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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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5 Sci-Fi Fantasies That Could Soon Become Reality (Narration Only) Jan 01, 2026

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Five sci-fi technologies becoming real today, from BCIs to space elevators.

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5 Sci-Fi Fantasies That Could Soon Become Reality

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editor: Donagh Broderick

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5 Sci-Fi Fantasies That Could Become Reality Jan 01, 2026

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Five sci-fi technologies becoming real today, from BCIs to space elevators.

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Check out Joe Scott's Oldest & Newest: https://nebula.tv/videos/joescott-oldest-and-newest-places-on-earth

Watch my exclusive video Chronoengineering: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-chronoengineering-manipulating-time-as-technology

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5 Sci-Fi Fantasies That Could Soon Become Reality

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Editor: Donagh Broderick

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Post Stellar Civilizations - Life After The Last Star Fades Dec 28, 2025

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Stars won’t last forever, but civilizations might. Join us as we journey into the post-stellar future, where Dyson remnants, black holes, and exotic physics could sustain life long after the galaxies fade.

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Post-Stellar Civilizations [Extended Edition]

Episode 475a; December 1, 2024

Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur

Editor: Jonathan Maltz

Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik, Ken York YD Visual, Steve Bowers, Udo Schroeter

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Post Stellar Civilizations - Life After The Last Star Fades (Narration Only) Dec 28, 2025

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Post-Stellar Civilizations [Extended Edition]

Episode 475a; December 1, 2024

Produced, Narrated & Written: Isaac Arthur

Editor: Jonathan Maltz

Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik, Ken York YD Visual, Steve Bowers, Udo Schroeter

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The Universe’s Unopened Gifts: Hidden Worlds and the Spirit of Discovery Dec 25, 2025

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Explore the hidden frontiers of the cosmos — from dark matter and rogue planets to quantum mysteries — and uncover the Universe’s greatest unopened gifts of discovery.

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The Universe’s Unopened Gifts: Hidden Worlds and the Spirit of Discovery

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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The Universe’s Unopened Gifts: Hidden Worlds and the Spirit of Discovery (Narration Only) Dec 25, 2025

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Explore the hidden frontiers of the cosmos — from dark matter and rogue planets to quantum mysteries — and uncover the Universe’s greatest unopened gifts of discovery.

Watch my exclusive video Rogue AI Empires: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-rogue-ai-empires-when-machines-expand-without-us

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The Universe’s Unopened Gifts: Hidden Worlds and the Spirit of Discovery

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Which Stars Could We Live Around? Ranking Every Type of Star Dec 23, 2025

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From giant O-stars to dim brown dwarfs, we rank every stellar class by how well they could host life, Dyson swarms, and advanced civilizations across cosmic time.

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Which Stars Could We Live Around? Ranking Every Type of Star

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Which Stars Could We Live Around? Ranking Every Type of Star (Narration Only) Dec 23, 2025

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From giant O-stars to dim brown dwarfs, we rank every stellar class by how well they could host life, Dyson swarms, and advanced civilizations across cosmic time.

Watch my exclusive video Rogue AI Empires: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-rogue-ai-empires-when-machines-expand-without-us

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Which Stars Could We Live Around? Ranking Every Type of Star

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Do Civilizations Burn Out? The Fermi Paradox & Fossil Fuels Dec 21, 2025

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Could fossil fuels be the energy trap that stops technological civilizations from surviving long enough to reach the stars? We explore what that possibility means for the Fermi Paradox.

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The Fermi Paradox & Fossil Fuels

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Alex Shenderov & Donagh Broderick

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Do Civilizations Burn Out? The Fermi Paradox & Fossil Fuels (Narration Only) Dec 21, 2025

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Could fossil fuels be the energy trap that stops technological civilizations from surviving long enough to reach the stars? We explore what that possibility means for the Fermi Paradox.

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The Fermi Paradox & Fossil Fuels

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editors: Alex Shenderov & Donagh Broderick