Episode – 1266 : Apollo 8 Podcast Transcript On December 21, 1968, a Saturn V rocket was launched from Florida that did something that had never been done before. It […]
Episode – 1241 : Uranus
Episode – 1241 : Uranus Podcast Transcript Located approximately 1.8 billion miles or 2.9 billion kilometers from the sun, 19 times the distance from the Earth to the sun, is […]
Episode – 1196 : The Speed of Sound
Episode – 1196 : The Speed of Sound Podcast Transcript Sound travels fast. Very fast. However, it is not so fast that we can’t recognize that it has a finite […]
Episode – 1143 : Oxygen
Episode – 1143 : Oxygen Podcast Transcript All around you, in the air and the ground, is the most common element on Earth: Oxygen. As you are certainly well aware, […]
Episode – 1141 : Antarctica’s Dry Valleys
Episode – 1141 : Antarctica’s Dry Valleys Podcast transcript Many places on Earth have extreme climates. However, there is one place on Earth that has a climate so extreme that […]
Episode – 1126 : The WOW! Signal
Episode – 1126 : The WOW! Signal Podcast Transcript On August 15, 1977, for a period of 72 seconds, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence had its greatest moment. A signal […]
Episode – 1121 : Space Elevators
Episode – 1121 : Space Elevators Podcast Transcript You’ve probably seen footage of a rocket launch. There is a bunch of smoke and fire as the rocket lifts off to […]
Episode – 1116 : Soyuz 11
Episode – 1116 : Soyuz 11 Podcast Transcript Having lost the race to the Moon, the Soviet space program decided to go in a different direction. If they couldn’t be […]
Episode – 1105 : The Silurian Hypothesis
Episode – 1105 : The Silurian Hypothesis Podcast Transcript The universe is billions of years old. If, in the future, humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets […]
Episode – 1100 : Could There Be Extraterrestrial Life In Our Solar System?
Episode – 1100 : Could There Be Extraterrestrial Life In Our Solar System? Podcast Transcript One of the biggest questions that humanity has asked is, “Are we alone in the […]
Episode – 1021 : Venus
Episode – 1021 : Venus Podcast Transcript As long as humans have looked up in the sky, they noticed something. There was an unusually bright star that would show up […]
Episode – 0960 : Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
Episode – 0960 : Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Podcast Transcript On January 28, 1986, an event occurred that would be remembered by almost everyone alive at the time. Seventy-three seconds […]
Episode – 0954 : Magnetic Pole Reversal
Episode – 0954 : Magnetic Pole Reversal Podcast transcript Once every 450,000 years or so, the Earth undergoes a radical transformation. The planet’s magnetic field will literally flip. The north […]
Episode – 0930 : The Speed of Light
Episode – 0930 : The Speed of Light Podcast Transcript There is nothing faster in the entire universe than the speed of light. Not only is light the fastest thing, […]
Episode – 0915 : Carbon: Can’t Live Without It
Episode – 0915 : Carbon: Can’t Live Without It Podcast Transcript Every form of life which has ever been discovered, regardless of its size or how it metabolizes energy, has […]
Episode – 0897 : NASA’s Human Computers
Episode – 0897 : NASA’s Human Computers Podcast Transcript Today computers are ubiquitous. You are listening to this podcast right now on some sort of computing device. However, before computers […]
Episode – 0891 : Apollo 13
Episode – 0891 : Apollo 13 Podcast Transcript On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the third mission to land on the moon. It […]
Episode – 0889 : Paricutin: The World’s Youngest Volcano
Episode – 0889 : Paricutin: The World’s Youngest Volcano Podcast Transcript There are estimated to be over 1,300 active volcanoes in the world today. Almost all of them have one […]
Episode – 0878 : The Space Shuttle
Episode – 0878 : The Space Shuttle Podcast Transcript Soon after the start of the space race, a major problem with space flight became obvious: it was really expensive. The […]
Episode – 0859 : Why Is the Sky Blue?
Episode – 0859 : Why Is the Sky Blue? Podcast Transcript Children are highly inquisitive and are always asking questions. One of the most common questions that children have is, […]