Astrobiology Index

Astrobiology on Big Picture Science

Funded in part by the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)

Many shows are entirely devoted to astrobiology-related topics, and are listed below. For other shows, specific guests talk about such topics, and links to those interviews are listed next to the programs in which they appear.

It’s All Relative First released Jun. 15, 2015 How Einstein changed our understanding of Nature.	Jeffrey Bennett 1	Jeffrey Bennett 2

Hidden History First released Mar. 30, 2015 Reinterpreting the past.	David Morrison	Peter Ward

Mars-Struck First released Mar. 9, 2015 Red Planet-Bound.	Alfonso Davila	Stephen Brecht

Skeptic Check: The Me in Measles First released March 2, 2015 Evaluating risk.	Neil deGrasse Tyson

Surviving the Anthropocene First released Feb. 23, 2015 The planet we made.	David Grinspoon

How to Talk to Aliens First released Jan. 12, 2015 Broadcasting to space.

Shocking Ideas First released December 15, 2014 Novel uses for electricity.	Jeff Gralnick

Land on the Run First released September 29, 2014 A moving story of plates.	Simon Kattenhorn

Skeptic Check: Is It True? First released September 15, 2014 Plausible scientific claims.	Lynn Rothschild	David Morrison

A Sudden Change in Planets First released September 8, 2014 From 9 to 900

A Stellar Job First released July 21, 2014 The science of star power.	Nathalie Cabrol

Skeptic Check: Check the Skeptics First released June 16, 2014. When can we trust science?	Marcelo Gleiser

A New Hope for Life In Space First released June 2, 2014. New discoveries.

We Can Rebuild It First released May 19, 2014 What goes down must come up.	Lewis Dartnell

Skeptic Check: What, We Worry? First released May 5, 2014 Scientific hand-wringing.	Elisa Quintana	Seth Shostak

You Think; You’re So Smart First released March 17,2014 Brains not required.	Laurance Doyle

Some Like It Cold First released December 16, 2013 How low can we go?	Pascal Lee

Shutting Down Science First released October 28, 2013 When public funds become problematic.	Jill Mikucki	Max Bernstein

Life in Space First released October 7, 2013 Can we find it?

Invisible Worlds First released September 23, 2013 What you can’t see.	David Morrison

Long Live Longevity First released July 29, 2013 The science of sticking around.	Frank Drake

Exoplanets First released Jun. 17, 2013 The hunt for new worlds.
This Land Is Island First released June 10, 2013 We are not alone	Guy Consolmagno & Margaret Race

Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate First released May 20, 2013 Climate change denial re-dux.	Peter Ward

Seth’s Wine Cellar First released April 8, 2013 What will we find?	Jonathan Fortney	Sanjoy Som

Our Tasteless Show First released March 11, 2103 Evolution of taste and smell	Niki Parenteau

Say La Vie First released February 11, 2013 Discovery in an Antarctic lake.	Helen Amanda Fricker and Jill Mickuki	Chris McKay Interview 1	Chris McKay Interview 2	Jack Szostak Interview

As the Worlds Turn First released October 15, 2012 Exotic travel destinations.

A Martian Curiosity First released August 13, 2012 We dig the Red Planet.

Seth’s Storm Shelter First released June 25, 2012 John Spencer’s interview

Mass Transits First released May 28, 2012 David Grinspoon’s interview Jon Jenkins’ interview

To Earth and Back First released May 21, 2012 Planetary protection

Seth’s Cabinet of Wonders First released March 12, 2012 Neil deGrasse Tyson’s interview

Rife with Life First released February 27, 2012 A solar system tour.

Sensor Sensibility First released December 19, 2011 Tiny devices everywhere.

Blame it on Bacterio First released November 14, 2011 Microbes and you.

NASA or What? First released November 7, 2011 The future of space exploration.

Seth’s Tool Shed First released September 5, 2011 Life on worlds both real and imaginary.

The Big Picture First released July 11, 2011 Science’s biggest questions.

Big, Really Big First released April 18, 2011 Outsized astronomy.

Outta This World First released February 14, 2011 Planet hunting gone wild.

You’ve Got Sol! First released January 17, 2011 Our Sun, the star.

Off to the Traces First released October 21, 2010 Detecting life from afar.

Light, the Universe, and Everything First released September 6, 2010. How it came to be.

Habitats Not For Humanity First released April 19, 2010 E.T.’s zone home.

Carbon Your Enthusiasm First released November 23, 2009 Life’s friendliest element.

From Mars to Eternity First released August 1, 2008 The discovery of water on Mars.

You’ve Been Slimed! First released March 16, 2008 Schmooze with the ooze.

Sputnik: 50 Years, One Month, Two Weeks Later First released December 10, 2007 Space post-Sputnik.

Hand Me Microbe (and Slippers) First released October 8, 2007 The teeming world of microbes.