Our Other Nearest Neighbours
From The Multiverse Employee Handbook by Robb Corrigan
March 24, 2026 · 29 min · Season 3 · Episode 25
About this episode
The episode explores the ten nearest star systems to Earth and discusses their unique characteristics while incorporating humor and insights on AI-generated content.
Humanity has spent thousands of years naming constellations, building calendars, and writing mythology onto the night sky — largely ignoring the actual stars next door. 🎧 Love the show? Help us improve in 2 minutes: https://tally.so/r/nr1evM This week, we meet the ten nearest star systems to Earth: a collection of failed stars, violent flare stars, one object colder than a freezer, and a sales territory that Brad from Quantum Improbability Solutions would like formally struck from the Q4 quota. Space is stranger than advertised. The neighbourhood association has concerns. AI Transparency: In a universe increasingly filled with AI-generated content, we believe in being clear about what’s human and what’s not. Your time is valuable, and you deserve to know what you’re experiencing. The narrator, David, is a professional voice actor who has digitized his voice using ElevenLabs’ voice-cloning technology and is fairly compensated for his vocal performance. Thumbnails are created using OpenArt, and sound effects come from Pixabay. Everything else—the research, the writing, jokes, music, sound editing, and interdimensional coffee consumption—is 100% human-made by a human…
People in this episode
Host: Robb Corrigan
Topics covered
- star systems
- astronomy
- AI transparency
- space exploration
- comedy
Keywords
- nearest star systems
- failed stars
- flare stars
- space
- AI transparency
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Quantum Improbability Solutions, ElevenLabs, OpenArt, Pixabay
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