Time to Eat the Dogs

Michael Robinson: historian of science and exploration
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A podcast about science, history, and exploration. Michael Robinson interviews scientists, journalists, and adventurers about life at the extreme.

  1. JAN 27

    3I/ATLAS, SETI, and the Controversy Over How We Search for Extraterrestrial Life

    Jason Wright talks about 3I/ATLAS, the controversy surrounding it, and the way the search for life in the universe is beginning to change. Wright is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State University. He's the director of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center. He is also the author of The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Theory and Practice.

    33 min

  2. 10/24/2025

    Gems, Science, and Empire

    17th century traders who traveled the sea routes between India and Southeast Asia were interested in spices, but they were also interested in gemstones, objects of desire, commercial value, and increasingly, scientific fascination. Claire Conklin Sabel talks about the gem trade in South and Southeast Asia, and the way this trade was impacted by European traders in the 17th and 18th centuries. Sabel is a historian of early modern earth science and a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Vienna. She is working on her a book project, Rare Earth: Gemstones, Geohistory, and Commercial Geography c. 1600-1750.

    34 min

  3. 07/06/2025

    Artificial General Intelligence, Part II

    Part two of my interview with Julian Togelius, who talks about the history of machine learning, the quest for Artificial General Intelligence, and the difficulties AI researchers have in defining exactly what intelligence is. Togelius is an associate professor of Computer Science at New York University. He is the author of Artificial General Intelligence, published recently by MIT Press.

    26 min

  4. 04/25/2025

    Artificial General Intelligence, Part I

    In the first of two episodes, Julian Togelius talks about the history of machine learning, the quest for Artificial General Intelligence, and the difficulties AI researchers have in defining exactly what intelligence is. Togelius is an associate professor of Computer Science at New York University. He is the author of Artificial General Intelligence, published recently by MIT Press.

    31 min

  5. 04/06/2025

    Replay: Inventing the World

    Meredith Small talks about the city of Venice and its importance to the history of travel and exploration. Small is professor emerita at Cornell University. She's the author of Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization

    28 min

  6. 03/21/2025

    The Habitable Worlds Observatory

    Dr. Giada Arney talks about the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a space telescope that, when it's built and launched into space, will be able to image planets in other solar systems directly, focusing on planets that may support life. Arney is a Research Space Scientist in the Planetary Systems Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She's also the interim project scientist for the Habitable Worlds Observatory and the Deputy Principal Investigator of the DAVINCI mission to Venus.

    46 min

  7. 02/28/2025

    Replay: Icebound

    In the late 1500s, Dutch navigator William Barrents sailed north in search of a Northeast Passage to Asia. This expedition and a second one both suffered hardships, but they were mild in comparison with the horrors of the third expedition. Andrea Pitzer talks about the Arctic voyages of William Barents and their impact on Europe for centuries to come. Pitzer is a journalist and author of Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World.

    33 min

  8. 02/16/2025

    The Europa Clipper and the Search for Extraterrestrial LIfe

    Claire Isabel Webb talks about the Europa Clipper mission and NASA's broader agenda to find life on other worlds. Webb is a historian of science and directs the Future Humans program at the Berggruen Institute. Her opinion piece, "Can We Please Just Find the Aliens Already," was published by the New York Times in October, 2024

    40 min
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A podcast about science, history, and exploration. Michael Robinson interviews scientists, journalists, and adventurers about life at the extreme.

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  • Creator
    Michael Robinson: historian of science and exploration
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    247
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Michael Robinson 2017
  • Show Website
    Time to Eat the Dogs

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