Orbital Earthcast

Leo Tolstoy brings the level of the room down a few notches when he talks about toiling, hardships and the futility of life. Good times...

A man of many talents, Leonardo da Vinci explains to me why Mona Lisa is looking at me disapprovingly and discusses his lost workshop.

The second of our two part exploration into cosmic life, we look at animals, who might not have come first, but have more voting rights.

The first or a two-part exploration into life in the Universe, we start with plants, because being able to make your own food gets you top billing.

Because I like talking trees, Johnny Appleseed is on the show to discuss the economic benefits of starting fruit nurseries and how to make metal pots fashionable.

Our very own "sexpert", CopulationBot, comes by for our famous segment, the Reproduction Information Program, which I still abbreviate Repro Info Show against CB's wishes. Luckily, it never sees these descriptions.

The infamous intergalactic broadcaster brings his signature brand of showmanship to the program, if only to appeal to a lower common denominator.

The bard himself, William Shakespeare is on the show. We talk about his new play and if he remembers what his previous plays were all about.

Gap has helped thousands of alien races solve their pointless problems. Now he brings his brand of pseudo-helpful advice to humans.

Gap finds human understanding of science cute and thought it would fun to have Isaac Newton on the show to discuss his laws of motion. If only he had known about blizzyballs...