Recorded during a season that may stretch over three or more years before its culmination, this episode of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk resumes with Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel viewing the 1979 film Nightwing where: A Masakai tribal deputy investigating the unusual killing of a horse is told by the high priest that he is summoning the Yew…

Back after a hiatus spanning over a year of the panini, Season 6 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk resumes with Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel viewing 20 minutes of frenetic animated wild pony west weirdness. For all you My Little Pony fans (but not bronies, jump into the sewery St. Laurent plz) "In this episode, the Mane Six and Spike separat…

Interview recorded: 11 July 2021 Released: 16 July 2021 Duration: 21 minutes, 33 seconds Beatriz Villarroel discusses her latest VASCO paper in Nature Scientific Reports, "Exploring nine simultaneously occurring transients on April 12th 1950." Links: Villarroel+ , Exploring Nine simultaneously occurring transients on April 12th 1950. Burst 19: Our …

tawâw and welcome to this very special first episode of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci kîsikohk otôtêma pîkiskwêyiwa: Métis in Space Theatre Presents! Our first guest host is Tara McGowan-Ross, an urban Mi'kmaq multidisciplinary artist. Tara chose to cover Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit, "a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo …

tawâw and welcome to this very special first episode of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci kîsikohk otôtêma pîkiskwêyiwa: Métis in Space Theatre Presents!Our first guest host is Tara McGowan-Ross, an urban Mi'kmaq multidisciplinary artist. Tara chose to cover Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit, "a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo w…

Released: 4 February 2021 Duration: 58 minutes 44 seconds Co-hosts Paul Carr and Daniela DePaulis are joined by author Thomas Moynihan. The subject is the idea of human extinction and how it evolved into our present day understand of Existential Risk. Guest Bio: I am a writer and researcher from the UK. In 2019, I completed a PhD at Oriel College o…

Bid adieu to 2020, that hell year, and kick off Season 6 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk with Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel as they review "Recipe For Seduction," a 15-minute KFC and Lifetime mini-movie featuring "a young heiress struggling to choose between a wealthy suitor chosen by her mother, and the new house chef Harland Sanders." Som…

Bid adieu to 2020, that hell year, and kick off Season 6 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk with Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel as they review "Recipe For Seduction," a 15-minute KFC and Lifetime mini-movie featuring "a young heiress struggling to choose between a wealthy suitor chosen by her mother, and the new house chef Harland Sanders." Som…

Released: 28 November 2020 Duration: 70 minutes, 39 seconds Co-hosts Paul Carr and Daniela De Paulis engage philosopher Chelsea Haramia on the ethics of sending signals into space that might be received by intelligent beings in the cosmos. For more information about this episode, include a rich set of links, please see the blog entry for Episode 48…

Released: 7 November 2020 Duration: 57 minutes, 36 seconds Co hosts Paul Carr and Daniela De Paulis welcome space historian David Skogerboe to talk about the pro-space activism of Arthur C. Clarke. Guest Bio: David Skogerboe is a space historian and science communicator. He recently earned his MSc in the History and Philosophy of Science from Utrec…

In this pandemic hell year 2020 season interlude (season 6 coming soon!) of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel provide an exciting update to their Back 2 The Land: 2Land 2Furious project!

In this pandemic hell year 2020 season interlude (season 6 coming soon!) of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel provide an exciting update to their Back 2 The Land: 2Land 2Furious project!If you'd like to contribute to our Land Back project, we accept e-transfers at mislandtrust[at]gmail[dot]com.Hit u…

In this Season 5 Episode 10 finale of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel finally watch the most requested movie of their existence as podcasting duo - "The Indian in the Cupboard", where "a boy receives a wooden cupboard, antique keys, and an Iroquois warrior figurine for his birthday. The figurine c…

In this Season 5 Episode 10 finale of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel finally watch the most requested movie of their existence as podcasting duo - "The Indian in the Cupboard", where "a boy receives a wooden cupboard, antique keys, and an Iroquois warrior figurine for his birthday. The figurine c…

In Season 5 Episode 9 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Swain, Chelsea Vowel, and guest Daisy "Shania" Swain, review Jeff Barnaby's "Blood Quantum" where "the dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague…

In Season 5 Episode 8 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel introduce the world to one of their many premoirs; a film depicting actual events involving the two intrepid hosts, events which have not yet happened in this timeline. The buddy comedy, "The Spy Who Dumped Me," details the adventures Molly …

In Season 5 Episode 9 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Swain, Chelsea Vowel, and guest Daisy "Shania" Swain, review Jeff Barnaby's "Blood Quantum" where "the dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague…

In Season 5 Episode 8 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel introduce the world to one of their many premoirs; a film depicting actual events involving the two intrepid hosts, events which have not yet happened in this timeline. The buddy comedy, "The Spy Who Dumped Me," details the adventures Molly …

In Season 5 Episode 7 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Chelsea Vowel and Molly Swain reject all copaganda in favour of cops and Nazis getting smashed up by The Blues Brothers. Part 2 of a 2 part special pandemic interlude, your intrepid hosts showcase their Favourite Movie of All Time time time. Just over two hours focusing …

In Season 5 Episode 7 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Chelsea Vowel and Molly Swain reject all copaganda in favour of cops and Nazis getting smashed up by The Blues Brothers. Part 2 of a 2 part special pandemic interlude, your intrepid hosts showcase their Favourite Movie of All Time time time. Just over two hours focusing …

In Season 5 Episode 6 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Chelsea Vowel and Molly Swain put the otipêyimisiw in "their own bosses" and toss away the imaginary limitations of genre. Part 1 of a 2 part special pandemic interlude, your intrepid hosts showcase their Favourite Movie of All Time time time. This extra verbose 2 hour e…

In Season 5 Episode 6 of otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Chelsea Vowel and Molly Swain put the otipêyimisiw in "their own bosses" and toss away the imaginary limitations of genre. Part 1 of a 2 part special pandemic interlude, your intrepid hosts showcase their Favourite Movie of All Time time time. This extra verbose 2 hour e…

Released: 6 April 2020 Duration: 53 minutes, 55 seconds Author and podcaster Wade Roush talks about his forthcoming book from MIT Press, Extraterrestrials. The book covers astrobiology, SETI, the Fermi paradox and more for a literate but non-specialist audience. WADE ROUSH, a Boston-based science and technology journalist, is a columnist at Scienti…

Released: 31 March 2020 Duration: 54 minutes, 8 seconds Co-hosts Paul Carr and Daniela DePaulis welcome Dr. Paola Castaño to talk about her research among the science teams working on the International Space Station. For more information, please visit our blog at https://wowsignalpodcast.com Guest Bio Paola Castaño is a sociologist of science. She …

Released: 20 March 2020 Duration: 31 minutes, 42 seconds Astronomer David Blank responded to our invitation to comment on the Villarroel+ paper we covered in Episode 41, which he describes as "very fascinating." Links The VASCO project: I. USNO objects missing in modern sky surveys and follow-up observations of a "missing star" Dorrit Hoffleit and …

In Season 5 Episode 5 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Chelsea Vowel, Molly Swain, and special guest Wyatt "Put A Fiddle On It" Schiefelbein review The Neverending Story, where, "A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book."

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Released: 22 January 2020 Live recording: 20 January 2020 Duration: 66 minutes 45 seconds Thread: Astronomy and Astrophysics Host Paul Carr along with Daniela De Paulis and Ciro Villa welcome astronomer Stella Kafka, director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). We talk about the recent and possibly unprecedented dimming …

Released: Duration: 55 minutes, 36 seconds Adam Dipert is a veteran circus performer and dancer who recently received his PhD in physics from Arizona State University. Her has brought his various interests together by researching human movement in microgravity. We are going to let him tell you all about that. Adam will be presenting about this work…

Released: 11 December 2019 Duration: 48 minutes, 30 seconds Co-hosts Daniela DePaulis and Paul Carr welcome Julia DeMarines (@LifeNSpace) to talk about bouncing radio signals off the moon. Julia is involved in a moon bounce research project for Berkeley SETI, and Daniela has used moonbounce in her art projects, including Cogito. We also get into a …

Released: 15 November 2019 Duration: 42 minutes, 24 seconds Our guest on Burst 19 in 2016, Dr. Beatriz Villarroel, returns to give us an update on the vanishing star, following the release of a new paper detailing a much more ambitious project along the same lines that finds a number of new candidate objects. For more information, please visit http…

Released: 16 October 2019 Duration: 54 minutes, 51 seconds Interstellar Languages is a forthcoming book about the human quest to craft messages that can be understood across interstellar distances. We may want to tell ET about ourselves, or it may be help ET send message to us that we will know how to interpret. Daniel Oberhaus is a staff writer at…

Released: 29 September 2019 Duration: 49 minutes, 52 seconds Download Sofia's paper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.02683 A conversation with SETI researcher Sofia Sheikh about how we should evaluate technosignature search strategies. We cover three examples of technosignature searches and their relative advantages. Sofia Sheikh is a third-year gr…

In Season 5 Episode 4 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Vowel and Chelsea Swain review Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 4, “A Traveler,” where, "A mysterious man's arrival at an Alaska police station's Christmas party prompts a sergeant to investigate his ulterior motives."

In Season 5 Episode 4 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Vowel and Chelsea Swain review Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 4, “A Traveler,” where "A mysterious man's arrival at an Alaska police station's Christmas party prompts a sergeant to investigate his ulterior motives."Hit us up at metisinspace[dot]com, metis.in.space[a…

After many an age, we are back with Season 5, Episode 3 of otipêyimisiw-iswêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, and take on Chambers Season 1 Episode 1 "Into The Void," where "Sasha's night of teenage fun with her boyfriend leads to a near-death experience -- and the opportunity of a lifetime from a wealthy, grieving couple." AND Season 1 Episode 2…

After many an age, we are back with Season 5, Episode 3 of otipêyimisiw-iswêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, and take on Chambers Season 1 Episode 1 "Into The Void," where "Sasha's night of teenage fun with her boyfriend leads to a near-death experience -- and the opportunity of a lifetime from a wealthy, grieving couple." AND Season 1 Episode 2…

Released: 18 February 2019 Duration: 6 minutes, 48 seconds Paul Carr summarizes why we want to know more about this star, and how you can get involved. Links: Please see wowsignalpodcast.com for the most detailed information. The Most Mysterious Star in the Universe (Tabby's TED Talk) Tabby's Star for the Perplexed, Part 1 The Slow and Fast Dimming…

Released: 10 February 2019 Duration: 16 Minutes, 51 Seconds Abraham Loeb and Shmuel Bialy kicked up a kerfuffle when they wrote a paper suggesting that one possible explanation for ‘Oumuamua was that it could be an artificial object, in other words, an alien spacecraft—specifically, a lightsail. The two have been praised for their boldness and cond…

In Season 5, interlude 1 of otipêyimisiw-iswêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, we munch on breakfast carbs and down caffeine in order to recount our origin story, such as it is. Recorded to share with the Land Relationships Super Collective (http://www.landrelationships.com/), we decided that our MiS fans might want to hear we haven't fallen comp…

In Season 5, Episode 2 of otipêyimisiw-iswêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space is joined by poet, author, and badass, Gwen "Trap Queen" Benaway. We review the first episode of the Australian series, Cleverman, "First Contact", wherein "a series of unexplained, violent attacks in the city are blamed on the newly discovered "Hairypeople" who have been…

In Season 5, Episode 2 of otipêyimisiw-iswêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space is joined by poet, author, and badass, Gwen "Trap Queen" Benaway. We review the first episode of the Australian series, Cleverman, "First Contact", wherein "a series of unexplained, violent attacks in the city are blamed on the newly discovered "Hairypeople" who have been…

A not quite so short announcement from the producer of the Unseen Podcast and the Wow! Signal. This is for those who have not seen the video. Unseen Podcast Episode Planning Sheet

In Season 5, Episode 1 of otipêyimisiw-iswêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space kicks things off with a live show! Recorded in front of a live studio audience at the Exploring The New R&R: Resistance and Resilience of Indigenous Women's symposium, put on by the Indigenous Women and Youth Resilience Project, Molly and Chelsea experience the weirdness …

In Season 4, Episode 10 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly, Chelsea, and special guests Brandi “Auntie BBird” Bird and Lindsay “FemmeDN” Nixon watch Westworld Season 2 Episode 8, “Kiksuya,” where "A heart is taken following a departure."By Métis In Space

In Season 4, Episode 9 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly, Chelsea, and special guest Christi "The Michif Maven" Belcourt watch Indians and Aliens Season 1 Episode 1 where "After a Star Lodge ceremony, former Cree Grand Chief Mathew Mukash saw orbs of lights in the woods."By Métis In Space

In Season 4, Episode 10 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly, Chelsea, Brandi “Auntie BBird” Bird, and Lindsay “FemmeDN” Nixon watch Westworld Season 2 Episode 8, “Kiksuya,” where "A heart is taken following a departure."

In Season 4, Episode 9 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly, Chelsea, and special guest Christi "The Michif Maven" Belcourt watch Indians and Aliens Season 1 Episode 1 where "After a Star Lodge ceremony, former Cree Grand Chief Mathew Mukash saw orbs of lights in the woods."

In Season 4, Episode 8 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly, David "Halfbreed All In" Parent, and Tashina "Too Sexy for Your Colonialism" Makokis (https://soundcloud.com/pillow-talks-podcast) undertake the second half of our Taika Waititi double feature with Thor: Ragnarok, where "Thor's quest for survival leads him in a ra…