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One in 13 Million: What It Takes to Be an Astronaut
Episode 5716
Fewer than 800 human beings have ever left Earth's atmosphere, out of 8.2 billion people alive today. What does it actually take to join that club? T…
3 days ago
No Phone, No Panic: Safety Without Surveillance
Episode 5715
Daniel asked one question that's really five: what do good communication and safety practices look like when a parent is unreachable for a few hours?…
3 days, 1 hour ago
The Moon's Junkyard Has a Gift Shop
Episode 5714
There are roughly 3,000 human-made objects on the Moon — about 150 tons of hardware, trash, and souvenirs, almost all left without ceremony. But on a…
3 days, 2 hours ago
Who Rescues You at the Ends of the Earth?
Episode 5713
The Arctic has a binding search and rescue treaty signed by all eight Arctic states — including Russia and the United States. Antarctica has no equiv…
3 days, 2 hours ago
Can NASA Actually Build a Moon Base?
Episode 5712
NASA held a press conference in May 2026 and laid out a phased Moon Base plan with one stated end goal: continuous human presence on the lunar surfac…
3 days, 2 hours ago
Ireland's Offshore Islands: Who Lives There Now?
Episode 5711
Ireland's inhabited offshore islands shrank from 34,219 people in 1841 to a low of 8,884 in 2002 — then something shifted. The 2022 census recorded 8…
3 days, 2 hours ago
Tristan da Cunha: Life on the World's Most Remote Island
Episode 5710
Tristan da Cunha sits 2,414 kilometres from the nearest inhabited place, with one village, 222 residents, and a language that linguists call the smal…
3 days, 2 hours ago
Life at 76°N: Inside Canada's Arctic Outposts
Episode 5709
Canada's Arctic Archipelago is the largest on Earth, and it holds civilian communities at latitudes no other country can match. This episode explores…
3 days, 2 hours ago
The Islands Between Two Oceans
Episode 5708
What does it actually mean to govern a territory with zero citizens? This episode tours fifteen sub-Antarctic islands — from South Georgia to Bouvet …
3 days, 2 hours ago
Epoxy vs Superglue: The Tooling Gap Nobody Talks About
Episode 5707
Epoxy is stronger, heat-resistant, gap-filling, and weatherproof. Superglue is one component in a tube that hardens on contact with air. So why does …
3 days, 3 hours ago