Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2015-08 to 2026-04.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Time travel into the future is a scientific reality while travel to the past remains theoretically debated or physically restricted.
5 people · 5 episodes
He believes time travel will eventually be possible if one achieves the speed of light.
“If we have the technology to like go in our speed of light yes or even speed of sound yeah you can time travel i think we can time travel but um because time is so but do we don't have the technology do we so eventually i think it is possible eventually”
Stephanie Soo · Apr 2022 · 1 episode · 781K views on this topicTime travel into the past is not possible for a moment earlier than the construction of the first time machine.
“in almost any time travel scenario that has been dreamed up you can never travel to a moment in time prior to the construction of the first time machine”
StarTalk · Dec 2022 · 2 episodes · 1.2M views on this topicForward time travel is already occurring at regular speed through the simple act of living and experiencing the passage of time.
“I can I can travel through time forward at regular speed effortlessly. That's just called living.”
The Rest Is Science · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 1.1M views on this topicTime travel to the future is a scientifically proven phenomenon that has already been experimentally demonstrated.
“one of the things that I want people to understand is time travel to the future is not only theoretically possible it's done it's tested it's been tested and it's been done we just haven't done it on a very rapid scale because we don't have Rockets yet that can go close to the speed of light”
Danny Jones · Oct 2024 · 1 episode · 346K views on this topicWhile general relativity permits theoretical models for time travel through wormholes, we currently lack the necessary energy source to realize them.
“nobody knows of a of a fuel or an energy source that can do what the Wormhole can do but if we had that fuel we could build abely”
StarTalk · Nov 2023 · 1 episode · 244K views on this topicStories involving time loops or travel serve as artistic devices for exploring human themes rather than accurate physical projections.
3 people · 3 episodes
PewDiePie identifies time and space as reoccurring themes in current stories and finds the concept interesting.
“time and space that's what this game is all about seems to be a reoccurring themes in stories lately but it's a really interesting one isn't it”
PewDiePie · Aug 2015 · 10 episodes · 37.5M views on this topicThe depiction of time travel in the film Looper is a cinematic device rather than a realistic portrayal of how time functions physically.
“time travel is a a fun and um really cinematic device to tell that story but I don't think it has anything to do with how time physically works”
StarTalk · Jan 2023 · 1 episode · 245K views on this topicTime loop stories are more about exploring the human condition in general rather than serving as moral perfectionism tales for an individual character.
“it isn't really her story and it's not really about who she is in some ways. We never know we still don't know really who she is. Um, but it's about what it is to live in time and whether it would be a good thing or a bad thing.”
New York Times Podcasts · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 5K views on this topicUnidentified phenomena are physical manifestations of time travel technology used by visitors to reach our current period.
2 people · 2 episodes
The physical characteristics of UFOs and the reported anomalies suggest they function as time machines capable of manipulating spacetime.
“the craft themselves and we could talk about this as well if you want do seem to have a form consistent with the function of manipulating SpaceTime and creating closed timeline curves”
Danny Jones · Sep 2024 · 2 episodes · 2.2M views on this topicHe suggests it is possible that aliens are time travelers who use portals to visit earth.
“I don't really necessarily believe in time travel but because the movie was about backwards matter and arms dealers i was like whoa that would be i think it's possible aliens are time travelers”
Danny Jones · Aug 2021 · 1 episode · 17K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Includes episodes tagged with a narrower subject — each is marked with the subject it came in through.