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The Ensign's Log Podcast episode 089: Make Room for Baby

The Ensign's Log: 160: Uncharitable Opinions

Join us as we explore the science and challenges of building self-sustaining biospheres, where humanity could one day thrive beyond Earth.

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Building Biospheres
Episode 475b; December 1, 2024
Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur
Editor: Donagh Broderick
Graphics: Bryan Vertseeg, Fishy Tree, Jeremy Jozwik, Sergio Botero, Tytus Grabowski
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Building Biospheres: Engineering Self-Sustaining Ecosystems for Future Worlds

Gravity is a fascinating force, it’s what holds everything on our planet together, and it might one day help us travel to other planets.

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Gravitic Spaceship Propulsion
Episode 477a; December 15, 2024
Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur
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Stellardrone, "In Time", "Red Giant"
Aerium, featuring Sieger, "Deiljocht" 
Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm"

Gravitic Spaceship Propulsion

What does the future hold? A brighter dawn or the end of the line? Join us today, and together we’ll peer into the unknown.

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Predictions for Technology, Civilization & Our Future 
Episode 479; December 29, 2024
Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur
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Stellardrone, "In Time" "Red Giant"
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon", "Moonlight Reprise"
Lombus,"Hydrogen Sonata"
Frank Dorittke, "Behind the Light"
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm"

Predictions For Technology, Civilization & Our Future (Narration Only)

As our world’s energy demands soar, the future depends on revolutionary ideas. Today, we’re exploring the game-changing technologies that could power tomorrow—and redefine what’s possible.

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Upcoming Energy Technologies
Episode 480; January 2, 2025
Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur
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Stellardrone, "In Time", "Red Giant"
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Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Brandon Liew, "Into the Storm"

Upcoming Energy Technologies (Narration Only)

Rockets and mass drivers each promise to launch humanity into space—but which approach will take us further, faster, smarter, and cheaper?

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Mass Drivers vs Rockets
Episode 481; January 9, 2025
Written by: Isaac Arthur & Phil Swan
Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Phil Swan & Philip Leichauer
Graphics:
Anthrofuturism
Jarred Eagley
Katie Byrne
Mafic Studios
Phil Swan
Space Resources CGI
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Special Thanks to: Transpod

Mass Drivers Vs Rockets

Nanotechnology is moving from the realm of science fiction to reality, and in the process, these tiny technologies are offering giant opportunities.

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Nanotechnology: The Future of Everything
Episode 481a; January 12, 2025
Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur
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Nanotechnology: The Future Of Everything

In a universe stretched thin by eons, where stars have long faded and even atoms face their end, a single question remains: can intelligence find a way to outlast time itself?

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Civilizations At The End Of Time:  Eternal Intelligence 
Episode 483; January 23, 2025
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Edited by: Ludwig Luska
Graphics by: Jeremy Jozwik
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Phase Shift, "Forest Night"
Chris Zabriskie, "Unfoldment, Revealment", "A New Day in a New Sector"
Stellardrone, "Billions and Billions"

Civilizations At The End Of Time: Eternal Intelligence

The Ensigns cross the Neutral Zone, what awaits them?

The Ensign's Log Podcast episode 052: Operation SPOT

According to modern cosmology, one day all the stars will burn out and the Universe will be full of dead planets, black holes, and other stellar remnants, slowing decaying till entropy brings the Heat Death of the Universe. But could this fate be postponed or even reversed?

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Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe
Episode 225; Feb 13, 2020

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Phonetic Failure

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier

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