E007 THE golden record

Episode Description

This week we take a trip into space and discover everything about The Golden Record. In 1977, NASA launched Voyager I and Voyager II where their mission was to do a flyby of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. After their mission was complete, they would float off into interstellar space until the end of time. On board those space crafts? A cosmic message in a bottle that can communicate with extraterrestrials what life on Earth is like.


Listen to this episode of The Everything Bagel Podcast for the news headlines from mid-April to early-May, an exploration of The Golden record, and our Smoke Break segment, where we discuss what would be included in our own “golden record.”


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Time Stamps:

0:29 - News Headlines

12:00 - The Golden Record

33:29 - Recap

35:42 - Smoke Break

News Headline Articles

Episode Research

  • "Voyager Golden Record." NASA Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-golden-record-overview/. Accessed 26 Oct. 2023.

  • "Voyager 1." NASA Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-1/. Accessed 26 Oct. 2023.

  • "Voyager 2." NASA Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-2/. Accessed 26 Oct. 2023.

  • Ferris, Timothy. "The Voyager Golden Record, 40th Anniversary." The New Yorker, Condé Nast, 20 Nov. 2017, www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/voyager-golden-record-40th-anniversary-timothy-ferris. Accessed 26 Oct. 2023.