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SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR KIM STANLEY ROBINSON SAVES EARTH!
April 23, 2007 Guests: Kim Stanley Robinson Select Format: MP3 Windows Media With "Sixty Days and Counting" multi-award winning author Kim Stanley Robinson has finished his trilogy of novels about cataclysmic global climate change and how science and government might be able... more »
THE SPIRITUALITY OF SCIENCE: ANN DRUYAN ON A NEW COLLECTION OF CARL SAGAN LECTURES
November 6, 2006 Guests: Ann Druyan Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Though he passed away 10 years ago, new works by planetary scientist and science communicator Carl Sagan continue to appear. His widow and longtime collaborator, Ann Druyan, has edited a series of... more »
BEAM UP TO THE STAR TREK 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS
September 18, 2006 Guests: Robert Picardo, Rod Roddenberry, Mike Okuda Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We go where no space show has gone before! Mat Kaplan spent two days at the official Star Trek convention. You'll hear Trek star Bob Picardo, Rod Roddenberry, Mike and Denise Okuda on the upcoming... more »
PUTTING THE UNIVERSE ON CANVAS WITH ASTRONOMICAL ARTIST DON DIXON
July 24, 2006 Guests: Don Dixon Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We visit with famed space artist Don Dixon in his southern California home. Before listening, check out his work. What's Up with Bruce... more »
TOURING THE PLANETS WITH DAVA SOBEL
October 31, 2005 Guests: Dava Sobel Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Dava Sobel has just written The Planets. Not a drop of water on Jupiter's moon Io in Q and A, space headlines, and Mars comes close. more »
RAY BRADBURY RETURNS!
October 24, 2005 Guests: Ray Bradbury Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The beloved author, poet and visionary is back to talk about his inspirations, the romance of space exploration, and much more. Q&A on the biggest object in the Kuiper Belt, and a new space trivia contest on What's Up. more »
FAREWELL TO STAR TREK ENTERPRISE
May 9, 2005 Guests: Andre Bormanis Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The four year mission of the first Starship Enterprise is ending. We say goodbye and talk with series co-producer Andre Bormanis about the Star Trek phenomenon. Emily Lakdawalla studies the rings of... more »
ASTRO TURF: M.G. LORD'S NEW BOOK ABOUT THE PRIVATE LIFE OF ROCKET SCIENCE
March 7, 2005 Guests: M. G. Lord Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The author of Forever Barbie has now created an intensely personal and insightful reflection on the evolving culture of space exploration, Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket... more »
THE DEPTHS OF SPACE: A NEW BOOK ABOUT THE PIONEER PLANETARY PROBES
November 29, 2004 Guests: Mark Wolverton Select Format: MP3 Windows Media All were simple yet amazingly successful trailblazers, and two are carrying a controversial message to the stars. Author Mark Wolverton talks about his new book tracing the history of the Pioneer... more »
THUNDERBIRDS DIRECTOR JONATHAN FRAKES OF STAR TREK FAME
July 26, 2004 Guests: Jonathan Frakes Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Star Trek Next Generation fans will always remember him as Commander Will Riker of the Starship Enterprise, but he now sits in the director's chair for movies including the newly released... more » |
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