Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Think like a physicist. Wonder like a human. Into the Impossible is where Cosmic Conversations happen — uniting Nobel Prize winners, iconoclasts, authors, and technologists to explore reality’s deepest questions. From AI to aliens, from biophysics to the brain, from the cosmos to the multiverse, Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego covers it all.
If you’ve ever asked What’s out there? or What’s next?, this is where curiosity meets clarity.
Learn to think like this. 🎙 Full episodes, notes & more: briankeating.com/podcast
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Unni Turrettini: Betraying the Nobel: Secrets, ...
Unni and I are in complete resonance when it comes to the tarnish on the Nobel. The peace prize is as distorted from Alfreds original intentions as are the science prizes. Its mesmerizing to watch Unni mix an attorneys keen analytical mentality with a jo
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Gentry Patrick: Race & Diversity in Science (#...
Professor Gentry Patrick is a neurobiologist and the Director of Mentorship and Diversity at UC San Diego. As a kid from Compton, he didn’t have an easy road, but he is committed to making sure future generations have it easier than he did.We discuss
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How Big is the Universe? It’s Debatable… An Ess...
On April 26, 1920, in Washington DC, two contestants took the stage in a debate that would alter the cosmos forever. Was this contest the 1920 presidential debate? No, this battle was literally for universal domination, not a mere skirmish between presid
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Sean Carroll: Is the Universe Twisted? Limits o...
In 1990, Sean Carrolls, George Field and Roman Jackiw wrote an epochal paper that had a tremendous impact on physics, and in particular, on me and my career as a young graduate student in the 1990s. Sean will discuss the background physics behind thi
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Emily Levesque: Will Today’s Astronomers Be The...
In The Last Stargazers, Emily Levesque reveals the hidden world of the professional astronomer. She celebrates an era of ingenuity and curiosity, and asks us to think twice before we cast aside our sense of wonder at the universe.Emily Levesque is an
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Gad Saad: The Parasitic Mind – the cure for men...
Why are politics and society becoming more polarized? How does misinformation, disinformation, bigotry, and hatred spread? How are decisions really made? Dr. Gad Saad has answers and we get to many of them in this fast-moving discussion. We also discuss
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Carl Hagen: Spontaneous Symmetries, the Higgs M...
Carl Hagen , a man who, as much as anyone alive was responsible for discovering the so-called Higgs Mechanism. I found Carl fascinating and very similar to his lifelong friend and colleague, my former quantum mechanics Professor at Brown University, Ge
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Paul Halpern Synchronicity: Wolfgang Pauli & Ca...
Paul Halpern’s latest book is “Synchronicity: The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect.” Paul joins me to discuss the book as well as big topics like quantum entanglement and the meaning of life. Hear about how he balances his
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Rabbi David Wolpe: Atheism, The Simulation Hypo...
A discussion with Rabbi Wolpe, Max Webb Senior Rabbi, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles.
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Juan Maldacena: On Theories of Everything, Blac...
Juan Maldacena joined me to discuss his fascinating new paper on human traversable wormholes and other topics in fundamental physics. Join in the chat to participate! We discussed the Multiverse, Black Holes, Wormholes, SETI, Life on Einstein Lane, Inter
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Did Scientists Discover Life on Venus? MIT Prof...
A conversation with MIT Professor Sara Seager and The Verge Journalist Loren Grush, with Prof. Brian Keating. Loren Grush writes: Deep within the acidic clouds of Venus, astronomers have detected a tantalizing gas never found on the planet before — a gas
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Alex Heyne: Youtube’s #1 Monk! (#074)
Alexander Heyne is the creator of Modern Health Monk, a popular YouTube channel devoted to helping people learn healthy habits and manifest a happy life. Alex is also the author of “Master the Day: Eat, Move and Live Better With The Power of Daily Habits
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Astrophysicist Moiya McTier, Folklorist of the ...
Moiya McTier is in the final year of her PhD in astrophysics at Columbia, but she is already a science communication star. With a background in folklore, she is an accomplished storyteller working to bring more science into science fiction. Moiya joins m
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Futurist, Author, Pundit: David Brin — Where Ar...
David Brin is best-known for shining light — plausibly and entertainingly — on technology, society, and countless challenges confronting our rambunctious civilization. His best-selling novels include The Postman (filmed in 1997) plus explorations of our
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James Altucher: Seinfeld Unfriended Me! A Speci...
A conversation with @James Altucher about the explosive controversy surrounding his LinkedIn piece NYC is DEAD, the repercussions of which are still resonating around the globe! We begin by chatting about Jerry Seinfeld who inveighed against James in
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Auschwitz Survivor Rose Schindler: Never Give U...
Rose Schindler survived Auschwitz and has shared her remarkable story with thousands of people over the course of 50 years. Her memories of the Holocaust have remained clear over the decades, but so has her mantra to never give up hope. Rose joins me on
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YouTube’s #1 Astronomer Dr. Becky Smethurst: “D...
Rebecca Smethurst is known as Dr. Becky on her popular YouTube channel. She is an astrophysicist and science communicator, answering questions about physics and astronomy in engaging videos. Dr. Becky is also the author of the new book “Space at the Spee
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Jordan Harbinger: How Deep is Your Well? (#068)
Jordan Harbinger’s long career in podcasting has earned him the nickname “The Larry King of Podcasting.” His previous career path included being a lawyer in New York, a tour guide in North Korea, a life coach, and a radio talk show host. He interviews di
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Heather Lynn Mac Donald: A Classic Modern Unive...
Heather Lynn Mac Donald is an American conservative political commentator, essayist and attorney. She is a Thomas W. Smith Fellow of the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of the institutes City Journal. She has written numerous editorials and
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Patrick Bet-David UNCENSORED!! Got Fired? Make ...
Patrick Bet-David runs one of the most successful YouTube channels in history, Valuetainment: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIHdDJ0tjn_3j-FS7s_X1kQ Let his clarity of purpose and ability to build a great team inspire your next 5 moves! On this episode
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Stephen Wolfram & Eric Weinstein: The Nature of...
A deep and wide-ranging conversation with two mathematical mavericks.
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This man commanded a Billion Dollar Submarine. ...
David Marquet’s leadership transformed the fate of those aboard the U.S. Navy submarine under his command. Watch this episode to learn tips from his latest book and motivate people through your language. David and I talk about the small adjustments in ou
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Theories of Everything: Cosmic Controversies, G...
Experimental evidence for any current Theory of Everything is, at best, inconclusive. This is perhaps the greatest fundamental challenges facing physics. That lack of progress has opened up a sea of controversy. Welcome to the second in our two-event ser
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Part 1 of A Conversation with James Altucher on...
James Altucher is an American hedge-fund manager, author, podcaster and entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded over 20 companies. He has published 20 books and he is a contributor to publications including The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal,
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PBS Spacetime Presents: “Theory of Everything” ...
What are the Leading Theories of Everything? In this 90 minute summit with some of the world’s leading physicists, we’ll go beyond the hype into the heart and soul of physics. The search for a theory that finishes what Einstein began and ties together al
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