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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Astrobiology

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-15-12

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

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In this hour, are we alone in the universe? Almost certainly not. For thousands of years, humans have wondered who and what might live beyond the confines of our planet. Now, a generation of out-of-the-box scientists are using everything in the worlds toolbox to develop the new science of astrobiology and bring us to the edge of the biggest breakthrough since Copernicus and Galileo. Science writer Marc Kaufman gives us an overview.

Then, Sara Seager is one of the world's great planet hunters. A planetary scientist and astrophysicist at M.I.T., she's one of the leaders of the hunt for new exoplanets -- planets the orbit stars other than our earth. She's analyzing them for bio-signatures: evidence of life.

Next, are we alone in the universe? Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov is leading the hunt for "super-Earths" -- rocky planets like our own that orbit other stars. He and his colleagues believe it's only a matter of time before they discover a super-Earth that is not only habitable, but home to some form of life. He explains that the search for extraterrestrial life takes to forms: planet hunting, and the creation of the world's first artificial cells.

After that, "Brother Guy" Consolmagno is a Jesuit priest and a planetary scientist at the Vatican Observatory. He grew up in America, got his Ph.D. from M.I.T., then joined the Jesuits. He tells Jim Fleming why he feels his science and his faith complement each other.

Following that, what if we find life on another planet? What will we do next? Science fiction writer Orson Scott Card has thought extensively about the politics and ethics of first contacts. His award-winning classic, Ender's Game lays out a few possibilities. He's just published a new addition to the Ender series. Steve Paulson takes the opportunity to ask him how he'd respond to news of the discovery of an alien civilization. [Broadcast Date: February 15, 2012]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: ProcrastiNation

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-10-12

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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In this hour, we explore the painful costs and unexpected benefits of procrastination. Piers Steel describes himself as a semi-reformed procrastinator. He is an authority on the science of motivation and teaches at the University of Calgary. He's the author of The Procrastination Equation and tells Jim Fleming getting past procrastination is not as easy as it sounds.

Then, Patrician Person is an award-winning Canadian novelist and journalist, whose books include A Brief History of Anxiety...Yours and Mine. In her audio essay she also confesses she is a procrastinator.

Next, Jennifer Baker is a philosopher at the College of Chrleston and the author of a recent essay called Procrastination as Vice. She tells Steve Paulson how a philosopher became interested in procrastination.

After that, Chrisoula Andreou is a philosopher at the University of Utah who also contributed an essay to The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Prorcastination, of which she is co-editor. She talked with Anne Strainchamps about coping with procrastination.

Following that, Geoff Dyer is the author of Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence. We hear Jim Fleming read a passage about schemes for avoiding the writing of it.

And finally, Mark Kingwell is a Canadian philosopher who knows all about the terror of the blank page. He talks with Steve Paulson about a chapter on procrastination from his book Catch and Release: Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life. [Broadcast Date: February 10, 2012]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Matthew Bowman and Paul Bachmann, February 8, 2012

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-08-12

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

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When Pastor Robert Jeffress called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a cult on national television last year, Mormons and even some non-Mormons took offence. But the incident proved that although the LDS church continues to grow in numbers, there are still many people who dont understand who or what they are. With Mormon presidential hopeful Mitt Romney campaigning fiercely for the Republican nomination, Matthew Bowmans book The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith offers context and explanation for this sometimes mysterious religion.

Then, Paul Bachmann, host of SiriusXM Pops (channel 75) and director of Public Radio programming on SiriusXM, talks with Bob about the classical music categories in this years Grammy Awards, held on Sunday, February 12th in Los Angeles. [Broadcast Date: February 8, 2012]

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by Matthew Bowman.

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Paranormal Pop Culture

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-11

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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In this hour, Jonathan Lethem talks to Steve Paulson about The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick. The book is based on thousands of pages of notes and journal entries that the legendary science-fiction writer, Dick, kept after a series of visionary experiences. Dick wrote the "Exegesis" in an effort to come to terms with these experiences.

Then, Jeffrey J. Kripal is a professor of philosophy and religious thought at Rice University. He talks to Steve Paulson about his book, Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal.

Next, Comic-book creator Gary Spencer Millidge talks to Anne Strainchamps about his book, Alan Moore: Storyteller. The book proiles one of the most influential creative forces in the history of comic books. Moore is responsible for groundbreaking series like Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

And finally, Investigative journalist Leslie Kean talks to Jim Fleming about her book, UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record. As Kean writes, 95 per cent of all reported UFO sightings can be explained as ordinary phenomena. But the remaining five percent includes UFO events that have been well-documented and officially investigated. [Broadcast Date: December 16, 2011]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Daniel Kahneman & Mel Bochner, November 30, 2011

Author: Bob Edwards

Narrator: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-30-11

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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Psychologist Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the rational model of judgment and decision making. He has just written Thinking, Fast and Slow and he talks with Bob about the two systems that drive the way we think: the fast, emotional system and the slower, logical system. Then, American conceptual artist Mel Bochner becomes the first living artist to show in the National Gallery of Arts Tower Gallery with the new show In the Tower: Mel Bochner. One of the last remaining important American conceptualists, Bochners work examines the political and social consequences of language. [Broadcast Date: 11/30/2011]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Writing Nature

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-11-11

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

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In this hour, David Gessner wants to change the way people write about nature. Instead of the traditional stories about wild animals in pristine landscapes, he calls for a style of nature writing that's messy, even raucous, and includes an often-overlooked animal: people. He talks with Anne Strainchamps about his book My Green Manifesto, the story of a kayak trip down Boston's charles River with his friend Dan Driscoll.

Then, nature writer Robert Finch gives Steve Paulson an insider's view of the ecosystem of the Cape Cod town of Wellfleet. They walk along the outskirts of Wellfleet, and visit shellfish growers Pat and Barbara Woodbury, who are raking for clams. Finch reads from his collection of essays A Cape Cod Notebook and he reflects on the ways that people have changed the Cape's landscape.

Next, Lauret Savoy believes too many nature writers focus on pristine wilderness and neglect the gritty reality of the places where people actually live - in cities, for instance, maybe even near toxic waste sites. And writing about these places means grappling with difficult questions about race and poverty. Savoy talks with Jim Fleming about her book The Colors of Nature.

And finally, Gary Snyder occupies a unique place in American letters. A Pulitzer prize-winning poet and a friend of the Beat writers, he has carved out a distinct literary voice in poems and essays about Buddhist spirituality and the natural world. Steve Paulson talks with Snyder about what it means to be a Buddhist animist, his Zen training in Japan, the meaning of gratitude, and the importance of exploring "the wild areas of the mind." Snyder also reads two poems. [Broadcast Date: November 11, 2011]

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Title: Charlie Rose: Harold Bloom, Stephen Greenblatt, and Michael Boyd, November 10, 2011

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-10-11

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Charlie Roses Shakespeare Series: Hamlet, with Harold Bloom, Stephen Greenblatt, and Michael Boyd. [Broadcast Date: November 10, 2011]

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Title: Charlie Rose: Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, November 7, 2011

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-11

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

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An exclusive interview with Facebook leadership: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO/Co-Founder and Sheryl Sandberg, COO. [Broadcast Date: November 7, 2011]

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Title: Studio 360: The Real Steve Jobs, & Hurricane Katrina in Fiction

Author: Kurt Andersen

Narrator: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-29-11

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

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Kurt Andersen talks with Walter Isaacson, whose landmark biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs reveals the insufferable perfectionism of the innovator. Jesmyn Ward imagines a family bracing for Hurricane Katrina in her novel Salvage the Bones. Sandra Bernhard finds her muse in Carol Channing. And we peek into the unglamorous real lives of vampires. [Broadcast Date: October 29, 2011]

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Title: Charlie Rose: George Clooney and a Remembrance of Steve Jobs, October 6, 2011

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-11

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

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A conversation with Academy Award- and two-time Golden Globe winning actor, director, producer and screenwriter, George Clooney. Next, a remembrance of Steve Jobs. [Broadcast Date: October 6, 2011]

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