Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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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48: Eric Weinstein: Theories of Everything, Geometric Unity & Science’s Paths. Into the Impossible


Part 1 of Brian Keatings fascinating interview with mathematician & economist Eric Weinstein on the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast. Topics include Erics provocative new ideas on physics and science culture. Weinstein is a vocal critic of modern academi


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 May 21, 2020  1h53m
 
 

Ep#47: Author, Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain discusses her films, book 24/6, and the human side of tech


This practice of turning off all screens for twenty-four hours each week, which she’s done for over a decade with her husband and kids (sixteen and ten), has completely changed their lives, giving them more time, productivity, connection, and presence. S


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 May 20, 2020  32m
 
 

46: Sasha Sagan: Cosmic Rituals


Sasha Sagan’s stirring debut book, “For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World,” is the topic of this week’s episode of INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE. Sagan is the daughter of late astronomer/author Carl Sagan and writer/prod


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 May 19, 2020  1h13m
 
 

45: Peter Diamandis, Founder of the XPrize Foundation and Singularity University


Peter Diamandis is a remarkable entrepreneur, and futurist, best known as the Founder & Executive Chairman of XPRIZE Foundation. His new book, written with Steven Kotler, is “The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Tran


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 May 15, 2020  56m
 
 

44: Galileo & the Science Deniers with Mario Livio


Mario Livio is a renowned astrophysicist & best-selling author. His new book “Galileo and the Science Deniers” is the gripping first biography of Galileo Galilei written by an astronomer. In this discussion with Dr. Brian Keating, Livio recounts Gal


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 May 14, 2020  1h25m
 
 

Episode 43: Sarah Scoles, Journalist and Author of “They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers”


Science journalist and author Sarah Scoles talks about her new book “They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers”, a study of UFO culture and its critics. What makes people believe intelligent alien life has visited the Earth? Fresh off thi


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 May 12, 2020  46m
 
 

Episode 42: Brian Keating & Dave Rubin — DON’T BURN THIS BOOK: using free speech to avoid a Sci Fi dystopia


Brian Keating interviews Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report) on the most interesting issues of the day: free speech and expression, classical liberalism, lessons from Jordan Peterson, and the imperative of tolerance. More about Dave Rubin: https://daverubin.co


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 May 5, 2020  1h9m
 
 

Episode 41: Stephen Wolfram, Founder & CEO of Wolfram Research, Computing the Cosmos


Stephen Wolfram, Founder & CEO of Wolfram Research, Creator of Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, Author of A New Kind of Science, discusses computational science, his new Project to Find a Fundamental Theory of Physics, and more. Over the course of 4 deca


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 April 24, 2020  2h36m
 
 

Episode 40: Greg Zuckerman, author of THE MAN WHO SOLVED THE MARKET: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution


Brian Keating, Director of the Simons Observatory, interviews Greg Zuckerman, author of the bestselling biography of Jim Simons, “The Man Who Solved The Market”. Portfolio/Penguin has published Greg Zuckerman’s latest book, THE MAN WHO SOLVED THE MARKET


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 April 20, 2020  49m
 
 

Episode 39: A Conversation with Physicist and Science Fiction Author David Brin


A Conversation with Physicist and Science Fiction Author David Brin about his work and his recent post: More repercussions in a plague year... and some long term (excerpted here) : And yes, some foresee all this accelerating the exodus of the uber-


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 April 14, 2020  50m