59: The Last Laugh

<p>Forty years after Carl Sagan’s ‘Golden Records’ began their long voyage into the depths of outer space, Eyal Gever - an Israeli high-tech-wunderkind-turned-conceptual-artist - received an unusual call: NASA asked him to create the first artwork to be printed in space. What, he now had to decide, truly captured the essence of humanity?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Joel Shupack scored and sound-designed the episode, with original music and additional music by <a href="https://www.sessions.blue" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blue Dot Sessions</a>, <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broke for Free</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6oA7coBZCGbErxE3g0csPY?si=wM3KChO_S3uq70oEBqvWJA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nehora &amp; Hadas</a>. Sela Waisblum created the mix. Yochai Maital and Mishy Harman edited the episode. The music and lyrics of the end song - “Leil Emesh” (“Last Night”) - are by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Shemer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Naomi Shemer</a>. The song used in the episode is a cover version by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv7RevWEX3HAUpzI7GRBN5w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nehora Kakone and Hadas Fraenkel</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Stay connected with us on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sipurisraeli" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Facebook</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/israelstory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/israel.story/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> and by<a href="https://israelstory.org/newsletter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> signing up for our newsletter</a> at israelstory.org/newsletter/. For more, head to <a href="https://israelstory.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our site</a> or <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/israel-story" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tablet Ma