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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Average duration: 66 minutes
Episodes: 543
Years Active: 2018 - 2025

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Part 1 of 2: David Friedberg is All-In on Science (#297)

Please support the podcast by taking our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/intotheimpossible David Friedberg believes that science is the best hope to save humanity. He is an Ame…

01:33:49 | Fri 10 Feb 2023

Dan Green Physics is NOT In Crisis! (#296)

Please support the podcast by taking our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/intotheimpossible Is fundamental physics in trouble as past guests like Lee Smolin, Lawrence Krauss, E…

00:45:56 | Sun 05 Feb 2023

Aliens are NOT here! With Sarah Scoles (#295)

Please support the podcast by taking our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/intotheimpossible Sarah Scoles, Journalist and Author of “They Are Already Here UFO Culture and Why We…

00:46:53 | Sat 04 Feb 2023

Aliens are Out There! Lisa Kaltenegger (#294)

Please support the podcast by taking our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/intotheimpossible Lisa Kaltenegger is the founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell. In…

01:31:49 | Thu 02 Feb 2023

Putting Einstein to the TEST: Jim Gates (#293)

#einstein #relativity #gravity In 1911, a relatively unknown physicist named Albert Einstein published his preliminary theory of gravity. But it hadn't been tested. To do that, he needed a photograph…

00:37:36 | Tue 31 Jan 2023

Do We Live in a Mirror Universe? Oliver Philcox (#292)

Also available as a video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/y0_ePN7c1gw What is parity and how can it be violated? A striking asymmetry in the arrangements of galaxies in the sky has been announced. If co…

00:41:53 | Thu 26 Jan 2023

This Book Sent Galileo To JAIL! (#291)

The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo) is a 1632 Italian-language book by Galileo Galilei comparing the Copernican system with the traditi…

00:31:09 | Mon 23 Jan 2023

Is There A MIND Behind the Big Bang? Luke Barnes on Brian Keating’s INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast (#290)

See the video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/bRCLzMS8Rck Is there evidence for God in the origin of Universe? What were Aristolte’s contributions to science? How does a scientist come from a …

00:43:49 | Wed 18 Jan 2023

SETI and Beyond: A discussion with Brian Keating, Paul Davies, Jim Benford and Mat Kaplan - Replay (#289)

This brain trust of SETI experts was hosted in February of 2020, back when live, in-studio conversations happened, and discussions of alien artifacts and UAPs was fringe science. The discussion inclu…

00:44:00 | Sun 15 Jan 2023

The Problem With General Relativity with Prof. Brian Keating and Event Horizon Host John Michael Godier: Part 1 of 2 (#288)

Do We know if Einstein's General Relativity is right? Can We Ever Fully Solve General Relativity? There are Issues with Modern Science and Prof. Brian Keating has a unique point of view on themIs Sci…

00:42:54 | Fri 13 Jan 2023

The Year in Astronomy & Physics! (#287)

What a year we just had in physics and astronomy! I'll review some of my top highlights and your suggestions for runner ups. 00:00 Introduction 05:00 Audience and Capture phenomena 17:00 Let the t…

00:53:00 | Tue 10 Jan 2023

A Look Back on 2022 in Science With Brian Keating and Special Guest Eric Weinstein (#286)

Here’s a recording of my X-mas day Twitter space. It was a discussion of a wide variety of topics including a few X-mas themes — the launch and controversy around the James Webb Space Telescope, infl…

01:08:18 | Mon 02 Jan 2023

What's Important for the 2nd Half of Your Life? James Altucher & Brian Keating Part 2 of 2 (#285)

Today's episode with Dr. Brian Keating - concluding our conversation from last week. Brian and James delve into the perils of fame-seeking ambition and how their world views have changed after recent…

00:46:55 | Sat 31 Dec 2022

Does Dark Matter Exist? Stacy McGaugh (#284)

Stacy McGaugh is an American astronomer and professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. His primary focus has been in physics problems related to the distribution of matter and t…

01:10:32 | Thu 29 Dec 2022

Laser Fusion: Is it Hype? Professor Charles Seife (#283)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) — …

00:55:33 | Tue 27 Dec 2022

Ambition, Accolades, Life Advice, and the Paradox of Striking Graduate Students: Brian Keating and James Altucher in Conversation (#282)

An open and revealing conversation with host Brian Keating Ph.D. and James Altucher. Imposter syndrome, winning and losing prestigious awards, and whether it's more charitable to donate anonymously o…

01:07:31 | Sat 24 Dec 2022

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