E241 Santa Claus is a beloved icon of goodness, joy and cheer and a champion for children (young and old) everywhere. With a little bit of magic and a whole lot of believe, the interview took place amid all the hustle and bustle of the North Pole. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All. For […]

E240 Human Keri Bean has a Mars driver’s license and drives the Curiosity rover on its surface. She’s a systems engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for Curiosity, Perseverance and the Mars helicopter Ingenuity. She’s also an atmospheric scientist. She’s a huge Star Wars fan (of course!) and builds robots for fun. For more information […]

E239 Physicist and research scientist (lasers and robotics) human, Dr. Stephen Granade, is also a writer of both interactive and regular fiction. He’s hosted a science YouTube series for NASA (“No Small Steps“) and has his own shows on YouTube, as well (“Ever Wonder Why?“ and “Let’s Play Interactive”). He specializes in sensors for robotic […]

E238 Human Rantz Hoseley is the “son of a grifter,” had a serial killer (alleged) for an assistant scout master, crashed on good friend Tori Amos’ couch, won both the Eisner Award and Harvey Award, worked for Disney, is a senior editor at Z2 Comics, is a screenwriter and art director, has worked on videos […]

E237 Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, teacher and author human, Richard Dresser‘s debut novel, It Happened Here, is an oral history of an American family dealing with life in a totalitarian state. He’s also co-producing a documentary about the Berrigan brothers, antiwar priests and activists. Over the past twenty years, his plays have been widely produced on and […]

E236 Geologist and NASA/JPL Scientist human, Dr. Fred Calef, is the geospatial information scientist for the Mars Curiosity Rover and maps the terrain of the red planet. We discuss his work, the transpermia theory, rocks, microbes, Rovers, humans living off-Earth and what I’d look like if I’d been born on Mars. For more information and […]

E235 Ben Andrews is a former Jehovah’s Witness and the founder of the Seattle Film Summit (SFS). He’s also a director, actor and producer. Ben and I chat about the nature of God, possible existence of seraphim, roads not taken, sex, religion, multiverse theories and how being an artist can be daunting. We talk about […]

E234 Human Melody Guy has survived enough for several lifetimes.  From childhood sexual abuse to a kidnapping when she was in her late teens, to a traumatic brain injury from a transformer explosion (she’s even been sucker-punched in a bar fight). She’ll be the first to tell you life isn’t fair, but she’s also proud […]

E233 Body language and emotional intelligence expert and physician human, Dr. Jack Brown, works with negotiators, sales people, executives, politicians, tv and film directors, private clients and those who are simply looking to accurately interpret others’ body language, as well as to learn techniques to present one’s own nonverbal signals in a more nuanced way. […]

E232 Roman Catholic priest human, Father Mike, entered seminary as a young man and has devoted his life to the Church and his fellow humans. He believes in miracles and the Word and wishes some humans lived their lives as if they were already in Heaven (instead of saving good deeds, words and actions for […]