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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.

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00:30:42

Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed Stars

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/19

Colonizing brown dwarfs: habitats, megastructures, and hidden homes around failed stars. Could these dim embers power civilizations for trillions of years?

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00:25:26

Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/15

From Goddard’s first rocket to space elevators and mass drivers, we explore 100 years of rocketry—and the launch technologies that could carry humanity beyond rockets.

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00:28:36

What Happens When AI Runs the Entire Economy?

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/12

What happens when AI controls prices, jobs, markets, and growth itself? Explore the future of an economy run by machines—and what it means for work, power, and humanity.

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00:28:13

What Happens When AI Runs the Entire Economy?...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/12

What happens when AI controls prices, jobs, markets, and growth itself? Explore the future of an economy run by machines—and what it means for work, power, and humanity.

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00:32:25

Boron-Based Life – Aliens of the Crystal Deserts

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/10

What if alien life isn’t carbon at all? Imagine crystal organisms growing across deserts, powered by lightning and forming vast mineral ecosystems. Could boron-based life exist somewhere in the universe—and even evolve intelligence?

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00:32:00

Boron-Based Life – Aliens of the Crystal Deserts...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/10

What if alien life isn’t carbon at all? Imagine crystal organisms growing across deserts, powered by lightning and forming vast mineral ecosystems. Could boron-based life exist somewhere in the universe—and even evolve intelligence?

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00:26:37

Post-Scarcity Black Markets (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/08

In a post-scarcity civilization where material needs are met, black markets don’t vanish—they evolve. Explore why scarcity shifts to identity, risk, privacy, and desire.

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00:25:10

Interstellar City States

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/05

Interstellar city-states may dominate future space travel, governing the laser highways that connect stars and shape galactic civilization.

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00:24:23

Interstellar City States (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/05

Interstellar city-states may dominate future space travel, governing the laser highways that connect stars and shape galactic civilization.

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00:25:13

Panspermia: Could Alien Comets Be Seeding Life...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/01

Could life on Earth have arrived from space? Explore panspermia, alien comets, and how life might spread across the galaxy.

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00:24:52

Panspermia: Could Alien Comets Be Seeding Life...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/03/01

Could life on Earth have arrived from space? Explore panspermia, alien comets, and how life might spread across the galaxy.

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00:25:26

Fleet Unity - Humanity’s First Interstellar Armada...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/27

Humanity’s first interstellar ark becomes something bigger. Explore Fleet Unity—a roaming civilization, ship-turned-shipyard, and the birth of humanity’s first true interstellar armada.

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00:26:02

Fleet Unity - Humanity’s First Interstellar Armada

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/26

Humanity’s first interstellar ark becomes something bigger. Explore Fleet Unity—a roaming civilization, ship-turned-shipyard, and the birth of humanity’s first true interstellar armada.

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00:40:55

Big Alien Theory

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/22

Why might alien intelligence evolve at gigantic scales? Big Alien Theory explores how size alone could silence advanced civilizations.

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00:40:41

Big Alien Theory (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/22

Why might alien intelligence evolve at gigantic scales? Big Alien Theory explores how size alone could silence advanced civilizations.

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00:31:26

Interstellar Relays - Moving Signals and Spaceships...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/19

How interstellar relays could move data, cargo, and starships between stars using lasers, light sails, and cosmic-scale infrastructure.

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00:31:11

Interstellar Relays - Moving Signals and Spaceships...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/19

How interstellar relays could move data, cargo, and starships between stars using lasers, light sails, and cosmic-scale infrastructure.

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00:27:07

Alien Mathematics (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/15

Is math truly universal—or just human? Explore how alien minds might think, count, and reason in ways we don’t recognize as mathematics at all.

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00:27:33

Alien Mathematics

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/15

Is math truly universal—or just human? Explore how alien minds might think, count, and reason in ways we don’t recognize as mathematics at all.

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00:19:20

Space Hotels - How Close Are We to Vacationing in...

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur ·

2026/02/12

How close are we to vacationing in orbit? Space hotels, real costs, and the tipping point where space tourism becomes normal.

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