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We often discuss our future in the Asteroid Belt, and the glorious civilizations we might one day build there. However, it is but a pale shadow of its larger twin, the Kuiper Belt, out at the edge of the solar system.
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Outward Bound: Colonizing the Kuiper Belt
Episode 397, June 1, 2023
Produced, Written & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane

Music Courtesy of:
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail The Victorious Dead", "A Memory of Earth"
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Ultra Deep Field"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth", "Forgotten Stars"
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and..."

Colonizing the Kuiper Belt

In the grand theater of the cosmos, amidst a myriad of distant suns and ancient galaxies, the Fermi Paradox presents a haunting silence, where a cacophony of alien conversations should exist. Where is Everyone? Or are we alone?
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The Fermi Paradox Compendium of Solutions & Terms
Episode 420; November 9, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Donagh Broderick

Music Courtesy of: 
Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Markus Junnikkala, "Memory of Earth"
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Ultra Deep Field"
Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth", "Forgotten Stars"
Miguel Johnson, "The Explorers", "Strange New World"
Aerium, "Fifth star of Aldebaran", "Windmill Forests", "Deiljocht"
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup"
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and..."

The Fermi Paradox Compendium of Solutions & Terms

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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The Economics of a Post-Scarcity Universe - What Happens When Everything Is Free?
Episode 730; July 3, 2025
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
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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

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

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.

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Edward Nardella
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Justin Dixon
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Misho Yordanov
Murat Mamkegh
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero
Stefan Blandin

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Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
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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

The galaxy is an immense place, with billions of solar systems to colonize, and interstellar voyages to even nearby stars can take centuries. In order to explore and settle those new worlds, we may wish to take advantage of a type of generation ship that stops at planet after planet, colonizing each in turn, and entire colonial fleets that grow as they venture outward from Earth, creating new spaceships as often as terraforming new worlds.

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Generation Ships:Galactic Gardeners
Episode 172, Season 5 E06

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Edward Nardella
Gloria Meadows
Keith Blockus
Sigmund Kopperud

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

Graphics by:
Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and...." https://www.discogs.com/artist/625697-Taras-Harkavyi
Marcus Warner, "Wintersong" https://marcuswarnermusic.bandcamp.com
Aerium, "Windmill forests" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Staring Through (Part II)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Galactic Gardeners

Earth has often been compared to a spaceship, one that's successfully orbited our star and the galaxy many times over billions of years. So what about moving our planet or even converting it or another world into a spaceship? Can we use entire planets to cross the intergalactic void to settle planets in distant galaxies or superclusters? And what sort of engine and drive could move a whole planet?

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Generation Ships: Planet Ships
Episode 179, Season 5 E13

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Andrew Norman
Darius Said
Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/
Keith Blockus
Sapioit D. Suicider

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

Graphics by:
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Kristijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com
Mihail Yordanov
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa  - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Paradox Interactive, "The March Of Profits" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
NJ Mandaville, "Plagal" https://soundcloud.com/nj-mandaville
AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Ross Bugden, "Beyond" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
Chris Zabriskie, "Readers Do You Read" http://chriszabriskie.com
Lombus, "Amino" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Planet Ships

Interstellar travel is very time consuming, moving from star to star, but perhaps we could use stars themselves as spaceships, and move whole solar systems or even galaxies.
Today we'll look at how to use Shkadov Thrusters, novas, supernovae, black holes and quasars to move through space, literal starships.

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Generation Ships: Fleet of Stars
Episode 186, Season 5 E20

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Phonetic Failure
Sigmund Kopperud

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

Graphics by:
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Jarred Eagley
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Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:
Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com 

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Plotting a Course" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"  https://www.kai-engel.com/
Markus Junnikkala, "Always Tell Me the Odds" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Stellardrone, "Fermi Paradox" 
Lombus, "Time Slip" https://lombus.bandcamp.com https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/

Fleet Of Stars

Jupiter is an enormous gas giant, more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined... and yet small compared to our Sun and other Stellar Objects. Could Jupiter be turned into a second sun via advanced technology?

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Credits:
Summer on Jupiter
Episode 241, June 4, 2020

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern

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

Graphics by:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Katie Byrne
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Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com
Kristijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com
Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara of Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Tristan3D

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
Dan MacLeod, "Lucky" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk
Markus Junnikkala, "The Men Would love a good fight" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Lombus, "Doppler Shores" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Paradox Interactive, "In Search of Life" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Ross Bugden, "Revelation" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ