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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Stealing the Ark: Could Pirates Hijack a Colony Ship? (Narration Only)

5 november 2026 · 38 min
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Could pirates hijack a generation ship? We explore how colony ships might be tracked, infiltrated, seized, defended, or stolen outright. And why the most valuable spacecraft in history could become the ultimate target. Lees meer

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Stealing the Ark: Could Pirates Hijack a Colony Ship?

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Stealing the Ark: Could Pirates Hijack a Colony Ship?

5 november 2026 · 39 min
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Could pirates hijack a generation ship? We explore how colony ships might be tracked, infiltrated, seized, defended, or stolen outright. And why the most valuable spacecraft in history could become the ultimate target. Lees meer

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Stealing the Ark: Could Pirates Hijack a Colony Ship?

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Beyond Space Defense: War, Sabotage & Survival Beyond Earth (Narration Only)

1 november 2026 · 25 min
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In space, every ship, tug, mass driver, and power beam can become a weapon. We explore how future stations and settlements might defend themselves against attack, sabotage, accidents, and siege. Lees meer

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Beyond Space Defense: War, Sabotage & Survival Beyond Earth

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Beyond Space Defense: War, Sabotage & Survival Beyond Earth

1 november 2026 · 25 min
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In space, every ship, tug, mass driver, and power beam can become a weapon. We explore how future stations and settlements might defend themselves against attack, sabotage, accidents, and siege. Lees meer

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Beyond Space Defense: War, Sabotage & Survival Beyond Earth

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End? (Narration Only)

29 oktober 2026 · 36 min
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Nuclear war could kill millions or billions, but would it really end civilization? We separate blast, fallout, nuclear winter, and Hollywood myths from the physics of what survives and how societies might rebuild. Lees meer

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Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End?

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

0:09The Apocalypse We Inherited

4:05 What Nuclear Weapons Actually Do

9:33 Fallout Is Not Magic Death Dust

19:21 Cities Burn, But the World Is Not One City

23:29 Civilization After the Strike

32:08 Flexispot

33:38 Survival Beyond the Numbers

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Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End?

29 oktober 2026 · 37 min
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Nuclear war could kill millions or billions, but would it really end civilization? We separate blast, fallout, nuclear winter, and Hollywood myths from the physics of what survives and how societies might rebuild. Lees meer

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Nuclear War Myths: Would Civilization Really End?

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

Chapters

0:00 Intro

0:09The Apocalypse We Inherited

4:05 What Nuclear Weapons Actually Do

9:33 Fallout Is Not Magic Death Dust

19:21 Cities Burn, But the World Is Not One City

23:29 Civilization After the Strike

32:08 Flexispot

33:38 Survival Beyond the Numbers

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The Fermi Paradox: Civilization Extinction Cycles (Narration Only)

25 oktober 2026 · 36 min
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What if alien civilizations are common, but keep collapsing before they can spread across the galaxy? Lees meer

We explore civilization extinction cycles as a solution to the Fermi Paradox: nuclear war and technological collapse, lost knowledge, isolated colonies, repeated dark ages, and the point where an interstellar civilization becomes too widely scattered to truly reset. Could the Great Silence be a galaxy caught in endless cycles of rise, ruin, and recovery?

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The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Extinction Cycles

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Lukas Konecny

Graphics: Ken York

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Music Courtesy of Stellardrone, Sergey Cheremisinov, and Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:24 The Great Silence Revisited

3:50 Extinction is Hard – Replacement is Easy

10:56 Cyclic Apocalypse – Burn, Rise, Repeat

16:56 Extinction vs. Reset: Are They Ever Truly Wiped Out?

20:03 Collapse in Isolation: Off-World and On the Edge

25:02 The Motie Model: Doomed to Repeat?

28:03 Cultural Filters and Self-Editing

29:46 Signal Gaps: The Echoes That Never Cross

32:22 Mad Kings

33:16 Can We Break the Cycle?

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The Fermi Paradox: Civilization Extinction Cycles

25 oktober 2026 · 36 min
Afspelen

What if alien civilizations are common, but keep collapsing before they can spread across the galaxy? Lees meer

We explore civilization extinction cycles as a solution to the Fermi Paradox: nuclear war and technological collapse, lost knowledge, isolated colonies, repeated dark ages, and the point where an interstellar civilization becomes too widely scattered to truly reset. Could the Great Silence be a galaxy caught in endless cycles of rise, ruin, and recovery?

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Credits:

The Fermi Paradox - Civilization Extinction Cycles

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Lukas Konecny

Graphics: Ken York

Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

Music Courtesy of Stellardrone, Sergey Cheremisinov, and Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:24 The Great Silence Revisited

3:50 Extinction is Hard – Replacement is Easy

10:56 Cyclic Apocalypse – Burn, Rise, Repeat

16:56 Extinction vs. Reset: Are They Ever Truly Wiped Out?

20:03 Collapse in Isolation: Off-World and On the Edge

25:02 The Motie Model: Doomed to Repeat?

28:03 Cultural Filters and Self-Editing

29:46 Signal Gaps: The Echoes That Never Cross

32:22 Mad Kings

33:16 Can We Break the Cycle?

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The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next (Narration Only)

22 oktober 2026 · 47 min
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Elections look simple until you ask what they’re meant to measure. From ranked voting and redistricting to online ballots, AI, and paper records, we explore how future elections might work. Lees meer

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The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

5:42 Why Would Elections Change?

10:14 When One Mark Isn't Enough

17:25 When Votes Do Not Produce the Representation People Expect

21:12 Drawing Lines Through People

28:37 Who Actually Gets a Ballot?

31:45 Does Election Day Need to Be a Day?

35:03 Why Can't I Vote From My Phone?

40:54 Mad Kings

42:00 Why Paper Refuses to Die

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The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next

22 oktober 2026 · 47 min
Afspelen

Elections look simple until you ask what they’re meant to measure. From ranked voting and redistricting to online ballots, AI, and paper records, we explore how future elections might work. Lees meer

Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur

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Credits:

The Future of Elections: Who Votes, How We Vote, and What Comes Next

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic

Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

Chapters

0:00 Intro

5:42 Why Would Elections Change?

10:14 When One Mark Isn't Enough

17:25 When Votes Do Not Produce the Representation People Expect

21:12 Drawing Lines Through People

28:37 Who Actually Gets a Ballot?

31:45 Does Election Day Need to Be a Day?

35:03 Why Can't I Vote From My Phone?

40:54 Mad Kings

42:00 Why Paper Refuses to Die

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