

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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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Dec 31, 2020 • 30min
Becoming an Interstellar Species
As we move into space we prepare not just to settle the Moon and Mars, but stretch our reach out to other stars and settle the galaxy, becoming an interstellar species.
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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 271; December 31, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Matthew Campbell
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
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Dec 27, 2020 • 1h
SFIA Monthly Livestream 26 - December 27, 2020
Our monthly livestream Q&A session for December 2020
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Dec 24, 2020 • 23min
Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations(Narration Only)
Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2?
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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 270: December 24, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Jarred Eagley
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Mihail Yordanov
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Udo Schroeter
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Dec 24, 2020 • 23min
Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations
Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2?
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Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 270: December 24, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Darius Said
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics:
Jarred Eagley
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/
Mihail Yordanov
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Udo Schroeter
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Dec 17, 2020 • 25min
Interstellar Navigation (Narration Only)
Navigating the vast ocean of the galaxy to reach distant stars will be no easy matter, but future spaceships may find many new difficulties finding their way throughout space, and also throughout time.
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Interstellar Navigation
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 269; December 17, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
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Dec 17, 2020 • 25min
Interstellar Navigation
Navigating the vast ocean of the galaxy to reach distant stars will be no easy matter, but future spaceships may find many new difficulties finding their way throughout space, and also throughout time.
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Interstellar Navigation
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 269; December 17, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jason Burbank
Jerry Guern
Keith Blockus
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Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
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Dec 13, 2020 • 24min
Terraforming: Forging New Worlds
Our galaxy likely contains trillions of worlds, and perhaps none we could live on without great effort to make them like Earth. To colonize these worlds, to make them settlements for our descendants in the future, we must first terraform them.
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Terraforming: Forging New Worlds
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 268a: December 13, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud
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Dec 13, 2020 • 24min
Terraforming: Forging New Worlds (Narration Only)
Our galaxy likely contains trillions of worlds, and perhaps none we could live on without great effort to make them like Earth. To colonize these worlds, to make them settlements for our descendants in the future, we must first terraform them.
Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/C2jh7dCwGRs
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Terraforming: Forging New Worlds
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 268a: December 13, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
Jerry Guern
Jason Burbank
Keith Blockus
S. Kopperud
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
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Dec 10, 2020 • 24min
Space Colonies: From Outposts To Cities
As we venture out into space to colonize new planets, moons, and asteroids, how will these new settlements grow from simple outposts in to developed worlds with cities and civilizations all their own?
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Life as a Space Colonies: From Outpost to Cities
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 268; December 10, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
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Bryan Versteeg
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Sam McNamara
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SpaceResourcesCGI
Stephen Huck
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Dec 10, 2020 • 23min
Space Colonies: From Outposts To Cities (Narration Only)
As we venture out into space to colonize new planets, moons, and asteroids, how will these new settlements grow from simple outposts in to developed worlds with cities and civilizations all their own?
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Life as a Space Colonies: From Outpost to Cities
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 268; December 10, 2020
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
S. Kopperud
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
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Alex Mulvey
Bryan Versteeg
Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/
Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc
SpaceResourcesCGI
Stephen Huck
Udo Schroeter
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
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