# Lifeslices: Hunting Exoplanets

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lifeslices-with-steve-fisher-7051007/lifeslices-hunting-exoplanets
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/lifeslices-with-steve-fisher-7051007/lifeslices-hunting-exoplanets.md
Podcast: [Lifeslices with Steve Fisher](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lifeslices-with-steve-fisher-7051007)
Published: 2026-01-12T08:05:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/lifeslices-hunting-exoplanets--69398622
Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69398622/6_2_planethunters_final.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lifeslices-with-steve-fisher-7051007/episodes/lifeslices-hunting-exoplanets
Duration seconds: 2166

## Resource

Philosophers and science fiction writers have speculated about the existence of planets outside our solar system for generations, but it wasn’t until the 1990s that we actually began to find and identify them. [Annelise quote] That’s Dr Annelies Mortier of the University of Birmingham in the UK, who’s here with Dr. Christopher Watson from Queen’s University in Belfast to join host Steve Fisher, talking about Hunting Exoplanets

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lifeslices-with-steve-fisher-7051007/episodes/lifeslices-hunting-exoplanets/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/lifeslices-with-steve-fisher-7051007/lifeslices-hunting-exoplanets.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.