#916: The Total Eclipse

Hello wonks. Dan here, swinging in to hijack the feed to drop the first episode of my new podcast Show Me State Of Mind. I'm posting the debut here, but to catch episodes in the future, you can find them at this link. I hope you enjoy the show! 

In this installment, Dan and Jordan close things out with a discussion about a particularly whiny but musical day in Alex's career, live from Two Brothers Roundhouse. 

Where were you for the 2017 total eclipse? Where will you be this year? And where will you be for the next one in 2045? Hanna talks to Atlantic staff writer Marina Koren about the eclipse as a peculiar event: a beautiful if not slightly unsettling moment that is also a strange ma ...  Show more

Today, millions of Americans will have the opportunity to see a rare total solar eclipse.

Fred Espenak, a retired astrophysicist known as Mr. Eclipse, was so blown away by an eclipse he saw as a teenager that he dedicated his life to traveling the world and seeing as man ...

What is going on with eclipses? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about some upcoming eclipses and famous eclipses of the past with meteorologist and eclipse chaser, Joe Rao. 

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We are talking all about the eclipse yesterday and maybe we are thinking that maybe we didn't take it seriously enough?!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.