{"podcast":{"title":"Civics 101","slug":"civics-101-54793","podcast_index_feed_id":54793,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TPG3969164236","website_url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d683a36a-cf9e-11f0-89fc-433c0f9951eb/image/733a4d6d2b12ac514d244b79a0318b90.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"NHPR","episode_count":362,"summary":"How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so much power? Civics 101 is the podcast about how our democracy works…or is supposed to work, anyway.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793"},"episode":{"title":"What happens when it's not NASA bringing civilians to space?","slug":"what-happens-when-it-s-not-nasa-bringing-civilians-to-space","published_at":"2026-01-27T15:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793/what-happens-when-it-s-not-nasa-bringing-civilians-to-space","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG3075365345.mp3?updated=1769452034","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG3075365345.mp3?updated=1769452034","summary":"In 1985, high school teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to become the first private citizen to travel to space. After the Challenger explosion that killed her and 6 other astronauts, NASA scrapped its Teacher in Space Project; it was still too risky to send private citizens to space. 40 years later, things are looking very different. Today, celebrities and billionaires are buying trips on commercial rockets. Private companies are designing new, private space stations. How is safety being regulated for these private space companies? And what happens if – or when – something goes wrong? Featuring Kim Bleier, Ben Miller, Doug Ligor, Peggy Whitson, and Dana Tulodziecki. Produced by Daniel Ackerman. For full credits and transcript, visit outsideinradio.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In 1985, high school teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to become the first private citizen to travel to space. After the Challenger explosion that ki…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1959,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/civics-101-54793/episodes/what-happens-when-it-s-not-nasa-bringing-civilians-to-space/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civics-101-54793/what-happens-when-it-s-not-nasa-bringing-civilians-to-space.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}