Today

How scientists predict big winter storms

This past weekend, Winter Storm Fern struck the States. Sleet, snow and ice battered Americans all the way from New Mexico to New York. Scientists predicted its arrival in mid-January, and in anticipation of the storm, more than 20 state governors issued emergency declarations. B ... Show More

10m 24s

Yesterday

What drives animals to your yard? It's complicated

Listener Shabnam Khan has a problem: Every time she works in her garden, she’s visited by lizards and frogs. Shabnam has lived in the metro Atlanta area for decades, and she says this number of scaly, clammy visitors has exploded over the past few years. Frogs croak at night; liz ... Show More

13m 44s

Jan 26

Iran offline: How a government can turn off the internet

There’s an ongoing, near-total blackout of the internet in Iran. The shutdown is part of a response by the government to ongoing protests against rising inflation and the value of the nation’s currency plummeting. Since protests began more than two weeks ago, only an estimated 3% ... Show More

13m 17s

Feb 2024

Episode 4: THE PASSAGE OF OCTAVIA BUTLER

In this visionary and introspective episode of The Passage, the Ferryman, voiced by Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, The Walking Dead), welcomes a soul whose pen crafted worlds and whose imagination reshaped the boundaries of science fiction. Octavia Butler vo ... Show More

23m 55s

Mar 2023

Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer

In 1995, Octavia E Butler became the first author to receive a MacArthur “genius” award for science fiction writing. From a young age she dreamed of writing books, but faced many challenges, including poverty, sexism and racism in the publishing industry. She died aged 58 in 2006 ... Show More

8m 58s

Feb 2022

The Beginning of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast With At Least One Vintage Sci-Fi Story Every Week

Welcome to the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, featuring sci-fi short stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60s with a few from the 1930s and one from 1899. In this episode we’ll tell you who we are, how we got started and why we’re doing the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and it will be the only episode ... Show More

3m 1s

Nov 2023

The Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon - Theodore Sturgeon Short Stories

They tried Gordon Kent for murder–but who was really responsible? The Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.&nbsp ... Show More

33m 6s

Oct 2023

122: Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke - Arthur C Clarke Short Stories

Venus wasn’t the virgin planet Mankind had always assumed. It was simply that we got there too soon. Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeac ... Show More

33m 11s

Dec 2022

Robin Ince and the joy of popular-science books

Long-term listeners will know that the December episode of Physics World Stories is a celebration of the year’s best popular-science writing. This year, Andrew Glester is joined by comedian and writer Robin Ince, author of the recent book The Importance of Being Interested: Adven ... Show More

26m 32s

Oct 2023

Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke - Arthur C Clarke Short Stories

Venus wasn’t the virgin planet Mankind had always assumed. It was simply that we got there too soon. Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Suppor ... Show More

33m 11s

Jan 2024

All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton - Andre Norton Short Stories

An odd story, made up of oddly assorted elements that include a man, a woman, a gray cat, a treasure—and an invisible being that had to be seen to be believed. All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sc ... Show More

23m 11s

Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction‬