Ira Flatow
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1,299 appearances
24 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 15 Sep
Ira Flatow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We have to take a quick break, but don't go away.
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More on this when we come back.
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And Catherine, we we've talked about how it shaped the modern world so far, but not how it works.
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I'm sure our audience wants to get into the weeds of how GPS works, so give us a give us a thumbnail at least of that.
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Timing is everything.
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Tell me the story of how GPS was created.
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You write that without the drive to bomb entire nations into oblivion,
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This this vast system would not exist.
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Tell me about Gladys West and her role.
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She was like a hidden figure, right?
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But uh but played a crucial role here.
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How how did the space race play a role in the creation of GPS?
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Yeah, we sort of flipped it around.
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Um how how did it move from military tech to being used by pretty much everyone in our smartphones?
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Mm-hmm.
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You're right that one of the most persistent misunderstandings about GPS, especially about its use in mobile phones, is that it makes you trackable.
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So you say the system has no idea where or who its users are.
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I think a lot of people would find that really surprising.
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Wow, that's that's more comforting to know.
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One last question.
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