Could We See a Second Big Bang?

From quantum tunneling to cosmic inflation, we journey through the theories behind the Big Bang and beyond — and ask the big question: could another Big Bang be in our cosmic future?

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Could We See a Second Big Bang?

Episode 724.1; June 10, 2025

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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0:00 Intro

1:59 Why Did the Big Bang Happen?

3:01 Quantum Fluctuations

5:20 Inflation and False Vacuum Decay

7:56 Cyclic Models and the Ekpyrotic Universe

9:43 Big Bounce Cosmology 

12:35 Tunneling from Nothing 

14:04 Beginnings, Endings, and Echoes

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