Science Fiction has shown us humanity exploring the stars at hundreds of times faster than light speed, but what if the fastest ships we can make never even reach a hundredth of light speed? Can we still settle the galaxy and what will that colonization entail?

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Crawlonizing The Galaxy: Settling Space At Ultra-Low Speeds
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 348, June 23, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
David McFarlane
Jason BurbankDavid McFarlane
Keith Blockus
Sig'Unnr

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Rapid Thrash
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Udo Schroeter

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Crawlonizing The Galaxy: Settling Space At Ultra-Low Speeds (Narration Only)

Every known planet, moon, and asteroid in our solar system occupies a volume of space both enormous and yet tiny compared to the vast empty gulf between stars. But interstellar space isn't truly empty and may one day be home to countless billions of isolated deep space habitats.

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IDeep Space Habitats
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 350, July 7, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Konstantin Sokerin

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"Expedition" & "So Many Stars"

Deep Space Habitats (Narration Only)

We often imagine Earth being visited by more advanced civilizations, but in the future humanity may encounter more primitive ones on alien worlds. What challenges and dilemmas would we face?

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Alien Civilizations: Primitive Aliens
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 350a, July 10, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane

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Darth Biomech
Fishy Tree

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Primitive Aliens (Narration Only)

Primitive Aliens

The galaxy is enormous, ancient, and mostly empty, but from a determined and powerful enemy seeker, even the galaxy may not contain a safe hiding place.

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Extragalactic Sanctuaries: Escaping to the Edge of Space and Time
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 351, July 14, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Konstantin Sokerin

Cover Art:
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Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik
Katie Byrne
Ken York
LegionTech Studios
Mike Munt
Segio Botero
Udo Schroeter

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Stellardrone, "Red Giant"

Extragalactic Sanctuaries (Narration Only)

The great mystery of where all the aliens are in our vast Universe contemplates ancient interstellar civilizations building enormous megastructures that rival worlds or even stars in the immensity... and asks why we can't see these giant alien artifacts.

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The Fermi Paradox: Absent Megastructures
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 352, July 21, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Alex Civitello
Darius Said
David McFarlane

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The Fermi Paradox: Absent Megastructures (Narration Only)

Black Holes and Dark Matter are two of those mysterious things in the Universe, but could black holes be the key to unlocking the secrets of Dark Matter?

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Direct detection of primordial black hole relics as dark matter: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.06348
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Black Holes & Dark Matter
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 353, July 28, 2022
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David McFarlane

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Black Holes & Dark Matter (Narration Only)

Aliens may one day visit Earth not to invade us but to seek refuge from an invasion or other calamity, how can we respond and should we?

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Alien Civilizations: Alien Refugees
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 354, August 4, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Konstantin Sokerin

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Darth Biomech
LegionTech Studios
Udo Schroeter


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Alien Refugees (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

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Jerry Guern
Konstantin Sokerin

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

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Jarred Eagley
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Quiet Orbits
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter

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Barriers To Becoming A Kardashev Civilization (Narration Only)

For centuries now science has unlocked ever more mysteries, but could we one day run out of discoveries or abandon further research?

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Post Science Civilizations
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 361, September 22, 2022
Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Written by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Dillon Ollander
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern
Konstantin Sokerin

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Post-Science Civilizations (Narration Only)

The new Grabby Aliens model proposes that the Universe may already contain several thousand immense alien empires... and that we may soon be one of them.

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Alien Civilizations: Grabby Aliens
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 362, September 29, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Darius Said
David McFarlane

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