VPRO Backlight

VPRO Backlight (2002 – ...)

2002 • 25 seasons • Documentary

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Episode 15 — Are we alone in the universe?

Season 25 • VPRO Backlight

Released: 2025-12-24 • Documentary

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Astronomer Casper Farret Jentink works deep in the forests above Geneva on one of the biggest questions humanity has ever asked itself: are we alone in the universe? We are born alone, we die alone, and in between we try to understand what it means to be there at all. In a workshop, half-observatory, half science fiction decor, astronomer Casper Farret Jentink builds instruments with Swiss precision that can accurately measure light from distant stars to five silicon atoms, in search of a second Earth.

Episodes

Episode 1
The Silent Economic Crisis
2025-10-08

Episode 2
China’s major charm offensive
2025-10-16

Episode 3
Apartheid as a business model
2025-10-22

Episode 4
When will the AI bubble burst?
2025-11-06

Episode 5
From wrestling hero to autocrat
2025-11-19

Episode 6
Fascism is back
2025-11-24

Episode 7
The enshittification of the internet
2025-11-26

Episode 8
The murder of capitalism
2025-12-01

Episode 9
Away with the super rich
2025-12-05

Episode 10
Get rid of the diploma arrogance
2025-12-08

Episode 11
Consultant in power
2025-12-10

Episode 12
Why reality does not exist
2025-12-15

Episode 13
Does satire still have a future
2025-12-19

Episode 14
The dark site of the energy transition
2025-12-22

Episode 15
Are we alone in the universe?
2025-12-24

Episode 16
The new perspective on our evolution
2025-12-26

Information

Creator	Marije Meerman
Episode air date	24.12.2025
Episode runtime	28 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	7.4
IMDb series rating	8.3
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	—
Country	NL

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