In the shadow of South Africa’s Drakensberg Mountains, Elizabeth Klarer met the love of her life. The only problem… he wasn’t from this planet. Her new boyfriend, Akon, was an astrophysicist from the planet Meton in the Proxima Centauri System. The relationship would carry on through the 1950s and 60s, despite the distance.
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Dec 2019
Best of 2019: George Adamski Pt. 2
Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: In 1953, “Orthon the Venusian” took his favorite human, George Adamski, on a joyride through the cosmos. But back on earth, skeptical forces were closing in. Ufologist James Moseley aimed to prove once and for all that ... Show More
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Dec 2023
Navigating planets, plays and prejudice — a conversation with Aomawa Shields
In the latest episode of Nature hits the books, astronomer Aomawa Shields discusses her memoir Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe.The book tracks her career path as a scientist and a classically-trained actor, explores her experiences as an Africa ... Show More
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Sep 2023
A Look Into Gwyneth Paltrow’s Ski Trial
Gwyneth Paltrow is as famous for her luxury lifestyle as she is for her movies. But when she collides with a man on a ski slope in Park City, Utah, she finds herself in a real-life high-end whodunnit, where fact is stranger than fiction. Behind every infamous news story is a jour ... Show More
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May 2019
Cynthia Payne Pt. 1: The Madam
In 1978, police closed in on a clandestine brothel located in a quiet, humble home in London. The ensuing trial of the brothel’s madam, Cynthia Payne, called into question everything the straitlaced British culture believed about sex work. Parcasters - Did you catch our most rece ... Show More
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Nov 2023
BONUS - Space News Bulletin
Bizarre free-floating planets in space, the retrieval mission from a 4.6 billion year old asteroid, and the first images from our dark universe. Join Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst, and Dr Robert Massey as they take you through the latest space news.
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