{"podcast":{"title":"Garden of Thought","slug":"garden-of-thought-3714659","podcast_index_feed_id":3714659,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4863095/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/garden-of-thought--4863095","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3134fbfbed776f560b49645841127799.jpg","author":"Jeff Lippman","episode_count":531,"summary":"Hey there, welcome to the Garden of Thought! It's a place where we plant seeds of curiosity and see what sprouts. We'll be exploring all sorts of fascinating topics with your host, Jeff Lippman: the news, pop culture, those weird creatures you hear about, old myths, alien stories, human history, and, yeah, maybe even a little wrestling. Come along for the ride, because every great story has to start somewhere.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T06:19:33.396767+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-of-thought-3714659"},"episode":{"title":"Garden of Thought E.402 Where Are The Little Green Men","slug":"garden-of-thought-e-402-where-are-the-little-green-men","published_at":"2026-09-07T23:12:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-of-thought-3714659/garden-of-thought-e-402-where-are-the-little-green-men","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-of-thought-3714659","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/garden-of-thought-e-402-where-are-the-little-green-men--74984673","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74984673/bd031593_b900_f86f_d458_2aa4af220748.mp3","summary":"Terry M. Adair, author of Where are the Little Green Men?, and his newly published book Earth: The Goldilocks Planet. Building upon the famous Drake Equation, Adair introduces a compelling framework that examines not only how life begins, but how it survives, evolves, and eventually becomes intelligent. From the structure of galaxies and the nature of stars to planetary systems, photosynthesis, biological complexity, and technological civilization, this book traces the remarkable chain of events that made Earth possible. Blending astronomy, astrobiology, evolutionary science, geology, and thermodynamics, Earth: The Goldilocks Planet reveals why our world may occupy a uniquely favorable position in the cosmos.","meta_description":"Terry M. Adair, author of Where are the Little Green Men?, and his newly published book Earth: The Goldilocks Planet. Building upon the famous Drake Equat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6732,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/garden-of-thought-3714659/episodes/garden-of-thought-e-402-where-are-the-little-green-men/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-of-thought-3714659/garden-of-thought-e-402-where-are-the-little-green-men.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}