The Wow! Signal Podcast

Season 2, Episode 1 Released 19 March 2014 Exploration for exoplanets with the Kepler telescope and trying to find laser pulses from distant civilizations with planet hunting legend Geoff Marcy. ESA's Ana Heras tells us about the science goals of ESA's proposed PLATO mission. See Show Notes

In this special hiatus episode, we present an edited recording of a hangout the team had on November 24th 2013, in which we discussed ideas for topics and guests in Season 2. It's a chance for listners to meet the new team and get a sense of what's coming up. The Wow! Signal Podcast team members are: Paul Carr, Jim Cavera, Jude Hollingsworth, Ron Jeffries, and Mike Mongo. We hope you'll comment he...

This episode again picks up the thread of Episode 5  - the Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts, or SETA.  We talk to scientist and space entrepreneur Ben McGee about this paper on Xenoarchaeology ,or the search for ancient alien artifacts, and to Dr. H. Paul Shuch about the experimental website Invitation to ETI at ieti.org . Music by Sleep Research Facility, Curlew and DJ Spooky. The Wow! Signa...

The Fermi Paradox, Part 2, with Unverse Today's Fraser Cain and University of Edinburgh's Duncan Forgan. Links: Episode 2 - the Fermi Paradox with Geoffrey Landis Universe Today Duncan Forgan Duncan Forgan et. al. ,   The Effect of Probe Dynamics on Galactic Exploration  Timescales The Music Ahleuchatistas DJ Spooky Jason Robinson John Baez and Mark Egan's Telesto

Release Date: 25 June 2013 The subject is asteroid mining by humans and others. Guests: Duncan Forgan, scientist at the University of Edinburgh, talks about how we could detect ET asteroid mining. Isaac Stott, CEO of Stott Space, abouthis compaine's ambitious plans for beating the big boys to to the punch. Ben Wright McGee:  scientist, writer and space entrepeneur about how asteroid mining could w...

On May 11th 2013 I sat down with skeptic Bing Garthright to talk about his impressions of UFOCon 13.  This led to some interesting stories of his days as a NICAP UFO investigator, as well as some measured - and often very positive -  thoughts about the speakers he had just heard. The fourth Wow! Signal Podcast podcasting seal of approval for podcasts is awarded to: The Brain Science Podcast by Vir...

We talk to Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute about the past, present and future of the Searchfor Extraterrestrial Intelligence.  We alos award the third Wow! Signal podcast podcasting seal of approval to: the Weekly Weinersmith.  Music is mostly by Cuneiform artist Jason Robinson.        

The Search for Bracewell Probes, Part 1. An introduction to the Search for Bracewell Probes, with a liberal sprinkling of music by DJ Spooky (aka Paul D. Miller) from his album "Song of a Dead Dreamer." In part 1, I cover what the hypothetical thing called a Bracewell Probe is, and discuss some of the variables that might affect whether or not it would be possible for us to to detect one in our ow...

A conversation about alien life with Dr. David Grinspoon, author of Lonely Planets .  We talked about his career as ab astrobiologiest, about the habitability throughout the solar system from Venus to the moons of Saturn, a proposed Venus ballon, the Curiosity rover on Mars, his upcoming book, his band, and more. Links David Grinspoon's website,  funkyscience.net Lonely Planets - the Natural Philo...

I speak to Nikola Danaylov of the Singularity Weblog about the future of humanity.  This is the first in a series on the future of humanity for this podcast.  We discuss transhumanism, the singularity, colonization of the universe, and Lance Armstrong, among others. Links Podcast Script The Singularity Weblog Singularity One-on-One Podcast   Mike Griffin Hypnos Ahleuchatistas Cuneiform Records   S...

There is no persuasive evidence that aliens from other star systems have ever visited our planet - situation Michael Hart dubbed "Fact A."  However, as Enrico Fermi pointed outi n 1950, this is something of a surprise.  This podcast is the first in a series examining what has become known as the Fermi Paradox.   We'll talk to award winning SF author and NASA scientist Geoffrey Landis about one of...

Episode 1 of the Wow! Signal Podcasts is out and available!  Author and researcher Antonio Paris of aerial-phenomenon.org joins us to discuss what is wrong with UFOlogy and what can be done to revive it for the 21st century.