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Summiting On MARS with Chris Carberry!

Summiting On MARS with Chris Carberry!

What the IF your next awesome science conference were taking place... on MARS?

technology, biology, society, astronauts, aliens, communication, engineering, environment, exploration, history, history of science, mars, nasa, news, scifi, space travelPhilip ShaneApril 22, 2022guests

Quantum STEAMPUNK - With Theoretical Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern!

Quantum STEAMPUNK - With Theoretical Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern!

scientific method, history, einstein, engineering, history of science, physics, quantum mechanics, scifi, technologyPhilip ShaneApril 8, 2022guests, guest

YOUR Personal Role In Space Exploration — With Casey Dreier (Encore Presentation)

Your personal role in exploring space!

society, biology, exploration, mars, nasa, psychology, space travelPhilip ShaneFebruary 4, 2022guests

Riding GRAVITY FORCE ONE with KIRBY RUNYON

scientific method, astronauts, astrophysics, engineering, exploration, geology, nasa, physics, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 6, 2022guests

Stop, In The Name of LAVA! With Robin George Andrews

Stop, In The Name of LAVA! With Robin George Andrews

YOU versus the Volcano?

climate change, engineering, environment, geology, historyPhilip ShaneNovember 6, 2021guests

Theory of Everything: CANCELED? Brian Keating Imagines the Impossible!

Gravity VS The Quantum: FIGHT!

history of science, scientific method, astronomy, astrophysics, black holes, cosmology, einstein, mathematics, physics, quantum mechanics, relativity, universePhilip ShaneOctober 22, 2021guests

AVI LOEB Is Hunting For E.T. With MEGAPIXELS, Millions, and MOXY

The serious search for Extraterrestrial life

aliens, history of science, news, scientific method, seti, skepticism, teaching, astronomy, engineering, physics, psychologyPhilip ShaneSeptember 24, 2021guests

UFO's: A Powerful Teachable Moment? A Flying Roundtable Talk With The UCR Podcast!

The Big Phone Home!

aliens, collaborations, communication, history of science, history, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticism, society, teachingPhilip ShaneAugust 31, 2021guests

Can You BREATHE Like A WHALE? With Vanessa Pirotta!

Can You BREATHE Like A WHALE? With Vanessa Pirotta!

Living the life of the whale!

physics, astronomy, astrophysics, geology, history of science, skepticism, teaching, technologyPhilip ShaneAugust 15, 2021guests

NO ALIENS... Anywhere??? With Chris Cogswell of The MAD SCIENTIST Podcast!

CHRIS COGSWELL joins us to imagine how our on Earth would be affected by the proof that LIFE DOESN’T FIND A WAY, it’s no where, nothing to be found, nothing to see here, go home to your blue planet, that’s the only place anything lives in the entire universe.

physics, scifi, psychology, universe, aliens, biology, collaborations, cosmology, elon musk, exploration, history, god, mathematics, news, occult, religion, seti, skepticism, society, space travel, world dominationPhilip ShaneJuly 30, 2021guests

Reimagining COSMOLOGY From Inside YOU - With Hakeem OLUSEYI

How TINY Are We Really?

biology, psychology, astronomy, cosmology, history of science, physics, scientific method, teaching, universePhilip ShaneJune 25, 2021guests

YOUR Personal Role In Space Exploration — w/The PLANETARY SOCIETY’s Casey Dreier

Your personal role in exploring space!

society, biology, exploration, mars, nasa, psychology, space travelPhilip ShaneJune 18, 2021guests

TIC TAC UFO'S Bringing FRESH Science? With MICK WEST!

TIC TAC UFO'S Bringing FRESH Science? With MICK WEST!

How would they change known physics?

physics, scifi, space travel, technology, elon musk, engineering, history of science, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticismPhilip ShaneMay 28, 2021guests

Microbreweries on MARS! - With CHRIS CARBERRY of the SPACE DRINKS Association

The exciting, burgeoning world of SMALL BUSINESS in space!

biology, physics, scifi, apocalypse, audience, video games, astronauts, astronomy, astrophysics, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneMay 21, 2021guests

Put A Man On The EARTH! - with Nancy Atkinson

Put A Man On The EARTH! - with Nancy Atkinson

What The IF we lived on the Moon and had to send the first mission to EARTH?

evolution, geology, physics, scifi, astronauts, elon musk, engineering, exploration, history, mars, moon, nasa, space race, space travelPhilip ShaneApril 30, 2021evolution, scifi, science fiction, movies, funny, guests

No COSMOS For You! With Jo MARCHANT

No COSMOS For You! With Jo MARCHANT

What the IF we couldn't see the stars!?

scifi, astronomy, cosmology, environment, history of science, psychology, religion, societyPhilip ShaneFebruary 19, 2021feature, show, ancient astronomy, cosmology, authors, books, scicomm, preview, guests

A Video GAME That Steals Your BRAIN? With Dr. KIKI!

A Video GAME That Steals Your BRAIN? With Dr. KIKI!

Can we make a video game that takes over your brain?

biology, communication, computer science, neurology, psychology, video gamesPhilip ShaneSeptember 18, 2020video games, neurology, brain, sciense, arcade, scifi, 80s, feature, guests

The ARTISTS Behind NASA's Artist Depictions!

The ARTISTS Behind NASA's Artist Depictions!

NASA space artists DON DAVIS and PAMELA LEE take us to the galactic core!

astronomy, astronauts, cosmology, exploration, mars, moon, nasa, space travel, universePhilip ShaneJuly 23, 2020astronomy, artists, space, space travel, astronauts, stars, galaxy, universe, feature, guests

How Does IMAGINATION Work?

What The IF… you had NO imagination!

ONE Language For EVERYONE?

What The If we all spoke the same language, and there were no other languages at all?

aliens, history, seti, space travel, apocalypse, psychology, society, communicationPhilip ShaneJune 11, 2020feature, language, brain, communication, society, linguistics, guests, psychology, civilization, history, imagination, peace