Summary: <p>There are many kinds of islands. There’s your iconic sandy speck of land topped with a palm tree, but there’s also our home planet – an island in the vast seas of space. You might think of yourself as a biological island … until you tally the number of microbes living outside – and inside – your body.</p> <p>We go island hopping, and consider the Scottish definition of an island – one man, one sheep – as well as the swelling threat of high water to island nations. Also, how species populate islands … and tricks for communicating with extraterrestrial islanders hanging out elsewhere in the cosmos.</p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.english.utoronto.ca/facultystaff/emeritiretired/chamberlin.htm">Edward Chamberlin</a></strong> – Professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at the University of Toronto; fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933346566/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1933346566&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20">Island: How Islands Transform the World</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1933346566" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.billmckibben.com">Bill McKibben</a></strong> – Writer, activist and professor of environmental studies, Middlebury College, founder of <a href="http://350.org">350.org</a> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/microimmuno/frdActionServlet?choiceId=facProfile&fid=8447">Justin Sonnenburg</a></strong> – Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://vaticanobservatory.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85%3Abrother-guy&catid=60%3Apersonnel-and-research&Itemid=83">Guy Consolmagno</a></strong> – Astronomer, Vatican Observatory</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.seti.org/users/margaret-race">Margaret Race</a></strong> – Ecologist, <span class="caps">SETI</span> Institute</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/programa-instituto-seti-esta-tierra-es-una-isla/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p> <p>First released January 9, 2012.</p>
