{"podcast":{"title":"Made of Stars","slug":"made-of-stars-2874520","podcast_index_feed_id":2874520,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4746260/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/caae4112486abae7326cd098bb9fd08a.jpg","author":"Wes Carroll","episode_count":289,"summary":"Made of Stars is a look at everything in space exploration from programs and vehicles on Earth to discoveries made just out of our atmosphere and into deep space. Space enthusiast Wes Carroll interviews executive director of CSU's Coca-Cola Space Science center Dr. Shawn Cruzen each week with new episodes published Thursday mornings. Georgia Association of Broadcasters winner for Best Podcast Series at the 2022 Gabby Awards Support the Podcast https://www.patreon.com/Wescarroll Voice Over: Joe Earl Williams Original Music: Graham Hobson Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T02:17:11.848405+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/made-of-stars-2874520"},"episode":{"title":"The Challenger... 40 Years Later!","slug":"the-challenger-40-years-later","published_at":"2026-01-29T14:00:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/made-of-stars-2874520/the-challenger-40-years-later","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/made-of-stars-2874520","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-challenger-40-years-later--69656941","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69656941/madeofstarsep265.mp3","summary":"The Challenger tragedy's 40th anniversary is a time to remember and a time to reflect on the fact that in spite of how it sometimes looks easy, rocket science is hard. Artemis II is getting closer to a possible launch in about 2 weeks. Astronomers are leaning more about exoplanets thanks to the world's largest radio telescope project. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support .","meta_description":"The Challenger tragedy's 40th anniversary is a time to remember and a time to reflect on the fact that in spite of how it sometimes looks easy, rocket sci…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2241,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/made-of-stars-2874520/episodes/the-challenger-40-years-later/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/made-of-stars-2874520/the-challenger-40-years-later.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}