The Next Frontier

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Colonizing Mars or more distant planets seems like science fiction. But becoming a spacefaring species may be in our near future. This hour, TED speakers on living beyond Earth--and whether we should. Guests include NASA Chief Scientist James Green, science writer Stephen Petranek, MIT Media Lab researcher Lisa Nip, and astronomer Lucianne Walkowicz.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here, and this week we've got a brand new episode for you, the last frontier.
0:05.5	But before we get to this week's episode, I'd like to tell you about another podcast
0:09.5	from our friends over at TED called the TED Interview. On each episode, head of TED,
0:14.3	Chris Anderson picks up with speakers where they left off to take a deeper dive into their
0:19.3	bold ideas. You can find the TED interview anywhere you listen to podcasts.
0:24.8	Also, a quick reminder to donate to your local public radio station before the end of the year.
0:30.4	To show your support for programs like this one, your support is crucial to your local station.
0:37.1	So just go to donate.npr.org slash TED radio to make your year end gift. And thanks.
0:46.5	This is the TED Radio Hour.
0:52.5	Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks.
0:54.7	TED Talks.
0:55.5	TED.
0:56.3	TED Technology Entertainment Design.
0:58.5	Design.
0:59.4	Is that really what's 10 for us?
1:00.5	I'm never known the delivered and at TED conferences around the world.
1:03.6	It's the gift of the human imagination.
1:05.1	We've had to believe in impossible things.
1:07.9	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
1:12.3	Those talks, those ideas adapted for radio.
1:18.1	From NPR.
1:24.9	I'm Guy Roz.
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