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If everything is free, what’s still worth striving for? From replicators to reputation, we examine the surprising economics of a post-scarcity world.
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Credits:
The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free?
Episode 730; July 3, 2025
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images 
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:02 What Post-Scarcity Means Economically
5:10 Incentives Without Scarcity
8:17 Distribution, Duty, and Designed Idleness
14:27 Ownership and Property in a Post-Scarcity Economy
20:03 The Star Trek Economy & the Myth of a Moneyless Society
22:58 Wealth, Inheritance & Intergenerational Power
27:57 Upward Mobility and Inequality
29:02 Economic Failure Modes in Post-Scarcity
30:35 Where Economics Still Matters
33:02 The Infinite Price of a Meaningful Life

The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free?

This series takes a look at concepts for everything from Terraforming Planets and Interstellar Colonization to more down to Earth matters like Arcologies and Planet Wide Cities before examining using black holes as power sources for starships.We then leap into the far distance future at the end of time to examine civilizations surviving around black holes after all the stars have died out.
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CS01 - Arcologies

This episode focuses on many of the problems with travel between stars at relativistic velocities, like collision avoidance, radiation, ship geometry, armor, and point-defense. 

We will also look at some of the possible engine types and discuss realistic maximum speeds they offer.

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Music by: Dexter Britain "Seeing the Future", Kai Engel "December", Lombus "Hydrogen Sonata", Koalips "Kvazar", Frank Dorittke "Morninglight", Kai Engel "Endless Story about Sun and Moon", and Kevin MacLeod "Spacial Winds"

Interstellar Travel Challenges

In this episode we explore technological challenges and solutions for extending the human life span and contemplate some of the challenges an extended lifespan might pose for our civilization.

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Music by
Dexter Britain
"Seeing the Future"
Lombus
"Hydrogen Sonata"
Sergey Cheremisinov
“Labyrinth” 
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"
Brandow Liew
"Into the Storm"

Life Extension

In this episode we continue our look at possible Alien Civilizations by discussing language and communication. How could we translate their language? How would they translate ours? What modes of communication are available besides sight and sound?

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Music by:
Martin Rezny
"Lifelight"
Intro/Outro
Alessandro Fadini
"First Contact"
Lombus
"Hydrogen Sonata"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Koalips
"Kvazar"

Cryptic Aliens

This episode discusses the idea over using chains of relays firing immensely powerful lasers or streams of particles to move spaceships between neighboring stars at near-light velocities.

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Music by:
Dexter Britain
"Seeing the Future"
Kai Engel
"December"
Lombus
"Hydrogen Sonata"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Brandon Liew
"Into the Storm"

Interstellar Highways

The first installment in a new series discussing alternative means of getting in space, from better rockets to massive structures like Space Elevators, Skyhooks, and Launch Loops.

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Music by
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"

Upward Bound: Getting into Space

In this episode we examine the concept of a Space Elevator, a popular piece of developing technology designed to lift people and cargo into space at a fraction of normal launch costs. We will look at technology as well as many of the misconceptions about Space Elevators which have emerged.

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"The physics of the space elevator", P. K. Aravind:
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Music by
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"
Lombus
"Amino"
Cory Gray
"Technological 1"

Upward Bound: Space Elevators

We begin the new Outward Bound series by discussing the Colonization of Mars, and survey all the colonizing and terraforming options from the early settlement days to the far future and a Green Mars. 

We will also look at alternatives to terraforming which might make more sense for Mars, like bioforming the people to the environment, rather than terraforming it to our environment.

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Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

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Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"

Colonizing Mars

We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Venus, and exploring both the options for vast floating habitats in the upper atmosphere as well as full terraforming of the planet.

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Pierre Demet
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Stefan Blandin

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Connor Hogan
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Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"

Colonizing Venus

The concept of enhancing and augmenting animal minds & bodies to be able to use and understand human technology, known as Uplifting, has long fascinated us. Today in this two-part collaboration with John Michael Godier, we will explore this concept as well as the possibility of using such technology with alien races, the polar opposite of the classic Star Trek Prime Directive.

Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/QzaYnrrEKbU
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Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

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Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
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Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Dexter Britain, "Seeing the Future"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 8"
Dexter Britain, "Seeing the Future"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 5"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 7"
Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Chris Zabriskie, "Cylinder 3"
Kevin McLeod, "Space Xplorers"

Uplifting

We continue our look at colonizing the solar system by visiting Saturn's moon Titan, and examine the options for less classic colonization by exploring alternatives to manned colonization and classic terraforming.

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Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Dan McLeod, "Vacuum"
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"

Colonizing Titan

Jupiter and its moon are a rarely considered prospect for colonization, but potentially the ripest opportunity for it in the solar system. In this episode of the Outward Bound series we will examine the options for colonizing each of Jupiter's primary moons and even discuss ways to colonize the giant planet itself.

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Justin Dixon
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Kris Holland
Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

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Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
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Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Keith Blockus
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"
Chris Zabriskie, "CGI Snake"
Kai Engel, "Snowfall (Intro)"

Colonizing Jupiter

Could the cold outer reaches of the solar system ever be called home?
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Far beyond even Pluto and the Kuiper Belt is a vast and mostly empty region of space that we theorize may contain trillions of comets and other icy bodies. Frozen and barren though they would be, we will consider how they might one day become thriving and comfortable habitats for us.

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Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
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Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
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Stefan Blandin

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Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Keith Blockus
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis"
Chris Zabriskie, "CGI Snake"

Colonizing The Oort Cloud

A journey out to the stars to colonize Alpha Centauri
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We've looked at colonizing our own solar system, from Mars to Venus, and all the way inward to the Sun itself and out to the dark edges of the Oort Cloud. In this episode we conclude the Outward Bound Series by heading to our nearest neighboring star system, Alpha Centauri, and look at the trials and tribulations of colonizing binary star systems and red dwarves.

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Finrod Felagund
Gregory Leal
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
N Kern
Sigmund Kopperud (Wicked Woxel)



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Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Jeremy Jozwik
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Luuk Warringa
Mihail Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Nick Talmers Nieuwoudt
Pierre Demet
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Stefan Blandin

Music Supervisor
Luca De Rosa

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead"
Evan King, "Altered Carbon"
Evan King , "Overwatch"
Ender Guney, "Epic Cinematic Trailer"
NJ Mandaville, "Plagal"
Koalips, "Kvazar"
Phase Shift, "Mystic Forest"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Jump In Infinity"
Dan MCLeod, "Stargazers"
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" 
Aerium, "Fifth star of Aldebaran"

In memory of Link 
(2008 – Feb 20, 2018)
You will be missed my furry friend

Colonizing Alpha Centauri

The ability to be able to copy or upload the mind has been discussed much in science fiction, and increasingly in science in recent years. Today we will examine many additional uses of Mind Uploading, along with how it works and some of its implications for concepts like Consciousness, Identity, and Individuality. We will also explore how these themes appear in Dennis E. Taylor's newest novel, The Singularity Trap, our Book of the Month.

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Credits:

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors: 
Dennis E. Taylor http://dennisetaylor.org
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Ken York
Kristijan Tavar
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Narrator
Isaac Arthur
Dennis E. Taylor

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Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Denny Shneidemesser, "Imminence" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Chris Zabriskie, "Candlepower" http://chriszabriskie.com
Lombus, "Time Slip" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through (Part I)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Stellardrone, "Maia Nebula" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Aerium, "Parks" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Epic Mountain, "Space Travel" https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain

Mind Uploading

Today we take a trip inward, to explore Sun-Scorched Mercury.

Mercury is the nearest planet to the Sun, a seeming airless wasteland little discussed in conversations about colonizing our solar system. Today we will challenge that, and show that Mercury may be one of the most promising places for humanity to make new homes on.

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Credits:
Outward Bound: Colonizing Mercury
Season 4, Episode 23

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Derek Hightower
Edward Nardella
Keith Blockus
Jerry Guern
Luca DeRosa
Luke Parrish
Mark Warburton
Oliver Epsom
Sam McNamara
Sigmund Kopperud

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Isaac Arthur

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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

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Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
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Kristijan Tavar
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Koalips, "Kvazar" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/
Denny Schneidemesser, "Across the Universe" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Colonizing Mercury

A look at the possibility of future civilizations rising and falling. 
It's long been observed that empires tend to rise and fall in a seeming cycle, never identical but sharing many similarities. Today we will examine the idea that this may be the reason that we have encountered no advanced civilizations in our own galaxy, and that the solution the Fermi Paradox, as to why we have seen no alien civilizations, may be that they are caught in a perpetual loop. Unable or unwilling to use technology which might allow them to travel the cosmos. We will also consider if such a loop may await us, or that we are already in it.

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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox: Cyclic Apocalypses
Season 4, Episode 24

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Dillon Olander
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Darth Biomech
Justin Dixon
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Kristijan Tavar

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa

Music:
Miguel Johnson, "Attack on the Colonies" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Stellardrone, "A Moment Of Stillness" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Miguel Johnson, "The Endless Dark" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me The Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
H.S. Crow, "Night King" https://www.hscrowofficial.com
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA

Cyclic Apocalypses

Technology may one day grant us a Utopia in which virtually all tasks are performed by robots and artificial intelligence. In such a post-scarcity civilization, people may have difficulty finding a purpose to existence. Today we will explore how this may come about, what the consequences of this existential threat might be, and what purposes people may find for themselves in such a  future.

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Credits:
Post-Scarcity Civilizations: Purpose
ep 140 Season 4, Episode 26

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Dillon Olander 
Jerry Guern
Justin Dixon
Mark Warburton
Matthew  Acker
Matthew Campbell


Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
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Graphics Team
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Ken York
Kristijan Tavcar

Narrator
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Dracovallis, "Cynthia" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/
Stellardrone, "Breathe In The Light" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "A New Day in a New Sector" http://chriszabriskie.com
Kai Engel, "Morbid_Imagination"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA

Purpose

A visit to Ceres and the Asteroid Belt.
Ceres, a dwarf planet amid the Asteroid Belt, hold the potential to be the hub of a vast mining and manufacturing network in the Belt, as well as potentially growing the food to support future colonists. Today we'll look at colonizing Ceres and asteroid mining, faming in space, and a potential distant future of a developed asteroid belt.

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Credits:
Outward Bound: Colonizing Ceres
141 Season 4 Episode 26

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Derek Hightower
Evan Schultheis
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Oliver Epsom
Sigmund Kopperud
Stuart Graham

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Ken York
Kristijan Tavcar
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LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sam MacNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Stellardrone, "Last Day On Earth" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Epic Mountain, "Rising Sky" https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Phase Shift, "Forest Night" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic
Lombus, "Amino" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Colonizing Ceres

Today we will begin our look at the spaceships we might use for colonizing interstellar space in the future. In order to cover the vast distances between even the nearest stars in our galaxy within the boundaries of known physics, we need vessels able to voyage at high speeds for very long periods of time while carrying everything they need to colonize another solar system, a concept typically known as a space ark or generation ship. We will explore the challenges and options for such a vessel, as well as some alternative approaches to the problem.

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Credits:
Generation Ships
142, Season 4 Episode 27

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Evan Schultheis
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team: 
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Kristijan Tavcar
Sam McNamara https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Sergio Botero

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager: 
Luca De Rosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Phase Shift, "Forest Night" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Stellardrone, "Between the Rings" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Denny Shneidemesser, "Constellations" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Koalips, "Kvazar"  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koalips/
Ayreon, "The Theory of Everything" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA

Generation Ships

For today's 2-part episode we team again with John Michael Godier to discuss the future of humanity should we head out to colonize the galaxy and find it empty, and how we might end up encountering aliens even then.
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Credits:
Galactic Humanity & the Fermi Paradox, part 1
Episode 143, Season 4, E28

Writers
Isaac Arthur
John Micheal Godier

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Dath Biomech
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Justin Dixon
Ken York
Kristijan Tavcar
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Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrators:
Isaac Arthur
John Michael Godier

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Denny Schneidemesser, "Luminous Rays" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser
Aerium, "Fifth Star from Aldebran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

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Galactic Humanity And The Fermi Paradox

A continued look at Generation Ships and Interstellar Colonization.
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In order to colonize the galaxy, we are going to have to spend huge times on board equally huge spaceships. To move thousands of people, and our ecosystem, to distant planets, will require not only giant ark-like starships, but entire fleets of them. Today we will examine how we could do this even if physics never offers us any superior methods in the future for covering the void of interstellar space faster.

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Credits:
Upward Bound: Power Satellites
Episode 145, Season 4 E31

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Derek Hightower
Evan Schultheis
Gregory Leal
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist
Jakub Grygier

Graphics Team
Fishy Tree
Gateway Foundation
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik
Kristijan Tavcar
Kris Holland of Mafic Studios
LegionTech Studios
Sam McNamara of Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero

Narrator
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca de Rosa 

Music:
NJ Mandaville, "A Long Way Still to Go" https://soundcloud.com/nj-mandaville
Stellardrone, "The Edge of Forever" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Chris Zabriskie, "Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To" http://chriszabriskie.com
Aerium ft. Sieger, "Deiljocht" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Naive" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
Ayreon, "Theory of Everything" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA

Generation Ships: Exodus Fleet

Could we grow our foods in the heavens rather than on the earth?
In order to do serious exploration and colonization of space, we will need a source of food beyond Earth. But can we go beyond simply small hydroponic gardens to entire vast space farms in orbit of our planet, and could those farming on satellites and space stations eventually replace earth-based agriculture as our main food source at home?

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Upward Bound: Space Farming
Episode 148, Season 4 E34

Writers
Isaac Arthur

Editors
A.T. Long
Darius Said
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Sigmund Kopperud

Producer
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team
Ariesticnig
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Kristijan Tavcar
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Narrator
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars" https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic
Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
A.J. Prasad, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Space Farming

Alien puppeteers arriving on UFOs, body snatchers, and mimics are a staple of science fiction, but are they realistic? Today we'll examine these concepts and see if they might be possible under known science, or what similar scenarios extraterrestrial evolution or technology might be produce.

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Credits:
Alien Civilizations:
Parasitic Aliens
Episode 149, Season 4 E35

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
A.T. Long
Edward Nardella
Evan Schultheis
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Sigmund Kopperud
Stuart Graham beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"  https://lombus.bandcamp.com
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
Lombus, "Time Slip"  https://lombus.bandcamp.com

Parasitic Aliens

We often worry about the possibility of a civilization developing methods of brainwashing to indoctrinate its population and turning into a totalitarian dictatorship. We will examine both existing and possible future methods and technologies for mind control, such as neuro-hacking and genetic programming, as well as the possible defenses against such brainwashing and implications it has for civilization.

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Credits:
Brainwashing & Mind Control
Episode 153, Season 4 E39

Writers:
Isaac Arthur
Justin Dixon

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Matthew Campbell

Producer:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Artist:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:
Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com

Narrator:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Dracovallis, "City in Ruins" https://dracovallis.bandcamp.com/
Ayreon, "Singularity, Love and Envy" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
Markus Junnikkala, "Method In The Madness" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Kai Engel, "Aspirato"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Ross Budgen, "Revelation" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Forgotten Stars" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com
A.J. Prasad, "Staring Through (Part II)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Ayreon, "Unification, The Note" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihO6uVisilu1mn4x2u-HOA
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2I19QUIXA