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January 12, 2007

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Farmer, Jack
Geologist at Arizona State University
When Life Began (7/19/06) .mp3     .wma

 

Feder, Ken
Anthropologist at Central Connecticut State University and the author of Frauds, Myths and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology
There's Noah Counting (10/18/06) .mp3   .wma

 

Fenster, Mark
Associate Professor of Law a the University of Florida, and author of Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture
9/11 Conspiracy (Skeptical Sunday) (11/29/06) .mp3     wma

 

Fenton, Matthew
Researcher and writer for the Time Magazine book Exploring the Unexplained
Exploring the Unexplained (12/20/06) .mp3  .wma

 

Ferris, Timothy

Television host and science writer and author of The Whole Shebang and Seeing in the Dark: How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe

Is Anyone Interested in Science? (8/28/05) .mp3      wma
Unorthodox Vision: the Stars of Amateur Astronomy (10/31/04) .mp3     .wma

 

Filippenko, Alex

Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley

Black Holes and Other Weeeirrd Physics (8/22/04) .mp3     .wma

 

Finger, Jascin Leonardo

Curator, Mitchell House

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

Fischer, Debra
Extrasolar Planets (8/3/03)

Flamm, Bruce

Clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, Irvine

Fertile Imagination - The Columbia University Prayer Study (12/19/04) .mp3     .wma

 

Foale, Michael

Astronaut and Commander of the International Space Station

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

Foerst, Anne
Professor of computer science and theology, St. Bonaventure University
Robot Uprising (5/3/06) .mp3      .wma

Fomalont, Ed
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Gravity Waves (1/19/03)

Fraknoi, Andrew

Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College and a popular lecturer, as well as a member of the SETI Institute Board of Trustees
Lost and Found Astronomy (8/23/06) .mp3   .wma
There's Noah Counting (10/18/06) .mp3   .wma

The SETI Institute – Twenty Years of Looking for Life (11/21/04) .mp3       .wma
Secret Einstein (11/20/05) .mp3       .wma

 

Fujita, Marty

Evolutionary ecologist and author of Archipelago: the Islands of Indonesia

Halfpint Hominids: the Science of Island Biology (11/7/04) .mp3     .wma 

 

Gardner, Howard
Professor of cognition and education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of Frames of Mind
Genes and Genius (6/19/05) .mp3        .wma

 

Gardner, James

Author of Biocosm

Will Intelligence Rule the Universe? (1/9/05) .mp3    .wma

 

Garreau, Joel
Reporter and editor at the Washington Post. and author of Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, The Nine Nations of North America, and Radical Evolution.

Radical Evolution (9/11/05)

 

Garvin, James

Chief Scientist for NASA
Friendly Robots (8/14/05) .mp3     wma

 

Gingerich, Owen

Research professor of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University, and the author of The Book Nobody Read:Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus

ID on Trial (9/25/05) .mp3      wma

 

Girguis, Peter

Associate Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

The Universe Below (6/13/04) .mp3        .wma

 

Gladman, Brett
Associate Professor at the Astronomy Group, University of British Columbia
When Life Began (7/19/06) .mp3     .wma

 

Gleiser, Marcelo

Professor of Natural Philosophy, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, and author of The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World  

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

Goldsmith, Donald
Author of many popular books on astronomy
Mars (8/17/03)

Gosling, Samuel
Professor, Department of Psychology at the University of Texas
Science of Animal Personality (4/24/05) .mp3    .wma

Gosnell, Mariana
Science writer and author of Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance
Not So Cool (4/26/06) .mp3   .wma

Grazier, Kevin
NASA/JPL Cassini-Huygens investigation scientist and science planning engineer.
Titan Touchdown (1/16/05) .mp3      .wma

Greeley, Ron
Professor of geology at Arizona State University
Goodbye, Galileo (9/21/03)

Green, Ronald M.
Director of the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire
Neanderthals Return (10/4/06) .mp3    .wma

 

Greene, Brian

Author of The Fabric of the Cosmos

Black Holes and Other Weeeirrd Physics (8/22/04) .mp3     .wma

Greenhouse, Alan
Space Travel (7/6/03)

Griffin, Mike
NASA Administrator
A Trip Through the Solar System...But How Do You Planet? (3-16-06) .mp3   .wma

Grinspoon, David
Astronomer and author of Lonely Planets: a Natural Philosophy of Alien Life
Mars Pics: Curious Mix! Deciphering the Rover Photos (3/7/04) .mp3      .wma
These Planets Are a Gas (3/29/06) .mp3   .wma

Grotzinger, John

Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, and member of NASA’s science team for the Mars rovers.

Mars Pics: Curious Mix! Deciphering the Rover Photos (3/7/04) .mp3      .wma

 

Grunsfeld, John

Astronaut and Chief Scientist, NASA

Saving Hubble (4/4/04) .mp3       .wma

 

Gundy, Bud
Reporter
Horrendous Space Kablooie (3/8/06) .mp3    .wma
Radical Evolution (9/11/05) .mp3      wma
The Singularity (11/27/05) .mp3      .wma
Superhumans (10/30/05) .mp3     .wma

 

Hagerty, Jack

Mechanical engineer, aerospace expert, and author of The Spaceship Handbook

The Launch of SpaceShipOne (6/20/04) .mp3        .wma

 

Haghighipour, Nader
Institute of Astronomy at the University of Hawaii
Astrobiology: Questions of Cosmic Life (10/9/05) .mp3      wma

 

Haldeman, Albert

Mars Expedition Rovers Deputy Project Scientist

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

 

Hamilton, Andrew
Astrophysicist at the University of Colorado
Quantum Universe (6/7/06) .mp3     .wma

 

Hammer, Brian
Molecular biologist at Princeton University
Teaming Bacteria (5/8/05) .mp3      .wma

 

Handelsman, Jo

Plant pathologist, University of Wisconsin

Living Small: All the Places that Bacteria Can Hide (11/30/03) .mp3      .wma

Hare, Brian
Primatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
That Last 2% (12/13/06) .mp3  .wma

Harrison, Al
Professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, and author of Spacefaring
Living in Space (7/20/03)

Harrison, Fiona
Astrophycist at the California Institute of Technology
No Free Launch (6/28/06)  .mp3   .wma

Hart, Brian
Network consultant and member of the Independent Investigations Group of CFI-West and of CSICOP
Extraterrestrial (5/29/05) .mp3      .wma

Haught, John
Professor of theology at Georgetown University and author of God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution
Is the Church Pulling Back on Evolution? (7/17/05) .mp3      .wma

Hazen, Robert
Staff Scientist at the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University, and author of Gen-e-sis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins
Life: Chapter 1 (11/13/05) .mp3      .wma

Heil, Martha
American Institute of Physics
Teaming Bacteria (5/8/05) .mp3      .wma

Helbert, Jorn
Institute for Planetary Research in Germany, and co-investigator on VERTIS on the Venus Express
Not So Cool (4/26/06) .mp3   .wma

Hedges, Blair
Professor of Biology, Pennsylvania State University and member of Penn State's NAI team
Monsters and Mutations (7/5/06) .mp3   .wma

Holliday, Trent
Anthropologist at Tulane University
Neanderthals Return (10/4/06) .mp3    .wma

Horgan, John
Science journalist and author of The End of Science, and, most recently, Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality
The End of Science: A New Beginning (11/1/06)  .mp3     .wma

Horowitz, Paul
Professor of physics at Harvard University
International Astronautical Congress and Optical SETI (10/5/03)

Horwitz, Tony

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before

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

 

Howard, Bill

Space and technology expert

Back to the Moon! (11/2/03) .mp3      .wma

 

Huffard, Christine
Biologist at the University of California, Berkeley
Don't Be a Chimp (3/22/06) .mp3     .wma
Walk This Way (5/15/05) .mp3       .wma

 

Hyman, Ray

Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Oregon, and member of CSICOP

When Seeing is Disbelieving (3/21/04) .mp3       .wma