In this episode we talk to Zada Karam and Joel Horton about the recent developments in the Luxtaterran transmissions and what this means for those on the Saena.

Learn more about the impending launch and the celebration toasting the Saena’s crew on Wednesday, August 16th at La Belle Angele with musical guests The Blueswater and Myles Avery. On the Episode:Em PiroPeter Michael MarinoFelipe Rodriguez of the BlueswaterThe crew of Stage Manager’s Guide to Dating AssholesDoug Eiffel of Wolf 359. This episode also featured…

In this episode we make our leap 50 years into the future into the work of Transmission, a distributed, augmented reality performance during the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Meet Dr. Skylar Adhar, Leila Karam, Zada Karam, Youssif and Nada Karam, and Joel Horton as they prepare for the launch of the Saena in Edinburgh.

In this episode we sit down with the cast of Transmission to talk about working on a distributed theatre piece, and how one approaches a story told in this way. Featuring:Afia FarookiAizzah FatimaLeila GhaznaviDavid GlistaNada HumsiYoussif KamalCecilia Lynn-Jacobs

In this episode, we sit down with the writing team of Transmission as they talk about sharing responsibilities for world building, the Indy Convergence, and parenting. On the episode:Ian GarrettJustine GarrettMaggie Sulc With special guests:Henrietta GarrettMiles Garrett

On March 22, 2017, Transmission Podcast was invited to attend a day long conference at Muséum National D’Histoire Naturelle in Paris about the question “What is Life,” hosted by METI International. Many of our listeners will be familiar with SETI, or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. METI, is Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence. It is similarly focused on…

On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Transmission Podcast hosted a live show in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of the Edinburgh international Science Festival in the theatre at the National Museum of Scotland. We spoke with returning guests Doctors Beth Biller, Duncan Forgan, Pippa Goldschmidt, and new guest William Taylor, who is also based at the Royal…

On March 22, 2017, Transmission Podcast was invited to attend a day long conference at Muséum National D’Histoire Naturelle in Paris about the question “What is Life,” hosted by METI International. Many of our listeners will be familiar with SETI, or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. METI, is Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence. It is similarly focused on…

On this episode: who would be the first people to leave earth if we discovered intelligent life on another planet? We’ve previously discussed if we should leave earth at all, because the risks involved in interstellar space travel are significant. More on that in episode 5. If you haven’t listened yet, you might want to…

On this episode of Transmission Podcast we’re considering what sort of vessel we might take on an interstellar journey. For those familiar with the Star Trek universe, I’ve heard that the Borg had the right idea in ship design. Sleek aerodynamics don’t mean much in a near vacuum, so their floating cube, which could be…

On this episode of Transmission Podcast we wonder what would happen to religion if we were to discover something else – or someone else – up in the heavens – even if they were over four light years away. If we knew that there were more worlds than ours here on earth, how would we…

On this episode of Transmission Podcast should we stay here on Earth? Should we go and try to meet up with our celestial nieghbours? If we do go, they may be trouble. They may be wildly advanced, they may mean us harm, they may want to strip our planet bare for our resources. Some may…

On this episode of Transmission Podcast we’re talking back. If we were to clear the hurdle of translation after confirming an extraterrestrial signal, we already have the technology to send a reply to our closest exoplanets. But the bigger question is, what should we say in return? And how do we craft a reply? On…

On this episode of Transmission Podcast we’re getting lost in translation and we’re joined by Producer Kate Ladenheim. We’re talking about communication. Kate and I were just in Paris conducting interviews with METI scientists – and we’ll be releasing all of that content soon – but one of things we ran into was – a…

On this episode we’re talking about how we would organize ourselves if we were to discover something completely outside of the box — the presence of an extraterrestrial civilization. We receive signals all the time. Everything from energetic waves on the electromagnetic spectrum, to the sounds of gravitational waves. It’s easy to dismiss a signal…

This Podcast speculates on the possibility of life on Proxima b – the closest planet outside of our solar system that has the potential to support life – and whether civilizations like our own could live there. What if we received their television and radio broadcasts? How would we listen in? Could we translate them?…