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
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 543
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Sabine Hossenfelder: I Changed My Mind About Dark Matter! (#355)
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 Twitte…
01:15:01 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
Donald Hoffman Has Proof That Reality is an ILLUSION! (#354)
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?
He…
01:07:06 |
Wed 04 Oct 2023
Stuart Hameroff: Is the Human Brain a Quantum Computer? (#353)
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 th…
00:59:51 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Celebrating 150K YouTube Subscribers: Q&A with Brian Keating (#352)
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 espec…
01:33:17 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Eric Weinstein On the Possibility of Nuclear War and the Twin Nuclei Problem (#351)
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…
01:23:15 |
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Seth Godin On AI, Industrial Capitalism and Solving the Climate Crisis (#350)
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,…
00:48:52 |
Sun 24 Sep 2023
Noam Chomsky on AI, Neural Networks, and the Future of Linguistics (#349)
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 al…
01:38:00 |
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Ashlee Vance Shares Crazy Stories from Elon Musk to the Billionaire Space Race (#348)
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 tha…
00:53:59 |
Sun 17 Sep 2023
The BIGGEST Questions In the Universe! (#347)
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 …
00:41:26 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
Is Science in a Legitimacy Crisis? | Peter Boghossian (#346)
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 are…
01:22:44 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Does Dr. Stephen C. Meyer Have Evidence for Intelligent Design? (#345)
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…
01:27:00 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Steven Koonin: Stop POLITICIZING Climate Science! (#344)
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 trut…
01:09:10 |
Wed 06 Sep 2023
Garry Nolan & Avi Loeb: The Science of Aliens | Brian Keating’s INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast (#343)
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…
02:10:45 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Avi Loeb Claims He May Have PROOF of Alien Technology (#342)
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 astroph…
01:55:59 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Brian Keating on Live Life Better with Scott Eastwood (#341)
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 relati…
01:39:21 |
Sat 26 Aug 2023
Why Professor Dave Thinks Our Scientific Integrity Is at Jeopardy (#340)
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 co…
01:11:03 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Merchants of Truth and Light: Losing the Nobel Prize - Brian Keating The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey (#339)
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 capabiliti…
01:13:37 |
Fri 18 Aug 2023
Juan Maldacena: What Is A Wormhole? (#338)
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 discusse…
01:20:25 |
Tue 15 Aug 2023
Richard Ellis: When Galaxies Are Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn (#337)
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 univer…
01:02:31 |
Sun 13 Aug 2023
String Gas Cosmology: Challenging Inflation | Robert Brandenberger (#336)
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 gr…
01:55:51 |
Wed 09 Aug 2023
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