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Miles To Go Miles O'Brien: Science, Technology & Aerospace Journalist
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Join award-winning journalist Miles O’Brien as he explores developments in technology, science, aviation, space and the environment.
A 35-year veteran of the news business, Miles is currently an independent producer, writer, and director for PBS NewsHour, NOVA, Frontline, and the National Science Foundation. An experienced pilot himself, he also serves as aviation analyst for CNN (And he does it all with one arm).
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Black Box Episode 3: Inside the Cockpit of JAL 123, The Worst Single Aircraft Accident in History - Part 3
In this three part miniseries, Miles O'Brien and Lars Perkins - along with several special guests - investigate the bizarre circumstances that led to one of the most fatal plane crashes of all time. This is the story of Japan Air Lines Flight 123.
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Black Box Episode 2: Inside the Cockpit of JAL 123, The Worst Single Aircraft Accident in History - Part 2
In this three part miniseries, Miles O'Brien and Lars Perkins - along with several special guests - investigate the bizarre circumstances that led to one of the most fatal plane crashes of all time. This is the story of Japan Air Lines Flight 123.
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Black Box Episode 1: Inside the Cockpit of JAL 123, The Worst Single Aircraft Accident in History - Part 1
In this three part miniseries, Miles O'Brien and Lars Perkins - along with several special guests - investigate the bizarre circumstances that led to one of the most fatal plane crashes of all time. This is the story of Japan Air Lines Flight 123.
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Episode 32: What Happened to China Eastern Flight MU5735
Miles to Go returns after a long hiatus. In this “black box” special, Miles O’Brien talks with two pilots to try and understand why the 737 plummeted to the ground so suddenly and precipitously. Was it deliberate?
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The Challenge of Robots and Artificial Intelligence, a Retrospective – with AI Pioneer Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky is often regarded as the father of modern AI, but when Miles visited him in 2010, Minsky wasn’t a proud father. In fact, Minsky was disappointed with the lack of progress in the field and had reservations about its future. Unfortunately, Minsky is no longer with us and can’t answer our questions about machine learning and new robots, but his answers from this interview in many ways still hold. Go back in time on this episode of Miles To Go.
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How and Why We’re Sampling Asteroid Bennu – with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Team
How did our early solar system form? What are the origins of life? How likely are we to get hit by a dangerous asteroid? A daring NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx hopes to find the answers to these big questions at an asteroid named Bennu. This week, the spacecraft arrives at its destination. To learn more, Miles sits down with members of the OSIRIS-REx team on this episode of Miles To Go.
Customer Reviews
More Black Box please for 2023!!
Your show puts all other air disasters podcasts to shame!! Absolutely fabulous! Maybe Tenerife, Air France 447, or the Concorde?
Engaging
I listened to one of the episodes about the black box. I like hearing how they discover what went wrong. Told in a very engaging way. Great show!
Enriching
One of the best science shows available that probably goes reasonably deep for a layman audience. Miles is great at getting to the heart of the subject matter and seasoned enough to have thoughtful questions on any subject. The ‘hash it out’ episodes with Brian & Fedor are pretty fun too.
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