Sara Seager Explains Exoplanets—S2 Bonus Interview
While we hypothesized about exoplanets for years, it wasn't until recently that we could confirm their existence. Astrophysicist and MIT professor Sara Seager has been at the leading edge of the searc...
31 Mar 27min
Abel Méndez Talks About the Arecibo Telescope—S2 Bonus Interview
2020 - already not a great year - was made worse for astronomers when the Arecibo Telescope collapsed in Puerto Rico. Abel Mendez, an astronomer who grew up in the telescope's shadow, talks about the ...
17 Mar 32min
"Ancient Aliens" with David Anderson—S2 Bonus Interview
David Anderson likes the idea of aliens but he’s not a big fan of the TV show Ancient Aliens. The archeologist has real problems with how the show portrays his chosen field and diminishes human achiev...
3 Mar 30min
Sarah Stewart Johnson Marvels at Mars—S2 Bonus Interview
Sarah Stewart Johnson is a planetary scientist who has worked on several Mars missions and is also the author of Sirens of Mars. She talks to us about the latest mission to the Red Planet—the Persever...
17 Feb 32min
Talking About Aliens with Neil deGrasse Tyson—S2 Bonus Interview
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson gives his perspective on the rare earth hypothesis, the difficulty of wrapping one's head around the universe, and the problem with movie aliens.*Season 2 of Wild Th...
3 Feb 37min
A Conversation with Joe Scott—S2 Bonus Interview
In a wide-ranging conversation, Joe Scott, (host of the popular YouTube series Answers With Joe) and I discuss panspermia, whether octopuses are aliens, and the rare earth hypothesis.*Season 2 of Wild...
21 Jan 29min
Life on Venus?—S2 Bonus Interview
In September 2020, just days before this podcast launched, scientists announced that they might have found evidence for life on Venus... or at least in Venus's atmosphere. We talk to Clara Sousa-Silva...
6 Jan 37min
Letters From Listeners—S1 Bonus
In Ep. 2 of Wild Thing, I mentioned that people went crazy about the gorilla. They even wrote songs about it. But I couldn’t find the music, so I couldn’t play the tune… until now. In a special bonus ...
11 Nov 20258min
