Episode 15 - Discovery
On location from Discovery One, we're exploring the mysteries of this ship and its crew, particularly Commander Dave Bowman and Lieutenant Frank Poole. Who are they, what do they do, and how much do t...
2 Mar 202341min
Episode 14 - HAL Origins: To the Moon and Back
We're flipping through HAL's family snapshots of all the friends that allowed him to end up in space. From the human supercomputer Katherine Johnson to the revolutionary Apollo Navigational Computer! ...
9 Feb 202337min
Episode 13 - HAL Origins: Transistor Timez!
HAL remembers the glory days of UNIVAC & ERMA, and the rise of IBM. Shedding tubes for transistors and the explosion of coding in the 1950s and 1960s. Is it organics vs. machines or can we all come to...
2 Feb 202340min
Episode 12 - HAL Origins: The ENIAC Women and Another Tube Bites The Dust
HAL is reflecting on mother figures this week with the OGs of computer programming at ENIAC and the pioneering efforts of Eckert & Mauchley. FLASH: U.S. Army Builds Top Secret Ballistics Calculator! F...
24 Jan 202358min
Episode 10 - HAL Origins: Babbage to Bletchley Park
In getting to know our friend HAL, we're scrolling back to the earliest files on computing. It's the coolest in steampunk tech, the steamy age of Romantic poetry, and the sexiest of all: the U.S. Cens...
9 Des 202253min
Episode 11 - HAL Origins: Doctor Good and the Singularity
Deep in the data of the world's most famous computer is the memory and influence of Professor I. J. Good, special advisor to the production of 2001: A Space Odyssey and integral to the creation of the...
29 Nov 202238min
Episode 10 is where, HAL?
A peek behind the scenes on base at Clavius. We're sure this "faulty transmitter situation" will be cleared up soon... Learn more and find our sources at www.spacepodyssey.com email us at spacepodys...
29 Nov 20221min
Episode 9 - Moon Base Clavius
To celebrate the launch of Artemis I and the beginning of NASA's next chapter on the Moon, we're looking around our own home-sweet-home this week: Clavius Base! When was it built, and is it part of ou...
22 Nov 202241min
