This episode begins our look at solutions to the Fermi Paradox - the question of why the Universe appears empty of intelligent life besides ourselves - by looking at some of the reasons why life may simply be very uncommon. Before we can contemplate what might be special about Earth, we first need to consider what might be special about our region of space, and even our epoch of time, or our Universe itself.

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Great Filters: Space & Time (Narration Only)

We contemplate colonizing planets, but what about the stars themselves?
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Containing virtually all the mass and resources of the solar system, the Sun, the Sun is the ultimate asset for a growing interplanetary civilization. While typically assumed too hot to touch and so out of our reach, we will challenge that notion today.

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Nick Talmers Nieuwoudt
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Sergio Botero
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Miguel Johnson, "So Many Stars"
Chris Zabriskie, "I should have been more human"
Miguel Johnson, "Exodus"
Miguel Johnson, "A Planet Found"
A.J. Prasad, "Aether"

Colonizing the Sun

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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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

A look at Neptune, a potential gateway to the stars...
The Icy Giants, Neptune and Uranus, are often overlooked for as candidates for colonizing our solar system. Even when noted, the focus tends to be on their larger moons like Triton. Today we will challenge that notion by looking at way we might place a colony on the planet itself, and how Orbital Rings and Chandelier Cities might let us colonize any gas giant. We will also look at how helium-3, a core ingredient of aneutronic fusion abundant on Neptune, might serve as the fuel of future starships, and the physics behind some other starship drives future science might give us access to, such as laser propulsion.

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Credits:
Outward Bound: Colonizing Neptune
Episode 152, Season 4 E38

Writers:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Gregory Leal https://www.gregschool.org/gregschoollessons/orbital-rings-and-planet-building
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Mark Warburton
Matthew Acker
Sigmund Kopperud

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Sergio Boterio https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

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Isaac Arthur 

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Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
Serena A, "Science"
Stellardrone, "Cepheid" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com
Chris Zabriskie,"We Were Never Meant to Live Here" http://chriszabriskie.com
Aerium, "Fifth star of Aldebaran" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
NJ Mandaville, "Swell" https://soundcloud.com/nj-mandaville

Colonizing Neptune

Alien Invasions have been a staple of science fiction for years, with motherships and UFOs assaulting Earth, but how realistic is such a thing? We'll take a look at what might motivate an attack, how it might happen, what alternatives might make more sense, and what might prevent extraterrestrials from trying.

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Credits:
Invasive Aliens
Episode 196, Season 5 E31

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell 
S. Kopperud

Cover Art:
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Isaac Arthur

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Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

Music
Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Paradox Interactive, "Distant Nebula" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Ross Bugden, "City Lights" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ

Invasive Aliens

Venus is a desolate scorching world on which no life can exist. Yet if it can be cooled down, there is no other planet we know of more suitable for terraforming and colonization. We will examine methods of cooling Venus down and preparing it to be settled in the future.

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Credits:
Winter on Venus
Episode 207, Season 5 E41

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
S. Kopperud

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

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Sam McNamara of Rapid Thrash
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Tristan3D

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Isaac Arthur

Music Manager
Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

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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

Winter On Venus

We often consider interacting with Aliens and Robots in the future, but what about Alien Robots? Today we'll ask what artificial intelligence created by aliens might look like and what sort of circumstances we'd encounter them, and if they may be the only aliens we ever encounter.

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Credits:
Alien Civilizations: AI Aliens
Episode 212a, Season 5 E46a

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud

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Isaac Arthur

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Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com 

Music:
Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Paradox Interactive, "Distant Nebula" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Ross Bugden, "City Lights" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ

AI Aliens

The Fermi Paradox asks why we don't see any alien civilizations with our SETI efforts. The Late Filters are common solution suggested, that intelligent species may often arise but either destroy themselves or unwilling or incapable of interstellar travel to reach new worlds and colonize the galaxy.

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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox Great Filters: Late Filters
Episode 213, Season 5 E47

Written by: 
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Acker
Phonetic Failure
Victoria Kelly 

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

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Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Music:
Lombus, "Cosmic Soup" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/
AJ Prasad, "Aether" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
AJ Prasad, "Staring Through" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU

The Fermi Paradox: Late Filters

We often accuse people of being paranoid about extraterrestrials,  flying saucers, and UFOs - but what if it's the aliens who are paranoid?

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Alien Civilizations: Paranoid Aliens
Episode 216a, Season 5 E50a

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus

Graphics by:
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Mihail Yordanov
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Music Manager: 
Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com 

Music:
Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Paradox Interactive, "Distant Nebula" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Ross Bugden, "City Lights" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ

Paranoid Aliens

Science fiction often shows us seemingly benevolent aliens whose UFOs come in peace then turn out to have sinister motives and hidden conspiracies, but what would a genuinely friendly group of extraterrestrials be like?

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Credits:
Alien Civilizations: Conspiratorial Aliens
Episode 240, Season 6 E22

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
Matthew Campbell

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

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Martin Rezny, "Lifelight" https://soundcloud.com/martin-re-n-1
Aerium, "Waters of Atlantis" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ
AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Cold Shadow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU
Paradox Interactive, "Distant Nebula" https://www.paradoxplaza.com
Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma" https://lombus.bandcamp.com
Ross Bugden, "City Lights" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ

Benevolent Aliens

Giant Stars are often considered too hot and short lived to colonize, but it may be that they shall be the most powerful and pivotal systems in a future galaxy.

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Credits:
Colonizing Giant Stars
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 279, February 25, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus

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

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Kris Holland of Mafic https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
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Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
Udo Schroeter

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