Podcast Episodes featuring Jill Tarter

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[Unedited] Jill Tarter with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett - May 20, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence — or SETI — goes beyond hunting for E.T. and habitable planets. Scientists in the field are using telescopes and satellites looking for signs of outright civilizational intelligence. One of the founding pioneers in this search is astronomer Jill Tarte...

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Jill Tarter — It Takes a Cosmos to Make a Human

On Being with Krista Tippett - February 27, 2020 18:05 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence — or SETI — goes beyond hunting for E.T. and habitable planets. Scientists in the field are using telescopes and satellites looking for signs of outright civilizational intelligence. One of the founding pioneers in this search is astronomer Jill Tarte...

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Guy's Favorites: Peering Into Space

TED Radio Hour - January 03, 2020 05:01 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 20.1K ratings
As we transition to our new host Manoush Zomorodi, Guy Raz looks back on some of his favorite episodes from his seven years hosting the TED Radio Hour. This episode originally aired on March 8, 2013. Gazing up at the night sky is simultaneously humbling and utterly thrilling. This hour, we'll hea...

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TMO Background Mode Interview with Astrophysicist Dr. Jill Tarter

Background Mode - December 31, 2018 22:44 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 10 ratings
Jill is a Ph.D. astrophysicist known for her work in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. She’s the former director of the Center for SETI Research (2000-2012) and Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy at USC until 2014. Currently, she’s Chair Emeritus for SETI Research...

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Jill Tarter On A Life Spent Searching For Extraterrestrials

Nerdette - June 23, 2017 05:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Astronomer and former SETI director Jill Tarter talks about the future of our planet and why she ate so many ice cream cones when she worked at NASA. Tarter’s career was the basis for Carl Sagan’s 1985 science-fiction novel, Contact, which was later made into a film starring Jodie Foster. She ta...

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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, with Jill Tarter

StarTalk Radio - June 02, 2017 22:50 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
Is anybody out there? Neil deGrasse Tyson and former SETI Institute director Jill Tarter search for ET, with the help of comic co-host Michael Ian Black, SETI’s Seth Shostak, neuroscientist Lori Marino, Mona Chalabi, and Bill Nye. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire ...

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Is Anybody Listening? Jill Tarter on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Point of Inquiry - April 24, 2017 18:23 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 758 ratings
Jill Tarter holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA where she also served as the former director of the Center for SETI Research. She was also a Project Scientist for NASA’s SETI program and has conducted a...

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A Death Valley Conversation About Life, The Universe and Everything With Tyler Nordgren and Jill Tarter

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science - April 26, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
Beautiful Death Valley National Park was the setting for a fascinating conversation with famed SETI researcher Jill Tarter and celebrated astronomer, artist and photographer Tyler Nordgren.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

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SETI Scientist Jill Tarter Continues the Search

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science - April 02, 2012 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
The Director of the Center for SETI Research is thrilled to have the Allen Telescope Array back in the hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence. She also tells us about SETILive.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See ...

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Jill Tarter - Are We Alone?

Point of Inquiry - October 21, 2006 00:17 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 758 ratings
Jill Tarter holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA where she also serves as director of the Center for SETI Research. She served as Project Scientist for NASA’s SETI program, and has conducted a number of ob...