Best Airspace Podcasts (2024)

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Limited Edition 19:43

1h ago19:43

19:43

Back in the 'Golden Age' of air travel in the 50s, 60s and 70s going on a trip in an airplane was an event. On those flights you would often get a little souvenir of your air travel; a deck of cards, a little toy, a trading card, captain's wings and a hat for your little tyke. It was a way for you to show off to your friends and for the airline to …

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"An Ice Cream Party" UCAP1093-echo 1:08:33

23d ago1:08:33

1:08:33

The biggest panel ever for an Uncontrolled Airspace episode. Jack and Jeb are joined by six friends who were present at Oshkosh 2024. Sue Folkringa, Steve Tupper, Jim Goldman, Mike Morgan, Jeff Ward and Nick Tupper. Recorded Aug 6, 2024. (1:08:33) [#738] {5}.By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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Lasso the Moon 40:00

5d ago40:00

40:00

Over six missions, the Apollo astronauts collected and brought back 842 pounds of Lunar samples. Most of those Moon rocks were put aside for science, but some were earmarked for things like touch rocks (like we have at NASM) or educational disks (which you might have seen if you had a particularly cool science teacher growing up) and to countries a…

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"He Flew From Where?" UCAP1093-delta 16:19

27d ago16:19

16:19

Jim G talks with a guy who flew to OSH2024 from a long ways away. Recorded July 25, 2024. (16:19) [#737] {12}.By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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"Comparing Notes" UCAP1093-charlie 15:50

1M ago15:50

15:50

Jim G and Jeff Ward get together to compare notes about their OSH2024 experience. Recorded July 27, 2024. (15:50) [#736] {3}.By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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AirSpace Bonus: My Mom the Rocket Scientist 23:25

1M ago23:25

23:25

Our conversation with Jack Black and his brother Neil Siegal about their Mother, Judith Love Cohen was too good just to give you just the taste from the end of our Star Search episode. Here's the extended producers cut with everything from Jack's birth story, to being an engineer in the 70s, to Judy's 2nd career as a book publisher. Thanks to Jack …

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Star Search 29:34

28d ago29:34

29:34

There are a lot of air and space celebrities; pilots, astronauts, engineers, etc etc. But there's another category of celebrities that are famous for other things but also have surprising ties to air or space. Today we're talking about three of those; a famous tv chef who also helped create a shark repellant for aviators and spacecraft, an actor fr…

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"Kicking Off AirVenture 2024" UCAP1093-bravo 22:37

1M ago22:37

22:37

Jeb and Jack meet up remotely with EAA pal Charlie Becker to hear about the first couple days of AirVenture 2024. Recorded July 23, 2024. (22:37) [#735] {2}.By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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"Overstaying Their Welcome" UCAP1093-alpha 33:24

2M ago33:24

33:24

Cathay Pacific Trainees Oops... OSH will be great even without us... Boeing spacecraft lost in space?... New airport near Las Vegas... UCAP in transition... Runway closure caused by a runway closure... Brazilian midair charges dropped... All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded July 15, 2024. (33:25) [#734] {2}.…

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"A Well Fed Border Collie" UCAP1092-alpha 17:43

2M ago17:43

17:43

Guest Host: Sue Folkringa. Sue's engine out emergency landing. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded May 30, 2024. (17:43) [#733] {46}By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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X-Ray Vision 29:54

2M ago29:54

29:54

When the Chandra X-Ray Observatory launched 25 years ago, it showed us our universe in a whole new light (literally). From the remnants of exploded stars to Jupiter's auroras, Chandra has shown us so many beautiful and scientifically important sights. Even after a quarter decade this unique telescope is still giving us new data about black holes an…

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Welcome to Roswell 36:13

2M ago36:13

36:13

The city of Roswell, New Mexico is kind of in the middle of nowhere. Out in the dessert west of Texas, this small oasis in the dessert was first home to indigenous peoples, then cowboys, ranching and farming and then the military before becoming the crash site of a possible UFO in 1947. That story took on a life of it's own and by the time the Army…

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Let's Talk About Sex 21:44

3M ago21:44

21:44

Sci-fi is full of giant ships full of humanity living and dying and reaching out to new places far far away. Usually, these are called generations ships. And they rely on well, generations. But today in science-fact there's so much more about reproducing in space that we don't know than the small amount that we do. And as we get closer to commercia…

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"Avgas Sell-By Date" UCAP1091 1:05:36

3M ago1:05:36

1:05:36

Guest Host: JR Warmkessel. A Sandwich... FAA Reauthorization... OSH24 Notam... MOSAIC Update... Unleaded Avgas... Foreflight add-on... USD engine problems update... Watsonville Midair Final NTSB... Remote ID on RC Aircraft... Bruising Ground Review All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded May 16, 2024. (1:05:36) [#732] {24}…

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Tiny Jumper 18:02

3M ago18:02

18:02

Georgia "Tiny" Broadwick was 15 years old when she first jumped out of a hot air balloon with a parachute in 1908. Over the next 14 years she would make over 1,000 jumps, first out of balloons and then as the first woman to jump from an airplane. Her talent and skill was sought after by the Army in WWI when they first started training their balloon…

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The Suicide Squad 35:11

4M ago35:11

35:11

In the 1930s, rocketry was basically a joke among the scientific establishment in the U, but that didn't stop a rag tag group out of Pasadena from trying to build rockets. That group would first be known as The Suicide Squad (for all the dangerous experiments they conducted on campus) and later as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Over its first decad…

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"Afterthought" UCAP1089-delta 15:37

4M ago15:37

15:37

One final Daily episode closing out this year's Sun 'n Fun experience. Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded April 19, 2024. (8:28) [#731] {11}By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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Bonus! This is Love: Tau = 10.8 44:17

4M ago44:17

44:17

AirSpace will be back in two weeks with brand new epsiodes. In the meantime, enjoy this episode from our friends at the podcast, This is Love. When twin rovers named Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars twenty years ago, they were only supposed to last 90 Martian days. But years passed, they were still alive, and engineers kept taking care of them…

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"Abbreviated" UCAP1089-charlie 8:28

5M ago8:28

8:28

Jack, Jeb, and Jim do a quick debrief after the full length UCAP episode. Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded April 13, 2024. (8:28) [#730] {1}By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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"Glorious Noise" UCAP1089-bravo 16:27

5M ago16:27

16:27

Jeb and Jack have finally made it to Sun 'n Fun 2024. Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded April 12, 2024. (16:27) [#729] {1}By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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Bonus! Space Marathon 33:29

5M ago33:29

33:29

While we get Season Nine ready for you, we turned to our friends at Sidedoor to bring you a story of running and running and running and running…in Space! We’ll let them take it from here: Until the 1970s, women were barred from competing in U.S. marathons because of the belief that the "violent movements" of running would wreak havoc on their repr…

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"Compleat Immersion" UCAP1089-alpha 20:51

5M ago20:51

20:51

Jeb and Jack visit Houlton Maine to view the Great 2024 Solar Eclipse, on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded April 8 (and 10), 2024. (20:51) [#728] {2}By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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"Ceti Alpha VI" UCAP1088 1:06:34

5M ago1:06:34

1:06:34

Guest Host: Nick "FOD" Tupper. Overhead Surprise... Smoke System... Destin Search Patterns... Odie Tips Over... Ingenuity Final Thoughts... Remote ID For Drones... Eclipse... Sun n Fun 2024... Reno Returns... More on UL Avgas... Airport Surface Safety... Boeing News. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Mar 28, 2024. (1:06:3…

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AirSpace Revisited - With a Little Help From My Friends 25:53

5M ago25:53

25:53

You’ll have new AirSpace episodes soon, but since they may have found Amelia Earhart’s plane(!!!) we thought we’d revisit our episode on her and Eleanor Roosevelt’s somewhat unlikely friendship. On a spring evening in 1933, Amelia Earhart took first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on a joyride. Imagine two women—dressed for dinner at the White House (white …

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BLK Lion's Airspace Episode 800 - Universal Grounding in BLK Lion's Domain with Nancy Lasher 1:17:47

5M ago1:17:47

1:17:47

Recorded on December 16, 2023. Nancy Lasher is a mother. She is a Professor. She is a Reiki Master. She is a consultant for Mary Kay. Plus more. Join us as we discuss Nancy's background. We chat about Reiki. We talk about former guests of mine (who are mutual friends). Please support Nancy: FacebookNancy Lasher (@nancyjlasher) • Instagram photos an…

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Imagination + Faith + Action 30:11

5M ago30:11

30:11

Zachary Shiloh Watts is a dreamer. The multiple time author has been since he was little. He shares how he has been using his imagination (to build his world). Not just imagery; but, applied powers in faith and action. This talk is for everyone (especially non seven figure CEOs). Recorded on October 15, 2023.…

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BLK Lion's Airspace Episode 799 - Universal Grounding in BLK Lion's Domain with Paulina Podibello 20:46

5M ago20:46

20:46

This episode was recorded on September 27, 2023. I was blessed to feature a speaker from the Write and Shine virtual summit. Paulina Podibello is a certified Yoga teacher. She is more than that. Paulina and I delve into her background. We discuss her work. Plus what makes her tick overall. Please enjoy this chat with what I deemed as my "Sexy Polis…

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When the Sun Went Out 28:55

6M ago28:55

28:55

As we look forward to the upcoming total solar eclipse over North America, AirSpace is looking back in time to a much much older eclipse. In 1142 a total solar eclipse with much the same path as the one coming up April 8. It was also the sign in the sky the Seneca needed to join the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a representative democracy that would g…

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"Eclipse Complication" UCAP1087 49:59

6M ago49:59

49:59

A Suitable List... They hid the lead study... GAMI being refined in qty... Group says 100LL mus go away... Sun n Fun 2024... NTSB Prelim on Alaska Air Plug Loss... Odie Landing on the Moon. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Feb 22, 2024. (50:00) [#726] {17}By Jack Hodgson, Dave Higdon, Jeb Burnside

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"Floor Wax / Dessert Topping" UCAP1086 1:03:57

6M ago1:03:57

1:03:57

Guest Host: JR Warmkessel. Swift Magic... Remotely Piloted Helicopter... JR's English Adventure... GPS Spoofing?... Happy Retirement Hal and Sandy... Congrats Dan Johnson... RIP Ingenuity... Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer... Gypsy Moth redux. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace Podcast. Recorded Feb 8, 2024. (1:03:57) [#725] {21}…

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Leap Day Bonus: Accounting for the Ish 10:39

6M ago10:39

10:39

Did you know that it takes the Earth 365-ish days to orbit the sun? It’s that ‘ish’ that makes February 29 a thing every four years. We talk to one of the Museum’s astronomy educators to get the low down on Leap Day. Thanks to Astronomy Educator Shauna Brandt Edson for joining Emily for this episode. Sign up here for the monthly AirSpace newsletter…

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Liberation through Exploration 35:01

6M ago35:01

35:01

Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that explores the possibilities of Black futures and pasts and presents through art, literature, music, film and pop culture. And a lot of Afrofuturism has a lot of space in it. Today we're talking about Afrofuturist space and Afronauts and walking through the Afrofuturism exhibit by our friends at the National M…

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"Be Like Jeb" UCAP1085 1:05:12

7M ago1:05:12

1:05:12

Guest Host: Steve Tupper. Warm Cockles... It's all how you look at it.... Tupper on the 737 Door Blowout... The Pilot's Legal Guide... ATP Tomahawk... Stuck in the Mud... Phillips 66 Suspends Unleaded Avgas Testing... Boeing defect of the week... 737 Inspections continue... More on cockpit doors popping open... If ATC tells you to go is it OK?... N…

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Love at First Flight 27:04

7M ago27:04

27:04

Hollywood is in love with airports and airplanes and we are too! How many rom-coms can you name where the meet cute, the almost meet, the epic chase or the long distance relationships happens thanks to a terminal or twist of fate seat assignment? We can name at least six. And if we missed your favorite, drop us a comment on Instagram or Twitter! Th…

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Video Killed the Radio Star 18:35

7M ago18:35

18:35

From when it started in 1981, MTV used an iconic neon scribbled astronaut as its channel ID for years. And even today the award you get when you win a VMA is a statuette of an Apollo era astronaut, but why is MTV obsessed with the Moonman? And why do we have two of those statuettes in our collection? We're digging into the history of cable's giant …

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