Extreme Exploration - Anneka Rice, Mike Massimino, Britney Schmidt and Jess Phoenix
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC
4.7 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Brian Cox and Robin Ince venture to the home place of exploration in Porto, Portugal at the Explorers Club as they discuss science at the extremes of exploration. Joining them is volcanologist Jess Phoenix, astronaut Mike Massimino, astrobiologist and oceanographer Britney Schmidt as well as adventurer and broadcaster Anneka Rice. They discuss breaking robots under the Antarctic ice shelf, chasing after narco-traffickers to retrieve a rock hammer and how viewing the earth from the vantage point of space can profoundly influence how you feel about humanity.
Producer: Melanie Brown Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem BBC Studios Audio Production
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| 0:00.0 | Calling all music buffs. |
| 0:03.6 | Hey, hey, turn the volume up, yeah? |
| 0:05.0 | Make me a mixtape is here. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Jordan Stevens. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Clara Ampho, and this is our brand new weekly music show. |
| 0:12.0 | You pick a theme. We select the tunes and we battle it out to create the ultimate playlist just for you. |
| 0:18.0 | May the best music lover win? Oh, it's about to go down. Let's go! |
| 0:22.0 | Make me a mix tape. Listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.4 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:34.0 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Robin Inks and this is Agiola Infinato dot Macaco. |
| 0:41.0 | Very good because that's Robin's Portuguese because we are in Porto Portugal for a gathering |
| 0:46.2 | of the Explorers Club. |
| 0:47.9 | That does mean infinite monkey cage by the way we checked, we checked with a waiter earlier and |
| 0:52.0 | we made sure he had a good tip so I think I trust him. |
| 0:54.0 | Anyway, this is a very exciting thing because we are celebrating the Explorers Club, |
| 0:58.0 | something which Brian is a member of, which is ridiculous as well because any regular listeners at home will |
| 1:04.2 | know Brian frequently gets lost going from the dressing room to the stage. |
| 1:08.2 | So the idea that you're an explorer mixing with people who have traveled across the globe and indeed into space and you find a hundred meters difficult. |
| 1:17.0 | My claim is I'm an explorer of the subatomic world where you inevitably get lost. |
| 1:23.6 | What a cast iron alibi. |
| 1:26.3 | The Explorers Club in New York is housed in a remarkable building celebrating exploration. |
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