So many of hopes and dreams for colonizing space rely on faster than light travel, and yet the ability to move between stars in moment seems against the laws of reality... but perhaps we can break those rules.

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Faster Than Light Travel: Cheating Reality
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 297, July 1, 2021

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Faster Than Light Travel: Cheating Reality (Narration Only)

Kardashev Civilizations are beyond immense, with even the first tier of them making any modern nation look miniscule, and there are many barriers to becoming one.

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Barriers To Becoming A Kardashev Civilization
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 360, September 15, 2022
Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Barriers To Becoming A Kardashev Civilization (Narration Only)

Many of us dream of one day owning our on spacecraft, of traveling to space and other worlds when we choose to. What technologies must the future deliver to make this dream a reality?

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Your Own Personal Spaceship
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 365, October 20, 2022
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Your Own Personal Spaceship (Narration Only)

As we reach out to explore the stars, could we find our explorers getting lost on new worlds, inhabited or otherwise. What should we do if stranded on an Alien World?

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Stranded On An Alien World
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 368a, November 13, 2022
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Stranded On An Alien World (Narration Only)

Many have believed Earth might have a spirit, but Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis contemplates this as a scientific possibility. Could our world be alive itself?

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Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis - Is Earth Alive?
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 369, November 17, 2022
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Living Planets: The Gaia Hypothesis (Narration Only)

As we head through hard times things can seem rather bleak, but there's lots of amazing and beneficial technologies on the horizon.

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Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 372, November 24, 2022
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Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Future (Narration Only)

One day we may get a signal from beyond Earth, positive proof of the Existence of Extraterrestrial Life... but what comes next?
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The Plan For After SETI Is Successful
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 371, December 1, 2022
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The Plan For After SETI Is Successful

As we continue to scan the heavens for signs of intelligent life, we must contemplate what it might mean if we are the first civilization to ever arise.

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Damaged Spacecraft & Shipwrecked Saucers
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 366, October 27, 2022
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Humanity: Firstborn Space Civilization (Narration Only)

Wars in the future may involve vast interplanetary conflicts or civil wars sprawling over an entire world or more, but what will those wars look like?

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Planetary Civil WarScience & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 372a, December 11, 2022
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Planetary Civil War

One day humanity might settle the Red Planet, but how will we grow food on world more barren than any desert or tundra on Earth?

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Farming On Mars
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 373, December 15, 2022
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Farming On Mars (Narration Only)

Could our entire Universe be one enormous Black Hole? And is it possible to live inside a black hole?

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Do We Live Inside A Black Hole… And Could We?
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 374, December 22, 2022
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