Episode 51 - Syd Mead & The Art of "2010" (2010: The Year We Make Content)

Refreshed and lava-burned from a red hot Io summer, we're back on the Leonov to take the ultimate orbital roller coaster ride - aerobraking! As Soviet-American relations warm and mutual respect grows ...

5 Aug 202443min

"2010" was MGM's major motion picture of the year, with major hype, media train, and even merch (!?) Leap back to December 1984 with Virginia Smith, and experience what it was like to be a young fan o...

10 Jun 202443min

Science fiction artist, video game animator, and media science communicator Virginia Smith joins us to discuss the world's most famous computer twins. While HAL was off flying a spaceship to Jupiter, ...

3 Jun 20241h 1min

We've examined the ship, now let's get to know our cosmonaut crew mates aboard LEONOV. Here are the stories of our super-scientist, coffee-chugging Russian roomies and the fascinating lives of the gre...

16 Mai 202443min

The collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in 2020 marked the end of an era for generations of astronomers, climatologists, SETI researchers, and space enthusiasts. From 1963 until its closure in 2023, ...

15 Apr 202436min

Monday, April 8, marks the biggest, longest, most widely visible solar eclipse to cross the United States in a long time, and the last one for 20 years! Celebrate the eclipse experience, the history, ...

5 Apr 202449min

For our first look at the book "The Official Art of 2010," we pay tribute to the genius of concept artist Syd Mead, his career in industry and in entertainment, and his unique vision. He imagined not ...

2 Apr 202458min

Haunted by his past, Dr. Floyd moves to Hawaii and makes a new life with marine biologist wife, Caroline, and young son, Christopher. Still healing from years of tragedy, he finds himself at a crossro...

22 Mar 202452min