{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 85: Seth Shostak on Extraterrestrial Life","description":"Does life exist outside our planet? Are we alone in the universe? Seth Shostak joins Vasant&amp;nbsp;Dhar in episode 85 of Brave New World to describe his search for the answers.  Useful resources: 1. Seth Shostak at&amp;nbsp;The Seti Institute,&amp;nbsp;Wikipedia,&amp;nbsp;TED,&amp;nbsp;Amazon&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;his own website. 2.&amp;nbsp;Life in the Universe&amp;nbsp;--&amp;nbsp;Jeffrey Bennett, Seth Shostak, Nicholas Schneider and Meredith MacGregor. 3.&amp;nbsp;Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life&amp;nbsp;-- Seth Shostak. 4.&amp;nbsp;Confessions of an Alien Hunter&amp;nbsp;-- Seth Shostak. 5.&amp;nbsp;The Copernican Revolution&amp;nbsp;-- Thomas Kuhn. 6.&amp;nbsp;Peter Ward on Life on Earth&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 76 of Brave New World. 7.&amp;nbsp;Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe&amp;nbsp;-- Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee. 8.&amp;nbsp;The Drake Equation. 9.&amp;nbsp;The Gaia Hypothesis. 10.&amp;nbsp;Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth&amp;nbsp;-- James Lovelock. 11.&amp;nbsp;Kevin Mitchell Makes a Case for Free Will&amp;nbsp;-- Episode 80 of Brave New World. 12.&amp;nbsp;The Kessler Syndrome.  Check out&amp;nbsp;Vasant&amp;nbsp;Dhar\u2019s newsletter on Substack. Subscription is free! ","author_name":"Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar","author_url":"https:\/\/bravenewpodcast.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/32096007\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/174368852"}