Looking Back at Tomorrow

Hosts Rye and Zachary track NASA’s real life attempts to create a livable environment in space.

Thanks to special guests Fred Scharmen and Brett Ryan Bonowicz

Check out Fred Scharmen’s New Book Space Settlements! OUT NOW

Watch Brett Ryan Bonowicz’s Artist Depiction Series!

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SOURCES:

The High Frontier by Gerard K. O’Neill

Space Settlements: A Design Study

Space Colony Art From the 1970s

NASA Space Colony Explanation; 70’s Style

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MUSIC CREDITS

Theme: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” By: Richard and Robert Sherman

”Space” from Horizons

”Sparkling GE” from Horizons

Anchors Aweigh by Charles A Zimmerman

“Floating Puppy” From Horizons

“HoneyLune Ridge” from “Super Mario Odyssey” by Koji Kondo

“Space Junk Galaxy” and “Space Fantasy” from “Super Mario Galaxy” by Koji Kondo

”Seize the Future” From Alien Encounter

”Car 24” and “The Egg and You” from “Cowboy Bebop” by the Seatbelts

”Everything Stays” from “Adventure Time” by Rebecca Sugar

Possibly the most wild Jetpack story ever told, with a little jetpack history sprinkled in.

Thanks to special guests Danny Anderson and Josh Gleiser.

SOURCES:

ABC's Rocketbelt Coverage 01

ABC's Rocketbelt Coverage 02

LA Times Coverage

The Rocketbelt Caper: A True Tale of Invention, Obsession and Murder by Paul Brown

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MUSIC CREDITS

Theme: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” By: Richard and Robert Sherman

*THE SIMPSONS ""EYE ON SPRINGFIELD" THEME"

*Icky Thump by The White Stripes

*“Sly Cooper 4 Theme” by Peter McConnell

*“Hedwig's Flight” from Harry Potter by John Williams

*“Putanesca” and “Vibraphone” from “A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)” by Thomas Newman

*Various Tracks from “Thimbleweed Park” by Steve Kirk

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CLIPS Used

*ABC Rocketbelt coverage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tg_eZ6ALr0)

*LA Olympic Footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WWDnOiQR7A)

Hosts Ryan and Zachary explore the history and meaning behind the word "Afrofuturism." WITH SPECIAL GUESTS Robert Hawkins (NYU Silver School of Social Work, And Stephen Winter and Tristan Cowen (Nightvale Presents Adventures in New America).

LINK TO ADVENTURES IN NeW AMERICA: http://www.nightvalepresents.com/adventuresinnewamerica/

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Theme: "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” By: Richard and Robert Sherman

Never Catch Me by Flying Lotus & Kendrick Lamar

CLIPS (in order):

Vault Dwellers Ryan and Zachary discuss the game series Fallout and explore its specific brand of 1950's Satire.

CONTENT WARNING: There is a brief discussion of mass shootings and Gun Violence. The discussion starts at 17:50 and ends around 19:00

Ted Linhart Twitter: @TedOnTV

Be sure to view more amazing disney-related documents at www.disneydocs.net

Proj 4 Public Spaces Twitter: @PPS_Placemaking

Learn more at www.PPS.org

For more information about the documentary "Closer Than We Think": https://www.clindar.net

Thanks to Addison Anderson for his stirring narration!

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**Episode Notes

Just in time for the premiere of Disenchantment, hosts Ryan and Zachary do a deep dive into the animated cult favorite, Futurama. In the episode they discuss the show's retro-futuristic inspirations, its bad luck with cancellations, and the intergalactic basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters.

**Music Credits

There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Richard & Robert Sherman (Walt Disney Records)

Futurama Main Theme by Christopher Tyng (Fox Music)

“Life is a Dream” (Theme from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) by Jerry Goldsmith (La-La Land Records)

“Flip a Switch Instrumental” by Chris Ballew (Square Enix)

“He Ain’t My Brother” by Chris Ballew (Square Enix)

After a long hiatus, Looking Back at Tomorrow is BACK! In this episode, hosts Ryan and Zachary explore origins of the term “Retrofuturism”, which leads them down a rabbit hole of fake books, internet sleuthing and obscure Australian islands.

Music Credits

There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow by Richard & Robert Sherman

Score from 'Adventure Thru Inner Space' by Buddy Baker

Searching for Screenslaver by Michael Giacchino

All are the property of Walt Disney Records

Competing Hummingbirds by Hans Zimmer, Jasha Klebe, and Jacob Shea and is the property of Silva Screen Records

Sonik Re-entry by Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan and is the property of Basta Audio Visuals

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