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Welcome back to The STARLOG Podcast!This episode, Jordan has heard The WOW! Signal , the new album by the band Muse, and reports back on its science-fiction themes. Then, we recount the story of the pen that saved Neil Armstong and Buzz Aldrin from being stranded on the moon (and was included in an auction of Buzz Aldrin memorabilia). In the STARLOG Archive, your hosts dig into STARLOG #31 where a notice about "four-letter-words" in Disney’s first PG rated film The Black Hole (1979) suggests a boycott. Professor and Associate Department Head of M.I.T.'s Department of Physics, Professor Scott A. Hughes is this week's interview. Prof. Hughes tells us about the newest discoveries in our understanding of Black Holes and explains how shifts in gravitational waves can be measured using extremely precise tools like L.I.G.O. and his current project L.I.S.A.. Then, he lets us in on how he was inspired by the band Rush.Next week, Daniel Noah, producer of films like A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) and Mandy (2018), appears on the podcast to discuss experiencing paranormal phenomena and his new graphic novel series High Strangeness.Want More?The WOW! Signal by Muse is currently available wherever music is streamed and/or bought.The Sotheby’s listing for the Apollo 11 pen and broken circuit breaker switch.Disney’s The Black Hole (1979) is available to stream on Disney Plus.Hear more LIGO and LISA sounds at:Astrophysical general relativity @ MIT - Research in the group of Professor Scott A. HughesFORMAT:00:00 - Welcome!03:42 - What's happening in Science Fiction?08:57 - What's happening in Science Fact?18:02 - The STARLOG Archive29:37 - Professor Scott A. Hughes!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Welcome back to The STARLOG Podcast!This episode, Jordan encourages you to check out an independent sci-fi film releasing this weekend on Video On Demand: The Outer Threat. An astrophysicist's alien discovery forces him and his family to flee their home, chased by a mysterious pursuer. In science fact, there's a new top government alien guy, and we drill back into the STARLOG Archive to unearth a very special interview with William Shatner from STARLOG #9.Astrophysicist, aerospace engineer, and science consultant for the Star Trek franchise - Dr. Erin Macdonald of Starfleet Academy is this week's special guest. Dr. Erin schools your hosts on what gravity actually is, before diving into the most difficult science explanation she had to concoct for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and her appearances (as herself!) on Star Trek: Prodigy. Next week, Professor and Associate Department Head of M.I.T.'s Department of Physics, Professor Scott Hughes will join the podcast to talk about the sounds of black holes and the band Rush.WANT MORE?The Outer Threat is available on digital VOD Friday July 10thHarvard professor with polarizing alien theories is picked to lead Trump administration UFO councilWilliam Shatner Live Side 3: The Movie [YouTube]Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Discovery, and Star Trek: Prodigy are all streaming on Paramount Plus.FORMAT00:00 - Welcome to Episode 003!03:21 - What's Happening in Science Fiction08:37 - What's Happening in Science Fact17:09 - The STARLOG Archive - STARLOG #929:45 - Dr. Erin MacDonald!The STARLOG Podcast is hosted by Jordan Hoffman, edited and produced by Dave Gonzales. The STARLOG Podcast Theme was composed and performed by Michael Tritter.Follow STARLOG!Starlog.com@STARLOGmedia on Instagramstarlogmedia.bsky.social@STARLOGmedia on YouTubeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Welcome back to The STARLOG Podcast!This week, ALIENS and DINOSAURS. It's been 30 years since the Summer of ID4: Independence Day, years since SETI at Home, and mere weeks since we all got to see Steven Spielberg's newest alien movie Disclosure Day. Since Spielberg is in the air, Jordan opens up the STARLOG archive to see how the magazine covered Jurassic Park.Producer, writer, and director David Koepp joins the podcast to talk about his relationship to STARLOG Magazine, Godzilla, and how he adapted Spielberg's treatment PDF into the movie we know as Disclosure Day. Next week, Dr, Erin MacDonald, scientist and consultant for the Star Trek franchise will tell us that we can't warp through debris.WANT MORE?ID4: Independence Day is currently available to stream on Hulu and Disney Plus.
Why SETI Might Have Been Missing Alien Signals at seti.orgHow They Made Jurassic Park's T-Rex - Sculpting a Full-Size Dinosaur by Stan Winston School on YouTube
Disclosure Day is in theaters now!FORMAT00:00 - STARLOG is Back!04:05 - What's Happening in Science Fiction10:45 - What's Happening in Science Fact16:55 - The STARLOG Archive - STARLOG #19127:19 - David Koepp!The STARLOG Podcast is hosted by Jordan Hoffman, edited and produced by Dave Gonzales. The STARLOG Podcast Theme was composed and performed by Michael Tritter.
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Welcome to The STARLOG Podcast!
This week, your host Jordan Hoffman is proud to introduce himself and podcasting XO Dave Gonzales, reintroduce STARLOG and begin The STARLOG Podcast.
In celebration of STARLOG's 50th Anniversary in 2026, the team behind FANGORIA is bringing STARLOG through a portal to our future. Later this year, STARLOG will be available as a print magazine in bookstores, on newsstands, and at the supermarket checkout.
This week, STARLOG Editor-in-Chief Annalee Newitz joins the podcast to talk about the contents of the upcoming STARLOG Magazine and how it's changed from the original publication. They also discuss founding the Gawker Media futurist blog io9, their non-fiction book Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, and how a train can love a cat in their fiction novel The Terraformers.
Next week, Disclosure Day's screenwriter David Koepp joins us to talk about aliens and Steven Spielberg.
WANT MORE?
Project Hail Mary is still in theaters!
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
Sci-Fi Short Film "There Is No Antimemetics Division" | DUST | Starring Jasika Nicole
Robots with fingernails can grasp thin edges
The Republic of Memory: A Novel By Mahmud El Sayed
Buy Annalee Newitz Books including The Terraformers and the new Automatic Noodle
FORMAT
00:00 - STARLOG is Back!
07:37 - What's Happening in Science Fiction
13:25 - What's Happening in Science Fact
18:01 - The STARLOG Archive
26:34 - Annalee Newitz!
The STARLOG Podcast is hosted by Jordan Hoffman, edited and produced by Dave Gonzales. The STARLOG Podcast Theme was composed and performed by Michael Tritter.
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STARLOG is back!
Join host Jordan Hoffman and producer Dave Gonzales on a weekly journey into the vastness of space time. Each Wednesday, The STARLOG Podcast will cover the newest happenings in science fiction and science fact, delve into the 50 years of the STARLOG magazine archive, and interview a special guest from the realms of filmmaking, science, fiction, and fandom.
Blast off with the STARLOG Podcast by subscribing now on your podcast device.
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