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Seth Shostak

Seth Shostak

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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. As a frequent guest on late-night radio, 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.

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Books1

Confessions of an Alien Hunter

Confessions of an Alien Hunter

2009

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Episodes9

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Episode thumbnail for March 13, 1998: SETI - Seth Shostak

March 13, 1998: SETI - Seth Shostak

Mar 13, 1998
2h 48m
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...
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Episode thumbnail for February 24, 2000: SETI Project - Seth Shostak

February 24, 2000: SETI Project - Seth Shostak

Feb 24, 2000
2h 40m
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...
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Episode thumbnail for March 19, 2001: SETI - Dr. Seth Shostak

March 19, 2001: SETI - Dr. Seth Shostak

Mar 19, 2001
2h 32m
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...
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Episode thumbnail for March 13, 2002: SETI - Seth Shostak

March 13, 2002: SETI - Seth Shostak

Mar 13, 2002
2h 54m
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...
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Episode thumbnail for February 3, 2007: SETI Research - Seth Shostak

February 3, 2007: SETI Research - Seth Shostak

Feb 3, 2007
2h 35m
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...
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Episode thumbnail for August 11, 2015: SETI - Seth Shostak

August 11, 2015: SETI - Seth Shostak

Aug 11, 2015
2h 13m
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...