Saturn

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writers/podcasters Soren Bowie (‘American Dad’ on TBS, ‘Quick Question with Soren and Daniel’ podcast) and Daniel O’Brien (same podcast, and ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ on HBO) for a look at why Saturn is secretly incredibly fascinating.

Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• ‘Quick Question with Soren and Daniel’ podcast
• American Dad (TBS)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• native-land.ca
• U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
• The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
• Mapping Manahatta: 10 Lenape sites in New York City (6sqft)

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• The Long Goodbye To Saturn’s Rings (The Atlantic)
• Overview: Saturn’s Moons (NASA)
• Saturn 101 (National Geographic / YouTube)
• 40 Years Ago: Pioneer 11 First to Explore Saturn (NASA)
• How Long Is a Day on Saturn? Scientists Finally Solve a Lingering Mystery (Space.com)
• Saturn’s Seismic Activity Makes Waves in Its Iconic Rings (Smithsonian Magazine)
• The Massive Mystery of Saturn’s Rings (The Atlantic)
• Rice University’s “The Galileo Project”: Timeline
• Saturn’s Rings Are Much Younger than You Might Think (Popular Mechanics)
• Saturn’s Rings: Composition, Characteristics & Creation (Space.com)
• online resources on the Rings of Saturn, by Dr. David G. Simpson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
• ‘Diamond rain’ falls on Saturn and Jupiter (BBC News)
• Yes, there is really ‘diamond rain’ on Uranus and Neptune (Space.com)
• NASA page about the Cassini Orbiter — this has a great description of how Cassini-Huygens collected data: “The remote sensing instruments on the Cassini Spacecraft calculated measurements from a great distance. This set included both optical and microwave sensing instruments including cameras, spectrometers, radar and radio.”
• The Moon Is Leaving Us (The Atlantic)

Alex wants to say a special thanks this week to Merge Records for their support of SIF! Alex is a humongous fan of Dan Bejar, who often makes music as “Destroyer”. His new album is called Labyrinthitis, and Pitchfork rates it “Best New Music”. Get the album from Merge or from your local record store.