Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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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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Jul 15, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min
Janna Levin: Spots, Blues, and Madmen — revealing cosmic mysteries (#056)
Theoretical cosmologist Janna Levin is an-award winning author of both nonfiction and fiction. In her interview on the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE podcast, she emphasizes the important role of creativity in science, and life in general. We discussed Levin’s rese
Jul 15, 2020 · 1 hr 17 min
The Many Worlds of Ann Druyan: Matriarch of the Cosmos (#055)
Ann Druyan has brought the universe to millions around the world. The wife of the late Carl Sagan, Ann is a renowned science communicator and producer/writer and co-creator of the upcoming series Cosmos: Possible Worlds. She is the author of the companio
Jun 27, 2020 · 1 hr 26 min
Jim Simons: Life Lessons from the ‘World’s Smartest Billionaire’ (#054)
Mathematician, code breaker, Professor, hedge fund pioneer, & philanthropist Jim Simons makes his first-ever podcast appearance on this episode of INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE with UC San Diego Professor Brian Keating. Learn about Chern-Simons theory, leader
Jun 17, 2020 · 15 sec
Chase Purdy: BILLION DOLLAR BURGER! Will you eat lab-grown Meat? Into the Impossible Podcast (#053)
Chase Purdy’s book “Billion Dollar Burger: Inside Big Techs Race for the Future of Food” is poised to become a bestseller. Learn about the edible space race as a meat-alternative you may never have heard of is developed by competing companies. Cell-cultu
Jun 17, 2020 · 58 min
Eric Weinstein Part 2: Parenting, Peak Prosperity, & Weinstein University (#052)
Part 2 of Brian Keatings conversation with Eric Weinstein on the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE podcast pivots from faith & family to the course catalog at “Weinstein University” (fictional, for now!) which would combine scholarship with wonder. We also contem
Jun 4, 2020 · 1 hr 33 min
Stephon Alexander: The Jazz of Physics! (#051)
Physicist, jazz musician, & President of the National Society of Black Physicists, Stephon Alexander is this week’s guest on the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE podcast. He discussed the foundations of the cosmos, his advice for balancing academic and creative
Jun 2, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min
Sarah Frier : No Filter — The Inside Story of Instagram (#050)
Sarah Frier is a prolific technology reporter for Bloomberg. Her new book, “No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram,” is both a compelling account of Instagram’s history and a record of the social media platform’s impact on society. Professor Brian Keat
Jun 2, 2020 · 1 hr 13 min
Dr. Jud Brewer : Fear, Freedom, and his book The Craving Mind (#049)
Dr. Jud Brewer is a mindfulness expert, using his background in addiction psychiatry to help people around the world. In this interview with Brian Keating, on INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE, Brewer talks about his book, “The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartph
May 20, 2020 · 1 hr 53 min
Eric Weinstein: Theories of Everything, Geometric Unity & Science’s Paths. Into the Impossible (#048)
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
May 20, 2020 · 32 min
Author, Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain discusses her films, book 24/6, and the human side of tech (#047)
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
May 19, 2020 · 1 hr 13 min
Sasha Sagan: Cosmic Rituals (#046)
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
May 15, 2020 · 56 min
Peter Diamandis, Founder of the XPrize Foundation and Singularity University (#045)
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
May 14, 2020 · 1 hr 25 min
Galileo & the Science Deniers with Mario Livio (#044)
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
May 12, 2020 · 45 min
Sarah Scoles, Journalist and Author of “They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers” (#043)
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
May 5, 2020 · 1 hr 9 min
Brian Keating & Dave Rubin — DON’T BURN THIS BOOK: using free speech to avoid a Sci Fi dystopia (#042)
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
Apr 23, 2020 · 2 hr 36 min
Stephen Wolfram, Founder & CEO of Wolfram Research, Computing the Cosmos (#041)
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
Apr 20, 2020 · 49 min
Greg Zuckerman, author of THE MAN WHO SOLVED THE MARKET: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution (#040)
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
Apr 13, 2020 · 52 min
A Conversation with Physicist and Science Fiction Author David Brin (#039)
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-
Apr 13, 2020 · 1 hr 58 min
Giving the Devil His Due: a conversation with Michael Shermer & Brian Keating (#038)
Brian Keating Interviews Skeptic Magazine publisher and author of Giving The Devil His Due Michael Shermer. Get Michael Shermers Books here:GIVING THE DEVIL HIS DUEHEAVENS ON EARTHTHE MORAL ARC: Find Show Notes and Links hereDr. Michael She
Apr 13, 2020 · 37 min
The Physics of Krav Maga with author and physics Professor John Eric Goff (#037)
Krav Maga (contact combat in Hebrew) is a hard-hitting and efficient form of self-defense that was popularized by Israeli soldiers. Stressing practical, real-world fighting and a philosophy of self-defense, its popularity has grown worldwide over the pas

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Janna Levin: Spots, Blues, and Madmen — revealing cosmic mysteries (#056)

The Many Worlds of Ann Druyan: Matriarch of the Cosmos (#055)

Jim Simons: Life Lessons from the ‘World’s Smartest Billionaire’ (#054)

Chase Purdy: BILLION DOLLAR BURGER! Will you eat lab-grown Meat? Into the Impossible Podcast (#053)

Eric Weinstein Part 2: Parenting, Peak Prosperity, & Weinstein University (#052)

Stephon Alexander: The Jazz of Physics! (#051)

Sarah Frier : No Filter — The Inside Story of Instagram (#050)

Dr. Jud Brewer : Fear, Freedom, and his book The Craving Mind (#049)

Eric Weinstein: Theories of Everything, Geometric Unity & Science’s Paths. Into the Impossible (#048)

Author, Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain discusses her films, book 24/6, and the human side of tech (#047)

Sasha Sagan: Cosmic Rituals (#046)

Peter Diamandis, Founder of the XPrize Foundation and Singularity University (#045)

Galileo & the Science Deniers with Mario Livio (#044)

Sarah Scoles, Journalist and Author of “They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers” (#043)

Brian Keating & Dave Rubin — DON’T BURN THIS BOOK: using free speech to avoid a Sci Fi dystopia (#042)

Stephen Wolfram, Founder & CEO of Wolfram Research, Computing the Cosmos (#041)

Greg Zuckerman, author of THE MAN WHO SOLVED THE MARKET: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution (#040)

A Conversation with Physicist and Science Fiction Author David Brin (#039)

Giving the Devil His Due: a conversation with Michael Shermer & Brian Keating (#038)

The Physics of Krav Maga with author and physics Professor John Eric Goff (#037)