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Human Exploration of the Deep Sea Jul 02, 2019

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Bruce Strickrott talks about the value of human exploration of the deep sea. Strickrott is the Program Manager and Senior Pilot of the United States' deepest diving science submersible, the DSV Alvin which is owned by the US Navy and operated out of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He has participated in over 60 science expeditions and piloted over 365 dives in Alvin, spending over 2000 hours underwater.

Replay: Women, Aviation, and Global Air Travel Jun 29, 2019

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Emily Gibson talks about women, aviation, and global air travel. Gibson is an associate historian at the National Science Foundation.

Replay: The New Map of Empire Jun 25, 2019

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Max Edelson talk about the British Board of Trade's ambitious project to explore and survey British America from the St Lawrence River to the islands of the Caribbean. Edelson is a professor of history at the University of Virginia. He's the author of The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence.

Replay: Making Planets into Places Jun 22, 2019

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Anthropologist Lisa Messeri talks about planetary scientists and the way they use data to bring these places to life. Messeri is the author of Placing Out Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds.

Replay: The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey Jun 18, 2019

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Michael Benson talks about the making of 2001, a movie inspired by the collaboration of American director Stanley Kubrick and the British futurist Arthur C. Clark. Benson is the author of Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece.

Replay: Science and Exploration in the U.S. Navy Jun 15, 2019

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Jason Smith discusses the U.S. Navy's role in exploring and charting the ocean world. Smith is an assistant professor of history at Southern Connecticut State University. He's the author of To Master the Boundless Sea: The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire.

Destined for the Stars Jun 11, 2019

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Catherine Newell talks about the religious roots of the final frontier, focusing on the collaboration of artist Chesley Bonestell, science writer Willy Ley, and the NASA rocket engineer Wernher von Braun. Newell is an assistant professor of religion and science at the University of Miami. She's the author of Destined for the Stars: Faith, the Future, and America's Final Frontier.

Replay: After the Map Jun 08, 2019

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Bill Rankin talks about the changes brought about by GPS and other mapping technologies in the twentieth century. Rankin is the author of After the Map: Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century.

Starvation Shore Jun 04, 2019

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Laura Waterman talks about her novel, Starvation Shore, which relies upon memoirs, letters, and diaries to reconstruct the life of the Greely Party as it attempted to survive impossible conditions. Waterman is a climber, conservationist, and author who has written many books with her husband Guy Waterman about mountain history, climbing and environmental ethics. Her memoir Losing the Garden tells the story of her marriage to Guy and his decision nineteen years ago to end his life on the summit of Mt Lafayette.

Replay: One Long Night Jun 01, 2019

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Andrea Pitzer talks about her book One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, one of the Smithsonian's Ten Best History Books for 2017.

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