Added 5.3.19. In this 2000 episode, Milt interviews famed U.S. astronaut Jim Lovell about the tricky Apollo 13 mission, and more. The 1970 voyage was to be the third U.S. moon landing – but minutes before touch-down, an oxygen tank explosion caused major damage to the spacecraft. That forced a tricky but ultimately safe return to earth. Often called a “successful failure,” the mission led to a 1994 book co-authored by Lovell titled, “Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage Of Apollo 13,” and a year later the movie “Apollo 13,” starring Tom Hanks as Lovell.

Added 4.11.19. Milt delves into sleep with two experts: James Herdegen and Kristen Knutson. At the time of the broadcast he was director of the Sleep Science Center at University of Illinois-Chicago, and she was a biomedical anthropologist and professor of medicine at University of Chicago. Together they explore the science of sleep, including questions such as: Do fish sleep? How is sleep measured? What are the causes and remedies of sleep disorders? And much more.

Added 2.27.19. The sun: it is the constant in the life of the earth and its current inhabitants, but it is not all that trustworthy or stable. It has made great trouble for us in the past, and could make even more trouble in the not-distant future. At least, so posits science writer Lawrence E. Joseph in his book, “Solar Cataclysm: How The Sun Shapes The Past, And What We Can Do To Save Our Future.” Milt discusses with Jospeh the book, plus how our future may conceivably be threatened by the brilliant burning orb above.

Added 9.18.18. Milt in this 2012 episode talks with  Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, a cardiologist – and science writer Kathryn Bowers. They authored the book, “Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health And The Science Of Healing.” This fascinating discussion explores the underpinnings and philosophical ramifications of how the study of animal health and well-being can and does guide advances in human health. It starts – as Milt notes – from the premise that “we are very much like our animal neighbors in our pathologies.”

Added 9/10/18. Milt in this 2012 episode interviews popular science author Dava Sobel about the subject of her then-latest book, “A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized The Cosmos.” The Renaissance mathematician and astronomer played it cagey on proofs and details after in 1510 issuing notice that the universe revolved in fact, around the sun, not the earth, as had been long supposed. Frustratingly, he kept the details private for several decades thereafter. So how was it that he eventually came to “show his work” in 1542? Sobel in her book sandwiches a provocative fictional treatment of the subject in the form of a play, in between nonfiction sections. She and Milt explore the life and times – and informed speculation surrounding – the man behind the Heliocentric breakthrough.