caplan Thruster
14:39 Chemical Rockets
16:24 Clarketech
17:30 Diametric Drive
18:51 Disjunction Drive
19:31 Electric Solar Wind Sail
21:26 Electrodynamic Tethering
22:59 EM Drive
24:15 Exhaust Velocity
26:03 Field Propulsion
26:34 FTL or Faster Than Light Drives
27:20 Fuel
27:59 Fusion Torch Drive
30:02 Gravitational Dipole
31:31 Gravitic Propulsion
32:58 Hall Effect Thruster
34:46 Hawking Radiation Drive
36:45 Helicon Double-Layer Thruster
37:22 Helios Drive
38:41 Hyperspace Jump Engine or Hyperdrive
40:09 Inertia Reduction Drive
41:39 Ion Drive
43:15 Krasnikov Tube
44:52 Laser Sail
47:21 Magnetic Solar Wind Sail
48:03 Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster
49:41 Matter Beam
51:09 Medusa Drive
51:43 Microwave Electrothermal Thruster
52:57 Negative Mass Propulsion
54:25 Neutrino Rocket
56:08 Nova Drive
57:41 Nuclear Electric Ion Drive
57:11 Nuclear Lightbulb
58:09 Nuclear Pulse Drive
1:00:40 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
1:02:19 Orion Drive
1:02:40 Oxidizer
1:03:10 Photon Rocket
1:05:48 Pitch Drive
1:06:38 Propellant

Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium

Our galaxy is a dangerous place for life. A vast storm of stars in which new ones are born and die in deadly displays. How much of the galaxy is truly safe for life to emerge in? 
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The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Habitable Zones
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 389, April 6, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
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David McFarlane
Jerry Guern

The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Habitable Zones

The Fermi Paradox: Galactic Habitable Zones (Narration Only)

Our history has been one of inventing ever more devastating and unstoppable weapons, and yet they may pale in comparison to those made to wreck whole galaxies or tear asunder reality itself. 
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Super Weapons
Episode 390a, April 16, 2023
Produced, Written & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Briana Brownell
David McFarlane

Super Weapons (Narration Only)

Small Modular Reactors are a promising area of nuclear technology that may be the pathway forward to cheap, safe, and sustainable energy.

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Nuclear Power: Small Modular Reactors
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 390, April 13, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Nuclear Power: Small Modular Reactors

We often contemplate life on alien planets, but might giant moons orbiting distant immense worlds be a better candidate for where extraterrestrial life might be found?
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Life on Giant Moons
Episode 391, April 20, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Anne Kristoffersen
Briana Brownell
David McFarlane

Graphics by: 
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Ken York
Tristan3D

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Life on Giant Moons

Many believe civilizations which survive the challenges of technology will inevitability build Dyson Spheres encompassing their entire sun. So how do we find these megastructures if they exist? 

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The Fermi Paradox: Searching For Dyson Spheres
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 393, May 4, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
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Konstantin Sokerin
David McFarlane

The Fermi Paradox: Searching For Dyson Spheres (Narration Only)

The galaxy is a dark, mysterious, and silent place - perhaps it is quiet and empty because some great predator already consumed all in its path, and if so, might we be next?

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Alien Civilizations: Hungry Aliens
Episode 395, May 18, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
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Donagh Broderick
Konstantin Sokerin

Hungry Aliens (Narration Only)

One day we may encounter intelligent aliens, but can we ever hope to understand their psychology and coexist with them if we do?

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Coexistence with Aliens
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 395b, May 21, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Konstantin Sokerin
Matthew Campbell

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Aerium, "Visions of Vega, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran", "Waters of Atlantis"

Coexistence With Aliens

The goal of science is to understand and master the Universe around us, but could our skill grow so great that we could learn to warp reality itself?

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▬ Reality Warping Concepts  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Intro
2:06 Warping Spacetime
4:58 Negative Mass
5:25 Spaceship Propulsion
8:41 Forcefields & Shields
11:07 Reversing Universal Expansion
12:17 Matter Creation
12:49  Super Strong Materials
14:14 Cloaking
15:17 Hammerspace
19:07 Tractor Beams
20:11 Time Manipulation & Stasis
24:20 Ultra-fast Communication
25:08 Vacuum Energy
25:48 Universe Creation
26:40 Probability Manipulation & Luck
27:47 Perpetual Civilizations

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Warping Reality
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 396, May 26, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane

Warping Reality (Narration Only)

The goal of science is to understand and master the Universe around us, but could our skill grow so great that we could learn to warp reality itself?

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▬ Reality Warping Concepts  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Intro
2:06 Warping Spacetime
4:58 Negative Mass
5:25 Spaceship Propulsion
8:41 Forcefields & Shields
11:07 Reversing Universal Expansion
12:17 Matter Creation
12:49  Super Strong Materials
14:14 Cloaking
15:17 Hammerspace
19:07 Tractor Beams
20:11 Time Manipulation & Stasis
24:20 Ultra-fast Communication
25:08 Vacuum Energy
25:48 Universe Creation
26:40 Probability Manipulation & Luck
27:47 Perpetual Civilizations

Credits:
Warping Reality
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 396, May 26, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane

Music Courtesy of:
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Cosmic Sunrise"
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars", "Strange New World"