Episode 40 - Planet Nine from Outer Space

Recorded: 22 January 2016
Released: 23 January 2016
Duration: 106 minutes 52 seconds

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Host Paul Carr welcomes Adam Smith, Ciro Villa, Nick Nielsen and Patrick Festa to talk about some recent developments: reconsideration of the Kardashev Scale, the reality and unknowns of dark matter, a possible super Earth planet deep in the outer solar system, and the dimming of Tabby's Star.

David Bowie, RIP

Links:

Kardashev's Scale at 50+
N.S. Kardashev: Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations
The Shapley/Curtis Debate
The Long and Short Dimming of Tabby's Star

RecommendationsAdam Smith: Go outside and look at the planets
Ciro Villa: The Expanse
Nick Nielsen: Disturbed covering Sound of Silence
Patrick Festa: Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
Paul Carr: Hillary Hahn - Bach solo partitas for violin

Credits:

Host and Producer: Paul Carr

Panelists: Adam Smith, Ciro Villa, Nick Nielsen, Patrick Festa

Music: DJ Spooky

Hardware: Shure, Focusrite, Apple

Software: Reaper, Rogue Amoeba Loopback

Postproduction: Auphonic.com

Hosting: Libsyn.com