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Third Pod from the Sun

Third Pod from the Sun is back, and we’re going weekly! We’re breaking things up into six-week mini-series and our first series is all about the true, personal stories from scientists, for everyone. Join us as we combat misconceptions about sharks, learn how to lasso lizards, hear from a Martian here on Earth, spark science joy via TikTok, journey to Antarctica, and fight over food with some capuchins!

Tales from the (manus)crypt: This is the end

14 mins; November 05, 2023

Tales from the (manus)crypt: The sound of screams

30 mins; October 29, 2023

Tales from the (manus)crypt: Zombie-making fungi

44 mins; October 22, 2023

Tales from the (manus)crypt: Volcanic video games

44 mins; October 15, 2023

Tales from the (manus)crypt: Mind-controlling mushrooms

33 mins; October 08, 2023

Tales from the (manus)crypt: Evolved bloodsuckers

26 mins; October 02, 2023

Tales from the (manus)crypt

14 mins; September 24, 2023

Invisible forces: Weathering the (academic space) storm

26 mins; September 14, 2023

Invisible forces: Gravity of the (Venus) situation

25 mins; September 08, 2023

Invisible forces: Through the cloud of atmospheric aerosols

22 mins; September 01, 2023

Invisible forces: Fielding Earth's magnetic mysteries

18 mins; August 25, 2023

Invisible forces: Sharpening our cosmic vision

27 mins; August 18, 2023

Invisible forces

13 mins; August 11, 2023

Fieldwork rocks: Icy balloons & (natural) gaseous fumes

46 mins; August 06, 2023

Fieldwork rocks: Can it be accessible for all?

48 mins; July 28, 2023

Fieldwork rocks: Tree rings of the Civil War

27 mins; July 21, 2023

Fieldwork rocks: Marooned on purpose

30 mins; July 13, 2023

Fieldwork rocks: Head in the (funnel) clouds

33 mins; July 06, 2023

Fieldwork rocks: From sea to quaking sea

30 mins; June 29, 2023

Fieldwork rocks: Picturing science

27 mins; June 23, 2023

Fieldwork rocks

18 mins; June 15, 2023

Solving for climate: Understanding the "wild" in wildfire

20 mins; June 08, 2023

Solving for Climate: The silent killer in your urban backyard

31 mins; June 01, 2023

Solving for climate: Earth’s next top (climate) model

27 mins; May 25, 2023

Solving for climate: (Health and) safety in (climate) numbers

32 mins; May 18, 2023

Solving for climate: Do go chasing hurricanes

37 mins; May 11, 2023

Solving for climate: Coasts in the machine

34 mins; May 04, 2023

Solving for climate

20 mins; April 27, 2023

One giant leap: For first-generational beginnings & talking rockets!

24 mins; April 20, 2023

One giant leap: For beating the odds and troubleshooting telescopes

34 mins; April 13, 2023

One giant leap: For opening up the sciences

26 mins; April 06, 2023

One giant leap: For James Webb and scientists on the silver screen

31 mins; March 30, 2023

One giant leap: For space librarians & accessible data

23 mins; March 23, 2023

One giant leap: For meteorology & climate communication

27 mins; March 16, 2023

One small step...for Third Pod?

19 mins; March 10, 2023

Your favorites: Not your science fair volcano

30 mins; March 02, 2023

Your favorites: A Martian on Earth

11 mins; February 23, 2023

Your favorites: Dinosaurs, a big rock, and…climate change?

40 mins; February 16, 2023

Your favorites: The ice ships of Project Habbakuk

25 mins; February 09, 2023

Spaceship Earth: Overseeing space...& Earth

30 mins; February 02, 2023

Spaceship Earth: The (visual) beauty of science

24 mins; January 26, 2023

Spaceship Earth: Powering humans in space

28 mins; January 20, 2023

Spaceship Earth: Discovering water on Earth from space

20 mins; January 12, 2023

Spaceship Earth: A love of space through a son's telescope

27 mins; January 05, 2023

Spaceship Earth: Using satellites to feed the world

23 mins; December 30, 2022

Spaceship Earth

17 mins; December 22, 2022

Distillations: Mapping the seafloor with computer games

13 mins; December 16, 2022

Distillations: Quilting science & changing climates

13 mins; December 15, 2022

Distillations: Bringing equity to community science in Chicago (& beyond)

15 mins; December 13, 2022

Distillations: Clean water in the Navajo Nation

17 mins; December 12, 2022

Distillations: Sharing science for the public good

10 mins; December 11, 2022

Fire: Bringing fire back to the land

36 mins; December 08, 2022

Fire: Lighting the skies with fireflies

36 mins; December 01, 2022

Fire: Does a planet need life for fire to burn?

38 mins; November 24, 2022

Mixing (volcanic) fire and water

38 mins; November 18, 2022

Fire: Mixing (volcanic) fire and water

38 mins; November 18, 2022

Fire: Deep space burn

28 mins; November 10, 2022

Fire: Deep space burn

28 mins; November 10, 2022

Fire: Forests under (mega) fire in the Pacific northwest

32 mins; November 04, 2022

Halloween special: Nessie & the kraken

36 mins; October 30, 2022

Halloween special: Sasquatches & mermaids

38 mins; October 29, 2022

A podcast of fire and ice

12 mins; October 28, 2022

Storied Careers: Gaining a footing in landslide science

29 mins; October 20, 2022

Storied Careers: Auroras, deadly radiation, and Earth’s long-term future

28 mins; October 13, 2022

Storied Careers: Ocean sensors and dog scenters

37 mins; October 06, 2022

Storied careers: Scouring seas from the skies

23 mins; September 30, 2022

Storied careers: The unexpected path to Ethiopian rifts

29 mins; September 22, 2022

Storied careers: What you didn’t learn in (geo)science class

38 mins; September 16, 2022

The (not so) secret histories of scientists

7 mins; September 08, 2022

Ice: Ancient knowledge for modern tech

31 mins; September 01, 2022

Ice: Stolen moon ice

29 mins; August 25, 2022

Ice: Shells of an ice-less past

44 mins; August 19, 2022

Ice: Birds foretelling climate change

22 mins; August 12, 2022

Ice: Glacier tourism on thin ice

28 mins; August 05, 2022

Ice: The ice ships of Project Habbakuk

25 mins; July 29, 2022

A podcast of ice and fire

14 mins; July 21, 2022

Extinctions: Space station splashdown

29 mins; July 14, 2022

Extinctions: Oddballs of the Triassic

34 mins; July 07, 2022

Extinctions: Showdown of the giant space rocks

32 mins; June 30, 2022

Extinctions: Not your science fair volcano

30 mins; June 23, 2022

Extinctions: The (Maybe) Cambrian (Not Really) Explosion

23 mins; June 16, 2022

Extinctions: Dinosaurs, a big rock, and…climate change?

39 mins; June 03, 2022

Extinctions: Dinosaurs, volcanoes, the space station, oh my!

11 mins; June 03, 2022

True story: Migrating robins & thieving capuchins

12 mins; May 26, 2022

5-True story: A prop plane, a bucket, and a trip to Antarctica

12 mins; May 20, 2022

True story: A prop plane, a bucket, and a trip to Antarctica

12 mins; May 20, 2022

True story: Using TikTok for science good

14 mins; May 13, 2022

True story: Using TikTok for (shark) science good

14 mins; May 13, 2022

3-True story: A Martian on Earth

11 mins; May 06, 2022

True story: A Martian on Earth

11 mins; May 06, 2022

2-True story: Lassoing lizards (for science)

10 mins; April 29, 2022

True story: Lassoing lizards (for science)

10 mins; April 29, 2022

1-True story: Slapped by a (misinformation) shark

13 mins; April 29, 2022

True story: Slapped by a (misinformation) shark

13 mins; April 29, 2022

True (science) stories you’ve never heard before

10 mins; April 22, 2022

Staff Picks: Chasing Narwhals

15 mins; December 25, 2021

Staff Picks: Toxic City Under the Ice

32 mins; November 22, 2021

Staff Picks: Mythical monsters & their real-life inspirations (Part 2)

34 mins; October 26, 2021

Staff Picks: Mythical monsters & their real-life inspirations (Part 1)

35 mins; October 11, 2021

Third Pod Presents: Stereo Chemistry - Searching for Mars’s missing water

21 mins; September 20, 2021

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