Saturday, August 29, 2015

Episode 21 - Mars One and Its Skeptics



Recorded: 28 August 2015
Released: 29 August 2015
Duration: 89 minutes, 24 seconds

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Host James Garrison welcomes Mateusz Macias and Patrick Festa to discuss Mars One, and the
balance of risks in colonizing Mars. Does Mars One have a good plan, or a plan at all? Can they admit they are wrong? This spins off into a tangent about atheism, skepticism, and religion.

Links:

Mars One
Mars One Debates MIT (The Verge)
Mars One Debate at the Mars Society Convention
Inspiration Mars
Mistakes Were Made, but Not by Me 
Pamela Gay: This I Believe
Michael Shermer: Why Smart People Believe Weird Things

The Wow! Signal

Credits:

Host: James Garrison
Panelists: Mateusz Macias, Patrick Festa
Producer: Paul Carr
Music: DJ Spooky
Website and Promotion: Mateusz Macias
Software: Reaper 5.01, Google Hangouts, Soundflower,Line In, Auphonic.com





Friday, August 21, 2015

Episode 20 - Astronomer Pamela Gay



Recorded: 21 August 2015
Released: 22 August 2015
Duration: 72 minutes, 57 seconds

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Dr. Pamela Gay

Co-hosts Paul Carr and Adam Smith welcome special guest, astronomer Pamela Gay. Dr. Gay is well known in the astronomy community for Astronomy Cast and her direction of Cosmoquest.org. We asked her about Cosmoquest, women in science, and much more.

Links

Cosmoquest
The Astronomy Cast
Pamela Gay's Blog
Stuart Robbins: Moon Research
Second Life
RR Lyrae Variable Stars
The Wow! Signal Podcast

Interview with Seth Shostak (2013)

Update: Pamela got her grant.

Credits

Hosts: Paul Carr and Adam "Synergy" Smith
Producer: Paul Carr
Panelists: Antonio Paris, Ciro Villa, Mateusz Macias, and Patrick Festa
Music: DJ Spooky and George Hrab




Saturday, August 15, 2015

Episode 19 - Mysterious Alien Worlds



Recorded: 14 August 2015
Released: 15 August 2015
Duration: 88 minutes, 52 seconds

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Host Paul Carr with Adam "Synergy" Smith, Ciro Villa and Patrick Festa discuss some recent
Artist's conception of 51 Eridani's Jupiter like planet
discoveries in the exoplanet world, neutrino astronomy, gravity waves, the names of exoplanets, and other things.

We apologize for all the background noise during the hangout. We'll try to improve on that in future.

Links

WASP-47: A Hot Jupiter System with Two Additional Planets Discovered by K2
Astronomers Glimpse a Young Jupiter
Circumbinary exoplanet Kepler 453b
Interview with Planet hunting legend Geoff Marcy.

LIGO
Ice Cube sees highest energy neutrino ever found

The Machine Readable Bonner Durchmusterung

exoplanet.eu
The Planetary Habitability Lab - The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog

The Wow! Signal

Credits:

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Panelists: Adam Smith, Ciro Villa, Patrick Festa
Music: DJ Spooky


Friday, August 7, 2015

Episode 18 - Choosing Science



Recorded: 7 August 2015
Released: 8 August 2015
Duration:93 minutes 48 seconds

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Host Paul Carr is Joined by Patrick Festa, James Garrison, and Nick Nielsen. We discuss Nick's latest blog entry on Folk Tales and Scientific Progress, then move on to discussing science literacy and critical thinking. We make fun of Deepak Chopra and have praise for Brian Cox and Emily Lakdawalla.

Links
Emily Lakdawalla of the Planetary Society

Folk Concepts and Scientific Progress
Folk Concepts of Scientific Civilization

Seven Month Old Babies Show Awareness of Other's Viewpoints

Emily Lakdawalla's Blog

Ben Goldacre's Bad Science Blog

Brian Cox's website

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal


Credits

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Panelists: Patrick Festa, James Garrison,Nick Nielsen,
Music: DJ Spooky
Hardware: Audio Technica, Art ProBehringer, Apple
Software: Reaper, Google Hangouts, Soundflower, Linein, OS X Yosemite, Auphonic




Saturday, August 1, 2015

Episode 17 - In Search of Breakthroughs



Recorded: 31 July 2015
Released: 1 August 2015
Duration: 82 minutes, 36 seconds

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The Green Bank Radio Telescope in West Virginia
Host Paul Carr welcomes a panel of five for an unscripted discussion of the new Breathrough Listen SETI program, Duncan Forgan's new paper on looking for self-destructed civilizations, and much more.

Links

Credits

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Panelists: Mike Bohler, Patrick Festa, Buck Field, James Garrison,Nick Nielsen,
Music: DJ Spooky
Hardware: Audio Technica, Art ProBehringer, Apple
Software: Reaper, Google Hangouts, Soundflower, Linein, OS X Mavericks, Auphonic