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Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast

Michael L. Wong

Hosted by planetary scientist and astrobiologist Dr. Michael L. Wong, Strange New Worlds examines science, technology, and culture through the lens of Star Trek!

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00:46:09

Episode 138: Psychology in Lower Decks

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/08/31

Guest: Dr. Jason von Stietz Clinical psychologist Dr. Jason von Stietz returns to discuss some of the psychological themes in the first two seasons of Star Trek: Lower Decks, from Mariner's therapy in "Crisis Point" to Boimler's perfectionism in "I, Excretus." Follow us on Twitter! Mike: https://twitter.com/miquai Jason: https://twitter.com/CBTSportPsych Strange New Worlds: https://twitter.com/scienceoftrek

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00:37:35

Episode 137: Disability & Inclusion in Space Exploration

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/08/22

Guest: Prof. Sheri Wells-Jensen In Part 2 of a conversation with Professor Sheri Wells-Jensen, we learn about Dr. Wells-Jensen's academic work on disability and inclusion in space exploration: why there should be blind astronauts, how disability can be a model for first contact, and portrayals of disability in Star Trek. "The Case for Disabled Astronauts" by Sheri Wells-Jensen: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-case-for-disabled-astronauts/ "Models of Disability as Models of

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00:38:45

Episode 136: Creating Species 10-C's Language

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/08/15

Guest: Prof. Sheri Wells-Jensen In Part 1 of a conversation with Professor Sheri Wells-Jensen, we chat about Dr. Wells-Jensen's involvement in creating Species 10-C's language for Season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery, how deciphering alien languages might work in reality, and the connections between language and thought, mind and body. Follow us on Twitter! Mike: https://twitter.com/miquai Strange New Worlds: https://twitter.com/scienceoftrek

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00:53:26

Episode 135: Europa Watch Grand Finale

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/07/30

Guest: Dr. Bob Pappalardo On the grand finale of our #EuropaWatch mini-series based on Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard, the Project Scientist for NASA's Europa Clipper mission, Dr. Bob Pappalardo, joins us to tell us about the real-life spacecraft launching for Europa in 2024. Find out more about the Europa Clipper mission here: https://europa.nasa.gov/ Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory's Neighborhood Lecture on The Science of Star Trek, featuring Mike Wong:

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00:14:28

Episode 134: #AbSciCon22 Reflections

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2022/06/05

On this short solo episode, Mike reflects on the 2022 Astrobiology Science Conference, his first in-person science conference in nearly 3 years. Galactic Journey: http://galacticjourney.org/ Register for Mike's virtual "Science of Star Trek" Carnegie Neighborhood Lecture (June 16): carnegiescience.edu/events/lectures…ience-star-trek Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/miquai

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01:03:58

Episode 133: The Emergence of Science Fiction

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/05/28

Guest: Dr. Anastasia Klimchynskaya Science fiction—like all forms of literature, art, and media—fossilizes a slice of the way that people made sense of the world at the time in which it was created. Dr. Anastasia Klimchynskaya joins Mike to explain the technoscientific paradox behind science fiction’s emergence as a brand-new genre in the 19th century and how Star Trek continues to reflect its themes to this day. Register for Mike's virtual "Science of Star Trek" Carnegie Neighborhood Lecture

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00:29:18

Europa Watch 5: Hypothetical Microbial Ecosystems

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/05/07

Guest: Adriana Gómez-Buckley On the final episode of the Europa Watch mini-series, Mike speaks to University of Washington astrobiologist Adriana Gómez-Buckley about her new scientific paper on simulating bacterial and viral ecosystems in Europa's subsurface ocean. "Modeling Virus and Bacteria Populations in Europa’s Subsurface Ocean" by Adriana Gómez-Buckley et al.: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/5/620 Follow us on Twitter! Strange New Worlds: https://twitter.com/scienceoftrek Mike:

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00:54:58

Episode 132: The Science of the DMA and Species 10-C

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2022/04/17

Guests: Dr. Erin Macdonald & Prof. Mohamed Noor The official Star Trek science consultants, Dr. Erin Macdonald and Prof. Mohamed Noor, beam aboard to discuss the science behind Star Trek: Discovery's fourth season. We cover the Dark Matter Anomaly, gravitational waves, on-screen physics equations, gas giant aliens, epigenetic clocks, communicating with hydrocarbon pheromones, and more! Erin's Spacetime Productions: https://www.spacetimeproductions.net/ Mohamed's YouTube channel "BioTrekkie

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00:10:12

Europa Watch 4: #StarTrekCHI

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/04/12

Inspired by the events of PIC: "Two of One," Mike interviews random Trekkies at Star Trek: Mission Chicago to see if they would want to board a mission to Europa. Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Miquai

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00:22:30

Europa Watch 3: Io? Yes, Io!

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2022/04/06

Guest: Dr. James T. Keane On the third episode of #EuropaWatch, we talk about Io (surprise!) and life on Io (even bigger surprise!) with Io evangelist Dr. James T. Keane (best surprise!) based on the revelations from PIC: "Fly Me to the Moon." Follow us on Twitter! Mike: https://twitter.com/Miquai James: https://twitter.com/jtuttlekeane

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00:20:35

Europa Watch 2: Radiation

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2022/03/27

Mike's second spontaneous Europa-themed episode takes an in-depth look at the LA Times article in Q's hands from the Star Trek: Picard episode "Watcher." Follow Mike on Twitter: twitter.com/Miquai

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01:08:01

Episode 131: The Art & Science of Starship Design

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2022/03/23

Guest: Thomas Marrone Designing Star Trek ships is both a science and an art. Thomas Marrone, Star Trek Online's Associate Art Director, joins Mike to talk about the process of creating starships and how his STO designs found their way into Star Trek: Picard's second season. Thomas' ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/thomasmarrone "My Life at Warp Speed," a short documentary about Thomas' work:

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00:15:27

Europa Watch 1: Plumes

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/03/19

Let's try something completely new! Every time there is an appearance or a mention of "The Europa Mission" in Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard, Mike will do a spontaneous episode about some cool Europa science. Here's the first episode of #EuropaWatch, based on PIC: "Assimilation." Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Miquai

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00:19:52

DSC 412: Air = Us

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/03/13

Response to DSC: "Species Ten-C" On the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery, the crew makes first contact with Species 10-C, and Captain Burnham decides to relay the concept of "us" using the chemical composition of air. Mike reflects on this utterly brilliant choice. Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Miquai

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00:24:22

DSC 411: The Rocky Core of a Gas Giant Planet

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2022/03/09

Guest: Dr. Anjali Piette Astronomer and exoplanetary scientist Dr. Anjali Piette joins Mike to respond to DSC: "Rosetta"—in particular, how gassy planets can transform into rocky ones, just like the 10-C's homeworld did. Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Miquai

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01:15:09

Episode 130: Weather & Climate in Star Trek

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/03/06

Guests: Katie Nickolaou & Dr. Simon Clark Meteorologist and storm chaser Katie Nickolaou as well as science communicator and atmospheric physicist Dr. Simon Clark join us to discuss their favorite instances of weather and climate in Star Trek. Together, they take us on a journey to the beaches of Risa, the cauldron of Caldos, a Borgified Earth, and more! "Star Trek Fandom Forecast" by Katie Nickolaou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N24mG3ZU6y4&ab_channel=SoManyRandomFandoms "Which planets from

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00:59:28

Episode 129: Planetary Complexity Biosignatures

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2022/02/21

Guest: Dr. Stuart Bartlett Caltech astrobiologist and complexity scientist Dr. Stuart Bartlett joins us to discuss the relationship between complex systems and life, a novel way to assess planetary complexity, and how this technique may one day help us look for new life and new civilizations. Stuart's paper, "Assessing planetary complexity and potential agnostic biosignatures using epsilon machines": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01559-x "Bleeding edge tech could help us find

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00:14:14

DSC 408: Identifying Isolynium

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/02/15

Response to DSC: "All In" We take a closer look at how Michael Burnham inspects Haz Mazaro's isolynium to verify its authenticity on the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Miquai

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01:02:55

Episode 128: Oblivion's Gate

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/02/12

Guest: David Mack Star Trek novelist David Mack—one of the architects of the Star Trek: Coda trilogy and the author of its final installment, "Oblivion's Gate"— joins Mike to explore the scientific themes in Coda, the symbiosis between science and science fiction, and the power of living in the moment. More about "Oblivion's Gate" on David Mack's website: https://davidmack.pro/writing/oblivions-gate/ Follow us on Twitter! Mike: https://twitter.com/Miquai David:

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01:07:16

Episode 127: DSC 401–407 + PRO 106 + JWST's Launch

Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast ·

2022/01/09

Guest: Dr. Peter Gao Planetary scientist Dr. Peter Gao beams aboard to discuss: the first half of Star Trek: Discovery's fourth season; the latest Star Trek: Prodigy episode, "Kobayashi"; and the successful launch and deployment of JWST, humanity's most powerful space telescope ever built. "The Five Big Ways the James Webb Telescope Will Help Astronomers Understand the Universe" by Shi En Kim:

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