In this episode I chat over space and time with Tom Standage, Deputy Editor at The Economist, about his book 'The Writing on the Wall', and how social media is actually not as new as you might think!
This is part 1 of 2 parts. You can watch this podcast in video form here: https://youtu.be/NMD363NJgCA
https://mediadirectory.economist.com/people/tom-standage/
https://www.amazon.com.au/Writing-Wall-Social-Media-First/dp/1620402831
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/11/writing-wall-social-media-standage-review

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Two important messages:
The first and most important is that Space Junk Podcast now has a special COVID COVIDeo edition which is on YouTube. In addition to listening to me talking to space folk, you can now watch me do it from my home-office space desk, dressed in my best space themed attire: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMne7dZMDhkA43I6s8Sbog
Second, I'll be releasing daily videos for Patreon subscribers over at www.patreon.com/thespacejunkpod, as part of a special 'Mission to the Moon' project, in which I'll chat about history, philosophy, music and more over my morning coffee. Any support you can offer will help me keep the Space Junk Pod running through this COVID period, and is very much appreciated.

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In this episode PhD student (and COVID style icon) Annie Handmer brings you part 2 of her conversation with the brilliant Ingrid Ockert.
Dr Ingrid Ockert is a historian of science and media in the 20th century, specialising in depictions of science on TV. In this episode she and Annie talk about Cadbury and Julius Sumner Miller, Dr Karl, things that go bang, and they also have a go at the mass marketing campaign that sells guilty parents STEM, and why they think that STEM, and non-STEM, are for adults too.
They jump straight in, so wash your hands and hang on to your facemasks!
More about Dr Ingrid Ockert: https://www.ingridockert.com/
Audio for the Julius Sumner Miller 1981 Cadbury Ad comes from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJX_qmXn9no

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In this episode I bring you part 1 of my conversation with the incredible Ingrid Ockert.Dr Ingrid Ockert is a historian of science and media in the 20th century. She holds a PhD from the History of Science Program at Princeton University. Ingrid was the was the 2018-2019 NASA/HSS History Fellow and is currently serving as a post-doctoral fellow at the Science History Institute.We had a great conversation about representations of science on TV, and the intersections between Star Trek, geopolitics, and society.

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Last October I attended the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC. IAC is a massive conference, bringing together thousands of people who work in the space sector from national agency representatives to defence practitioners to those in private industry.
In this episode I speak with three Australians at the conference who give 3 different perspectives on Space. They are Adam Gilmour (Gilmour Space), Malcolm Davis (ASPI) and William Crowe (HEO Robotics).
http://www.gspacetech.com/
https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/malcolm-davis
https://www.heo-robotics.com/

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This is the final instalment of the live audio from the Moon Vilalge Association event in Melbourne.
In this episode, I join the panel to lead a conversation about space environmentalism, ethics, and exploration. The panellists are Alice Gorman, Gabrielle Harris, Ceridwen Dovey, Donna Lawler, and Kerrie Dougherty.
https://mpavilion.org/program/mva-mini-moon/
https://officeofotherspaces.com/
https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/alice.gorman
https://interchange.com.au/
https://www.ceridwendovey.com/
https://azimuthadvisory.com.au/
http://atfpress.com/product/space-in-australia/

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In this episode I bring you part 2 of the live audio from the Moon Village Association forum on the moon in Melbourne last month.
We hear talks from journalist and writer Ceridwen Dovey, Space Lawyer Donna Lawler, and Space Historian Kerrie Dougherty.
https://moonvillageassociation.org/
https://mpavilion.org/program/mva-mini-moon/
https://officeofotherspaces.com/
https://www.ceridwendovey.com/
https://azimuthadvisory.com.au/
http://atfpress.com/product/space-in-australia/

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Last month I traveled to Melbourne to moderate the Moon Village Association’s public forum on the Moon. This is the audio from the event.
First to the microphone was Thomas Gooch, who heads up the Office of Other Spaces and the Office of Planetary Observation, and is the regional coordinator for the Moon Village Association. You’ll then hear from Madeleine Bandurski, who works on the Moon Village association payload team.
Next we hear remarks from Associate Professor Alice Gorman, space archaeologist from Flinders University and all round excellent human, and Gabrielle Harris, head of Interchange, a company which specialises in organisational culture change.
https://moonvillageassociation.org/
https://mpavilion.org/program/mva-mini-moon/
https://officeofotherspaces.com/
https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/alice.gorman
https://interchange.com.au/

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In this episode, I speak to some grade 6 students about how they see the Moon, the Earth, and our place in the Cosmos. I also touch base with Madeleine Bandurski from the Moon Village Association, and Thomas Gooch, founder of the Office of Other Spaces and the Office of Planetary Observation.
On Wednesday 26 February 2020 at 6:15pm I’ll be moderating a panel discussion with Alice Gorman (aka dr spacejunk), Donna Lawler, Kerrie Dougherty, Gabrielle Harris and Ceridwen Dovey. The event is a public forum on the Moon, put on by the Moon Village Association and the Office of Other Spaces at the MPavillion. If you’re in Melbourne and are interested in attending, you can head to https://www.mvapublicforum.com/.

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In this episode, I speak with Australian space historian Kerrie Dougherty about Australia's place in the history of space exploration. We reflect on Australia’s history with the Apollo program, and how we see our place in the universe.
Kerrie will be on a panel that I will be moderating on 26 Feb 2020 at 6:15pm at the MPavillion in Melbourne. Other panelists are Alice Gorman (aka dr spacejunk), Donna Lawler, Gabrielle Harris and Ceridwen Dovey. The event is a public forum on the Moon, put on by the Moon Village Association and the Office of Other Spaces. If you’re in Melbourne and are interested in attending, you can head to https://www.mvapublicforum.com/.

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