Podcasts by Orbital Earthcast
After 5,000 Standard Earth Years (SEY), Orbital comes to Earth. Thank you human technology for finally becoming advanced enough for us to retrofit our file format so you can hear this. My name is Gap Storm, an extraterrestrial with command over time and space. I could have set off for the edges of the Universe to fight crime or save the innocent. Instead, I started an audio program. Enjoy!
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Orbital PSA - Earth is Closed from 2020-03-22T14:00
This is a public service announcement to any sentient beings throughout the Universe thinking about visiting Earth in the foreseeable future. Earth is closed. Gap has the details.
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Orbital Time Warp 2019 from 2020-01-29T14:00
Earth year 2019 might have been full of large stories, but there are others that fell far off the radar. Perhaps that was for the best as you will discover in this year's Time Warp episode. Boos...
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The Orbital Commercially Viable Christmas Special from 2019-12-18T14:00
Gap might have wandered onto the set of a classic Christmas special. Gap might also regret such a thing. Let's all watch this train wreck together, shall we?
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Orbital 84 - Stuffed! from 2019-11-27T14:00
Thanksgiving is finally here and along with it comes a feast to rival all others. Will you go strictly traditional with a lobster or more new-age with a turkey? How about kicking it up a notch? ...
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Orbital 83 - Ghast Stoppers from 2019-10-30T14:00
Orbital returns just in time for the spookiest of seasons. But let us be proactive and fight against the spooky things armed with knowledge. Gap is joined by Lance Van Helsing from the hit paran...
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Orbital Time Warp 2018 from 2019-02-27T14:00
As the first episode of the new Earth year, Gap assembles the Orbital Time Warp panel to discuss the strange and sometimes unfathomable stories that happened in 2018. Be prepared to hear tales o...
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The Orbital Wonderfully Special Christmas Special from 2018-12-19T13:00
It's that time of year when the world falls in love with Christmas specials, so here we are with another one. Gap tries to discover how wonderful life is when George Bailey comes on the show. So...
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Orbital 82 - Bee In A Tree from 2018-12-05T13:00
Once the turkey is all gone, the time for gift shopping begins. Every year it seems harder to shop for the ones you love and tolerate. Luckily, Gap has you covered on this episode of Orbital. Fl...
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Orbital 81 - The First Thanksgiving from 2018-11-21T13:00
Gather round the dinner table and try your hardest not to pull a carving knife on your relatives, it's Thanksgiving. And as America prepares to celebrate this autumn tradition, likely from under...
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Orbital 80 - Talking Turkey from 2018-11-14T13:00
Since turkey is on everyone's mind this time of year, we have a whole show dedicated to the subject. To speak on the subject, Gap invited Tom, the turkey rights activist, to discuss it in detail...
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Orbital 79 - Calls from Cthulhu with H.P. Lovecraft from 2018-10-31T12:00
The weary world recoils as we reach the spookiest night of the year. Luckily, Gap is here to help the unfortunate souls on Earth with the help of special guest H.P. Lovecraft. Just ignore the wh...
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Orbital 78 - Death from 2018-10-17T13:00
Now that we have officially entered the spoopiest season, our thoughts turn toward All Hallow's Eve. In that spirit, the one and only Grim Reaper joins Gap on the show to discuss his job and hea...
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Orbital 77 - Francis Scott Key from 2018-07-04T13:00
During the War of 1812, a lawyer named Francis Scott Key was inspired to write The Star-Spangled Banner, which would come to be the national anthem of the United States of America. But how much ...
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Orbital 76 - Darrin! from 2018-06-06T14:00
Bewitched, the stunning documentary series about being a magic user in 1960s America, really brings a new light to an often overlooked demographic. But what about the non-magical among them? Ask...
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Orbital 75 - Edison v Tesla from 2018-05-23T14:00
Thomas Edison. Nikola Tesla. The War of the Currents (not berries). The fight over direct current versus alternating current shall be settled here. Or not. There may also be talk of aliens and g...
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Orbital 74 - Calls from the Apocalypse from 2018-05-02T14:00
It makes sense that the ones who need the most advice and positive reinforcement would be the ones actively dealing with the end of the world as they know it. Luckily, Gap is here to help as he ...
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Orbital 73 - J.R.R. Tolkien from 2018-04-18T12:00
After his rousing turn as a CM for Castles & Catalysts, Gap's creative streak was energized. Shortly thereafter, an idea formed to become a fantasy novelist. However, a successful career among h...
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Orbital 72 - Castles&Catalysts from 2018-04-04T12:00
In a world flush with live plays, why not have one more? Gap pulls out the ancient roleplaying game Castles & Catalysts to flex some CastleMaster skills. In order to get a genuine human experien...
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Orbital 71 - GLaDOS from 2018-03-21T10:00
Over time, Gap has developed a healthy fear of artificial intelligences, despite technically being one. So, inviting GLaDOS to travel from her chamber in Aperture Science to the ship was a cauti...
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Orbital 70 - Sherlock Holmes from 2018-03-07T11:00
If you have a mystery worth solving, who's the first person you would call? Sherlock Holmes of course! Assuming you knew his number. Luckily, Gap has the work around of a time machine and brough...
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Orbital 69 - Nostradamus from 2018-02-21T11:00
We predict the future on today’s show with French prognosticator Michel de Nostredame, commonly known as Nostradamus. Did he predict the unsettling rise of sassy chatbots? No. But he ...
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Orbital 68 - GEIA 7: Space from 2018-02-14T13:00
There are as many stars in the sky as opinions on the Internet. But on this special episode, just in time for Valentine's Day, Gap spreads a little love to the online world. On this episode of O...
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Orbital 67 - Jack London from 2018-02-07T11:00
Jack London has been many things, sometimes at the same time. But he's mostly remembered as a famous American author. There's far more to those stories than meets the eye and we explore it with ...
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Orbital 66 - R. Buckminster Fuller from 2018-01-24T11:00
Did you ever want to live in a geodesic dome? Buckminster Fuller is here to sell you on the idea, along with auto-airplanes and tetrahedral floating cities. So, you have that to look forward to,...
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Orbital Time Warp 2017 from 2018-01-10T11:00
Wow, 2017 was a year, huh? Gap looks at the year in science with the help of intergalactic shock jock Boosh Magoosh, vengeful explosives aficionado Grevlock and algorithmic love guru CopulationB...
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The Orbital Especially Special Christmas Special from 2017-12-20T14:00
In the continuing effort to be a real show, Orbital takes another go at a holiday special. This time Gap is joined by the ghosts of past, present and future, who have a lot of opinions about thi...
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Orbital 65 - Big Business Basics for the Holidays from 2017-12-06T13:00
First it was Scrooge. Then it was the Grinch. Now Bill Raphus from Everything for Nothing comes to town bearing tales of riches and profit margins for the holiday season. You don't have to be at...
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Orbital 64 - Moxie's Poetry Clash 2: Stuffing Assault from 2017-11-22T14:00
Moxie Havok returns to the show to place Thanksgiving on notice. Forget the war on Christmas, the real showdown is T-Day. The Poetry Clash is back and full of festive fervor. Also, Moxie may be ...
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Orbital 63 - Albert Einstein from 2017-11-08T14:00
Albert Einstein is considered the first celebrity scientist, but he did far more than create "Elephant = master of ceremonies also" or whatever that means. We still can't explain the hair though...
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Orbital 62 - Ichabod Crane from 2017-10-25T14:00
Ichabod Crane has survived the Headless Horseman, but it has definitely taken it's toll on the lanky teacher of Sleepy Hollow. Especially when an unexpected guest shows up!
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Orbital 61 - Dracula from 2017-10-18T13:00
He's a vampire and this is an interview. You draw your own conclusions. We talk about the origins of the name Dracula, similarities with Vlad the Impaler and address common held beliefs about va...
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Orbital 60 - Chad's Chatroom from 2017-10-11T13:00
Continuing our spooktacular month of shows, this week we discover how to be a famous movie slasher for the modern era with Chad! You know... Chad. The Millenial Psycho Killer from Chad's Chatroo...
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Orbital 59 - Edgar Allan Poe from 2017-10-04T13:00
We kick off our spooktacular month of shows with Edgar Allan Poe, a man synonymous with dark storytelling. He talks ravens and tell-tales hearts and people dying of terrible diseases. Fun, right...
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Orbital 58 - Robin Hood from 2017-09-27T13:00
Robin Hood has a story that goes back centuries. No one has apparently told him, but he's more than happy to talk about his life and livelihood with gusto on this episode of Orbital.
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Orbital 57 - Mark Twain from 2017-09-20T13:00
Mark Twain may have travelled the world, but Gap Storm has travelled the Universe, not that we're comparing. But Twain braved the Mississippi River, which Gap refuses to do, as he discusses at t...
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Orbital 56 - Claptrap from 2017-09-13T13:00
In honor of the recent Video Games Day, we found the most readily available character from a video game series: Claptrap. This plucky robot has been hiding out on Pandora to play foil to vault h...
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Orbital 55 - Don Quixote from 2017-09-08T19:06:03
Breaker of windmills, the unmounted one, the lost dragoon. Don Quixote may have many names we just made up, but we've given him a brand new one: guest. Gap talks to the man, the myth, the imposs...
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Orbital 54 - Orson Welles from 2015-04-29T16:00
Orson Welles explains how important he is when he talks about being a young impresario of stage and screen. Then he and Gap go sledding.
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Orbital 53 - Garrett from 2015-04-22T15:08:38
We learn how to steal things and set things on fire so we can steal things when Garrett sneaks into th show.
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Orbital 52 - William Wallace from 2015-04-15T16:00
We learn why Scotland loves freedom when we talk to noted fighter of said freedom, William Wallace. Spoiler: He sounds nothing like Mel Gibson.
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Orbital 51 - Paul Revere from 2015-04-08T16:00
Paul Revere rides in and discusses lanterns, riding and likely some other things that Gap was too preoccupied with history to care about.
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Orbital 50 - GEIA 6: Origin Story from 2015-04-01T16:00
Many of our listeners have started wondering where Gap came from and the mysterious past he holds... or they would if we had listeners. So, let's explain how Gap became a thing on this special G...
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Orbital 49 - Rudyard Kipling from 2015-03-25T16:00
Writer of the Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling gets beamed in so Gap can ask him about the crippling epidemic of singing animals.
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Orbital 48 - Joseph Campbell from 2015-03-18T17:54:34
Joseph Campbell finally comes on the show so Gap can learn about all the stages of the hero's journey and if he should really care.
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Orbital Time Warp 2014 from 2015-02-04T14:54:39
To celebrate the recent advancements in human civilization, we look back at your Standard Earth Year 2014 with a panel discussion. True, the panel is composed of guests I do not particularly lik...
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Orbital Extra Special Holiday Special from 2014-12-17T17:00
Gap sits down with the jolliest icon of the holiday season, Santa Claus, in this unnecessarily long and egregiously festive special. Everyone does it, why shouldn't we? Also, a hostile elf invad...
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Orbital 47 - Charles Darwin from 2014-12-10T17:00
I learn how much humans understand about evolution and natural selection when Charles Darwin sneezes his way into the studio.
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Orbital 46 - Andy Warhol from 2014-12-03T17:00
Silkscreening has never been so exciting as Gap talks to (potential alien) Andy Warhol, master of pop art and self-actualized celebrity.
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Orbital 45 - Paul Bunyan from 2014-11-26T17:00
A man of myth and appetite, Paul Bunyan recounts some semi-plausible tales from his lumberjack days on the American frontier.
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Orbital 44 - Guybrush Threepwood from 2014-11-19T17:00
Monkey Island enthusiast Guybrush Threepwood explains his unlikely matching with Elaine, his long-time battle with LeChuck and why you should all be afraid of porcelain.
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Orbital 43 - Sam Steele from 2014-11-12T17:00
Legendary mounted policeman Sam Steele explains why no one messes with Canada and the funny thing about flags when he rides by the show.
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Orbital 42 - Quetzalcoatl from 2014-11-05T17:00
Get A Gold Rattle... sorry, Quetzalcoatl, joins the program to set the record straight on conquistadors, human sacrifice and public relations.
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Orbital 41 - Vrixology from 2014-10-30T16:00
One of Gap's oldest friends, Vrix, comes to the Earthcast to bring his celebrated Vrixology segment to the humans. Part adventurer, part naturalist, part big game hunter, part insane, all entert...
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Orbital 40 - Zaphod Beeblebrox from 2014-10-27T16:00
Galactic gadabout Zaphod Beeblebrox interrupts what was supposed to be an informative GEIA episode. Impromptu interviews and mixology ensue.
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Orbital 39 - Grevlock's Grievances 2 from 2014-10-23T16:00
Under duress and against his better judgement, Gap welcomes Grevlock back to the show to explain yet another of his irrational explosives-based revenge missions.
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Orbital 38 - Blackbeard from 2014-10-20T16:00
Blackbeard gets permission to board the HK-47, under the condition that Gap gets a peek inside the pirate's life. Aaargh! Also, uuuugh...
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Orbital 37 - Stormtrooper LT-3579 from 2014-10-16T16:00
To better understand the Galactic Empire, Gap brings in a stormtrooper. He's not a very important stormtrooper, or a very high ranking one... more an enthusiastic on-looker, but he still has the...
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Orbital 36 - Bob Ross from 2014-10-13T16:00
Bob Ross paints a picture from Gap's view of Universe. The Pegasus Galaxy has never seen so many happy little trees before...
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Orbital 35 - Moxie's Poetry Clash from 2014-10-09T16:00
Gap learns about modern art from self-taught poet Moxie Havok as she recites some of her commercially-shunned pieces.
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Orbital 34 - Guy Fawkes from 2014-10-06T16:00
Guy Fawkes displays his explosive (hehe) personality as he discusses the failed Gunpowder Plot and his feelings on being burned in effigy on a yearly basis.
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Orbital 33 - Sigmund Freud from 2014-10-02T16:00
Gap attempts to over-analyze Dr. Sigmund Freud as they discuss some of his most famous cases.
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Orbital 32 - GEIA 5: Dragons from 2014-09-29T16:00
Gp discusses dragons, both dangerous and whimsical, while fielding questions from listeners who may be dragons themselves.
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Orbital 31 - Benjamin Franklin from 2014-09-25T16:00
Benjamin Franklin discusses how science, politics and flatulation made him the upstanding citizen he is reknowned as today.
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Orbital 30 - Calls from Beyond from 2014-09-22T16:00
Gap uses his new contraption to talk to the dearly departed and finds out that shuffling off the mortal coil does not solve all your problems.
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Orbital 29 - Buddy Holly from 2014-09-18T16:00
Spectacled wonder Buddy Holly helps Gap construct a song for his long-time crush, or at least attempts it.
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Orbital 28 - Vincent Van Gogh from 2014-09-15T16:00
In the ship today, Vincent Van Gogh discusses post-impressionism and his untimely hearing loss.
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Orbital 27 - Big Business Basics from 2014-09-11T16:00
Gap is joined by Bill Raphus from Everything for Nothing so he can learn about modern business practices and the hidden power of acronyms.
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Orbital 26 - Plato from 2014-09-08T16:00
Plato waxes philosophical, as he is prone to do, so Gap can learn about human perception and the problems therein.
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Orbital 25 - Napoleon Bonaparte from 2014-09-04T16:00
We pull up a step stool to talk with Napoleon Bonaparte, a man of many self-appointed titles, who goes on at length about his many self-appointed titles.
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Orbital 24 - Hercules from 2014-09-01T16:00
Hercules discusses his 12 labors and offers practical exercise tips which Gap refuses to take.
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Orbital 23 - Leo Tolstoy from 2014-08-28T16:00
Leo Tolstoy brings the level of the room down a few notches when he talks about toiling, hardships and the futility of life. Good times...
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Orbital 22 - Leonardo da Vinci from 2014-08-25T16:00
A man of many talents, Leonardo da Vinci explains to me why Mona Lisa is looking at me disapprovingly and discusses his lost workshop.
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Orbital 21 - GEIA 4: Fauna from 2014-08-21T16:00
The second of our two part exploration into cosmic life, we look at animals, who might not have come first, but have more voting rights.
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Orbital 20 - GEIA 3: Flora from 2014-08-18T16:00
The first or a two-part exploration into life in the Universe, we start with plants, because being able to make your own food gets you top billing.
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Orbital 19 - Johnny Appleseed from 2014-08-14T16:00
Because I like talking trees, Johnny Appleseed is on the show to discuss the economic benefits of starting fruit nurseries and how to make metal pots fashionable.
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Orbital 18 - Repro Info Show from 2014-08-11T16:00
Our very own "sexpert", CopulationBot, comes by for our famous segment, the Reproduction Information Program, which I still abbreviate Repro Info Show against CB's wishes. Luckily, it never sees...
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Orbital 17 - Boosh Alive! from 2014-08-07T16:00
The infamous intergalactic broadcaster brings his signature brand of showmanship to the program, if only to appeal to a lower common denominator.
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Orbital 16 - Shakespeare from 2014-08-04T16:00
The bard himself, William Shakespeare is on the show. We talk about his new play and if he remembers what his previous plays were all about.
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Orbital 15 - Calls from Terra Firma from 2014-07-31T16:00
Gap has helped thousands of alien races solve their pointless problems. Now he brings his brand of pseudo-helpful advice to humans.
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Orbital 14 - Isaac Newton from 2014-07-28T16:00
Gap finds human understanding of science cute and thought it would fun to have Isaac Newton on the show to discuss his laws of motion. If only he had known about blizzyballs...
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Orbital 13 - Christopher Columbus from 2014-07-24T16:00
Christopher Columbus insists he discovered the East Indies and not the Americas as his critics suggested. So, against his will, we talk to him about dicovering the New World.
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Orbital 12 - Salvador Dali from 2014-07-21T16:00
We learn all about surrealism with the master himself, Salvador Dali. Also, we discuss the rights of stick men.
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Orbital 11 - Flying Spaghetti Monster from 2014-07-17T04:00
The infamous FSM floats by the show to discuss religious, dietary habits and pirates.
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Orbital 10 - Master Chief from 2014-07-15T01:07:13
We talk ring worlds, the Flood and possible romantic sub-plots with Cortana when Master Chief comes by the show.
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Orbital 9 - GEIA 2: Zombies from 2014-07-10T14:28:32
Upon learning of the concept of zombies, Gap dreamed of making an episode devoted to them and the best ways to protect yourself from flesh-eating hordes. Today, that dream becomes reality.
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Orbital 8 - Mozart from 2014-07-07T12:58:47
Wolfgang Mozart composed symphonies, concertos and operas. But the question remains: What about jingles?
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Orbital 7 - Calls from the Void from 2014-07-03T15:43:16
On the first of our call-in shows, Gap helps beings from beyond the stars resolve their problems. See humans? Every species has their issues.
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Orbital 6 - Carl Sagan from 2014-07-01T01:34:40
Gap makes contact with Dr. Carl Sagan and finds out if his hopes for the future of humanity were justified.
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Orbital 5 - GEIA 1: Television from 2014-06-25T19:48:08
Since so many aliens are confused by human television programming, Gap answers some questions and explains what is real and what may be exaggerated for entertainment value.
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Orbital 4 - Adam Smith from 2014-06-25T19:44:29
Adam Smith, author of "Wealth of Nations", explains how we can make Earth money so we can afford goods and services.
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Orbital 3 - Link from 2014-06-25T19:40
The legend himself, Link, comes by to discuss hammerspace, magical musical equipment and tips on monster slaying.
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Orbital 2 - Grevlock's Grievances from 2014-06-25T19:35:29
Friend of the show Grevlock stops by to explain why he hates quasars and how he plans on stopping them.
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Orbital 1 - George Washington from 2014-06-25T18:58:47
George Washington, First President of the United States of America, talks about wigs, teeth, slavery and some revolution.
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