What We Lose When We Don’t Look At The Night Sky [Wisconsin Public Radio]

(12 mins. listening time)

Humans once had a close familiarity, even a friendship, with the stars… we’ve lost that connection with the night sky–and a piece of ourselves along with it.

Wisconsin Public Radio

This is a February 2016 interview with Rob Ferret, and it refers to my essay for Aeon Sky Readers about our ancient link to the stars. Here’s the WPR website. You can listen to the interview here. If you enjoy it, please share the link to the interview.

Image: the path of Curiosity Rover, our robotic pathfinder, as seen from Mars Orbit. Courtesy of NASA.