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Astronomycast, episode 273 from Monday, September 24, 2012,

Solutions to the Fermi Paradox.

Welcome to astronomycast, our weekly facts based journey through the cosmos

will help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.

My name is Fraser Kane, I'm the publisher of University and with me,

as always, is Dr. Pamela Gay, a professor at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.

Hola Pamela.

Hello, how are you?

Good, you're in Spain, you're in Madrid.

I am in Madrid, I'm here for the European Planetary Sciences Conference

and realizing I don't speak any Spanish.

Sesame Street did not prepare me.

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