Episode 24 - SETI at the SKA

Release Date: 8 March 2015

Andrew P.V. Siemion

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We talk to UC Berkeley's Andrew P.V. Siemion about a recent paper in which he was lead author concerning SETI at the Square Kilometer Array. Andrew also answers a listener questions about SETI@Home and encourages us to run it on our smartphones.

Music by DJ Spooky, Erika Lloyd, and Jason Robinson

Detailed Show Notes.

Duncan Forgan on using the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) to eavesdrop on ET (free bonus audio content)

Release Date: 16 November 2014

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I interviewed Duncan Forgan in June of 2013 on multiple topics. I used part of this interview on asteroid mining in Season 1, Episode 8, and another part on the Fermi Paradox in Season 1, Episode 9. However, this relatively brief segment concerning SETI with the Square Kilometer Array remained without a home, and so we are releasing it as free bonus audio content. This won't appear on the RSS feed, but you can download it, or listen to it with the player above.

The discussion to this 2010 paper by Duncan Forgan and RC Nichol:

A Failure of Serendipity: the Square Kilometre Array will struggle to eavesdrop on Human-like ETI