{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695eb40624334d0234515618/695eb411a32e86d775880648?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What does religion have to do with space exploration?","description":"<p>Space exploration imagines itself as a secular endeavor with its foundations in science and engineering? But how accurate is this self-image? Religious Studies scholar <a href=\"https://mrubenstein.faculty.wesleyan.edu/\">Mary-Jane Rubenstein</a> talks with guest hosts Tanya Harrison and Joe O’Rourke about the surprising affinities between religion and space exploration. Check out her <a href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo184287883.html\">forthcoming book</a> on the subject! Also, Joe delights in revenge for the dinosaurs, Tanya speculates on a planet of cephalopods, and a tear-jerking new <a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rc6BCNx3R4mWmeknhSeRxjiJu4gAlVDF/view\">Sounds of Space</a> from the great folks at <a href=\"https://www.system-sounds.com/\">SYSTEM Sounds</a>.</p><p>Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Visit our website at <a href=\"https://missioninterplanetary.com/\">missioninterplanetary.com</a> and drop us a line!</p><p><strong>Hosts</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.tanyaharrison.com/\">Tanya Harrison</a> &amp; <a href=\"https://josephgorourke.com/\">Joe O’Rourke</a></p><p><strong>Twitter</strong></p><p>Interplanetary Initiative: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/II_ASU\">@II_ASU</a></p><p>Tanya Harrison: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/tanyaofmars\">@tanyaofmars</a></p><p>Joe O'Rourke: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/GeoJGo\">@GeoJGo</a></p><p>Mary-Jane Rubenstein: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/janeforbrains\">@janeforbrains</a></p><p> </p>","author_name":"Arizona State University"}