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The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio

February 1, 2009 — Robert Zubrin and Mac Tonnies

The Paracast — The Gold Standard of Paranormal Radio

The Paracast Company

News, Society & Culture, Science

3.3691 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2009

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Explore the prospects for life on Mars in the past, present and future. Accompany us on this journey with Robert Zubrin, author of such books as "How to Live on Mars," a satiric look at Mars colonization. Also joining us will be scientific investigator Mac Tonnies.

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0:00.0

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0:02.1

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0:53.3

Today we're going back to Barsoom, which of course was a name for Mars given by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

1:00.0

Before he wrote Tarzan, you know, before there was Tarzan of the Apes, there was John Carter of Mars,

1:05.5

and maybe eventually they're going to be releasing a movie about that.

1:09.4

And I think they have to decide whether it's

1:10.9

going to be all live action or live action and computer animation because of all the strange

1:14.6

creatures. Anyway, we have our old frame McDonys with us and a special guest, Robert Zuberin,

1:21.6

who's author of a lot of interesting books, one of which is called How to Live on Mars, a

1:27.3

trusty guidebook for surviving and thriving

1:29.4

on the red planet. Now, this book is, I guess, part social commentary, part science fiction,

1:36.7

part humor, because there's a lot of funny things about it, but then if you read into the

1:41.6

humor, you'll find so many truisms. So, Robert, how did you come

1:45.5

to write a book of this sort? Well, you know, I've written straight and serious books about Mars,

1:51.1

the case for Mars, which explains the technology and how we can mount a human Mars mission

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