Amy Shira Teitel: VINTAGE SPACE

Somewhere in the Skies

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Social Sciences, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On episode 97 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan speaks with author, pop-science writer, and space flight historian, Amy Shira Teitel. Amy tells us how her interest in space history first began, what it's like competing in a male-dominated field, her thoughts on private space exploration, and she even runs us through some strange UFO-related events she came across in her vast array of research. We round things out talking about her latest book, Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA Guest Bio: Amy Shira Teitel is an expert in the history of science, with a lifelong passion for spaceflight. She has written for a number of online and print publications including Discovery News Space, Al-Jazeera, The Guardian, and Universe Today. She runs a thriving YouTube channel and blog (both called Vintage Space) and has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the Military channel, SyFy, and the Science channel, and she is a host on DNews, Discovery Channel's online daily news show. Amy was also an embedded journalist on the New Horizons team, bringing the excitement of humanity's first mission to Pluto to the space-loving public. She lives in Pasadena, California. Follow her on Twitter @AmyShiraTeitel Patreon: www.patreon.com/somewhereskies Watch ROSWELL: MYSTERIES DECODED for free! Available now at www.cwseed.com Website: www.somewhereintheskies.com YouTube Channel: CLICK HERE Official Store: CLICK HERE Order Ryan's Book by CLICKING HERE Twitter: @SomewhereSkies Instagram: @SomewhereSkiesPod Opening Theme Song, "Ephemeral Reign" by Per Kiilstofte SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES is part of the eOne podcast network. To learn more, CLICK HERE SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES is sponsored by HelloFresh. To receive 50% off your first order, use promo code: SOMEWHERE50 at checkout by visiting www.HelloFresh.ca Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey y'all Ryan Sprick here. As you all know the Somewhere in the Sky's podcast is always free to consume, but it isn't free to create.
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0:37.0	Thank you for your support.
0:39.0	And now on with the show.
0:40.0	Today on the show we have space historian Amy Shiratido.
0:44.7	What people always forget and you of course would not forget this is that like when you're
0:49.3	looking at exoplanets you're also looking back in time. So we have to find life on that planet in the moment where it exists,
0:57.0	because it might be that we're seeing it after a mass extinction. This is somewhere in the skies with Ryan's bread. Welcome to Somewhere in the skies. I'm your host Ryan Sprague.
1:37.0	This week I pull a wonderful conversation out of the vault over at Rogue Planet, featuring author and space historian Amy Shiratito.
1:46.0	Amy is a Canadian American author, popular science writer, spaceflight historian,
1:52.1	youtuber, and podgaster.
1:54.0	She's best known for writing the book
1:56.0	Breaking the Chains of Gravity
1:58.0	and for her YouTube channel,
2:00.0	Vintage Space.
2:02.0	Today we talk all about how she first got interested in space history. Her
2:06.2	thoughts on NASA versus private space exploration and of course we chat a little about
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