Reinventing SETI (w/ John Gertz)

Somewhere in the Skies

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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We welcome John Gertz to the podcast. John is the former President of the Foundation for Investing in Research on SETI Science and Technology and former Chairman of the Board of the SETI Institute. We discuss his new book, Reinventing SETI: New Directions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. We discuss the outdated SETI paradigms such as Fermi's Paradox, the Drake Equation, and METI, as John argues that scientists should approach the pursuit of extraterrestrials in a more effective manner. We also discuss what happens when we finally make contact on a global level and so much more. Buy the book here: https://a.co/d/4sdOH2R Please take a moment to rate and review us on Spotify and Apple. Book Ryan on CAMEO at: https://bit.ly/3kwz3DO Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/somewhereskies ByMeACoffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQ PayPal: Sprague51@hotmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/NTkmuwyB4F Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ryansprague.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomewhereSkies Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somewhereskiespod/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryansprague51 Order Ryan’s new book: https://a.co/d/4KNQnM4 Order Ryan’s older book: https://amzn.to/3PmydYC Store: http://tee.pub/lic/ULZAy7IY12U Read Ryan’s articles at: https://medium.com/@ryan-sprague51 Opening Theme Song by Septembryo Copyright © 2025 Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:50.2	Today on Somewhere in the Skies, we are joined by John Gertz to talk about his new book, Reinventing
1:59.7	SETI, New Directions in the Search for
2:02.5	Extraterrestrial Intelligence. John is a leader in the field of SETI, having served three terms
2:08.5	as chairman of the board of the SETI Institute. He currently serves as the only layman on the
2:13.9	Breakthrough Listen Advisory Board. He has published a number of peer-reviewed
2:17.9	theoretic papers on the subject of SETI.
2:20.8	Here is our interview with John Gertz.
2:26.7	You are now somewhere in the skies with your host, Ryan Spray.
2:30.8	You are now somewhere in the skies with your host, Ryan Spr brain. Ryan's brain. All right, guys, welcome to somewhere in the skies, and a welcome to first-time guest on the show today.
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