Seth Shostak
9 archived appearances · 1998–2015
SETIAstronomyExtraterrestrial LifeScience
Seth Shostak (born July 20, 1943) is the senior astronomer at the SETI Institute and one of the most prominent scientific voices in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. On Art Bell's programs, he has provided a mainstream scientific perspective on the possibility of alien life, offering a counterbalance to more speculative claims while maintaining an optimistic view that contact may come within this century.
On the air with Art · 9
Mar 13, 1998 · 2h 48m
SETI
Art Bell interviews Seth Shostak, public programs scientist at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Shostak explains that the project, renamed Phoenix after Congress killed NASA's SETI funding in 1993, now survives on private donations from supporters l...Oct 30, 1998 · 1h 21m
Ghost to Ghost 1998 | EQ Pegasi - Richard C. Hoagland & Seth Shostak
with Richard C. Hoagland
Art Bell opens his annual Ghost to Ghost broadcast with a stunning photograph from a firefighter in Missouri showing what appears to be a Native American warrior on horseback in the flames of a practice fire on an Indian burial ground. Listeners share chilling accounts of apparitions, haunted hotels, and ghostly enc...Feb 24, 2000 · 2h 40m
SETI Project
Art Bell connects live with Seth Shostak at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, where the SETI Institute is conducting Project Phoenix, the most sensitive search for extraterrestrial intelligence ever attempted. The interview features a groundbreaking live webcam feed showing Shostak and colleague Jill Tarter, t...Mar 19, 2001 · 2h 32m
SETI
Art Bell welcomes Dr. Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute, fresh from a research run at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Shostak describes the search process, including how the system monitors 28 million channels across two polarizations to detect narrow-band signals that could indicate an extraterrestrial tra...Aug 27, 2001 · 40m
Michael Glickman | Crop Glyphs Images - Seth Shostak & Richard C. Hoagland
with Michael Glickman, Richard C. Hoagland
After an opening report from crop-circle researcher Michael Glickman, Art Bell welcomes SETI astronomer Seth Shostak and former NASA advisor Richard C. Hoagland to examine the extraordinary crop glyph that appeared at the Chilbolton Observatory in England. The formation bears a striking resemblance to the 1974 Areci...Mar 13, 2002 · 2h 54m
SETI
Art Bell calls directly into the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to speak with Seth Shostak, astronomer and public face of the SETI Institute's Project Phoenix. The conversation opens with Shostak explaining how he and Jill Tarter, the real-life inspiration for Jodie Foster's character in Contact, split observing...Feb 3, 2007 · 2h 35m
SETI Research
Art Bell welcomes Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, for a wide-ranging conversation about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and the scientific challenges of detecting alien civilizations. Shostak discusses the current state of SETI's efforts, including the optical search at Lick Obser...Sep 24, 2013 · 3h 29m
The Kepler Telescope and the Future Search for ET
Art Bell sits down with Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, for a conversation spanning the Kepler telescope's demise, new strategies for finding extraterrestrial civilizations, and the implications of first contact. Shostak explains that Kepler's second reaction wheel failure has ended its planet...Aug 11, 2015 · 2h 13m
SETI
Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer and director of SETI Research, joins Art Bell for a conversation that turns into a direct confrontation with claims made by Stephen Greer on a previous broadcast. Shostak describes the Allen Telescope Array scanning 30 million channels simultaneously and credits Moore's Law for do...
