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Alexis and Ariel taking a selfie in the recording studio.

Earlier this week, @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social and I chatted on @kqedforum.bsky.social about all things Antarctica, space exploration, and micro creatures and how they tie into my new @pbs.org series LIFE UNEARTHED.

Listen to the interview: www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

Hooray! 👏🙏

It's impolite to call Musk a genocidal white nationalist because "civility" in American discourse functions not as a neutral procedural norm but as an asymmetric weapon to shield the powerful from accurate moral characterization while policing the tone of those who object.

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This looks so awesome. I can't wait to watch it!

It was wonderful to have you and @monteiro.bsky.social there! Thank you both so much for coming out ❤️

I got to see a couple episodes of this early. A terrific companion to the space stuff. I know so much more about the prairie now. Hooray Ariel and PBS.

It gets worse.

Everyone is going to tag @darthbluesky.bsky.social on this so I’ll just pile on :)

Can't wait to watch this! Despite that first photo making Ariel look like an elite assassin, the show is really all about science

Case in point, while literally sending people to the Moon and creating political propaganda over it, this is happening

Our federal science agencies are woefully underfunded and kicked down through every presidential administration in my lifetime. Even during the “better times”, budgets were kept flat and didn’t even keep pace with inflation.

A lot of “why is NASA doing this and not that?” is answered by that.

This was so good! Greatly looking forward to the rest of the eps ❤️

This is so cool! I heavily recommend checking it out! It looks and sounds amazing and was super interesting to see these forms of life up close 😍🤓

Antarctica's Mysterious Lifeforms | Full Episode | Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman | PBS YouTube video by PBS

Fun update! PBS released the first episode of LIFE UNEARTHED WITH ARIEL WALDMAN on YouTube for a limited time!

Check it out here and then stream episode 2 on the PBS app (available on Apple TV, Roku, etc) next Wednesday!

youtu.be/XFXHwz8PgcY?...

Oh I know from looking but yeah I was just like “stupid inaccurate app” 🤷🏻‍♀️

Alert went off, I dropped under my bed; then got annoyed that nothing happened…

I didn’t feel it, so weird!

Got an alert but didn’t feel anything!

About to go on air with @kqedforum.bsky.social to talk about my new @pbs.org series LIFE UNEARTHED with Ariel Waldman!

Ariel with a macro probe lens in the prairies. Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman. Watch now on PBS, PBS app, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime Video.

Watch today on @pbs.org !

Ariel on stage/set with Adam Savage and Bill Nye. "I produced and hosted a show on Adam Savage's Tested. And performed on a live StarTalk show with Bill Nye."

Photo of an adult and baby bison and a photo of a rotifer. "From microbes to megafauna and even the Milky Way... Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman is a new kind of nature series."

Ariel with a macro probe lens in Antarctica. "Hey, I'm Ariel Waldman. Meet the host of the new PBS series: Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman".

Image of a tardigrade. "I'm a wildlife filmmaker at the microscopic scale."

Ariel talking to camera in front of a helicopter in Antarctica. "I filmed a series solo in Antarctica. No film crew. Just me for two full months in Antarctica."

Ariel in front of a large NASA logo. "Prior to filmmaking, I worked with NASA on advanced tech, astrobiology, and human spaceflight."

Watch LIFE UNEARTHED with Ariel Waldman on @pbs.org

Stream, watch, rent or download in the U.S. and Canada!

Episodes released weekly. Season 1 explores Antarctica and the North American Prairies.

As the story points out, this decision does not restore the funding that Congress rescinded, nor does it revive the CPB. But if it held, it could make restoring funding easier in the future.

This looks so good! I can't wait to watch this!

Also, this is a good reminder that PBS does a ton of really great work (including science, art, culture documentaries) and with the loss of CPB it's well worth becoming a member).

Excited to go on KQED Forum with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social tomorrow morning!

Grateful to @pbs.org for featuring a female-presenting naturalist! Congrats to @arielwaldman.com 🔬 Cannot wait to tune in.

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You can hear from Ariel tomorrow on KQED, too.

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