{"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 Reason We Send Humans","slug":"the-reason-we-send-humans","published_at":"2026-04-09T17:22:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/made-of-stars-2874520/the-reason-we-send-humans","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/made-of-stars-2874520","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reason-we-send-humans--71214330","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71214330/madeofstarsep275.mp3","summary":"Artemis 2 is heading home and there's been some great examples of why we send humans to space and not robots. The Artemis 2 crew is expected to splash down Friday April 10 at 8:07PM Eastern. We lost a comet to the Sun but another comet is scratching our comet itch. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/made-of-stars--4746260/support .","meta_description":"Artemis 2 is heading home and there's been some great examples of why we send humans to space and not robots. The Artemis 2 crew is expected to splash dow…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/made-of-stars-2874520/episodes/the-reason-we-send-humans/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-reason-we-send-humans.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}