Seth Shostak. Image credit: SETI.org

This week we step away from our regular programming to bring you a live show from Dragon*Con in Atlanta. Pamela shares the stage with SETI researcher Seth Shostak. Together they discuss the technology and science of searching for intelligence, And answer questions from the audience.

Ep. 154: Dragon*Con Live with Seth Shostak

• SETI
• Dr. Shostak's bio
• Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico

Pamela Gay and Seth Shostak at Dragon*Con. Photo courtesy Chuck Tomasi

• Magnetic Fields – GSU
• SETI:  Sorting Intelligent Signals from Witless Cosmic Noise
• Allen Telescope Array
• "Bumps in the night" or transient phenomena:  the Rio Scale
• Black Body Curve – Harvard
• Infrared Excess — Internet Encyclopedia of Science
• Dr. Frank Drake
• NASA's involvement with SETI
• Dr. John Billingham
• Locations of SETI:

1. SETI Institute
2. Harvard
3. UC Berkeley
4. SETI in Italy

• SETI@Home
• Contact, the book by Carl Sagan
• Contact, the movie
• Academy of Astronautics SETI group
• "Quiet Skies" for radio astronomy
• 365 Days of Astronomy podcast about quiet skies by the NRAO (Oct. 11 — link will be added when episode airs)
• Are We Sending a Bit Too Much Information into the Cosmos — Universe Today
• XKCD comic about broadcasting to the aliens
• "When Does SETI Throw in the Towel?" — written by Seth Shostak
• Less Than 20 Years Until First Contact? — Universe Today

More pictures from Dragon*Con

Seth Shostak at Dragon*Con. Photo courtesy Chuck Tomasi

Pamela facepalm. Photo courtesy Chuck Tomasi

Pamela and Chuck Tomasi. Photo couresty Chuck Tomasi