Hello again podcast listeners I've got a couple of quick notes and a request I'll be in California

Silicon Valley on April 1st and 2nd that's a Friday and Saturday for contact cultures of the imagination.

Little conference I had never heard of until Kim Stanley Robinson told me about it a couple

of weeks ago.

It actually runs through the third but I can't stay that long.

A whole bunch of my favorite people will be there, including Stan.

Andy Weir, Seth Shostak, Rick Sternbach will be a keynote speaker. You can check it out at contact

dash conference.com. A week later I'll be sitting down with Jill Tartar of the

SETI Institute and Tyler Nordgren, the great astronomer and photographer

of night skies in our national parks at Death Valley National Parks Family Friendly Celestial Centennial.

This is, you know, the National Parks celebrating their 100th anniversary.

I hope the flowers are still blooming and that the pupfish are still swimming.

Finally, there's Yuri's night.

The April 9th, Los Angeles celebration

will once again be under space shuttle endeavor

at the California Science Center,

but there are space parties all over our pale blue dot.

You can find out if there's one near you at uriesnight.net.

And here's the request.

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