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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Every guest on Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

334 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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George Efstathiou
Addressing the Biggest Controversies in Modern Cosmology with George Efstathiou [Ep. 436] · Jul 2024

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George Noory
Brian Keating Discusses Cosmic Origins and Simulation Hypothesis With George Noory · Sep 2024

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Georgia Howe
Why I Worry Every Time Someone Says to “Follow the Science” w/ Georgia Howe · Sep 2024

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Geraint Lewis
Where Did The Universe Come From? Geraint Lewis (#232) · Jun 2022

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Giorgio Parisi
Nobel Laureate Finds Key Insights About Complex Systems in Bird Flight | Giorgio Parisi (#359) · Oct 2023

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Govert Schilling
Will It Happen Again? Comets and Asteroids Extinction with Govert Schilling - #533 · 2 episodes

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Graham Farmelo
Graham Farmelo: The Universe Speaks In Numbers (#199) · Dec 2021

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Greg Zuckerman
Greg Zuckerman, author of THE MAN WHO SOLVED THE MARKET: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution (#040) · Apr 2020

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Guido Imbens
P-hacking, Reproducibility & the Nobel Prize: Guido Imbens (#269) · Oct 2022

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Hasard Lee
Fighter Pilot's Stealth Secrets to DOMINATION: Hasard Lee: The Into the Impossible Podcast (#317) · May 2023

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Heino Falcke
What did the Event Horizon Telescope Discover? Chat with Heino Falcke: black holes, polarization EHT (#132) · Mar 2021

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Hugh Ross
Exploring the Secrets of the Infant Universe with Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe) · Oct 2024

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Inna Vishik
The Discovery of The Century or BUST? High Temperature Superconductor | Inna Vishik and Jorge Hirsch (#335) · Aug 2023

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Jaime Green
How to Find Aliens | Jaime Green (#327) · Jul 2023

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James Beacham
Is there a Fifth Force? News from the Large Hadron Collider (CERN LHCb): James Beacham & Phil Ilten (#129) · Mar 2021

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James Jordan
James Jordan: The Speed of Life (#126) · Mar 2021

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Jason Steffen
How Kepler Found One Planet Every Day: Jason Steffen [Ep. 470] · Dec 2024

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Jay Richards

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Jay Wujun Yow
Jay Wujun Yow: Podcast Producer, Sound Engineer – The Power of Audio (#120) · Feb 2021

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Jayant Narlikar
Jayant Narlikar - Giant of Cosmology! (#114) · Feb 2021

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Jessica Lu
Is a rogue black hole lurking in the Milky Way? | Professor Jessica Lu (#237) · Jul 2022

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Jim Benford

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Jim Semivan

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Jim Tour
Jim Tour: Darwin's Deception!? (#278) · Dec 2022

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Jo Dunkley
Jo Dunkley: This Is Our Universe (#168) · Jul 2021

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Joann Roberts
JOANN ROBERTS Poetry for Physicists (#200) · Dec 2021

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John Michael Godier
The Problem With General Relativity with Prof. Brian Keating and Event Horizon Host John Michael Godier: Part 1 of 2 (#288) · Jan 2023

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Jorge Cham
Jorge Cham & Daniel Whiteson: Frequently Asked Questions About The Universe (#192) · Nov 2021

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Jorge Hirsch
RED FLAGS! Room Temperature Superconductor or FRAUD? Jorge Hirsch on the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast (#316) · May 2023

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Joseph Conlon
How Poetry Can Enhance Our Knowledge of Cosmology with Joseph Conlon [Ep. 471] · Dec 2024

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Josh Winn
Is Earth Truly One of a Kind? Exploring Exoplanets with Josh Winn [Ep. 463] · Oct 2024

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Juan Maldacena
The Equation That Changed How Physicists Think About Reality | Juan Maldacena - #554 · 3 episodes

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Julian Barbour
Julian Barbour: The Janus Point and the Arrow of Time (#180) · Sep 2021

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Julian Guthrie
Julian Guthrie Discusses Alpha Girls (#024) · Jun 2019

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Kelsey Johnson
Kelsey Johnson: My Quest to Decode the Cosmos [Ep. 467] · Nov 2024

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Kyle Dawson
NEW Dark Energy Data Surprises Scientists (ft. Kyle Dawson) · Jun 2025

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Lance Essihos
Replay: University of Adversity with Brian Keating and Lance Essihos (#333) · Jul 2023

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Laura Mersini-Houghton
Did She Just Prove the Multiverse Is Real? (Ft Laura Mersini-Houghton) [Ep. 501] · Jul 2025

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Luke Barnes
Searching for Extraterrestrial Life with Dr. Luke Barnes and Dr. Jay Richards · 2 episodes

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Lyman Page
Lyman Page: The Little Book of Cosmology (#202) · Dec 2021

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