Explore the real economics of building and operating a space elevator—from ship-launched ribbons to megaton climbers—and how this infrastructure could change the world.

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Space Elevator Economics: Building And Operating A Superhighway To Space

Episode 726; June 19, 2025

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Adrian Nixon

Ludwig Luska

Peter Swan

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Anthrofuturism

Atlantis Project

Katie Byrne

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Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Billions and Billions"

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Space Elevator Economics: Building And Operating A Superhighway To Space

Episode 726; June 19, 2025

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Edited by:

Adrian Nixon

Ludwig Luska

Peter Swan

Graphics:

Anthrofuturism

Atlantis Project

Katie Byrne

Phil Swan

Sergio Botero

Udo Schroeter

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Chris Zabriskie, "Unfoldment, Revealment", "A New Day in a New Sector"

Aerium, "Deijocht"

Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Billions and Billions"

Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata", "Cosmic Soup"

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Everyone talks about terraforming Mars, but Venus might be the real prize. Discover the surprising ways we could cool, reshape, and colonize this hostile world.

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How Hard Would It Be to Terraform Venus?

June 17, 2025; Episode 725.1

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Ken York

Mafic Studios

Sergio Botero

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Could we sculpt dead planets into living worlds? From artificial crusts and orbital mirrors to taming tectonics and engineering biospheres, this is your definitive guide to turning alien rocks into second Earths.

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Interstellar Travel: Can We Survive The Long Journey?

Episode 725; June 15, 2025

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik

Ken York YD Visual

Mafic Studios

Sergio Botero

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Chris Zabriskie, "Unfoldment, Revealment", "A New Day in a New Sector", "Oxygen Garden", "Wonder Cycle"

Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"

Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and..."

Dark Future, "Staring Through" pt1

Miguel Johnson. "The Commanders", "Far From Home"

Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata", "Cosmic Soup"

Aerium, "Deijocht"

Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Solar Eclipse", "Billions and Billions"

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Could we sculpt dead planets into living worlds? From artificial crusts and orbital mirrors to taming tectonics and engineering biospheres, this is your definitive guide to turning alien rocks into second Earths.

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Interstellar Travel: Can We Survive The Long Journey?

Episode 725; June 15, 2025

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Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik

Ken York YD Visual

Mafic Studios

Sergio Botero

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Chris Zabriskie, "Unfoldment, Revealment", "A New Day in a New Sector", "Oxygen Garden", "Wonder Cycle"

Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon"

Taras Harkavyi, "Alpha and..."

Dark Future, "Staring Through" pt1

Miguel Johnson. "The Commanders", "Far From Home"

Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata", "Cosmic Soup"

Aerium, "Deijocht"

Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Solar Eclipse", "Billions and Billions"

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Interstellar travel may one day take us to the stars, but surviving the journey could be the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. In this episode, we explore the physical, psychological, and societal trials of a voyage that could span centuries—or forever.

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Interstellar Travel: Can We Survive The Long Journey?

Episode 724; June 12, 2025

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Bryan Versteeg

Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik

Melanvois

Udo Schroeter

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Interstellar travel may one day take us to the stars, but surviving the journey could be the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. In this episode, we explore the physical, psychological, and societal trials of a voyage that could span centuries—or forever.

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Interstellar Travel: Can We Survive The Long Journey?

Episode 724; June 12, 2025

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Bryan Versteeg

Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik

Melanvois

Udo Schroeter

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Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Billions and Billions"

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From quantum tunneling to cosmic inflation, we journey through the theories behind the Big Bang and beyond — and ask the big question: could another Big Bang be in our cosmic future?

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Could We See a Second Big Bang?

Episode 724.1; June 10, 2025

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0:00 Intro

1:59 Why Did the Big Bang Happen?

3:01 Quantum Fluctuations

5:20 Inflation and False Vacuum Decay

7:56 Cyclic Models and the Ekpyrotic Universe

9:43 Big Bounce Cosmology

12:35 Tunneling from Nothing

14:04 Beginnings, Endings, and Echoes

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