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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Neil deGrasse Tyson Delivers a Harsh Reality Ch...
Is Elon Musk’s plan to colonize Mars realistic? How does cosmic insignificance shape our understanding of humanity? And why do science and astrology clash so fundamentally?
124 min
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How Poetry Can Enhance Our Knowledge of Cosmolo...
How should we communicate big ideas? How do science and poetry differ in their communication of knowledge? And can poetry enhance our understanding of cosmology?
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How Kepler Found One Planet Every Day: Jason St...
84 min
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Max Tegmark: Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence...
Will AI ever surpass human intelligence, discover new laws of physics, and solve the greatest mysteries of our universe?
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What is Time? Stephen Wolfram’s Groundbreaking ...
What is time? Is it just a ticking clock, or is it something more profound?
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Kelsey Johnson: My Quest to Decode the Cosmos [...
Can science, philosophy, and religion work together to address humanity's biggest questions?
81 min
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Is the Universe a Simulation? Andrew Pontzen [E...
Simulations today are powerful tools for exploring the mysteries of our universe, but how close can they come to replicating reality? Can we recreate everything through simulations, or are there limits we can’t overcome? And how do today’s powerful simulations shape our understanding of everything from galaxies to climate change?
73 min
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Our Universe Is A Math Problem! Max Tegmark’s B...
Is reality fundamentally mathematical? Is our universe just one of many? And will we ever discover extraterrestrial life?
41 min
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The mRNA Breakthrough That Changed Medicine For...
What if the secret to saving millions of lives was hidden for years—overlooked, dismissed, and even rejected?
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Is Earth Truly One of a Kind? Exploring Exoplan...
In this episode, renowned astrophysicist Josh Winn joins us to discuss the fascinating world of exoplanets, planetary systems, and the quest to discover other habitable planets.
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What’s Holding Back Your View of the Stars? Com...
Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered if your eyes were enough to capture all it has to offer? Spoiler alert: They’re not!
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Searching for a Theory of Everything with Max T...
What are the leading theories of everything, and are we any closer to discovering the one true theory of everything?
86 min
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How Being Wrong in Science Can Lead to Great Br...
With decades of experience under his belt, Rocky explains the tricky balance between confidence and humility in science.
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The Shocking Similarities Between Our Eyes and ...
Have you ever wondered how your eyes compare to a telescope?
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Uncovering the Lost Connection Between Science ...
Here today, to challenge conventional narratives about the relationship between science and religion is host of the Young Heretics podcast, Spencer Klavan!
114 min
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Think Like Galileo: My Brown University Commenc...
In 2022, I had the honor of delivering the commencement address at Brown University.
64 min
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Exploring the Secrets of the Infant Universe wi...
What is the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and why is it essential in cosmology? What role do instruments like BICEP and the Simons Observatory play in studying the early universe? And is the multiverse real?
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The Loop Quantum Gravity War
A few weeks ago, I released a video about whether string theory’s biggest competitor, Loop Quantum Gravity, might have suffered a fatal blow.
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Did JWST Just Solve the Biggest Crisis in Cosmo...
Can the James Webb Space Telescope help solve one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology?
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Cumrun Vafa: Puzzles to Unravel the Universe (2...
Cumrun Vafa: Puzzles to Unravel the Universe (2020)
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What Is The Higgs Field? Matt Strassler [Ep. 460]
Have we been completely wrong about the Higgs boson? What if it’s not what we think but something far more elusive? And what does the origin of mass in the universe have to do with music?
64 min
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Searching for Extraterrestrial Life with Dr. Lu...
Are we alone in the universe?
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Extra Dimensions Could Change Everything We Kno...
Is the universe hiding extra dimensions we can’t see? Could a graviton – a particle we haven’t even proven to exist – change everything we know about the cosmos? And what does the future of physics hold if the standard model fails?
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How Did Tardigrades End Up on the Moon? w/ Dani...
What are tardigrades, and how did they end up on the moon?
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Will We Ever Find a Theory of Everything? Brian...
Will we ever find the theory of everything? What’s the real difference between artificial intelligence and artificial wisdom? And do experimental physicists really need a deeper understanding of theory than the theorists themselves?
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