In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Timiebi Aganaba, an assistant professor at Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation and Society. Aganaba has worked on a fascinating array of space issues on multiple continents, and she speaks about that work and its implications in this extremely wide-ranging conversation. Aganaba discusses the broad notions of space and society; the history, current status, and future of space governance; the Biden administration’s approach to space policy; Richard Branson; and afro-futurist and African-futurist music and art.

References and recommendations:

Timiebi Aganaba at Arizona State University; https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/person/timiebi-aganaba/

“Losing the Sky” by Andy Lawrence; https://andyxlastro.me/losing-the-sky/

“Earthrise” photograph by William Anders; https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-8-earthrise

Anthony Braxton; https://tricentricfoundation.org/

Sun Ra; http://www.sunraarkestra.com/

Mamman Sani; https://sahelsounds.com/artists/mamman-sani/