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String theory aims to unify quantum physics and gravity into what is called a theory of Quantum Gravity. One of its most surprising features is that it allows an enormous number of possible universes, each arising from different ways of compactifying extra spatial dimensions, forming what is known as the Landscape. But are all these universes physically consistent? The Swampland Program explores this question by searching for general principles that any theory compatible with Quantum Gravity should satisfy. In this talk, I will introduce these ideas in a pedagogical and accessible way, giving an overview of the Landscape and the Swampland, and explaining how research in this area is carried out through the use of Conjectures, illustrating the idea with one concrete example.