Colorado Global Connections

Colorado is one of the most important aerospace hubs in the world. But what does that actually look, sound and feel like?

In the debut episode of Colorado Global Connections, host Eric Singer goes airborne to find out, experiencing weightlessness aboard G-FORCE One while exploring the people, companies and ideas driving Colorado’s rapidly evolving space economy.

Along the way, we hear from founders, investors, scientists and industry leaders working on everything from spacecraft and propulsion to wildfire detection, lunar exploration and the technologies that may become as essential to everyday life as GPS.

It’s a story about an industry built on enormous ambition, enormous risk and a surprising concentration of talent right here in Colorado. And it’s also about something harder to quantify: the sense of wonder that keeps pulling people toward space in the first place. Featuring immersive field recordings, original music and sound design, this isn’t a roundtable about aerospace. It’s a trip inside it.

This podcast explores Colorado’s role in global industries—with a focus on innovation, leadership, and connections that transcend borders.

Today’s episode: The Zero-Gravity Executive Leadership Experience, developed by former NASA social scientist Doctor Brad McLain. McLain is also on The University of Colorado's research faculty and is the director of corporate identity and culture at the National Center for Women and Information Technology in Boulder, Colorado.

Astronauts and researchers have used parabolic flights since the 1950s to train for missions to space. These flights create weightlessness by flying a series of parabolic maneuvers. The aircraft first ascends at a steep angle, then descends on a free-fall trajectory - causing everything inside the plane to float free from the bounds of gravity.

We’re joining Coupe Studios Executive Creative Director and self described “space nerd” Eric Singer for the ride of a lifetime.