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PBS Space Time Podcast Transcripts

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Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth with our astrophysicist host: Matthew O’Dowd.

Spoken has transcripts of 269 PBS Space Time episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 5, 2026.

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curl -s -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1886706035/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest PBS Space Time transcripts

Should Space be Privatized? | Space Time

October 5, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

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SPEAKER_2 (0:27)

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Matt O'Dowd (0:59)

Thanks to CuriosityStream for supporting PBS Digital Studios. On February 8th, 2018, the eyes of the world once again fixed upon Cape Canaveral. This time people watched with anticipation as SpaceX launched its new Falcon Heavy rocket. The near simultaneous landing of its two booster rockets was like something out…

The subsequent view of a cherry red Tesla Roadster drifting through space was like something out of a Douglas Adams novel. The landmark launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket is a milestone in a new space race. Not one between nations, but instead between private companies. Is this the best thing for the future of human…

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