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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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    Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed Stars (Narration Only)

    19/03/2026 | 30 mins.
    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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    Credits:
    Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed Stars
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Graphics from Fishy Tree, Jeremy Jozwik, Udo Schroeter
    Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & Stellardrone
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    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    1:56 WHAT A BROWN DWARF IS
    7:15 L Dwarfs
    11:57 T-Dwarfs
    17:04 Nebula
    18:15 Habitable Zones
    22:12 Megastructures
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  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed Stars

    19/03/2026 | 30 mins.
    Colonizing brown dwarfs: habitats, megastructures, and hidden homes around failed stars. Could these dim embers power civilizations for trillions of years?

    Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
    Watch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinction
    Check out 17 Pages: https://nebula.tv/17pages?ref=isaacarthur
    and A Bit Obscure https://nebula.tv/abitfrank/a-bit-obscure?ref=isaacarthur

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    Credits:
    Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed Stars
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Graphics from Fishy Tree, Jeremy Jozwik, Udo Schroeter
    Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & Stellardrone
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    1:56 WHAT A BROWN DWARF IS
    7:15 L Dwarfs
    11:57 T-Dwarfs
    17:04 Nebula
    18:15 Habitable Zones
    22:12 Megastructures
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    Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes Next

    15/03/2026 | 25 mins.
    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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    Credits: Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes Next
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Editor: Charles Slatkin
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    1:48 The Pioneering Century
    5:49 The Physics of Rockets
    8:20 The Coming Revolution in Launch Systems
    11:50 Beyond Rockets — The Alternative Gateways to Space
    12:26 Space Elevators
    13:49 Skyhooks and Rotovators
    15:04 Orbital Rings
    17:58 Mass Drivers and Coilguns
    19:05 Nebula
    20:18 Launch Loops and Dynamic Tethers
    21:13 High-Altitude and Hybrid Launch Systems
    22:39 Toward a Post-Rocket Civilization
    23:15 The Road Ahead — Humanity’s Next Launch Century
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  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes Next (Narration Only)

    15/03/2026 | 25 mins.
    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.

    Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
    Watch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinction
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    Credits: Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes Next
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Editor: Charles Slatkin
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    1:48 The Pioneering Century
    5:49 The Physics of Rockets
    8:20 The Coming Revolution in Launch Systems
    11:50 Beyond Rockets — The Alternative Gateways to Space
    12:26 Space Elevators
    13:49 Skyhooks and Rotovators
    15:04 Orbital Rings
    17:58 Mass Drivers and Coilguns
    19:05 Nebula
    20:18 Launch Loops and Dynamic Tethers
    21:13 High-Altitude and Hybrid Launch Systems
    22:39 Toward a Post-Rocket Civilization
    23:15 The Road Ahead — Humanity’s Next Launch Century
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    What Happens When AI Runs the Entire Economy?

    12/03/2026 | 28 mins.
    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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    Credits: What Happens When AI Runs the Entire Economy?
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro - The Invisible Hand Becomes a Neural Network
    2:58 What Does “Running the Economy” Actually Mean?
    5:30 What Does “Running the Economy” Actually Mean?
    10:19 Labor in an AI-Run Economy
    14:41 Who Programs the Economy’s Values?
    17:01 Government, Power, and Economic Sovereignty
    20:21 So, Can Humans Stay in the Loop?
    22:56 The Best-Case and Worst-Case Futures
    24:53 Abolish Everything
    25:57 The Last Economic Decisions We Ever Make
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About 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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