Explores the universe, not via rocket but through ideas. Our guests are authors and scientists: people who think and write about space exploration and the search for life beyond Earth.
Latest episodes
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26 min
Remembering Our Future in Space
How does our history of exploration and identity shape our imagined future in space? How has our past limited us? And, how can science and science fiction help us to transcend thes…
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34 min
To Be Taught if Fortunate
What do we hope for in space travel and in astrobiology? What is so important about life that we continue to look for it and hope to spread it throughout the galaxy? These two spea…
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36 min
Life Jim, but Not as We Know It
What does it mean to talk about truly alien life? Can we even imagine what might be out there? And, how will we know what to look for? These two speakers exemplify the careful bala…
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26 min
Remembering Our Future in Space
How does our history of exploration and identity shape our imagined future in space? How has our past limited us? And, how can science and science fiction help us to transcend thes…
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36 min
Life, Jim, but Not as We Know It
What does it mean to talk about truly alien life? Can we even imagine what might be out there? And, how will we know what to look for? These two speakers exemplify the careful bala…
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34 min
To Be Taught if Fortunate
What do we hope for in space travel and in astrobiology? What is so important about life that we continue to look for it and hope to spread it throughout the galaxy? These two spea…
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31 min
Mars Past: The Canal Builders
At the start of the twentieth century, a Mars “craze” struck Earth. Humans went wild with speculation that the red planet might harbor an advanced civilization. Historian of astron…
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30 min
Mars Present: The Search for Microbial Life
The hunt for life on Mars has entered a new phase. NASA’s Perseverance Rover is collecting rock samples that, when returned to Earth, may reveal whether life once existed on the re…
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28 min
Mars Future: Humans on the Red Planet
For decades, people have fantasized about going to Mars, yet a human expedition to the red planet remains just that—a dream. NASA, other space agencies, and private entrepreneurs a…
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28 min
Mars Future: Humans on the Red Planet
For decades, people have fantasized about going to Mars, yet a human expedition to the red planet remains just that—a dream. NASA, other space agencies, and private entrepreneurs a…
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31 min
Mars Past: The Canal Builders
At the start of the twentieth century, a Mars “craze” struck Earth. Humans went wild with speculation that the red planet might harbor an advanced civilization. Historian of astron…
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30 min
Mars Present: The Search for Microbial Life
The hunt for life on Mars has entered a new phase. NASA’s Perseverance Rover is collecting rock samples that, when returned to Earth, may reveal whether life once existed on the re…