šļø The Giant Leap: Is Space the Future of Life on Earth?
Release Date: 12/30/2025
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Welcome to the Smithsonian Associates series on The Not Old Better Show. Iām your host, award-winning journalist Paul Vogelzang.
Todayās conversation is as big as it gets. Weāre talking about the future of lifeānot just on Earth, but beyond it.
Our guest is Smithsonian Associate, Dr. Caleb ScharfāNASA astrobiologist, acclaimed author, and one of the boldest thinkers about the place of life in the universe. Dr. Caleb Scharf will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up! Please check out THIS link for more details. But we have Dr. Scharf briefly today and in his new book The Giant Leap, Dr. Scharf makes a provocative case: that our expansion into space may not just be a technological milestoneāit might be the next phase of evolution itself.
He calls this moment a ādisruption in the story of lifeā as profound as when creatures first crawled out of the sea. Heās spent his career studying black holes, exoplanets, and the fingerprints of life across the cosmos. Heās also a storyteller who blends science with wonder, and reminds us that the night sky isnāt just something to look atāitās something weāre becoming part of.
If youāve ever stared up at the stars and asked, Where are we going next?āthis episode is for you.
Remember, Dr. Caleb Scharf will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up! Please check out THIS link for more details.