2001: A Space Podyssey

Episode 46 - The Road to Arecibo (2010: The Year We Make Content)

The collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in 2020 marked the end of an era for generations of astronomers, climatologists, SETI researchers, and space enthusiasts.
From 1963 until its closure in 2023, Arecibo, Puerto Rico housed the world’s largest radio telescope, and “2010” was originally going to start there!
Thanks to The Odyssey File, we have Arthur C. Clarke and Peter Hyams’ insightful and hilarious conversations about the concepts, logistics, and challenges that ultimately lead from Puerto Rico to New Mexico and the VLA.
Plus: the arguments around transmitting messages to outer space, Carl Sagan, pulsars, and Goldeneye!
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Episode 45 - Solar Eclipse 2024!

Monday, April 8, marks the biggest, longest, most widely visible solar eclipse to cross the United States in a long time, and the last one for 20 years!
Celebrate the eclipse experience, the history, myth and lore, and amazing science that only comes in that breathtaking few minutes. Tips on how to look, what to look for, and what to expect from Wes, and from NASA (Tahira Allen and Dr. Gina DiBraccio.)
Check out Arthur C. Clarke's observations, and the instances of eclipses and celestial alignments in the Odyssey series.
Plus: helium, reptile housemates, and Lance Bass!
NASA Solar Eclipse
NASA Eclipse Explorer - Where and When
NASA Live Eclipse Broadcast
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Episode 44 - Syd Mead, Visual Futurist (2010: The Year We Make Content)

For our first look at the book "The Official Art of 2010," we pay tribute to the genius of concept artist Syd Mead, his career in industry and in entertainment, and his unique vision.
He imagined not only cars, spinners, ships of sea, air and space, but immersive now worlds around them. Celebrating the beauty of both form and function, his designs are always the perfect synthesis of art and engineering.
His contributions to "Star Trek," "Blade Runner," "Aliens," "Tron," and of course, "2010: The Year We Make Contact"!
This week it's the LEONOV, from concept to craft. Follow along with the pictures at Articles & Resources.
Plus: CD-rom games, Gundam, and goulash
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Episode 43 - Sealab 2010: At Home With Heywood (2010: The Year We Make Content)

Haunted by his past, Dr. Floyd moves to Hawaii and makes a new life with marine biologist wife, Caroline, and young son, Christopher.
Still healing from years of tragedy, he finds himself at a crossroads to reinvent his purpose. Taking the last opportunity to atone for all that had gone horribly wrong, and the sacrifices he - and his family - have to make. 
"The Odyssey File" is a fascinating peek into the film's development and production, with candid conversations between Arthur C. Clarke and Peter Hyams.
They reveal the elaborate details of Heywood's Honolulu home, and the real and surreal journey of getting dolphins in the house. 
Plus: Esther Williams, orangutans dressed as highland gorillas, and penguins dressed as Pooh. 
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Episode 42 - 2024: Odysseus in Space (A Year on the Moon)

We're back on the Moon! Thanks to the success of our aptly named "Odysseus" lander, NASA and Intuitive Machines are kicking off a year full of amazing lunar landings and experiments.
As the crew of Artemis II prepare to launch next September, what could be our future on the Moon?
What are the benefits and downsides of nations or corporations leading the charge?
The importance of NASA and its core mission to benefit humanity, and the increasing gains in diversity, exciting new accelerated research, and cancer eradication experiments.
Plus: pogo sticks, surviving on the air from hot fries bags, and the continued purpose and strategy of the International Space Station - in its future, we see a wheel!
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Episode 41 - The Very Large Array Telescope (2010: The Year We Make Content)

Sunrise at the Very Large Array Telescope (VLA), and Drs. Floyd and Moisevitch have to plan a bi-lateral salvage operation between opposing world powers in less than two minutes. It's 2010's new space race, as filmed during the Cold War in '84.
Dial in on the real-life function and history of the world's largest radio telescope array, and its ever-expanding future!
Plus: the NICER way of radio scanning, planning a trip to Jupiter, and Lewis & Clarke! (Clive & Arthur - a surprising friendship.)
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Episode 40 - 2010: The Year We Make Content

2010 Year has docked! We’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of Peter Hyams & Arthur Clarke’s knockout followup, 2010: The Year We Make Contact with a year of exciting discoveries following the team who rediscover Discovery One!
And, of course, we still have plenty more to come on 2001.
This week, a (fairly) spoiler-free introduction to 2010, the background, our love for it, and why we believe it deserves just as much conversation and provokes as many questions for what it is: NOT a sequel to perhaps the greatest motion picture of all time, but its own fascinating story told its own way. A Kubrick-sanctioned, Arthur C. Clarke-written, Academy Award-nominated science fiction classic.
Plus: we’ve booked a ride on the Europa Clipper! (We will attempt no landing there.)
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Episode 39 - Behind The Concierge Desk

Checking in to the universe's most exclusive hotel, it's time to unpack, explore, and maybe play a little chess. Is that a Louis XVI throne pod?
Dave and Frank's relationship, and humans' innate need for each other. Long-term isolation: is it tao, torment, or vacation?
Gilded cage or petrie dish, this surreal environment evokes the most basic questions of life:What is time?  When is a ceiling a floor? Are we in the bathroom?
So many hidden meanings, so little much time. 
Plus: Homesteading Space by David Hitt and the Skylab gravitational belly pull factor.
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Episode 38 - In the Orbit of the Odyssey with R.H. Vatcher

R.H. Vatcher is BACK to toast in the New Year with a smorgasbord of insights from his 2019: The Odyssey Brief: BREACHING THE HULL OF DISCOVERY PARTS III AND IV.
Uncovering the many cultural elements revolving around this elliptical journey, from Jungian breakthrough to the groundbreaking scientific discoveries showcased in Life Magazine.
How serendipity or subconscious parallels to the prior roles of these now iconic actors may have influenced their casting.
The impact of Star Trek on a generation and its connections to 2001.
Plus: does Fellini + Kubrick = 2008 & 1/2? (okay, it'd be 2009 1/2, but c'mon...)  
Also check out R.H. Vatcher's:
Punching Through the Kevlar of Stanley Kubrick's 'FULL METAL JACKET'
I am Jack's Ax: Breaking Down the Barriers of Stanley Kubrick's Film 'THE SHINING'
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BONUS SPECIAL: A Clavius Christmas

Crusty socks hung with care, meat tube trimmed, hot fries smoking on an electrical fire... We're ready for Christmas, but is HAL?
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