You Want to Know This

Kelli Winkler

Hi! I'm Kelli, a voiceover artist with a big love for sharing stories and information to my friends. This podcast is about the big ideas that make you look at the world differently. Space, Science, the future of humanity, and the wild things that are happening right now that most of us never learned in school. This isn’t a lecture. It’s storytelling. Because some things are just too interesting not to talk about. You want to know this. #SpacePodcast #SciencePodcast #EducationalPodcast #StorytellingPodcast #SpaceFacts #LearnSomethingNew

Episodes

  1. You Want to Know this...about dreams.

    Apr 13

    You Want to Know this...about dreams.

    Before you had your first memory, your brain was already active. In this episode, we start with a viral social media claim (that babies in the womb are dreaming), and follow it into a deeper exploration of what science actually says. Do unborn babies really dream? What is REM sleep doing in early brain development? And why does the brain begin simulating experience before life as we remember it even starts? From emotional processing to memory consolidation to simulation theory, this episode breaks down what researchers understand about dreaming—and what still remains a mystery. Because the real question isn’t just what dreams are… It’s what they reveal about how the mind works, how we process reality, and whether our experience of the world has been something our brain has been building all along. Sources: Roffwarg, H.P. et al. (1966). Ontogenetic development of the human sleep-dream cycle- foundational theory on REM and brain development National Institute of Health Sleep Foundation #CognitiveScience#MemoryProcessing#EmotionalProcessing#SleepResearch#SimulationTheory#DidYouKnow#ScienceExplained#HumanMystery#BrainFacts#Consciousness

    21 min
  2. You want to know this...why are we going back to the Moon.

    Apr 5

    You want to know this...why are we going back to the Moon.

    Humans are going back to the Moon. But not for the reason you think. In this episode: How astronauts actually get to the Moon The Moon “slingshot” that brings spacecraft home Why we stopped going to the Moon Why we’re going back Why the Moon might become a gas station in space And why all of this is really about Mars You’re going to want to know this. Sources & Further Reading: NASA Artemis Program – nasa.gov/artemis NASA Orion Spacecraft – nasa.gov/orion NASA Apollo 13 Mission – nasa.gov/mission/apollo-13 NASA Mars Exploration – mars.nasa.gov MOXIE Oxygen Experiment – nasa.gov/mars/moxie Smithsonian Air & Space Museum – airandspace.si.edu Jet Propulsion Laboratory – jpl.nasa.gov #Artemis #ArtemisII #NASA #MoonMission #SpaceExploration #MarsMission #SpaceTravel #Apollo13 #SpaceScience #FutureOfHumanity #Mars #TheMoon #RocketScience #Astronomy #SpacePodcast #SciencePodcast #EducationalPodcast #StorytellingPodcast #SpaceFacts #LearnSomethingNew

    19 min
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Hi! I'm Kelli, a voiceover artist with a big love for sharing stories and information to my friends. This podcast is about the big ideas that make you look at the world differently. Space, Science, the future of humanity, and the wild things that are happening right now that most of us never learned in school. This isn’t a lecture. It’s storytelling. Because some things are just too interesting not to talk about. You want to know this. #SpacePodcast #SciencePodcast #EducationalPodcast #StorytellingPodcast #SpaceFacts #LearnSomethingNew

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