Podcast appearances and mentions of alexander macdonald

Space is back! No longer the reserve of a couple of superpowers, an increasing number of countries are getting involved, and the private sector is playing a greater role than ever. On this episode, NASA Chief Economist Alexander MacDonald talks about plans to return to the Moon, and Pascale Ehrenfreund, president of the Committee on Space Research, explains why we are looking for life on Mars and beyond, and what that might look like. Co-hosted by Nikolai Khlystov, Lead, Space Technology, World Economic Forum Links: Global Future Council on the Future of Space: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-space/ Space: The $1.8 Trillion Opportunity for Global Economic Growth: https://www.weforum.org/publications/space-the-1-8-trillion-opportunity-for-global-economic-growth/ Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home Related podcasts: Radio Davos Life on Mars and the birth of the universe: why space exploration is vital to humanity Space - how advances up there can help life down here How does Earth look from space? 'Like one big spaceship' - astronaut Matthias Maurer on Radio Davos Meet the Leader Meet the startup building the first commercial space station This former astronaut shares what's key to building strong, effective teams What an astronaut can teach leaders about collaboration and aiming high From space to the ocean's depths - how a space CEO and explorer approaches risk European space chief on speaking to inspire - and making big change possible Astra's Chris Kemp: Thinking ‘mission first' - and building a free space economy All Forum podcasts: Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub

Alexander MacDonald, portfolio manager at GlobeInvest Capital Management, joins BNN Bloomberg for Market Call.

The SEDC Podcast Presented by Insyteful is live at the Council's Annual Conference in Savannah, Georgia. Ashley Llewellyn from the St. Tammany Corp joins us to host and welcome Kelli Kedis Ogborn from the Space Foundation and Alexander MacDonald from NASA.

Alexander MacDonald, portfolio manager at GlobeInvest Capital Management, joins BNN Bloomberg for Market Call.

Dan Cochrane chats with East Coast DNA about the Antigonish Highland Games, to be held July 7-14, 2024 The Antigonish Highland Society was founded in 1861, about 75 years after the Gaels first began arriving on nearby shores. At its first meeting, the new Society elected Dr. Alexander MacDonald as its president and approved the Society's objectives of perpetuating the language, music and traditions of the Highland Scot and assisting their fellow Gaels in times of need. The Society celebrated St. Andrew's Day that year and two years later held its first Highland Games on Apple Tree Island in the east end of town. Since then, the Society has sponsored more than 150 Highland Games while supporting the Gaelic language, piping and drumming, Highland dancing, fiddle music and step-dancing, athletics and the Ancient Scottish Heavy Events. It has kept alive or created numerous traditions and events that help to define the character of Antigonish town and county. https://www.antigonishhighlandgames.ca/ Episode music provided by Mudmen  @MudmenVideo  mudmen.ca SUBSCRIBE to  @eastcoastdna  for your music and arts coverage throughout the year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/east-coast-dna/message

Alexander MacDonald, portfolio manager at GlobeInvest Capital Management, joins BNN Bloomberg for Market Call.

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The Gunna Breac was a treasured possession of the MacDonalds of Dalchnosie originally dating to the late 17th/early 18th centuries. It was brought to the Battle of Culloden (1746) by Alexander MacDonald who fought with the Atholl Brigade. A fabulous piece of Jacobite history for all Outlander fans!Location: Museum of the Isles Armdale Castle Armadale Sleat, Isle of Skye IV45 8RS See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NASA economist Alexander MacDonald shares how the human imagination for space flight wasn't only sparked by history's esteemed scientists but also our great storytellers. This talk was filmed at TEDxAuckland. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx_official

NASA economist Alexander MacDonald shares how the human imagination for space flight wasn't only sparked by history's esteemed scientists but also our great storytellers. This talk was filmed at TEDxAuckland. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx_official Like TEDx on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxEvents

NASA economist Alexander MacDonald shares how the human imagination for space flight wasn’t only sparked by history’s esteemed scientists but also our great storytellers. This talk was filmed at TEDxAuckland. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx_official Like TEDx on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEDxEvents

The ancient Egyptians created polished granite... but it took over 2000 years to replicate their processes. The story of granite and its influence on technology is a fascinating one that starts early than you might think.tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.comFacebook: Tomb with a View PodcastInstagram:tombwithaviewpodcast

An economist and historian Alexander MacDonald wrote his doctorate on the economic history of American space exploration and is the author of the book The Long Space Age published in 2017. He is an expert on private enterprises involvements in space exploration from the early days of astronomical observation in the 18th century, through to the private public partnership of the Apollo program and the evolving relationship between NASA and the private sector in the last decade.In this interview, Alexander explains how business has always had a place in America's efforts in exploring and understanding the cosmos, and gives us an insight into how NASA's relationship with commercial partners such as SpaceX and Blue Origin will advance our exploration of the solar system.

Nigel Cawthorne is a prolific writer. Four of his publishers tell him that he is the most published living author in the UK. This is difficult to verify as he works under five different names and assumes other writers do too.He was born in Wolverhampton – though Wikipedia says it was Chicago – and was brought up in what was then rural Surrey, now commuter belt. His first job was milking cows. Though the feel of a warm udder has its attractions for an adolescent boy, most of the job consisted of shovelling cow shit… But let’s not go further down the route.He came to London to study physics at University College London and is, consequently, one of the Godless of Gower Street. To support himself, he became a printer’s message. Awaiting proofs at IPC Business Press one evening, he spotted a wanted ad on the notice board for a features writer on Nuclear Engineering International. He applied immediately. The vacancy had already been filled, but they offered him a job on a weekly tabloid for the white goods trade called the Electrical and Electronic Trader, where he learnt the craft of Grub Street.He had an affair with the wife of a gangster and fled to New York where he worked on a building site in Bed-Sty. He began writing for pornographic magazines. Then a new newspaper called The New York Trib started. Still an illegal immigrant, he began writing for it. When it failed, he was employed by the Financial Times, then went freelance.He went to see the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Hanoi researching The Bamboo Cage, showing that US service men held prisoner in southeast Asia after the Vietnam war. Though the book was not published in the US, he was called to testify to the US Senate. He followed up with The Iron Cage, showing 31,000 British prisoners of war disappeared into the gulags in 1945. Questions were asked in both houses of Parliament. His flat was broken into and documents taken.A nine-year-old boy turned up on his doorstep, his son with the women he had married in New York to get his Green Card. So he had to give up journalism to write books full time, so he could stay home and bring him up. He started full-time authorship with Takin’ Back – The Confessions of Ike Turner and went on to write the twelve-volume Sex Lives… series, beginning with Sex Lives of the Popes, which was a bestseller in Brazil. Sex Lives of the US Presidents came out just when Bill Clinton got caught with Monica Lewinsky. That got him on The Joan Rivers Show…He has now published 175 books as Nigel Cawthorne, Al Cimino, Alexander Macdonald, Gordon Bowers and Karl Streisand. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Histoire - John Alexander MacDonald - 20 Septembre 2019 by RMF Radio Montréal France

Long before we had rocket scientists, the idea of spaceflight traveled from mind to mind across generations. With great visuals, author and NASA economist Alexander MacDonald shows how 300 years of sci-fi tales -- from Edgar Allan Poe to Jules Verne to H.G. Wells and beyond -- sparked a culture of space exploration. A fascinating look at how stories become reality, featuring a goose machine sent to the Moon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lange bevor es Raketenwissenschaftler gab, verbreitete sich die Idee der Raumfahrt über Generationen. Unter der Verwendung von großartigem Anschauungsmaterial zeigt uns TED Fellow und NASA-Ökonom Alexander MacDonald, wie 300 Jahre Science-Fiction-Geschichten -- von Edgar Allan Poe über Jules Verne bis H. G. Wells und darüber hinaus -- eine Kultur der Weltraumforschung schufen. Ein spannender Einblick, wie Geschichten Wirklichkeit werden, unter Mitwirkung einer zum Mond gesandten Gänsemaschine.

L'idée de voyager dans l'espace taraude l'homme de génération en génération, depuis bien longtemps avant l'existence mêmes des physiciens en astronautique. Avec des illustrations incroyables, le TED Fellow et économiste à la NASA Alexander MacDonald nous brosse 300 ans d'histoires de science-fiction, depuis Edgar Allan Poe, en passant par Jules Verne et H.G. Wells et bien d'autres encore. Ces auteurs ont initié nos aspirations à explorer l'espace. Il dresse un tableau fascinant sur la transformation de ces récits imaginaires en réalité.

Mucho antes de que tuviésemos ingenieros astronáuticos, varias personas en distintos momentos históricos imaginaron cómo serían los vuelos espaciales. Con un apoyo visual fantástico, Alexander MacDonald, socio TED y economista de la NASA, nos muestra cómo 300 años de ciencia ficción --con historias de Edgar Allan Poe, Julio Verne, H. G. Well y otros-- inspiraron el desarrollo de la cultura de la exploración espacial. Esta charla nos presenta de forma fascinante cómo la ficción se vuelve realidad desde, por ejemplo, una máquina de gansos enviada a la Luna.

Muito antes de termos cientistas espaciais, a ideia dos voos espaciais viajou de uma mente a outra através de gerações. Com ótimos recursos visuais, Alexander MacDonald, bolsista TED e economista da NASA, mostra como 300 anos de contos de ficção científica, de Edgar Allan Poe a Jules Verne e H.G. Wells e outros, acenderam a centelha de uma cultura de exploração do espaço. Um olhar fascinante sobre como as histórias se tornam realidade, tendo como protagonista uma máquina movida a gansos enviada à Lua.

로켓 과학자들이 나타나기 오래 전부터 우주비행에 대한 생각은 여러 세대를 거쳐 계속해서 맴돌았습니다. TED Fellow이자 NASA의 경제학자인 알렉산더 맥도날드(Alexander MacDonald)는 훌륭한 시각을 통해 에드가 엘런 포(Edgar Allan Poe)부터 쥘 베른(Jules Verne)과 H.G. 웰스(H.G. Wells), 그리고 그 후세에 이르기까지 300년 간의 공상과학 소설들이 어떻게 우주비행 문화의 시초가 됐는지 보여줍니다. 달로 쏘아 보내진 거위 기계 이야기와 더불어 이 이야기들이 현실이 되는 과정을 지켜보는 일은 매혹적입니다.

Long before we had rocket scientists, the idea of spaceflight traveled from mind to mind across generations. With great visuals, TED Fellow and NASA economist Alexander MacDonald shows how 300 years of sci-fi tales -- from Edgar Allan Poe to Jules Verne to H.G. Wells and beyond -- sparked a culture of space exploration. A fascinating look at how stories become reality, featuring a goose machine sent to the Moon.

Electric Car Road Trips (starts 3:42): We go on a road trip with How on Earth's Shelley Schlender to see how all-electric vehicles are exceeding “range anxiety” by driving coast to coast, all on electricity.  Along the way we talk with Boulder Nissan's Nigel Zeid about regional plans to help more drivers "plug in" and with Hunter Lovins, head of Natural Capitalism Solutions. Renewable Energy Nation (starts 11:53): Joel Parker talks live with NOAA scientist Alexander MacDonald and Christopher Clack, a mathematician at the University of Colorado-Boulder. They have developed a model that demonstrates how the entire U.S. can run on solar and wind power--with existing technologies, with no batteries, and at lower cost than today's prices--within 15 years. For more information, see this video and these animations of: U.S. Wind Power Potential U.S. Solar Power Potential U.S. Power Flow (added 2018 January 1 : see this article https://futurism.com/macro-grids-future-renewable-energy/) Hosts: Joel Parker, Beth Bennett Producer: Shelley Schlender Executive Producer: Joel Parker Engineer: Shelley Schlender Additional Contributions: Susan Moran Listen to the show:

Alexander MacDonald presents his lecture The Long Space Age: An Economic History of American Space Exploration at the Keck Institute for Space Studies. May 27, 2014.