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On Second Thought For Tuesday, July 16, 2019
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50 years ago today, Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy. NASA allowed a film crew at the launch, documenting everything, from its preparation to mission control to the faces of the crowds witnessing the historic moment. All these pieces came together in a documentary film called Moonwalk One.
David Resha, assistant professor of film studies at Emory University's Oxford College, joined On Second Thought to discuss the cinematic elements of Moonwalk One, and why it didn't blast off at the box office.
On Second Thought for Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Tiffany Davis is an aerospace engineer. You may have seen her on your timeline with the hashtag, #YesIAmARocketScientist. That hashtag went viral in 2016 after Davis posted it on her Instagram page, announcing her graduation from Georgia Institution of Technology.
On Second Thought host Virginia Prescott spoke with Davis and asked her what a rocket scientist looks like.
Consuming political news is like drinking from a firehose. Each day presents a new tweet, a new storyline and a new debate to process. It can be exhausting, and often national conversations obscure important topics like Americans’ fundamental right to vote.
On Second Thought wants to shift the paradigm, so GPB politics reporter Stephen Fowler is presenting listeners with a segment called “Slow Democracy.” Like the slow food movement, it looks at the sources, alterations and underpinnings of participatory democracy.
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