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January 11, 2007

Abboud, Najib
Associate Principal at Weidlinger Associates, New York
9/11 Conspiracy (Skeptical Sunday) (11/29/06) .mp3     wma

Abrams, Nancy Ellen
Science Writer and co-author of The View from the Center of the Universe
The Universe in Theory (7/12/06) .mp3 
  .wma

Achenbach, Joel
Writer for the Washington Post, and author of Captured by Aliens
Look! Up In the Sky! (5/24/06) .mp3   .wma

Agarwal, Sabrina
Biological anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley
Halfpint Hominids: the Science of Island Biology (11/7/04) .mp3     .wma

Alder, Ken
Professor of history at Northwestern University and the author of The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
How the Universe Measures Up (9/20/06) .mp3    .wma

 

Alley, Richard
Professor of Geoscientists at Penn State University and the author of The Two-Mile Time Machine
Waking the Giant (10/25/06) .mp3  .wma

 

Allmon, Warren

Director of the Musuem of the Earth in Ithaca, N.Y., and Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Cornell University

ID on Trial (9/25/05) .mp3      wma

 

Allen, Bruce
Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and Principal Investigator for Einstein@Home
Einstein's Special Centennial (2/20/05) .mp3      .wma

 

Allen, Charlotte

Co-editor of the InkWell blog for the Independent Women’s Forum

Why Sedna? The Celestial Name Game (5/16/04) .mp3         .wma

 

Allwood, Abby
Geologist at the Australian Centre for Astobiology, Macquarie University
When Life Began (7/19/06) .mp3 
   .wma

 

Anderson, Roland

Biologist and curator at the Seattle Aquarium
Science of Animal Personality (4/24/05) .mp3    .wma

 

Archer, Michael

Dean of Science, University of New South Wales

Dinos and Carnivorous Kangaroos (7-26-06) .mp3     .wma

 

Asimov, Robyn

I, Robot (7/25/04) .mp3        .wma
Robot Uprising (5/3/06) .mp3      .wma

 

Atalay, Bulent

Physicist, artist, and author of Math and the Mona Lisa

Will the Aliens Speak Math? (8/15/04) .mp3      .wma

 

Backus, Peter
SETI Institute

(3/17/02)

 

Bakes, Emma
SETI Institute
Astrobiology (8/25/02)
Astrobiology and SETI (6/29/03)

Balint, Tibor
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
These Planets Are a Gas (3/29/06) .mp3  
.wma

Bamberry, Ray
Astronomer and participant in JPL’s Near Earth Asteroid Tracking project (NEAT).
Rubble Trouble (9-6-06) .mp3    .wma

Banes, Kevin
Venus (10/27/02)

Barbour, Ian

Physicist and theologian

Would a Signal From Space Change our Religious Beliefs? (10/10/04) .mp3     .wma

 

Barnett, Alex
Executive Director/CEO, Chabot Space & Science Center 
Shuttle Columbia (2/9/03)

 

Barr, Amy
University of Colorado, Boulder
Europa (11/10/02)

Bazinet, Christopher
Biologist, St. John’s University
Sex: What is it Good For? (8/9/06) .mp3 
 .wma

Bear, Greg
Sci-fi author, most recently of Quantico
To Boldly Go...Star Trek's Legacy (9/27/06) .mp3    .wma

Becker, Luann
Geochemist at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Dinos and Carnivorous Kangaroos (7-26-06) .mp3 
   .wma
Mother of All Extinctions (1/30/05) .mp3    .wma

Bell, Robin

Research scientist at Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

Life Chills Out: Biology at the Poles (12/5/04) .mp3     .wma

 

Bennett, James
Author of web blog “screw loose change
9/11 Conspiracy (Skeptical Sunday) (11/29/06) .mp3     wma

 

Bentley, Charles

Glaciologist at the University of Wisconsin - Madison

Life Chills Out: Biology at the Poles  (12/5/04) .mp3     .wma
Not So Cool (4/26/06) .mp3  
.wma

 

Berger, Michael
Spokesperson for the organization 911Truth.org
9/11 Conspiracy (Skeptical Sunday) (11/29/06) .mp3     wma

Bernstein, Max
NASA/Ames Research Center
4/28/02)

 

Binsted, Kim
Information and Computer Sciences professor at the University of Hawaii and lead member of the UH Astrobiology Institute
Artificial Intelligence (7/13/03)

Bischof, John
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota and President of the Society for Cryobiology
The Ultimate Chill Out: The Promise of Cryonics (7/31/05) .mp3      wma

Blackwell, Helen
Professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison 
Teaming Bacteria (5/8/05) .mp3      .wma

Bormanis, Andre

Science advisor for Star Trek and writer/producer of the CBS science fiction series Threshold
Extraterrestrial (5/29/05) .mp3     
.wma

Star Trek Science (7/18/04) .mp3        .wma

 

Branch, Glenn

National Center for Science Education

Creationism in the Classroom (2/6/05) .mp3      .wma

 

Brody, Dave

SPACE.com

It’s the Red Rover All Over Again. Touchdown: Opportunity (1/25/04) .mp3      .wma

 

Burger, William
Curator Emeritus of the Department of Botany at The Field Museum of Natural History and author of Flowers; How They Changed the World
Sex: What is it Good For? (8/9/06) .mp3 
 .wma

 

Burrows, William E.
Professor of Journalism at New York University, and author of The Survival Imperative: Using Space to Protect Earth
Rubble Trouble (9-6-06) .mp3    .wma

 

Caldeira, Ken
Climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology located at Stanford University
Waking the Giant (10/25/06) .mp3  .wma

 

Caldwell, Doug
Principal investigator, SETI Institute
Not So Cool (4/26/06) .mp3  
.wma

 

Caldwell, Robert

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College

The End of the Universe (4/18/04) .mp3      .wma 

 

Carlson, Shawn

Founder and Executive Director of the Society for Amateur Scientists and author of a study of astrology
When You Wish Upon a Star… Nothing Happens! The Truth About Astrology (4/25/04) .mp3       .wma

 

Carroll, Robert Todd

Chairman of the philosophy department at Sacramento City College and author of The Skeptic’s Dictionary

World Wide Hoax (9/19/04) .mp3     .wma

 

Castelvecchi, Davide
Science writer
Hitchhiker's Guide (5/22/05) .mp3       .wma

 

Casting, James
Death of the Sun and Ocean Evaporation (10/19/03)

 

Chapman, Clark
Planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute
Astrobiology: Questions of Cosmic Life (10/9/05) .mp3      wma

 

Cheng, Keith
Associate Professor of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology at Penn State University
Horrendous Space Kablooie (3/8/06) .mp3    .wma

 

Chown, Marcus
Science writer and author of 
The Quantum Zoo
The Universe in Theory (7/12/06) .mp3 
  .wma

 

Christensen, Phil

Planetary Geologist, Arizona State University

President Bush: Fly Us to the Moon… and Mars (1/18/04) .mp3      .wma

Christian, David
Big History (8/24/04)

Christopher, Kevin
CSICOP investigator
Lost in the Lost City of Atlantis (7/11/04) .mp3        .wma

Cisneros, Sharon
Corporate Vice President, Mineralogical Research Corp.
Lost and Found Astronomy (8/23/06) .mp3   .wma

 

Clancy, Susan
Psychologist at Harvard University, and author of Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens. 
Alien Memories (10/2/05) .mp3    wma

 

Clark, Neil
Curator of paleontology at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum
The Gospel According to SETI (5/17/06) .mp3    .wma

 

Clarke, John
Physicist at Boston University and former Deputy Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope
Extra! Solar Planets! (2/13/05) .mp3      .wma

 

Cleland, Carol

Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado - Boulder and a member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute

Don't Be a Chimp (3/22/06)  .mp3     .wma

 

Colaprete, Tony
Planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and the principal investigator of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
No Free Launch (6/28/06) 
.mp3   .wma

 

Cole, K. C.
Science writer for the Los Angeles Times and author of The Universe and the Teacup and The Hole in the Universe
Is Anyone Interested in Science? (8/28/05) .mp3      wma

 

Colombano, Silvano
Research engineer at NASA Ames Research Center
Walk This Way (5/15/05) .mp3       .wma

 

Coltman, David
Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Alberta
Sleight of Hand (4/5/06) .mp3  
.wma

 

Colwell, Josh

Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, and member of the Cassini research team

The Lure of the Rings (6/27/04) .mp3        .wma

 

Cooper, Martin
Inventor of the cell phone and CEO of ArrayComm Inc.
To Boldly Go...Star Trek's Legacy (9/27/06) .mp3    .wma

 

Cooney, Kathlyn
Egyptologist at Stanford University
Curses! (6-14-06)  .mp3     .wma

 

Croswell, Ken

Astronomer and author

Touchdown Mars: Robots on the Red Planet (1/4/04) .mp3     .wma

Cruikshank, Dale
Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center
Rubble Trouble (9-6-06) .mp3    .wma

Cullers, Kent
SETI Institute
(3/24/02)

Culyba, David

Research Programmer at Carnegie Mellon University
Friendly Robots (8/14/05) .mp3     wma

 

Cuzzi, Jeff

Research scientist at NASA Ames Reseach Center and member of the Cassini research team

The Lure of the Rings (6/27/04) .mp3        .wma

 

Dalton, Bonnie

NASA Ames Reseach Center

The International Space Station: Money Well Spent? (11/23/03) .mp3      .wma

 

Darling, David

Astonomer and author of Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology
The Gospel According to SETI (5/17/06)  .mp3    .wma

 

David, Leonard

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Touchdown Mars: Robots on the Red Planet (1/4/04) .mp3     .wma

 

Davidson, Eric
Molecular biologist, California Institute of Technology
That Last 2% (12/13/06) .mp3  .wma

 

Davies, Paul

Physicist at Macquarie University, Australia, author, and winner of the Templeton Prize

Out of Time (11/9/03) .mp3      .wma
The Universe in Theory (7/12/06) .mp3    .wma

Would a Signal From Space Change our Religious Beliefs? (10/10/04) .mp3     .wma

Davis, Mike
Director of SETI Projects, SETI Institute
Radical Evolution (9/11/05) .mp3      wma

Dawkins, Richard
Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and author of 
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
All Luck is Dumb (4/3/05) .mp3    .wma
Don't Be a Chimp (3/22/06) .mp3    
.wma
Teaming Bacteria (5/8/05) .mp3      .wma

de Waal, Frans
Professor of primate behavior at Emory University, and author of Our Inner Ape
That Last 2% (12/13/06) .mp3  .wma

Dempsky, William
Intelligent Design (10/12/03)

Denning, Kathryn
Special Assistant Professor of Anthropology, York University, Toronto
Walk This Way (5/15/05) .mp3       .wma

Diddams, Scott
Physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
How the Universe Measures Up (9/20/06) .mp3    .wma

Dilling, Lisa
Visiting Fellow at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado-Boulder
Global Warming - Is There Any Room for Doubt? (6/5/05) .mp3       
.wma

Dingus, Lowell

Geological paleontologist

Dino Demise: What Really Did Them In? (3/28/04) .mp3       .wma 

 

Dougherty, Dale
Editor and publisher of Make magazine
F Is For Science (5/31/06) .mp3     .wma

 

Drake, Frank

SETI pioneer and author of the Drake Equation
Creationism in the Classroom (2/6/05) .mp3      .wma
SETI and the Pioneer Placque (3/9/03)
The SETI Institute – Twenty Years of Looking for Life (11/21/04) .mp3       .wma
Will ET Send Snail Mail? (9/26/04) .mp3     .wma
(5/12/02)

 

Dregni, Eric
Author of Follies of Science; 20th Century Visions of Our Fantastic Future
The End of Science: A New Beginning (11/1/06) 
.mp3     .wma

 

Dregni, Jonathan
Author of Follies of Science; 20th Century Visions of Our Fantastic Future
The End of Science: A New Beginning (11/1/06) 
.mp3     .wma

 

Dreyfuss, Hubert
Author of several books on computers and artificial intelligence
Thinking Machines (9/7/03)

 

Edwards, Celia
Teacher at Madison Middle School in Los Angeles
F Is For Science (5/31/06) .mp3     .wma

 

Edwards, Brad
President, Carbon Designs, Inc.
Space Elevator (9/28/03)

Ekers, Ron
President of the International Astronomical Union
Lost and Found Astronomy (8/23/06) .mp3   .wma

Elsila, Jamie
Astrochemist at NASA Ames Research Center
Life: Chapter 1 (11/13/05) .mp3     
.wma

Elliott, John
Interstellar Messaging and Zero Gravity (10/13/02)

Evans, Robert

Amateur astronomer

Unorthodox Vision: the Stars of Amateur Astronomy (10/31/04) .mp3     .wma