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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Alone in the Universe?

Author: Jim Fleming

Narrator: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-13

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

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

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.

Next, 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.

Then, 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, Guy Consolmagno is an American planetary researcher and a Jesuit priest. He's the curator of one of the world's great collections of meteorites, at the Vatican Observatory. He gets a lot of questions about how he can be both a priest and a scientist. Luckily, he has a sense of humor about it -- witness a recent appearance on the Colbert Report -- and believes science and religion can work together.

And finally, 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: November 9, 2013]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Donovan and Dean King, October 16, 2013

Author: Bob Edwards

Narrator: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-16-13

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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Scottish folk icon Donovan began his music career creating hits for other people. He was one of the few artists to collaborate with the Beatles, contributing to Yellow Submarine and A Day in the Life. But from 1966 to 1969, Donovan had a string of eleven Top 40 hits including Mellow Yellow, Sunshine Superman, Hurdy Gurdy Man, This Is A Mountain, and Riki Tiki Tavi. Now hes back on the scene with a new album titled Shadows to Blue. Donovan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Then, writer Dean Kings book Unbound a True Story of War, Love and Survival follows the story of 30 Chinese women who joined Mao Tse-tungs Red Army in their 4,000 mile trek across mainland China. These women fled their homes in search of a better life, and remarkably, all survived the grueling journey. [Broadcast Date: October 16, 2013]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Jules Witcover and William Berger, October 10, 2013

Author: Bob Edwards

Narrator: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-10-13

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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Today marks two noted anniversaries. First, the 40th anniversary of the day Spiro Agnew agreed to resign as Richard Nixons vice president. Bob speaks with Jules Witcover about his book Very Strange Bedfellows: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Nixon & Agnew. Then, today also marks the 200th anniversary of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdis birth. Bob talks with writer and SiriusXMs Met Opera Radio commentator William Berger about Verdis life and legacy. Berger is the author of Verdi With a Vengeance: An Energetic Guide to the Life and Complete Works of the King of Opera. [Broadcast Date: October 10, 2013]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Eric Schlosser, October 2, 2013

Author: Bob Edwards

Narrator: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-13

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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The Cold War is over and with the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is little threat of an all-out, mutually destructive nuclear war. But investigative journalist Eric Schlosser points out in his new book that most of those weapons are still out thereand many of them are still on hair-trigger alert. In Command and Control, he writes that school children no longer practice to duck and cover even as the danger of an accidental war or accidental nuclear detonations may have increased. Drawing on thousands of pages of recently declassified government documents and on interviews with scores of military personnel and nuclear scientists, Schlosser writes about our illusion of safety when it comes to todays nuclear weapons. [Broadcast Date: October 2, 2013]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: The Internet

Author: Jim Fleming

Narrator: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-13

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

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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In this hour, visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks with Anne Strainchamps about his new book, Who Owns the Future?

Next, media theorist Douglas Rushkoff talks with Steve Paulson about his new book, Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now.

Then, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman talks with Jim Fleming about her book, Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking.

Finally, James Lasdun talks with Steve Paulson about his book, Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked. [Broadcast Date: December 27, 2013]

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