Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It

S05 E01 • Wednesday, Feb 1, 2017 • Feb 1 • 7m

We are trapped on Earth. Controlled by an ancient debt to the universe...

Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?

S05 E02 • Thursday, Feb 23, 2017 • Feb 23 • 7m

What shall we do once machines become conscious? Do we need to grant them rights?

Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

S05 E03 • Thursday, Mar 30, 2017 • Mar 30 • 9m

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?

Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?

S05 E04 • Thursday, Apr 13, 2017 • Apr 13 • 8m

Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?

The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs

S05 E05 • Thursday, May 4, 2017 • May 4 • 7m

Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around white dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day...

The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time

S05 E06 • Thursday, Jun 8, 2017 • Jun 8 • 12m

Automation in the Information Age is different.

Optimistic Nihilism

S05 E07 • Wednesday, Jul 26, 2017 • Jul 26 • 6m

What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)

S05 E08 • Thursday, Aug 10, 2017 • Aug 10 • 7m

Size is the most under appreciated regulator of living things. Let us demonstrate that by throwing animals from buildings.

Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox

S05 E09 • Thursday, Aug 24, 2017 • Aug 24 • 10m

Black holes are scary things. But they also might reveal the true nature of the universe to us.

What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

S05 E10 • Thursday, Sep 7, 2017 • Sep 7 • 6m

What happens if we bring the sun to earth? No, seriously.

Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

S05 E11 • Thursday, Sep 21, 2017 • Sep 21 • 9m

How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome

S05 E12 • Thursday, Oct 5, 2017 • Oct 5 • 8m

What happens when microbes talk to your brain?

Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

S05 E13 • Friday, Oct 20, 2017 • Oct 20 • 7m

If you could decide today... how long do you want to live?

How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?

S05 E14 • Friday, Nov 3, 2017 • Nov 3 • 7m

What if we could stop aging forever?

Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

S05 E15 • Thursday, Nov 16, 2017 • Nov 16 • 8m

How can many stupid things combine to form smart things? How can proteins become living cells? How become lots of ants a colony? What is emergence?

Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?

S05 E16 • Thursday, Dec 7, 2017 • Dec 7 • 10m

What is UBI? How would free money change our lives.

How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)

S05 E17 • Thursday, Dec 21, 2017 • Dec 21 • 7m