Many millennia from now we may have journeyed out to colonize billions and billions of planets in our galaxy, but every journey has to start somewhere.

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Credits: Near Term Space Colonization 
Episode 410, August 31, 2023
Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Written by:
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Jason Snyder

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Near Term Space Colonization (Narration Only)

They say space is the future, out among the countless billions and billions of new worlds in our galaxy, but a journey needs a path or road, so what sort of roads will we build in space?
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Credits:  Interplanetary Infrastructure
Episode 412, September 14, 2023
Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Andy Nelson
David McFarlane
Merv Johnson
Phil Swan

Interplanetary Infrastructure (Narration Only)

To travel between the stars requires vast amounts of fuel and energy, but as it turns out, the ocean of night in deep space is full of fuel, if you can collect it along the way.

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Credits:  Bussard Ramjet Starship Drive
Episode 411b, September 10, 2023
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Bussard Ramjet Starship Drive (Narration Only)

We often wonder where we might find a truly sustainable and abundant source of energy, and the answer might turn out to be in the emptiness all around us.
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Credits: Zero Point Energy & Vacuum Energy
Episode 415, October 5, 2023
Written by:
Isaac Arthur
Vlad Ardelean

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Isaac Arthur

Editor:
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Vlad Ardelean

Zero Point Energy & Vacuum Energy (Narration Only)

Space is often called the final frontier, a place of billions and billions of worlds awaiting explorers and pioneers. But what will those journeys be like, and what gear will people need for them, and perhaps most importantly of all, what sort of people will make those travels?

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Credits:
Have Space Suit - Will Travel
Episode 414, September 28, 2023
Produced, Written & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
David McFarlane
Merv Johnson II

Graphics:
Bryan Versteeg
Darth Biomech
Fishy Tree
Jeremy Jozwik
Sergio Botero
Udo Schroeter

Have Space Suit  - Will Travel (Narration Only)

A collection of the first 20 Shorts from SFIA, covering a wide range of topics in science & space.

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Credits: Science & Futurism Shorts Compilation #1: 1-20
Episode 414a, October 1, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Science & Futurism Shorts Compilation #1: 1-20

The industrial revolution saw the rise of factories so big they often grew entire towns or cities around them to operate, but in the future entire planets might be used to fuel the titanic projects for conquering the stars themselves. 
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Credits: Forgeworlds & Industrial Planets
Episode 416a; October 15, 2023

Written by:
Briana Brownell
Isaac Arthur

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editors:
Briana Brownell
Brian Ganley
Lukas Konecny

Forgeworlds & Industrial Planets (Narration Only)

As medical science improves and lifespans rise, we must consider not only if life extension is possible, but if it is ethical.
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Credits: Is Life Extension Ethical?
Episode 417; October 19, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Editor:
David McFarlane

Is Life Extension Ethical? (Narration Only)

Spacecraft may one day be so common that everyone has flown on one, with thousands of new spaceships being built every year in manufacturies dwarfing the enormous facilities we build planes and sea-going vessels in. 
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Credits: Spaceship Factories
Episode 416a; October 15, 2023
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Isaac Arthur

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David McFarlane

Spaceship Factories (Narration Only)

In some of our greatest wars on this world we have seen entire regions covered in fortifications, but in great wars across whole regions of our galaxy, could we see entire planets fortified?

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Credits: Fortress Worlds
Episode 418; October 26, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

Fortress Worlds (Narration Only)

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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Credits:
The Fermi Paradox Compendium of Solutions & Terms
Episode 420; November 9, 2023
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Donagh Broderick

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Spaceship Factories (Narration Only)

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