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At a Distance

A podcast about the bigger picture. Host Spencer Bailey calls on leading minds, from scientists and technologists to artists and climate activists, to zoom out and look at some of the planet’s most pr... Read more

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Pedro Gadanho on How Architecture Must Adapt to Our Ecological Emergency

Pedro Gadanho on How Architecture Must Adapt to Our Ecological Emergency

Architect, writer, and curator Pedro Gadanho, author of the book “Climax Change!” and a Loeb Fellow at Harvard Universit... Read more

10 Jul 2023

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Chris Impey on the New Space Race and Exoplanet Habitation

Chris Impey on the New Space Race and Exoplanet Habitation

Astronomer Chris Impey, author of the new book “Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity... Read more

5 Jun 2023

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