Cancelled Satellite Missions, Treasure Hunting Laws, and The Pineapple's Epic Fall From Grace

The White House just cancelled two perfectly functioning climate satellites for mysterious reasons, British treasure hunters are going to prison for keeping Viking coins they found with metal detectors, and pineapples were once so expensive that wealthy Georgians rented them just to display at dinner parties. We explore how climate science gets axed despite providing "exceptionally high quality" data, why finding ancient treasure can land you in jail thanks to bureaucratic nightmares, and the ridiculous journey of fruit from ultimate status symbol to pizza topping. But wait, there's more weirdness: architects are designing generation ships that would trap your descendants in space for centuries, new services let you preserve and frame dead relatives' tattoos and AI is bringing deceased people back to argue about current politics. From cancelled space missions to criminal metal detecting, status fruit hierarchies to posthumous tattoo preservation, this episode proves that humans have a remarkable talent for making everything unnecessarily complicated - and deeply uncomfortable.   CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 03:52 Trump Administration Kills Climate Change Satellites 06:23 The Tale of the Viking Treasure Hoard 11:46 Legal Consequences and Treasure Hunting Policies 20:15 Project Hyperion: Designing Interstellar Travel 25:15 Design Plausibility and Practicality 26:53 Fantasy vs. Reality in Space Exploration 28:16 The Ethics of Interstellar Travel 29:18 The Historical Significance of Pineapples 40:04 Preserving Tattoos Posthumously 42:57 AI Avatars of Deceased Individuals 43:40 Conclusion    SOURCES: Postmortem ink  Interview with Joaquin Oliver How two friends found £3m treasure and ended up in jail Treasure trove Fool's Gold Herefordshire Hoard https://www.edelman.com.au/sites/g/files/aatuss381/files/2025-03/202 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877.amp https://futurism.com/white-house-orders-nasa-destroy-important-satellite  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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