E1 - Why Earth Is a Prison and How to Escape It

Aired: February 01, 2017

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

E2 - Do Robots Deserve Rights? What If Machines Become Conscious?

Aired: February 23, 2017

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

E3 - Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

Aired: March 30, 2017

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

E4 - Is the European Union Worth It or Should We End It?

Aired: April 13, 2017

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

E5 - The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness — White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs

Aired: May 04, 2017

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...

E6 - The Rise of the Machines — Why Automation Is Different This Time

Aired: June 08, 2017

Automation in the Information Age is different.

E7 - Optimistic Nihilism

Aired: July 26, 2017

E8 - What Happens If We Throw an Elephant From a Skyscraper? (The Size of Life #1)

Aired: August 10, 2017

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

E9 - Why Black Holes Could Delete the Universe — The Information Paradox

Aired: August 24, 2017

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

E10 - What Happens If We Bring the Sun to Earth?

Aired: September 07, 2017

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

E11 - Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument

Aired: September 21, 2017

E12 - How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body — The Microbiome

Aired: October 05, 2017

What happens when microbes talk to your brain?

E13 - Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

Aired: October 20, 2017

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

E14 - How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?

Aired: November 03, 2017

What if we could stop aging forever?

E15 - Emergence — How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

Aired: November 16, 2017

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?

E16 - Universal Basic Income Explained — Free Money for Everybody?

Aired: December 07, 2017

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

E17 - How to Make an Elephant Explode (The Size of Life #2)

Aired: December 21, 2017