On the occasion of his exhibition “A Crisis of Human Contact”—which opened at De La Warr Pavilion in the UK in 2023—PW visual arts alum Angelo Madsen Minax sat down with David Getsy to discuss tattoos, amateurism, and what it means to pick at wounds. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ange…

PW arts alum Angelo Madsen Minax often fictionalizes his own past experiences to question boundaries, bonds, and ecstatic possibilities. The artist sat down with David Getsy to discuss the themes that run through his works, old and new. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ange…

In for-profit pharmaceutical research, the rush to save lives and the rush to make billions are perfectly complementary. For psychedelic-based antidepressants, the next challenge remains: how do we separate the agony from the ecstasy? pioneerworks.org/broadcast/the-…

“To me, the most generous thing an artist can do—regardless of medium—is to create a distinctive space, a kind of ego-less garden in which a visitor finds her own way.” —Jenny Odell (jenny odell) pioneerworks.org/broadcast/13-w…

“The title ‘I Am I Be’ demanded a lot from Black artists in their twenties still figuring themselves out, in a business that had no time for becoming.” Dave Tompkins on rewind, recollection, and De La Soul. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/de-l…

The directors of Everything Everywhere All at Once (DANIELS) talk to their favorite neuroscientist (@DavidEagleman) about multiverses and the unknown. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/a24-…

Werner Herzog once said: “I would rather die than go to an analyst.” In conversation with Janna Levin (Janna Levin), author of The Body Keeps Score Bessel van der Kolk replies. youtu.be/2-TtinQTNLw?fe…

Me reveling in everyone looking towards the sky in awe of the eclipse, loving science today as we collectively marveled at the wonder of the universe. I spent it in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery w/ Pioneer Works. It made my💗happy to see everyone embrace this moment together.

If you cannot make the trip to the path of totality and find yourself in New York City, join us for an eclipse viewing party at the beautiful Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn. RSVP here pioneerworks.org/programs/solar… Pioneer Works

Today we're delighted to host thousands of visitors for solar eclipse viewing. This event is made possible w/ the partnership of Pioneer Works Amateur Astronomers Association and support from Simons Foundation and its “In the Path of Totality” initiative Science, Society & Culture @ SF.

“This was the universe about which we have read so much and never before felt: the universe as a clockwork of loose spheres flung at stupefying, unauthorized speeds.” The singular Annie Dillard recounts the total eclipse of 1979. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/tota…

“The durable repetitions that produce individuals, couples, and families are just stories. People can tell different ones. A soul can use flesh as a canvas, tracing sigils with surgical steel.” @SashaGeffen on the impact of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/sash…

Eclipses happen elsewhere in the solar system. The Jovian moon Ganymede casts a shadow on Jupiter, totally eclipsing the Sun each new moon. Ganymede orbits Jupiter about four times faster than our Moon orbits us.

On the 29th of May, 1919 the moon eclipsed the sun to allow a thin ray of light from the Hyades star cluster to fall into Sir Arthur Eddington’s telescopes. Janna Levin (Janna Levin) tells the story of the eclipse that made Einstein famous. youtu.be/SmWX9ADf_hY

“I looked around and saw—if that’s the word—the darkness that had enveloped everything.” In the build-up to Monday’s cosmic rarity, Joe Patterson shares the story of the total eclipse that changed his life. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/the-…

Today we may be used to broadcasting banal details of our lives online, but the practice was foreign to Tirdad Zolghadr’s squatmates in 1996. The writer reflects on being the subject of early reality TV, and the innocence of the pre-internet age. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/embe…

For many people in the USA, the total eclipse of April 8, 2024, will be a life-changing event. But for Joe Patterson, it was the eclipse of March 7, 1970. Broadcast’s favorite intrepid astronomer shares his experience of a total eclipse’s ancient terrors. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/the-…

“Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him, or as flying in an airplane does to falling out of an airplane.” The great writer Annie Dillard on the best minutes of her lifetime. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/tota…

At totality, the Sun's corona (outer atmosphere) is expected to be huge, augmenting the drama of the eclipse. The Sun will be near a maximum in its 11-year magnetic cycle, leading to the enlarged corona. There should also be plenty of sunspots visible during the partial phases.

Pulitzer-prize winner Annie Dillard on a her experience of a total eclipse: “I’m 78 years old and those minutes are among the handful of best in a lifetime.” Honored to reprint her brilliant essay 'Total Eclipse' now on Broadcast pioneerworks.org/broadcast/tota… via Pioneer Works