{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"TBD - To Be Determined","title":"Episode 31 - The Forest of Zyl (Chis Neville)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/caa8ebb1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1892,"description":"Theme: It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.\nEpisode Connections\nAuthors, stories. Murray Leinster, The Lonely Planet. Ursula K. LeGuin, “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow.” Stanislaw Lem, Solaris. Tom Godwin, “The Cold Equations.” Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game. Jack McDevitt. Robert Heinlein, “They.”\nFilms. The Happening. \nTV episodes, series. That margarine commercial from the 70s. The Office.\nIdeas. Colonial expansion on a planetary scale. Links between recorded history and species survival. Erase history, erase humanity and all life on Earth. Genetic code is a form of recorded history. Sentient planets and plants. Can civilization advance if it cannot record its history or accomplishments? Gaia Hypothesis. Animism.\nWhat did we miss? James Tiptree, Jr., “The Last Flight of Dr. Ain.”\nWhoa - Hmmm - WTF. We gave it away early … a definite WTF tale.\nPrevious episode: Ann Warren Griffith, “Captive Audience”\nNext episode: Arkady Strugotsky, “Wanderers and Travelers”\nMusic Credit: \"Ouroboros\" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License\nLink: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/moTEn8Q6KiozdqWo9_SH6T23BOVdaOv5gy5HKs5cLps/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIxNjMxLzE2MjI1/NjE2NjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}