Best Sarah Howells Podcasts (2026)

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Episode 237 - Sarah Howell | Lebanon Winter Market, Mocktail Stroll, NCAA Fan Jam, Heart of Lebanon 19:34

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Welcome to the first #LovinLebanon Podcast episode of 2026! We get things rolling with three different attractions taking place downtown. Heart of Lebanon Event Coordinator Sarah Howell gives us all the info surrounding Lebanon Winter Market, the downtown Mocktail Stroll, and the NCAA Fan Jam. The organization has another jam-packed year planned - …

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Voyager and the heliopause: Exploring where the Sun gives way to the stars 58:40

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What does it really mean to enter interstellar space, and what have we learned since humanity first crossed the invisible boundary between our Sun and the stars? In this episode of Planetary Radio, we explore the science of the heliosphere and the realm beyond with Linda Spilker, project scientist for the Voyager mission at NASA Jet Propulsion Labo…

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#241 – The Truman Show | Directed by Peter Weir (with Guy Bradford of Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast) 2:17:26

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Happy New Year! Tune in as Guy Bradford (Jesters of Ravenloft: A D&D Podcast) hops back onto the podcast for this first episode of 2026 in order to break down The Truman Show, the 1998 psychological comedy-drama film about an insurance salesman who comes to realize he’s been the unwitting star of a reality TV program that uses instruments like hidd…

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Space Policy Edition: Change for the Sake of Disruption at NASA 1:11:20

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Marcia Smith, the founder and editor of Space Policy Online, joins the show and revisits a conversation we had one year ago, recorded just weeks before the second Trump administration took office. That episode, “The Challenges of Change at NASA,” explored the institutional and political roadblocks to radical change at the U.S. space agency. A lot h…

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Looking back: Space exploration in 2025 1:08:55

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As 2025 comes to a close, Planetary Radio looks back on a year that reshaped space exploration, through stunning discoveries, major milestones, unexpected challenges, and the people who carried science forward through it all. In this episode, Sarah Al-Ahmed, host and producer of Planetary Radio, is joined first by Kate Howells, public education spe…

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#240 – Eyes Wide Shut | Directed by Stanley Kubrick (with Anna) 3:00:51

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Tune in as the Christmas season comes to a close on 2CC! For this fifth and final episode of December (as well as the final episode of 2025), Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) is hopping back onto the program for a breakdown of Eyes Wide Shut, the 1999 psychosexual drama film about a Manhattan doctor who, after learning his wife had fantasized abou…

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Looking back: Space policy and advocacy in 2025 57:56

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2025 was one of the most consequential years for space policy in modern U.S. history. In this special year-in-review episode, Planetary Radio takes a deep dive into what happened behind the scenes in U.S. space policy and advocacy as NASA faced unprecedented proposed cuts to its science programs. With nearly half of NASA’s science budget at risk, d…

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#239 – Black Christmas (2006) | Directed by Glen Morgan (with Karyn Raynor of Chick-Lit) 2:19:43

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Tune in as the Christmas fun stays strong on 2CC! For this fourth episode of December, Karyn Raynor (Chick-Lit) is jumping back into their guest chair to unpack Black Christmas, the 2006 remake of the 1974 Christmas slasher horror movie in which a house full of sorority sisters face off against a stalker who terrorizes them with unnerving prank pho…

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Book Club Edition: MOONS: The Mysteries and Marvels of our Solar System by Kate Howells 59:26

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It was such a delight to feature work by our own Kate Howells in The Planetary Society’s member book club. We keep Kate busy as our public education specialist, but she found time to write about many of her favorite natural satellites in this richly illustrated edition. Join her and book club host Mat Kaplan for a journey taking us from our own Moo…

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Galileo at 30: How a mission transformed our understanding of Jupiter 57:39

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Thirty years ago, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft became the first mission to orbit Jupiter, opening a new chapter in our exploration of the outer Solar System. Over eight years around Jupiter, Galileo transformed how we understand Jupiter and its moons, revealing a powerful and dynamic planetary system, uncovering evidence for oceans hidden beneath icy …

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#238 – Love Hard | Directed by Hernán Jiménez (with Clayton Jones II and Shawn Murphy of Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies Podcast) 1:54:10

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Tune in as this program plunges deeper into the holiday season! For this third episode of December, Clayton Jones II and Shawn Murphy (Men Who Like Men Who Like Movies!) are circling back around to review Love Hard, the 2021 Netflix Christmas rom-com about the fake-dating and matchmaking antics that ensue after a dating column writer travels across…

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Space Policy Edition: The Moral Case for Space Science 1:08:34

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Why do we explore space, and why does science matter in the first place? In this Space Policy Edition rerun, Planetary Society Chief of Space Policy Casey Dreier revisits a deeply influential 2020 conversation with philosopher and ethicist J. S. Johnson-Schwartz, author of The Value of Science and Space Exploration. As debates over NASA’s budget an…

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Inside the 2025 Mars Society Convention 57:09

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The 2025 International Mars Society Convention convened at the University of Southern California this October for three days of passionate discussion about humanity’s future on the red planet. Speakers explored science, policy, technology, AI, synthetic biology, and the long-term path toward becoming a multi-planet species. In this episode, Mat Kap…

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#237 – Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom (with Hannah, Rebecca, and Sarah of Can I Spoil Something?) 2:42:10

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Tune in as the Christmas season keeps rolling forward on the podcast! For this second episode of December, Hannah, Rebecca, and Sarah (Can I Spoil Something?) are rejoining 2CC for a dive into Krampus: The Yule Lord, the 2012 holiday horror novel by Brom that takes you on a grisly and festive journey alongside a struggling singer who gets dragged i…

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Michelle Pfeiffer & Felicity Jones Gets Festive; Seann William Scott Gets Real 34:51

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Seann William Scott, Michelle Pfeiffer, Felicity Jones… and my dog Blue barging in for a potty break. Yeah, this episode is stacked. In this festive-yet-chaotic episode of Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon, I kick things off with my buddy Seann William Scott, a.k.a. Stifler, who’s back to talk Season 2 of his Tim Allen sitcom Shifting Gears (now…

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ESCAPADE begins its journey to Mars 1:06:34

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NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft have finally launched on their journey to Mars. Designed to study how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ patchy magnetic fields and drives the loss of its atmosphere, ESCAPADE is NASA’s first dual-spacecraft mission to the Red Planet and a major milestone for the SIMPLEx program’s small, low-cost planetary explorers…

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#236 – Black Christmas (1974) | Directed by Bob Clark (with Rolo Tony) 3:17:43

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Tune in as the Christmas season launches on 2CC! For this first episode of December, Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) is jumping back onto the podcast to cover Black Christmas, the 1974 Christmas slasher horror film about a group of sorority sisters who are dealing with menacing prank phone calls and the dogged pursuit of a homicidal and sexually perve…

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Smart Girl Dumb Questions: Casey Dreier answers why space is worth it 1:00:00

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This week on Planetary Radio, we’re sharing a special conversation from our friends at the Smart Girl Dumb Questions podcast. Host Nayeema Raza sits down with The Planetary Society’s Chief of Space Policy, Casey Dreier, to explore one of the most common questions in space exploration: Why does space matter, and is it really worth the cost? Casey br…

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Ultimate Home Theater Guide; Lil Jon, Dakota Fanning, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke 1:22:08

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(00:00:00) Ultimate Guide to Home Theaters (00:12:47) Home Theater Value and Performance (00:18:48) Audiophile Insights on Home Audio Systems (00:25:40) Home Theater Speaker Technology Overview (00:28:51) What are the points / dots in Home Theater Systems? (00:32:53) Where do I start for a Home Theater System? (00:37:10) Klipsch, Onkyo & Premium Au…

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#235 – They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera (with Kristen and Mariah of Literary Liberation) 2:10:09

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Tune in as Kristen and Mariah (Literary Liberation) collaborate with the podcast to focus on They Both Die at the End, the 2017 YA speculative fiction novel by Adam Silvera that covers two teenage boys taking an existential journey through a world where a company called Death-Cast can call you up and alert you to the daunting fact that you’ll die i…

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Book Club Edition: The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America by David Baron 1:03:00

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There was a time when almost everyone, from Alexander Graham Bell to the Wall Street Journal, believed there was a supremely intelligent civilization on Mars, one that was probably trying to talk to Earthlings. Most of this belief could be traced to an amateur astronomer and charismatic speaker named Percival Lowell. David Baron tells this story in…

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Epic Spaceman: Making cosmic scale human 59:51

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When his filmmaking career stalled during the pandemic, Toby Lockerbie turned to the one place that had never stopped inspiring him: the Universe. With no background in visual effects, he taught himself the tools needed to transform complex space science into cinematic stories using everyday objects and beautifully crafted visuals to make the Cosmo…

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#234 – Comet | Directed by Sam Esmail (with Rolo Tony) 2:44:55

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Tune in as Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) regains his seat at the 2CC table for a dive into Comet, the 2014 romance movie about a relationship that starts with a chance meeting at a meteor shower and then stretches on through a parallel universe or two over a six-year timespan. Drawing connections between this film and (500) Days of Summer, Dell putt…

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Episode 236 - Lebanon FIRSTgiving | Carrie Boyne & Cody Hollingsworth 10:07

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Headed our way, in just one day, is a first for our city. Lebanon FIRSTgiving. This gathering is set for the evening of November 19th and features a lot of free, fun activities for you and your family! Carrie Boyne with the City Planning & Zoning Office, along with Lebanon Police Officer Cody Hollingsworth join us to share all the details. The fun …

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The Planetary Society goes to TwitchCon 2025 1:01:28

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The Planetary Society heads to TwitchCon 2025 to explore how scientists and educators use livestreaming to share the excitement of discovery. We begin with Moohoodles, one of Twitch’s pioneering space science streamers and co-host of the live panel “The Planetary Society: Space, Time, and You.” She explains how she built a thriving community around…

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#233 – Rope | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (with Anna) 2:33:12

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Tune in as Anna (@banananna024/@formergleek) hops back onto the podcast for a discussion on Rope, the 1948 thriller film about a pair of men who dare to see if they can carry out the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party at their apartment—the place where they have their victim’s corpse all tucked away. The lost art of homoeroticism, avoiding th…

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#LearnInLebanon | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | LHS Students 19:22

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Lebanon Senior Sam Hornbecker intervews some of the cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Performance showtimes: Friday, 11/14 - 7pm Saturday, 11/15 - 7pm Sunday, 11/16 - 2pm Get Tickets: https://lebtix.us/LHS/jospeh/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN7LzFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzUEl5WWRlTnFPcmp4VUlKc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrwsnGfdrI9…

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Interview with Filmmaker Chris Peckover (Better Watch Out) 1:11:02

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Joining the podcast today is Chris Peckover, the director of the 2016 Christmas horror-comedy movie Better Watch Out. This program had actually devoted a whole episode to that suspenseful and grimly funny ride last holiday season, so it’s only fitting for Chris himself to finally hop into the guest seat. An alternate career path that Chris could ha…

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Space Policy Edition: Should a (potential) biosignature revive Mars Sample Return? 1:21:45

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In 1996, a controversial claim of fossilized life in a Martian meteorite ignited a golden age of Mars exploration. Nearly 30 years later, a potential biosignature detected by the Perseverance rover at Jezero Crater has sparked…nothing, not even a formal effort to revive the beleaguered robotic Mars Sample Return project. Why did the claims surround…

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Do Aliens Speak Physics? 59:44

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If we ever meet intelligent extraterrestrials, will we even be able to talk about physics? Physicist Daniel Whiteson of UC Irvine and cartoonist Andy Warner join Sarah Al-Ahmed to explore one of science’s strangest and most profound questions: if alien civilizations exist, would their understanding of the Universe look anything like ours? Their new…

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Episode 235 - 1830 Chophouse 5th Anniversary | Brady Martin & Shawn Sublette 27:12

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Our city's 1830 Chophouse is celebrating five years in business. Shawn Sublette and Brady Martin join us to recap the journey. What began during downtown renovation is now a downtown Lebanon destination! What does the future hold...and how can you get your tastebuds around some of the Chophouse's famous bread pudding. The answer lies in Episode 235…

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#232 – Son of the White Mare | Directed by Marcell Jankovics (with Marie Nicola of Alt.Pop.Repeat and Past//Forward) 2:57:02

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Tune in as Marie Nicola (Alt.Pop.Repeat and Past//Forward) circles back around to the podcast for a plunge into Son of the White Mare, the 1981 animated fantasy adventure movie about a horse’s human son who embarks on a quest to save the world with the help of his superpowers and his two brothers. The phallic depiction of a sword and other sexualiz…

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Nia DaCosta, Tessa Thompson, Tom Bateman & Nina Hoss (Hedda) 14:31

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What if a classic tale could be reshaped with modern twists and turns that leave you questioning everything you thought you knew? Join me, Kyle McMahon, as I sit down with visionary director Nia Da Costa (The Marvels, 28 Days Later: The Bone Temple), superstar Tessa Thompson (The Avengers: Endgame, Creed) Nina Hoss and Tom Bateman to explore how th…

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Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean 1:09:09

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What happens in space doesn’t stay in space. Historian Dagomar Degroot joins Planetary Radio host Sarah Al-Ahmed to explore how shifting solar cycles, volcanic eruptions on Venus, Martian dust storms, and even mistaken sightings of lunar forests have influenced life, science, and society on Earth. His new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Envi…