Trailer

Making New Worlds by Erika Nesvold

Nov 8, 20173:34Science & Medicine

Welcome to Making New Worlds, a podcast about the ethical issues of human settlements in space. Here’s a quick trailer to give you a taste of the kinds of questions the podcast will explore. Please share far and wide, an...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Making New Worlds.

Ep 14: Book Announcement

Feb 5, 2023 - 3:06

A special five-years-later bonus episode, with updates on a few projects that might interest listeners of...

Ep 13: Should We Settle Space?

Feb 28, 2018 - 20:12

For the last episode of Making New Worlds, we ask the question we skipped at the very beginning: Should w...

Ep 12: What Do You Think?

Feb 21, 2018 - 13:21

What do you think about the space settlement ethics topics we’ve covered in the podcast so far? This epis...

Ep 11: Which Way Is Mecca?

Feb 7, 2018 - 33:58

How will people of faith adapt their religious practices to the space environment? How will our cultural...

Ep 10: What If I Get Sick?

Jan 31, 2018 - 27:13

How can we prepare for medical emergencies in a space settlement? What equipment should we bring? What ki...

Ep 09: What If There’s Already Life on Mars?

Jan 24, 2018 - 30:34

How do we make sure we don’t bring harmful extraterrestrial microorganisms back to Earth from space? How...

Ep 08: Should We Make Mars More Like Earth?

Jan 17, 2018 - 23:55

How do we balance out our hunger for resources in space with the desire to preserve the space environment...

Ep 07: What If I Want to Have Kids?

Jan 3, 2018 - 27:15

How do we sustain a stable population in our future space settlements? Do we require settlers to reproduc...