Seth Shostak and SETI—S2 Bonus Interview

About this episode

Seth Shostak discusses the mission of the SETI Institute and their search for extraterrestrial life.

Wild Thing is re-releasing its bonus interviews! Seth Shostak is the chief astronomer at the SETI Institute and we’ll hear from him about SETI's mission: how they’re looking, what they're looking for, and how they think about the search.

People in this episode

Guest: Seth Shostak

Topics covered

• SETI
• astronomy
• space exploration
• science communication
• alien life

Keywords

• SETI
• Seth Shostak
• extraterrestrial life
• astronomy
• space
• search for aliens

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SETI Institute

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