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Monday, August 31, 2015
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 OneMars 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 GarrisonPanelists: 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
CosmoquestThe 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" SmithProducer: 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
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| Artist's conception of 51 Eridani's Jupiter like planet |
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 K2Astronomers 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 CarrPanelists: 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
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| Emily Lakdawalla of the Planetary Society |
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 CarrPanelists: Patrick Festa, James Garrison,Nick Nielsen,
Music: DJ Spooky
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 |
Links
Episode 16 with Brian Koberlein
Breakthrough Initiatives
Future of Humanity Institute
Observational Signatures of Self Destructive Civilizations
James Garrison's Interview with Steven Dick
Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of our Nature
GapMinder.org
George Hrab's Geologic podcast
Breakthrough Initiatives
Future of Humanity Institute
Observational Signatures of Self Destructive Civilizations
James Garrison's Interview with Steven Dick
Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of our Nature
GapMinder.org
George Hrab's Geologic podcast
Credits
Host and Producer: Paul CarrPanelists: Mike Bohler, Patrick Festa, Buck Field, James Garrison,Nick Nielsen,
Music: DJ Spooky
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