{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How to Survive: Solaris (1973)","description":"How to Survive is now on Patreon! Support us at Patreon.com\/HowtoSurvivePod to get every episode one week early, plus monthly bonus episodes and more. It\u2019s episode 287\u2026and you mean more to me than any scientific truth. Solaris (1973) sees psychologist Kriss Kelvin dispatched to a space station orbiting the titular planet to see if the skeleton crew\u2019s reports of strange goings on and mysterious 4 metre tall babies are to be believed, or whether it\u2019s a simple case of space madness. While there, he is disturbed by the presence of unexpected \u2018guests\u2019 on the station, not least the appearance of his wife Hari, who died a decade earlier. We talk about a Soviet science fiction classic, discuss what it means to be human, whether Solaris is just a planet-sized printer, draw up a cost\/benefit analysis of firing antique oak bookshelves into space and finally find out the question on everyone\u2019s lips - can you eat a burger made out of neutrinos? Plus, a heartwarming story about Joe\u2019s young son being obsessed with going to the moon. All of which leads to one question: How would you survive? Whatever happens, one thing's for sure: Whenever we show pity, we empty our souls. Next time on the main feed it\u2019s more Space Madness with Aniara (2018), while over on the Patreon it\u2019s the turn of Twilight (2008), our monthly bonus film. ","author_name":"How to Survive","author_url":"http:\/\/howtosurvive.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"