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
Brian Keating on the Abhijit Chavda Podcast: Big Bang Theory, Alien Life, Cosmology, and the Nobel Prize (#257)
Brian is interviewed by Abhijit Chavda. Abhijit is a theoretical physicist, technologist, writer and host of the #AskAbhijit podcast and youtube channel. His work in theoretical physics involves rese…
01:12:10 |
Sun 11 Sep 2022
Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence (#256)
Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, superintelligence risks, and the reve…
01:08:57 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
Errors in the Big Bang Never Happened (#255)
There's been speculation in the popular press, primarily by Eric Lerner ( @LPPFusion ), claiming the Big Bang never happened. Supposedly, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope presents a 'cris…
01:03:03 |
Sat 03 Sep 2022
Dark Matter Doesn't Exist? With Mordehai "Moti" Milgrom (#253)
Mordehai "Moti" Milgrom is an Israeli physicist and the Isidor Rabi Professor Emeritus of Physics in the department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel.
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01:02:36 |
Sun 28 Aug 2022
Claim: The Big Bang NEVER Happened? (#252)
By popular demand, I'll present 10 reasons why I believe Eric Lerner's article, based on his 30 year old book of nearly the same name, "The Big Bang Never Happened" is wrong, as well as some legitima…
00:40:24 |
Wed 24 Aug 2022
This Proves the Big Bang Happened: 30 Minute Thesis (#251)
There's been lots of speculation in the popular press claiming the Big Bang never happened. Supposedly, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope presents a crisis for an old universe that emerged…
00:28:00 |
Tue 23 Aug 2022
The Milky Way: An Autobiography with Dr. Moiya McTier (#250)
Astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier channels The Milky Way in this approachable and utterly fascinating autobiography of the titular galaxy, detailing what humans have discovered about eve…
00:58:55 |
Tue 16 Aug 2022
Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Existential Without the Gobbledygook(#249)
From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series “Science without the Gobbledygook,” a book that takes a no-nonsense approach to life’s biggest questions, and wrestles with what physics real…
01:16:24 |
Tue 09 Aug 2022
Part 2: Sir Roger Penrose & Stuart Hameroff: What is Consciousness? (#248)
A conversation with Nobel Prize Winner and renowned mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Dr. Stuart Hameroff about consciousness and quantum mechanics.
Sir Roger Penrose and …
01:18:53 |
Mon 08 Aug 2022
Part 1: Sir Roger Penrose & Stuart Hameroff: What is Consciousness? (#247)
A conversation with Nobel Prize Winner and renowned mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Dr. Stuart Hameroff about consciousness and quantum mechanics.
00:00 Intro
01:00 H…
00:31:29 |
Sun 07 Aug 2022
If You Believe In God, Do This! A Conversation with Dennis Prager (#246)
Dennis Prager and Brian Keating discuss the findings and impact of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Brian's Prager videos:
Prager U-What's a Greater Leap of Faith: God or the Multiverse?: https://www…
00:35:14 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Part 2 of 2: Quantum Physics and The End of Reality with Sabine Hossenfelder, Carlo Rovelli, and Eric Weinstein hosted by Brian Keating for the Institute for Art and Ideas (#245)
We imagine physics is objective. But quantum physics found the act of human observation changes the outcome of experiment. Many scientists assume this central role of the observer is limited to just …
00:48:50 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
Part 1 of 2: Quantum Physics and The End of Reality with Sabine Hossenfelder, Carlo Rovelli, and Eric Weinstein hosted by Brian Keating for the Institute for Art and Ideas (#244)
We imagine physics is objective. But quantum physics found the act of human observation changes the outcome of experiment. Many scientists assume this central role of the observer is limited to just …
00:38:54 |
Sun 31 Jul 2022
Ben Shapiro REACTS to New NASA Facts! (#243)
In July NASA released the first images and data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Here's my discussion with @Ben Shapiro on this treasure trove of data including:
Carina Nebula. The Carina Nebula …
00:09:04 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
The Elephant In The Universe: Govert Schilling (#242)
In The Elephant in the Universe, Govert Schilling explores the fascinating history of the search for dark matter. Evidence for its existence comes from a wealth of astronomical observations. Theories…
01:08:53 |
Sun 24 Jul 2022
Brian Keating with James Altucher (#241)
Have you ever thought about why Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer was willing to risk his life to speak out about science against the will of the church at that time? Ho…
01:12:33 |
Wed 20 Jul 2022
James Webb Space Telescope First Results Q & A with Project Scientist John Mather, Nobel Prizewinner (#240)
@NASAWebb Senior Project Scientist, and @NobelPrize winner, John Mather answers questions about the JWST from listeners of Into The Impossible.
📺 Watch my #JWST explainer here https://youtu.be/1MjR_A…
00:35:43 |
Sun 17 Jul 2022
Astrophysics Professor Explains James Webb Space Telescope Results: What do they mean? What's next? (#239)
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Today NASA released the first images and data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Here's my reaction to this treasure trove of light, including:
Carina Nebula. The Carina Nebu…
00:18:55 |
Wed 13 Jul 2022
The Elusive Higgs Boson: Frank Close (#238)
Frank Close is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics, and Fellow Emeritus at Exeter College. He was formerly Head of Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, vice Presi…
01:13:42 |
Sun 10 Jul 2022
Is a rogue black hole lurking in the Milky Way? | Professor Jessica Lu (#237)
Today's guest, UC Berkeley Professor Jessica Lu, discusses the discovery of the first dark, isolated black hole or neutron star in the Milky Way using gravitational microlensing!
This ‘ghost black ho…
00:57:37 |
Sun 03 Jul 2022
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