17: Interstellar Makes Space for Real Science

Claire and Elizabeth may be going on an extended break, but they’re giving you a finale as epic as Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014). In this nearly three-hour long episode, the co-hosts explore the real-life science and history behind the movie, debate the character’s ethical choices and highlight some questionable plot holes.

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Episode sources:
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-hans-zimmer-wrote-the-interstellar-theme-2014-11
https://entertainment.inquirer.net/156463/chris-nolan-explains-why-he-kept-actors-casting-a-secret
https://ew.com/article/2014/11/08/interstellar-plot-holes/
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/tech/cryosleep-may-be-key-deep-space-missions-here-s-how-ncna770961
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/dust-bowl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7tV7v71k-I
https://www.npr.org/2014/11/14/363798836/neil-degrasse-tyson-separates-fact-from-fiction-in-interstellar
https://www.looper.com/210676/the-untold-truth-of-interstellar/
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/parsing-the-science-of-interstellar-with-physicist-kip-thorne/
https://www.indiewire.com/2014/11/how-the-interstellar-vfx-team-built-wormholes-black-holes-and-alien-planets-190162/
https://collider.com/christopher-nolan-interstellar-interview/

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