Episode

David Baron: When Martians were real

Podcast: Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
Published: Feb 17, 2026
Duration seconds: 2185
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…at least according to a bold-face December 1906 headline in the New York Times. This was in the middle of a decades-long fascination with the idea that Martians not only exist but were much smarter than us Earthlings. How Martians came… and went.