{"podcast":{"title":"Looking Up","slug":"looking-up-176431","podcast_index_feed_id":176431,"rss_url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/11dda1d/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/1400x1400!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2F48%2F121aeafe472697daabb8ce926f4b%2Flookingupnewcover.png","author":"Dean Regas (rsalerno@cinradio.org)","episode_count":20,"summary":"Join Dean Regas, astronomer, author, and space expert on a journey through the stars! Guests from all over the globe bring their knowledge and passion about today’s latest scientific discoveries and advancements. From eclipses to supernovas, from rockets to rovers; there’s a whole universe to explore! Dean is the author of “How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto” and “100 Things to See in the Night Sky” and was the longtime host of PBS' Stargazers television program. Looking Up is a production of Cincinnati Public Radio.Subscribe:AppleSpotifyNPRiHeartRadioAmazonPocket CastsRSS Feed","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:17:05.319388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431"},"episode":{"title":"The Martian Craze of the Gilded Age (with David Baron)","slug":"the-martian-craze-of-the-gilded-age-with-david-baron","published_at":"2026-01-02T17:32:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431/the-martian-craze-of-the-gilded-age-with-david-baron","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431","url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/2026-01-02/the-martian-craze-of-the-gilded-age-with-david-baron","audio_url":"https://cpr-od.streamguys1.com/Podcasts/20260102122642-DavidBaronFinalMixV2.mp3?show=lookingup&srcid=wvxu-website%20","summary":"Mars and Martians. They go together in the public's mind. The Earthling fascination with \"alien invaders\" goes back a long time. But why? And what does it say about all of us here on Earth? Dean explores this cultural phenomenon with David Baron, author of \"The Martians.\"","meta_description":"Mars and Martians. They go together in the public's mind. The Earthling fascination with \"alien invaders\" goes back a long time. But why? And what does it…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1013,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/looking-up-176431/episodes/the-martian-craze-of-the-gilded-age-with-david-baron/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431/the-martian-craze-of-the-gilded-age-with-david-baron.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}