web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:13:07 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Eurovision Song Context - Episodes Tagged with “Strauss” https://eurovisionsongcontext.fireside.fm/tags/strauss Sat, 12 Jul 2025 14:00:00 -0400 We start with expertise and end up in Eurovision. It’s kind of our thing. Eurovision Song Context is a monthly podcast that looks at the Eurovision Song Contest through an unexpected lens: expert insight. Each episode, a guest from a different field — psychology, fashion, politics, design, linguistics, and more — talk about their work and how it helps us understand 2–3 Eurovision entries in a whole new light. Are these songs genuinely good? So bad they’re good? Or just weirdly unforgettable? Longform episodes come out on the 12th of every month (the "douzeth"). We're where brilliant minds meet bad key changes. en-us episodic A podcast where we bring in smart people. We talk about smart things, then veer into glitter, wind machines, and geopolitics. Experts. Insight. Eurovision chaos. Bradley Dalton-Oates We start with expertise and end up in Eurovision. It’s kind of our thing. Eurovision Song Context is a monthly podcast that looks at the Eurovision Song Contest through an unexpected lens: expert insight. Each episode, a guest from a different field — psychology, fashion, politics, design, linguistics, and more — talk about their work and how it helps us understand 2–3 Eurovision entries in a whole new light. Are these songs genuinely good? So bad they’re good? Or just weirdly unforgettable? Longform episodes come out on the 12th of every month (the "douzeth"). We're where brilliant minds meet bad key changes. no Eurovision, music, expert analysis, Europe, music, arts, culture, ESC Bradley Dalton-Oates eurovisionsongcontext@gmail.com Episode 71: Bonus: Sanremo Fashion with Donato Lospalluto https://eurovisionsongcontext.fireside.fm/71 86d15e13-e2c1-4402-aac3-dc4aeb114e5e Sat, 12 Jul 2025 14:00:00 -0400 Bradley Dalton-Oates full Bradley Dalton-Oates Bradley speaks with Donato Lospalluto, Ground Station Engineer and Operations Architect at the European Space Agency (ESA), about Waltz Into Space — an extraordinary project created with the Vienna Tourist Board to broadcast all 13,743 notes of Johann Strauss II’s “Blue Danube Waltz” into deep space. They discuss how ESA converted the music into electromagnetic signals, transmitted it via a 35-meter deep space antenna in Spain, and sent it across the solar system toward Voyager 1 — correcting what the team calls a “cosmic omission” from NASA’s original Golden Record. Donato explains the physics of antennas, how ESA communicates with spacecraft millions of kilometers from Earth, and what it feels like to merge engineering, art, and human imagination. They also talk about Strauss’s 200th birthday, Vienna’s cultural storytelling, public engagement with space science — and yes — a little Sanremo. 8:53 no Watch Waltz into Space! https://space.vienna.info/en-US The hilarious promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights! https://www.esa.int/AboutUs/ESAPublications/ESA_Highlights Sanremo Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M Eurovision, Strauss, Waltz into Space, Donato Lospalluto, Sanremo, Sam Ryder, Voyager, Kate Miller-Heidke Watch Waltz into Space!
https://space.vienna.info/en-US

The hilarious promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks

See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights!
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_Highlights

Sanremo Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M

]]> Watch Waltz into Space!
https://space.vienna.info/en-US

The hilarious promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks

See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights!
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_Highlights

Sanremo Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M

]]> Episode 70: (Part 2) Sending Strauss into Deep Space with Donato Lospalluto and the European Space Agency https://eurovisionsongcontext.fireside.fm/70 0a321ef8-8208-430c-a579-bf5078fdab34 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 Bradley Dalton-Oates full Bradley Dalton-Oates Bradley speaks with Donato Lospalluto, Ground Station Engineer and Operations Architect at the European Space Agency (ESA), about Waltz Into Space — an extraordinary project created with the Vienna Tourist Board to broadcast all 13,743 notes of Johann Strauss II’s “Blue Danube Waltz” into deep space. They discuss how ESA converted the music into electromagnetic signals, transmitted it via a 35-meter deep space antenna in Spain, and sent it across the solar system toward Voyager 1 — correcting what the team calls a “cosmic omission” from NASA’s original Golden Record. Donato explains the physics of antennas, how ESA communicates with spacecraft millions of kilometers from Earth, and what it feels like to merge engineering, art, and human imagination. They also talk about Strauss’s 200th birthday, Vienna’s cultural storytelling, public engagement with space science — and yes — a little Sanremo. 1:03:43 no Watch Waltz into Space! https://space.vienna.info/en-US The hilarious promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights! https://www.esa.int/AboutUs/ESAPublications/ESA_Highlights Sanremo Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M Eurovision, Strauss, Waltz into Space, Donato Lospalluto, Sanremo, Sam Ryder, Voyager, Kate Miller-Heidke Watch Waltz into Space!
https://space.vienna.info/en-US

The hilarious promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks

See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights!
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_Highlights

Sanremo Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M

]]> Watch Waltz into Space!
https://space.vienna.info/en-US

The hilarious promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks

See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights!
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_Highlights

Sanremo Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M

]]> Episode 69: (Part 1) Sending Strauss into Deep Space with Donato Lospalluto and the European Space Agency https://eurovisionsongcontext.fireside.fm/69 a11c102e-ce9f-406b-8e5d-8b8d89e23c25 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Bradley Dalton-Oates full Bradley Dalton-Oates Bradley speaks with Donato Lospalluto, Ground Station Engineer and Operations Architect at the European Space Agency (ESA), about Waltz Into Space — an extraordinary project created with the Vienna Tourist Board to broadcast all 13,743 notes of Johann Strauss II’s “Blue Danube Waltz” into deep space. They discuss how ESA converted the music into electromagnetic signals, transmitted it via a 35-meter deep space antenna in Spain, and sent it across the solar system toward Voyager 1 — correcting what the team calls a “cosmic omission” from NASA’s original Golden Record. Donato explains the physics of antennas, how ESA communicates with spacecraft millions of kilometers from Earth, and what it feels like to merge engineering, art, and human imagination. They also talk about Strauss’s 200th birthday, Vienna’s cultural storytelling, public engagement with space science — and yes — a little Sanremo. 1:26:28 no Watch Waltz into Space! https://space.vienna.info/en-US The hilarious promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights! https://www.esa.int/AboutUs/ESAPublications/ESA_Highlights Sanremo Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M Eurovision, Strauss, Waltz into Space, Donato Lospalluto, Sanremo, Sam Ryder, Voyager, Kate Miller-Heidke Watch Waltz into Space!
https://space.vienna.info/en-US

The hilarious promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks

See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights!
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_Highlights

Sanremo Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M

]]> Watch Waltz into Space!
https://space.vienna.info/en-US

The hilarious promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zt8OtLS6Ks

See Interactive European Space Agency Highlights!
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_Highlights

Sanremo Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-QnEVcYR4&list=PL9hQqJZ-ycwVpGU7RWwXNWoFgwyYP8V9M

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