Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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A podcast about how we understand the world, scientifically and as humans. Each conversation brings together visionaries from the worlds of arts, sciences, humanities, and technology discussing the nature of reality and how we collaborate to create the future. Hosted by Dr Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego. For show notes go to: https://briankeating.com/podcast

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What happened after the Big Bang? To answer this question, I invited a true pioneer in the field of cosmic microwave background, Bruce Partridge! Bruce Partridge is an emeritus professor of astronomy in the science department at Haverford College. He ...

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12.08.2023 What Happened AFTER the Big Bang? Bruce Partridge What happened after the Big Bang? To answer this question, I invited a true pioneer in the field of cosmic microwave background, Bruce Partridge! Bruce Partridge is an emeritus professor of astronomy in the science department at Haverford College. He ...
12.05.2023 Exploring Curiosity With Nobel Prize Winner Barry Barish Remastered from our interview in May 2023 A few months ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing the Nobel Laureate, Barry Barish, for UCTV. Barry is an experimental physicist and a professor at UC Riverside. He was awarded the Nobel ...
12.02.2023 David Brin: Privacy, AI and the Values of a Transparent Society It's no secret that almost every step we take is being tracked or recorded in some way. However, plenty of things need to be clarified about what this means for our personal freedoms and safety. Today, David Brin, a world-renowned ...
11.29.2023 Canadian Prepper & Brian Keating: Will Humans Soon Go EXTINCT? Remastered from our interview in May 2023 Will humans soon go extinct? Are we already on borrowed time? I had the honor of discussing this with none other than the Canadian Prepper himself! Canadian Prepper is an educational YouTuber who ...
11.26.2023 Lawrence Krauss: The Mysterious Origins of Dark Energy ✨ To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/DrBrianKeating The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription. ✨ I had the pleasure of participating in an exciting onstage dialogue with ...
11.23.2023 David Chalmers: The Matrix is REAL! Is the Matrix really real? And if so, which pill would David Chalmers take? Join us for a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, human consciousness, technology, philosophy, and religion, and find out! David Chalmers is an Australian philosopher and cognitive ...
11.20.2023 Brian Greene: Does the Multiverse Actually Exist? Is it still possible to make a case for string theory? And should we treat the multiverse as a serious idea and explore it mathematically? Here to discuss these fundamental questions with me today is the one and only Brian ...
11.17.2023 Cumrun Vafa: Is String Theory Actually Science? Many argue that string theory cannot be proven and should therefore be abandoned. For them, string theory is not science at all. But are they right? Here to discuss these claims with me is none other than Cumrun Vafa! Cumrun ...
11.14.2023 Michael Turner Explains the Origins and Mysteries of Dark Energy Welcome to a very important, meaningful, and delightful episode of Into the Impossible, with an impossibly brilliant guest who has inspired me since my young days as a graduate – Michael Turner! Michael Turner is a renowned theoretical cosmologist and ...
11.11.2023 Martin Rees Predicts the Future of Humanity and Science! What’s written in our stars? Here to read humanity's horoscope is none other than Lord Martin Rees! Lord Martin Rees has played a huge role in my career and is an inspiration to me and millions of scientists around the ...
11.08.2023 EXCLUSIVE: Katherine Freese Has Evidence of Dark Stars! Katherine Freese first presented the concept of dark stars at a conference in 2007. It was not well received at the time, as there was no evidence for it, and finding it seemed impossible. That is until recently… Katherine Freese ...
11.05.2023 Leonard Susskind: What REALLY Happens Inside a Black Hole? What's really going on in a black hole? Why are there so many theories of everything? And did Leonard Susskind, the father of string theory, ever feel like an impostor? Find out in this thrilling interview with none other than ...
11.02.2023 Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying: The Modern World Is Out Of Sync With Humans! Humans have never lived in such abundance as we do today. Yet we are miserable, divided, and lonely. We have everything we need to flourish, so why are we wilting? Today’s extraordinary guests, Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, say it’s ...
10.30.2023 Category Theory: Exploring Mathematics’ Deepest Truths With Eugenia Cheng Is math real? How to bake pi? And how much is x+y, really? Many people don't like math because they find it too complicated or boring. But math can actually be a lot of fun, and we can find it ...
10.27.2023 Michio Kaku: String Theory Is The GOD Equation! There is a God equation in mathematics; could there be a God equation in physics? This is the question to which Dr. Michio Kaku has dedicated his life. Dr. Kaku is a theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned ...
10.24.2023 Patrick Bet-David shares his next 5 moves in the event of an economic downturn Is life insurance a scam? What is the difference between a visionary and someone who’s all talk? And what would Patrick Bet-David's next five moves be if he lost his job? On this episode of Into the Impossible, Patrick Bet-David ...
10.22.2023 Nobel Laureate Finds Key Insights About Complex Systems in Bird Flight \| Giorgio Parisi How does a Nobel Prize winner create ideas and bring them to life? What can starlings teach us about physics? And what is a spin glass? Here today, to take us on a fascinating journey from bird flocks to condensed ...
10.18.2023 “Going To Mars Is An Escapist FANTASY!” \| Brian Keating On Triggernometry Usually, I’m the one interrogating guests, but every now and then, I find myself on the hot seat, too! Enjoy my conversation with Francis and Konstantin on their show, TRIGGERnometry. We discussed the idea of colonizing Mars, aliens, the origin ...
10.15.2023 Eric Weinstein vs. Stephen Wolfram: The Battle of the Theories of Everything Are you ready for the battle of the theories of everything? Eric Weinstein and Stephen Wolfram, two mathematical mavericks and personal heroes of mine, joined me on the show to debate their theories of everything, answer questions from the audience, ...
10.13.2023 Who Is Ben Shapiro BEYOND Politics? Daily Routine, Religion, Dream Guest and Science Fiction Have you ever wondered who Ben Shapiro is beyond politics? Well, you are in luck because today, you have the incredible opportunity to get to know him in a way that only a few do! In our exciting interview, we ...
10.09.2023 Sabine Hossenfelder: I Changed My Mind About Dark Matter! Welcome everybody to an existential edition of the Into the Impossible podcast with one of my favorite human beings and one of your favorite human beings too, judging by my comment sections on Twitter and YouTube – Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder! ...
10.04.2023 Donald Hoffman Has Proof That Reality is an ILLUSION! Is reality real, or are we actually just living in a simulation? How did Galileo influence modern thinking about reality? And are there any drug experiences that you simply can't come back from? Here today to discuss this with me ...
10.02.2023 Stuart Hameroff: Is the Human Brain a Quantum Computer? Is the human brain a quantum computer? What is the Orch OR model of consciousness? And is there an afterlife for our quantum souls? Here today to answer these questions and take us on a wild tour through consciousness, imagination, ...
09.29.2023 Celebrating 150K YouTube Subscribers: Q&A with Brian Keating I've recently hit a huge milestone on my YouTube channel, which is currently at a whopping 150k subscribers... And counting! I could not be more grateful to you for tuning in, subscribing, and especially for commenting and leaving questions for ...
09.27.2023 Eric Weinstein On the Possibility of Nuclear War and the Twin Nuclei Problem Today, I have the honor to welcome back one of my favorite guests on the show, Eric Weinstein! Most of you are probably already very familiar with Eric and his work, but for those who don’t know him, Eric is ...
09.24.2023 Seth Godin On AI, Industrial Capitalism and Solving the Climate Crisis Is AI real or just magic pretending to be real? What’s the difference between education and learning? And what does global warming have to do with marketing?! Here today, to answer these questions, is one of my heroes, Seth Godin! ...
09.20.2023 Noam Chomsky on AI, Neural Networks, and the Future of Linguistics Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential and highly cited scholars of our time. He is a pioneer in the fields of linguistics and cognitive science. He has deep thoughts about communicating with aliens, meditation, Elon Musk, and free ...
09.17.2023 Ashlee Vance Shares Crazy Stories from Elon Musk to the Billionaire Space Race Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Peter Beck? Who's winning the billionaire space race? And who will take care of all their space junk? Here today to answer all of these questions and more is none other than Ashlee Vance! Ashlee ...
09.15.2023 The BIGGEST Questions In the Universe! In this special edition of the Foundational Questions Podcast, physicist Brian Keating discusses his book Losing The Nobel Prize, which recounts the ill-fated BICEP2 announcement--and retraction--of the claimed discovery of primordial gravitational waves in 2014. Listen for the special treat ...
09.13.2023 Is Science in a Legitimacy Crisis? \| Peter Boghossian Today, I sat down with someone who I respect greatly – Peter Boghossian. Peter is a former Portland State University professor, renowned philosopher, and best-selling author. His primary research areas are critical thinking and moral reasoning. He actually resigned from ...
09.12.2023 Does Dr. Stephen C. Meyer Have Evidence for Intelligent Design? Is intelligent design a scientific possibility worth exploring? According to today’s guest, Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, it is, and he claims he has scientific evidence to prove it! Dr. Stephen C. Meyer is a former geophysicist and college professor who ...
09.06.2023 Steven Koonin: Stop POLITICIZING Climate Science! Is climate science being politicized? Are facts being misrepresented and distorted to fit a certain narrative? Are climate scientists trying to dictate policy instead of investigating the actual truth? And what does it mean to be accused of being a ...
09.01.2023 Garry Nolan & Avi Loeb: The Science of Aliens \| Brian Keating’s INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast Watch the video of this conversation https://www.youtube.com/live/TezZ65_7MaY?si=-K12LzQeGNGN55Sg?sub_confirmation=1 Past episode with Avi Loeb on Youtube: https://youtu.be/N9lUceHsLRw Garry Nolan is a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research is in microbiology, immunology, bio-computation, and analysis of UFO artifacts, materials, and ...
08.29.2023 EXCLUSIVE: Avi Loeb Claims He May Have PROOF of Alien Technology Watch the video of our conversation https://youtu.be/nlrDky-fCtc?sub_confirmation=1 Once again, I had the pleasure of speaking to one of the world's most famous and perhaps most controversial astrophysicists – Avi Loeb! For those of you who don’t know him, Avi is ...
08.26.2023 Brian Keating on Live Life Better with Scott Eastwood Scott Eastwood evokes one of the best primers on cosmology and astrophysics you’re ever going to get in this wide ranging discussion wit Brian Keating. From the age and size of the Universe to relativity and the essence of science ...
08.22.2023 Why Professor Dave Thinks Our Scientific Integrity Is at Jeopardy Today's guest is no stranger to drama and controversy, and he may have helped you pass a test or two in school… Meet Dave Farina, better known as Professor Dave Explains! Dave is a popular science communicator, chemist, author, and ...
08.18.2023 Merchants of Truth and Light: Losing the Nobel Prize - Brian Keating The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey Astrophysicist and cosmologist Brian Keating, Ph.D., talks about the high-pressure world of science. For a decade, Dave Asprey, “the father of biohacking,” elevated what you knew about the capabilities of your mind and body across a thousand episodes of Bulletproof ...
08.15.2023 Juan Maldacena: What Is A Wormhole? Juan Maldacena joined Professor Brian Keating for his first-ever podcast to discuss his fascinating work on black holes, AdS CFT, and 'human traversable wormholes and fundamental physics. We discussed the Multiverse, Black Holes, Wormholes, SETI, Life on Einstein Lane at ...
08.13.2023 Richard Ellis: When Galaxies Are Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn Richard S. Ellis is professor of astrophysics at University College London and a world-renowned observational astronomer who has made numerous discoveries about the nature and evolution of the universe. He lives in Cambridge, UK. When Galaxies Were Born is Richard ...
08.09.2023 String Gas Cosmology: Challenging Inflation \| Robert Brandenberger Watch this episode on YouTube to see the slides: https://youtu.be/G3xy-bEDJCY "I view string theory as the most promising way to quantize matter and gravity in a unified way. We need both quantum gravity and we need unification and a quantization ...
08.06.2023 The Discovery of The Century or BUST? High Temperature Superconductor \| Inna Vishik and Jorge Hirsch See the video of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/live/qQnDatnAWP4?feature=share Breaking news! A team of scientists in South Korea has made an extraordinary claim: they have discovered a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor. This means that they have found a material that can conduct ...
07.31.2023 UAP Disclosure: Eyewitness encounters with Ryan Graves See the Video of this episode here! https://youtu.be/tnQtfv93agA "The gimbal object...we had never seen anything like that before!" In today's episode, we have a fascinating conversation with Ryan Graves, who shares his encounters with multiple unidentified objects that flew past ...
07.26.2023 Replay: University of Adversity with Brian Keating and Lance Essihos Professor Brian Keating tells listeners: “If you go through life and you have this expectation that you are going to have the wind at your back. You are going to be much more disappointed than if you expect there to ...
07.21.2023 No, the Universe ISN'T 27 Billion Years Old! See the Video! https://www.youtube.com/live/_45U7IjIJDk?feature=share In this episode Brian Keating and Allison Kirkpatrick respond to Rajendra Gupta’s controversial paper challenging the current model of the universe. What is the basis for this claim and why are media outlets and influencers promoting ...
07.18.2023 Avi Loeb: “This object came from another solar system!” See the Video! https://youtube.com/live/BFuW-zfH5RU Avi Loeb joined Brian Keating after he led a Galileo Project expedition to the Pacific Ocean to retrieve spherules of the first recognized interstellar meteor, IM1. These samples were brought back to Harvard College Observatory over ...
07.12.2023 Brian Keating on The Micah Hanks Program: Life Beyond Earth and Losing The Nobel Prize Brian Keating is interviewed by Micah Hanks. Micah is a writer, pocaster, researcher, adventurer, and cofounder of The Debrief, He delves deep into science, technology, history and UAP and UFO research. In this interview Micah focuses on Professor Keating’s book, ...
07.09.2023 Nobel Laureate Adam Riess: Tension In The Cosmos! Watch the full video on youtube here: https://youtu.be/b3Tx1g8gKmY Other Episode with Adam Riess: https://youtu.be/WZUqzHRuzhA Adam Riess is a renowned astrophysicist recognized for his groundbreaking research on the expansion of the universe with the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics Through extensive ...
07.06.2023 No, No Nobel: How to Lose the Prize: Brian Keating on Scientific American's Science Talk Physicist Brian Keating talks about his book Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science’s Highest Honor. Past episode with Avi Loeb on Youtube: https://youtu.be/N9lUceHsLRw Please join my mailing list
07.04.2023 How to Find Aliens \| Jaime Green Watch the full video on youtube here: https://youtu.be/EY8b5g31j44 Welcome author Jaime Green! We discuss her moving and delightful book about the possibility and actuality of alien life. The discussion covers a range of topics, from the role of waste of ...
06.29.2023 Einstein's Quantum Riddle! In Memoriam to Dr. Andy Friedman Watch the full video on youtube here: https://youtu.be/-lRuFqXzfJU Andy Friedman: In Memoriam: A tribute to our beloved colleague -- Astronomer, Physicist, Friend https://youtu.be/lKo5Ed-_eSo Andy Friedman, Brian Keating and David Brin Many Worlds & The Multiverse: https://youtu.be/9oahwWBcg1A Three years ago our ...

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