Bonus-wag: More Moon Lore & Owning the Moon

🌋🏹🐷 This is it. The wag of all wags. The waggiest wag to ever wag. The final wag. But this one’s for you, Waggers—so we’re diving into the WagBag one last time. Schrödinger’s cat, Pompeii, volcanoes—oh my! We’re tackling everything from gulags to the greatest literary whodunit ...  Show more

🎞️🪖🤡 The incredible Bill Hader drops by Office Hours to dig deep into film, philosophy, and all the weird stuff in between. He breaks down how Taxi Driver and The Thin Red Line made a mark on his psyche, why horror movies are masters at playing with tension, and how directors ...  Show more

There’s a total solar eclipse coming. On Monday, April 8, for a large swath of North America, the sun will disappear, in the middle of the day. Everywhere you look, people are talking about it. What will it feel like when the sun goes away? What will the blocked-out sun look l ...

Listener Paul Don asks: "I'm wondering what's the feasibility of terraforming another planet ie Mars and if it is possible to do the same thing with something like the moon? Or, why isn't there already a moon-base? Surely that is easier."Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry consi ...  Show more

Jason and Stephen talk about Earth's closest neighbor, the Moon. This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by: Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing! Links and Show Notes Liftoff - Relay FM Liftoff (@liftoffpodcast) | ...  Show more

Have you ever thought about how the moon was formed? Surprisingly, there is no concrete evidence. Instead there are multiple theories and people still argue between them. One theory is the moon is hallow and this changes everything we know about physics... But why do people think ...  Show more