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A podcast about science, history, and exploration. Michael Robinson interviews scientists, journalists, and adventurers about life at the extreme.

Time to Eat the Dogs Michael Robinson: historian of science and exploration

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    • 4.6 • 71 Ratings

A podcast about science, history, and exploration. Michael Robinson interviews scientists, journalists, and adventurers about life at the extreme.

    The Making of French Polar Exploration

    The Making of French Polar Exploration

    Alexandre Simon-Ekeland talks about explorers, the Polar Regions, and the French imagination. Simon-Ekeland recently completed his doctoral dissertation at the University of Oslo. He is the author of Making French Polar Exploration, 1860s-1930s.

    • 28 min
    Sovietistan

    Sovietistan

    Erika Fatland talks about her long journey through the Central Asian republics and the legacy of Soviet influence there. Fatland is the author of many books and essays including Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

    • 33 min
    Replay: American Arctic Exploration

    Replay: American Arctic Exploration

    Al Zambone talks with me about American polar exploration, the origin of Time to Eat the Dogs, and the history of science as an academic discipline. Zambone is the host of the podcast Historically Thinking. He’s the author of Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life. You can hear an extended version of this interview on the Historically Thinking podcast, available on most podcast platforms as well as online at historicallythinking.org.

    • 38 min
    How to be an African Travel Writer in Africa

    How to be an African Travel Writer in Africa

    Emmanuel Iduma talks about his experiences traveling through Africa and his quest to find a new language of travel. Iduma is a writer and lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His stories and essays have been published in Best American Travel Writing 2020 and the New York Review of Books. He is the author of A Stranger’s Pose, which was a finalist for the Ondaatje Prize in 2019.

    • 36 min
    Replay: The Mystery of Altitude Sickness

    Replay: The Mystery of Altitude Sickness

    Lachlan Fleetwood talks about debates about altitude sickness in the Himalaya and the ways these debates became tied up with ideas about the physiology of Europeans and Himalayans in the 1800s. Fleetwood is the author of “Bodies in High Places: Exploration, Altitude Sickness, and the Problem of Bodily Comparison in the Himalaya, 1800-50,” published in the journal Itinerario 43, no. 3 (2019): 489-515.

    • 23 min
    Empires of the Sky

    Empires of the Sky

    Alexander Rose talks about the history of airplanes and airships at the turn of the century, a time when the direction of aviation remained unclear. Rose is the author of Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men’s Epic Duel to Rule the World.

    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
71 Ratings

71 Ratings

Please get some grooming ,

Great for a reason

The human spirit, the adversity, and the backstorry, it all comes to life here. I truly appreciate the choice of topic and delivery. This is a podcast to not miss! -Jim T

emily historian ,

This Is the best history of science podcast out there

This is one of my favorite podcasts out there (spoiler, I’m a historian of science and interested in oceans). MR Is a great interviewer and gets awesome guests. My favorites were the interviews of Helen rozwadowski, bathsheba demuth and Paige Madison. But all are really great.

mjscud ,

History of science and exploration

This is a great podcast!

I got started after Michael Robinson did a joint podcast with Jake Robins of wemartians. Fascinating topics treated well.

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