Space reporter Jim McDade joins James, Mike and Tim to geek out in this two hour special commemorating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 12 and 13.  Don't miss it!

Announcing Apollo Talks New iPhone app! Listen to all your favorite podcasts on the ApolloTalks Podcasting Network.  And you could win a copy of it free!  Just place a comment here or on iTunes.  We'll be giving one away by next Friday.

To close out 2009, our guest is Retired Navy Captain Charles Smiley, XO of Helicopter Squadron 4 , tasked with fishing astronauts from Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13 out of the Pacific Ocean after Splashdown. Chuck was the pilot of the astronaut recovery helicopter  #66 for Apollo 10 and Apollo 13.

 

Apollo Talks asks you to send us your Apollo 11 Tributes for use in our upcoming Apollo 11 Deep Geek Live!

Season Two launches with "The Voice of Apollo," Jack King.

Monday, May 18th, 7pm PT we'll be breaking down the Apollo 10 mission on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/apollotalks. This month is the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 10, the mission that served as the dress rehearsal for the lunar landing on Apollo 11.

Join James DeRuvo, Mike Smithwick, Tim Callendar and a few
surprise guests, as we break down the mission and talk about it's impact.

Listeners will be able to call in, ask questions, and join us in on he
conversation! Our last episode, the premiere episode of Deep Geek Live: Apollo 9 is available now to listen to.


Call-in Number: (347) 215-7847

Episode 3 of THE DEEP GEEK goes live tonight at 8pm PT through BlogTalkRadio.com.  This is an experiment to see if we can take phone calls and open up the Geek to other Apollo fans.  Tonight, we'll be talking about Apollo 9 and taking calls at (347) 215-7847.

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Bear with us, this is an experiment.  But it should be fun!

See you then!

Our first episode of a new companion podcast called THE DEEP GEEK, where we break down each mission on it's 40th anniversary.  Joining me are Mike Smithwick, author of Distant Suns, and Tim Callendar of the Babylon Podcast.

One production note - audio on this is rough as I had a hot mic for the first episode.  So apologies in advance.  Future eps will be better.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo, a new podcast makes it's way to the Apollo Talks network. It's called The Deep Geek.  Where we delve deep into each mission as only Apollo Geeks can.

Episode 2 (I haven't edited 1 yet) covers the epic Christmas voyage of Apollo 8.  Guests include Mike Dinn (dir. Honeysuckle Creek), Colin Mackellar, Tim Callendar, and Mike Smithwick (Distant Suns).

In our first conversation with one who's been there, we talk to Dr. Edgar Mitchell about Frau Mauro, new science, and the kind of out of the box  thinking that will lead us back to the moon, Mars and beyond.

MIT Professor David A. Mindell joins us to talk about the Apollo Guidance Computer and his cool book DIGITAL APOLLO. Get it at Amazon here - http://tinyurl.com/apollobkclub3

NBC New space reporter Jay Barbree is my guest. He's the only reporter to have covered every manned flight in US History. It's a goodie.

In this episode of our companion series, we interview David Woods about his book.

We're back!  This episode, we talk to Ron Creel about the development and performance of the Lunar Rover.

How does someone with no depth perception end up developing the Apollo Lunar TV cameras?  Stan Lebar is our guest.

It didn't go to the moon, but Skylab can easily be considered Apollo's victory lap.  Tom Hancock is my guest talking about Save Skylab, the lessons Apollo is teaching us about Ares, and the thirty plus year side-trip that was the Space Shuttle.

To say "thank you" for all who have made Conversations with Apollo a success, we close out 2007 with these sage words from the crew of Apollo 8.  Happy Holidays!

(courtesy of our friends at ApolloArchive.com)

Gerry Griffin, Lead Flight Director for Apollo 12, 15 & 17 talks the Apollo 1 fire, Apollo 12, and the costly tendency towards risk aversion.

In Episode 5, editors of the David Woods and Frank O'Brien are my guests to talk about the Apollo Flight Journal.

Episode 4:  David A. Ballard joins us to talk Apollo Team Support, Apollo 9, ASTP, Skylab and more.  Don't miss a minute.

Rounding out our two part series on the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station is John Saxon.  And it's a great interview.

Launching a new feature on the podcast called The Apollo Book Club, Catherine Thimmesh, Author of "Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon" is our first guest.

Now available at http://www.apollotalks.com or via iTunes.

Mike Dinn, Retired director of the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station is our guest for episode 2.

Apollo 11 began that great, thundering journey.  So this special episode, we'll relive it all over again. (courtesy Apollo Archive)

Episode 0 - what this podcast is all about and how you can help.

Episode 1 - Eric Jones, Editor of the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal