Miles Ahead
By Miles O'Brien
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Episodes: 52
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Join Emmy award-winning journalist, PBS collaborator, and CNN analyst Miles O'Brien as he explores the biggest stories in science, technology, aviation, space, and the environment. With each episode of Miles Ahead, Miles brings his unique perspective, signature clarity, and a lifetime of curiosity to each episode, striving to make the future accessible, understandable, and fascinating.
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Episode 52: The Hunt for the White Bird, part 3
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Episode 51: The Hunt for the White Bird — Part 2
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Episode 50: The Hunt for the White Bird - Part 1
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Episode 49: We Have No Money, So We Have To Think - with Peter Beck
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Episode 48: Titan Unfinished: A Conversation With OceanGate Co-Founder Guillermo Söhnlein
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Episode 47: From The End of Nature to a New Beginning - with Bill McKibben
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Episode 46: Science Under Siege — Michael Mann and Peter Hotez on the War Against Truth
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Episode 45: Powering the Final Frontier: The Case for Nuclear on the Moon
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Episode 44: "Collision Course over the Capital"
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Episode 43: "Cutoff: When a Pilot Becomes the Threat – Air India 171"
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Episode 42: Leroy Chiao on the perils of long-duration spaceflight
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 41: Lars Perkins on the Mid-Air Collision over the Potomac
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Episode 40: Harold Coghlan on the Mid-Air Collision near Reagan National Airport
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Episode 39: Jared Isaacman: From Entrepreneur to Space Pioneer and NASA's Next Leader?
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Episode 38: Not a Landslide, but too Big to Rig - with Alex Halderman
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Episode 37: The Hunt for Methane Leaks - with Melissa Ostroff
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Episode 36: The Fight for Secure Elections - with Donna Curling
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Black Box Episode 3: Inside the Cockpit of JAL 123, The Worst Single Aircraft Accident in History - Part 3
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Black Box Episode 2: Inside the Cockpit of JAL 123, The Worst Single Aircraft Accident in History - Part 2
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Black Box Episode 1: Inside the Cockpit of JAL 123, The Worst Single Aircraft Accident in History - Part 1
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Episode 32: What Happened to China Eastern Flight MU5735
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Episode 31: The Challenge of Robots and Artificial Intelligence, a Retrospective – with AI Pioneer Marvin Minsky
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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Episode 30: How and Why We're Sampling Asteroid Bennu – with NASA's OSIRIS-REx Team
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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Episode 29: Why Europa is the Most Likely Spot We'll Find Aliens – with NASA's Kevin Peter Hand
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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Episode 28: How Average Americans are Fighting Climate Change – with Clean Air Carolina's June Blotnick
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Episode 27: Steve Squyres – On Exploring Mars, and Other Celestial Objects
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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Episode 26: The Murky World of Science Transparency – Hash it Out with NYU Professor George D. Thurston
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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Episode 25: Snorkeling with Some Wild Dolphin Friends – or Another Day in the Office for Denise Herzing
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Episode 24: The Blessing and Curse of Methane – Hash it Out
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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Episode 23: Inside the Legal Battle to Ban a Deadly Neurotoxin - with Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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Episode 22: The Chemical Ban That Got a Reprieve from Trump's EPA – with Miriam Rotkin-Ellman of the Natural Resources Defense Council
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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Episode 21: The Promise and Peril of AI – Hash it Out with Tech Entrepreneur Lars Perkins
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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Episode 20: Welcome to the Madhouse – with Michael Mann and Tom Toles
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Episode 19: What is Machine Learning and How is it Used? – Hash it Out with Cameron Hickey
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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Episode 18: Searching for Methane, the Other Greenhouse Gas - with Robert Green of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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Episode 17: The Software We Wrote to Understand Junk News - with Producer Cameron Hickey
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May 28, 2018 |
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Episode 16: Inside Facebook - with Tessa Lyons, Head of News Feed Integrity
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May 21, 2018 |
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Episode 15: Inside the Filter Bubble - with Eli Pariser, the man who coined the phrase
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May 15, 2018 |
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Episode 14: Understanding the Eruption at Kilauea – with Geologist Mike Garcia
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May 08, 2018 |
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Episode 13: A Junk News Pioneer - with Cyrus Massoumi, Part 2
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May 03, 2018 |
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Episode 12: A Junk News Pioneer - with Cyrus Massoumi, Part 1
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May 02, 2018 |
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Episode 11: Mapping Misinformation and Russian Influence Online – with Data Journalist Jonathan Albright
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Episode 10: Whose Best Interest - Can Facebook's Business Model Be Repaired?
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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Episode 9: Aviation and the "Tombstone Mentality" - How Southwest 1380 Could Have Been Avoided
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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Episode 8: Just the Facts - with Brooke Binkowski of Snopes.com
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Apr 16, 2018 |
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Episode 7: Misinformation on the Internet - Untangling the Web
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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Episode 6: How Your Facebook Newsfeed Works
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Mar 30, 2018 |
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Episode 5: Astronaut Scott Kelly's Guide To The Universe
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Mar 14, 2018 |
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Episode 4: Entering A New Dimension In 3D Printing
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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Episode 3: Inside North Korea's Nuclear Complex
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Feb 13, 2018 |
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Episode 2: Talking Trash
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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Pilot Episode: The Worst Airline Accident That Nearly Happened
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Nov 07, 2017 |