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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Astropulse: A New Way for ET to Phone Home

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Science, Technology

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2008

⏱️ 30 minutes

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0:00.0

P. Hey there, podcast listeners, it's me, your friendly Planrad host with a special secret message just for you.

0:08.0

After all, we get most of our email from you folks, so we're just returning the favor. Did you know that you don't have to get the right answer in the weekly trivia contest to get your own planetary radio t-shirt?

0:19.0

In fact, you don't even have to enter.

0:21.0

New members of the Planetary Society who join through our special planetary

0:25.2

radio page get a shirt, the easy way. Just go to planetary.org slash radio and click the become a member button just below the really badly

0:36.8

folded shirt. Membership start at just $20. Imagine how proud you'll be as you stroll your community letting friends and loved

0:44.4

ones think you won the contest. It'll be our little secret. One other favorite

0:49.3

I ask before we start the show. I turn Martian Green with envy when I see all those other

0:53.4

podcasts that get lots of reviews on iTunes and elsewhere. Could you take a

0:58.4

minute to add your own thoughts about the show? I don't even care if you say nice

1:01.8

things about us.

1:03.0

And if you believe that, I've got a slightly used asteroid for sale, cheap.

1:08.0

Thanks so much everybody. We love you and we're grateful and away we go.

1:13.0

A new way to listen for E.T.

1:19.0

this week on planetary radio.

1:24.0

Hi everyone, welcome to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the Final Frontier.

1:34.0

I'm Mad Kaplan of the Planetary Society.

1:37.1

SETI at home.

1:38.6

It's still the biggest supercomputer on Earth.

1:41.4

We'll talk to Chief Scientist Dan Werthheimer about the project's new

1:44.8

AstroPulse Search and catch up with other news from the search for

1:48.8

extraterrestrial intelligence. Bill Nye, the science and planetary guy, is back with more thoughts about the decommissioning

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