Evolving an Alien Civilization on a World Without Trees | Astrobiology Series
Could an advanced civilization evolve on a planet where trees and wood never existed? In this speculative astrobiology episode, Dr. Dakotah Tyler constructs a rocky super-Earth with stronger gravity, ...
5 Aug 52min
Aliens Offer To Fix America in Exchange for Every Black Citizen | The Space Traders
The Space Traders by Derrick Bell pdf: https://blog.richmond.edu/criticalracetheory/files/2019/02/The-Chronicle-of-the-Space-Traders.pdf Derrick Bell was a civil rights lawyer and the first Black tenu...
1 Aug 55min
How the Universe Created the Conditions for Life | Astrobiology Series Part III
In Part 3 of the Dr. Starkid astrobiology series, Dr. Dakotah Tyler traces the history of the universe from the Big Bang to the formation of worlds capable of supporting life. Expect to learn about th...
30 Juli 1h 4min
Earth Life Isn't the Center of the Universe | Astrobiology Series Part II
This is Part 2 of the Dr. StarKid astrobiology series. Before we can talk seriously about life beyond Earth, we have to understand how humans figured out Earth was not the center of everything. This e...
25 Juli 34min
Funny People Love Space | Tony Baker, Comedian
This version has the corrected audio Tony Baker is a comedian, actor, creator, and lifelong astronomy fan who came into this conversation ready with the National Geographic space book that first got ...
24 Juli 1h 5min
Will We Actually Find Alien Life In Our Lifetime? | Dr. Natasha Latouf, NASA Astrobiologist
Dr. Natasha Latouf is an astrobiologist, NASA Fellow, and PhD physicist studying how we could detect Earth-like life on nearby Earth-like planets. Expect to learn what astrobiology actually is, how sc...
15 Juli 1h 15min
Science, Faith, and Intelligent Life | Qasim Rashid, Human Rights Attorney
Qasim Rashid is a human rights and civil rights attorney, author, advocate, and the founder of Let’s Address This. His work focuses on justice, democracy, human rights, and public discourse, but this ...
12 Juli 49min
Why Life Might Be Almost Impossible to Kill | June Sass, M.Sc. Microbiology
June Sass is a public health scientist and microbiologist with a master’s from Johns Hopkins in molecular microbiology and immunology. Her work connects fungal biology, public health, pathogens, thera...
7 Juli 1h 13min
