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| What can an asteroid tell us about our own Planet. #023 with Lindy Elkins-Tanton | 24 Dec 2021 | 00:55:09 | |
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| #022 - Crossover episode with Complexity Pod: Gary Bengier | 07 Dec 2021 | 01:00:53 | |
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| #015 with Cole Mathis | 24 Jun 2021 | 01:08:56 | |
Learn more about the items discussed in this conversation by clicking on the links below. The paper discussed: "Identifying molecules as biosignatures with assembly theory and mass spectrometry"
The essay discussed: ($$ paywall) "Art as a Product of Nature, as a work of Art" by Paul K. Feyerabend Dragon's Egg, by Robert Forward Related: Atlantis's first dispatch on the "Great Phosphine Freakout" of September 2020 Sara Walker and Lee Cronin on the "meaning" of life, as part of 2020 conversation series called "Andromeda Strain and the Meaning of Life."
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| #014 with Natalie Elliot | 10 Jun 2021 | 00:50:11 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below:Herschel Moon History
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| #013 with Linda Sheehan | 28 May 2021 | 00:50:59 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: InterPlanetary 2018 - Planetary Policy, Law & Regulation Panel Ecuador’s recognition of Pachamama Santa Monica’s sustainability ordinance, protecting the aquifers US Space Act (1958) Outer Space Treaty (1966) Moon Agreement (1979) | |||
| #012 with Katherine Collins | 13 May 2021 | 00:45:09 | |
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Ever-Widening Circles, by Rilke Tom Seeley's work on honeybees Suzanne Simard's work about tree communication networks Geoffrey West's lecture on Scaling I Dream a Highway - Gillian Welch Ode to Joy - Beethoven Final scene of Stalker | |||
| #011 with Van Savage | 29 Apr 2021 | 00:48:11 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Van’s homepage UCLA-led team of scientists discovers why we need sleep Watch Van on the “Time Design” Panel from #IPFest2018 Ted Chiang’s Seventy-Two Letters Liu Cixin’s Three Body Problem “You’re So Cool” by Hans Zimmer “Don’t Look Back in Anger” by Oasis | |||
| #010 with Michael Lachmann | 01 Apr 2021 | 00:59:43 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Michael’s webpage Carl Bergstrom’s Calling Bullshit Michael’s work on the Neandertal genome Information’s impact on fitness Michael, Sara Walker, Chris Kempes and Lee Cronin, herein the #OriginsOfLifeLeague | |||
| #009 with Tony Eagan | 18 Mar 2021 | 00:54:15 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Diego Velázquéz’s Las Meninas Rothko’s Tate Collection | |||
| #008 with Tamara van der Does | 04 Mar 2021 | 00:54:05 | |
Tamara’s Website, Google Scholar Page & Twitter • In 72 hours of sci-fi, postdocs transmit parental model of alien civilization [video] • IPFest 2019 Worldbuilding Panel with Rebecca Roanhorse, Ty Franck, Daniel Abraham, Michael Drout, and Cris Moore | |||
| #007 with Nina Lanza | 18 Feb 2021 | 00:54:12 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Theme song, "Stalker" by Tortilla The “Living in Space” InterPlanetary Panel from IP Fest 2018 Recap of Nina’s time in Antartica Bradbury Museum panel of LANL scientists discussing Today’s Perseverance landing Joerael Numina’s art (The image of the Curiosity Rover behind me is one example of his work) | |||
| #006 with Sasha Samochina | 04 Feb 2021 | 00:52:09 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Sasha’s website and work Sasha on “Visualization and Designing the Impossible” IPFest 2018 Panel Sasha at IPFest, on open-source space data Jet Propulsion Lab’s page of downloadable 360 and VR/AR videos Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History Virtual tour of the Jet Propulsion Lab | |||
| Co-Ordination: On Time Between Worlds - an InterPlanetary panel on Complex Time | 18 Nov 2021 | 01:28:11 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: New School Policy and Design for Outer Space SFI’s InterPlanetary Project Aging, Adaptation, and the Arrow of Time - A James S. McDonnell Foundation funded research track on Complex Time Complex Time video playlist InterPlanetary 2019 panel on Complex Time, featuring Sean Carroll | |||
| #005 with Armin Ellis | 21 Jan 2021 | 00:52:56 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: What Armin on the 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Panel “The End of the World?” with Annalee Newitz, and Lauren Oliver. Read Armin’s introduction to that ^ panel in IP Transmissions Volume One: Genesis Read up on Star Trek, if you’re unfamiliar for some reason... | |||
| #004 with David Stout | 30 Dec 2020 | 00:59:51 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Visit David’s new website Learn more about SFI’s recent Complexity and Structure of Music Workshop. Watch the 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Panel, Autonomous Ecosystems, where David (and past guest, Kate Greene) contributes to the conversation. Listen to some of David’s Sonic work. Watch David’s Hypnomancy performance from the 2020 Currents New Media festival. | |||
| #003 with Frank Lantz | 02 Dec 2020 | 01:03:07 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: 2019 InterPlanetary Festival’s “Game Design Panel,” moderated by Frank InterPlanetary Transmissions. Volume 2: Stardust, featuring an introduction to the Game Design panel by Frank Claude Shannon’s “A Mathematical Theory of Communication.” Alien Crash Site interviews with GPT-3 Caitlin’s favorite Jonathan Richman performance Monday begins on Saturday by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Hard to Be a God also by the Strugatsky Brothers | |||
| #002 with Kate Greene | 18 Nov 2020 | 01:06:47 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Kate’s new book of essays, Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars. The 2017 InterPlanetary Panel, which launched the project. The 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Panel, “Autonomous Ecosystems.” All About Eggs, published by Lucky Peach. “Ova Easy” egg crystals, for your solo-Sunday omelettes. “The Aleph” by Jorge Borges Rocannon’s World by Ursula Le Guin. “Hey, Elon Musk, What about Toilet Paper on Mars?” by Eric Mack. New Yorker article, “Roommates on Mars,” which outlines the “Nutella Incident.” “King Arthur Flour’s Baking Hotline Has Never Been Busier — and the Questions Are Getting Personal.” | |||
| #001 with Ashton Eaton | 04 Nov 2020 | 00:54:57 | |
Learn more about everything referenced in this episode by clicking the links below: Ashton’s 2018 InterPlanetary Festival Appearance, “Living in Space” Ashton’s 2019 InterPlanetary Festival Appearance, “Zen and the Art of Space Exploration” Sam Harris podcast interview with David Krakauer General Systems Theory - Ludwig von Bertalanffy Limits to Human Performance Research at the Santa Fe Institute Ursula LeGuin’s Rocannon’s World (pdf) Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game Arrival (trailer) Contact (trailer)
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| #000 with David Krakauer | 12 Oct 2020 | 00:50:29 | |
SFI President David Krakauer joins Caitlin McShea to consider the producers of an object, the receivers of said object, and the qualities of the object itself, in this first episode of Alien Crash Site...a sci-fi technology pod that pushes people out of their comfort Zones, and into Alien Crash Site Zones, in pursuit of a truly transformative object. | |||
| What are the best strategies for finding life in space? #021 with Natalie Grefenstette? | 28 Oct 2021 | 01:03:34 | |
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| Special Announcement - InterPlanetary Panel on Complex Time | 16 Oct 2021 | 00:03:50 | |
For more information, visit this link and register FOR FREE. Alien Crash Site returns after that with an interview with SFI Post-Doc Natalie Grefenstette. | |||
| How does size shape our understanding of and search for life? #020 with Chris Kempes | 01 Oct 2021 | 00:48:56 | |
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| What to look for, when we don't know what we're looking for? #019 with Heather Graham | 03 Sep 2021 | 00:54:28 | |
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| What Governance Structure Best Suits an InterPlanetary Humanity?" #018 with Timiebi Aganaba | 23 Aug 2021 | 01:00:45 | |
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| What lies in the space between? #017 with Aerospace Engineer Ryan McGranaghan | 06 Aug 2021 | 00:55:22 | |
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| How Do Artifacts Inform Cultural Evolution? #016 with Vanessa Ferdinand | 09 Jul 2021 | 00:49:19 | |
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