Summary: <p>Get ready for déjà vu as you listen to some of our favorite interviews in the past year. It’s our annual fundraising podcast. Come for the great interviews, stay for the great interviews. Lend us your support along the way.</p> <p>What’s for dinner? Maybe fried bugs. Listen as we do a taste test. Speaking of dinner, learn why saliva’s acceptable as long as it’s in our mouth. But dollop some into our own soup, and we push the bowl away.</p> <p>Hear adventures of space walking and of space hunting: what happens to the search for extrasolar planets now that the Kepler spacecraft is compromised, and an astronomy research project that takes our interviewer by surprise. Plus, the case for scrapping high school algebra. That’s right: No more “the first train leaves Cleveland at 4:00 pm …” problems. Also … why “The Simpsons” is chock-a-block with advanced math.</p> <p>And, in a world where everyone carries <span class="caps">GPS</span> technology in their pockets, will humans ever get lost again – and what’s lost if we don’t. </p> <p>Plus, Mary Roach gives us a tour of our digestive systems. </p> <p>All this and more on a special <i>Big Picture Science</i> podcast.</p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/staff/bray">Hiawatha Bray</a></strong> – Technology reporter, Boston Globe, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465032850/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465032850&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20&linkId=SPMC6NOX6C2ZQPTC">You Are Here: From the Compass to <span class="caps">GPS</span>, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465032850" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield">Chris Hadfield</a></strong> – Astronaut and author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316253014/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316253014&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20&linkId=ABMY3MXQ2LD2AP3T">An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0316253014" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://astro.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/marcy.html">Geoff Marcy</a></strong> – Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/political_science/hacker.html">Andrew Hacker</a></strong> – Professor of political science and mathematics at Queens College, City University of New York. His article, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html?_r=2&">“Is Algebra Necessary?”</a>, appeared in The New York Times in 2012.</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://simonsingh.net">Simon Singh</a></strong> – Science writer, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1620402777/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1620402777&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20&linkId=3GSPCTMYOXSJIAY2">The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1620402777" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.maryroach.net">Mary Roach</a></strong> – Author, most recently, of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393348741/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393348741&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20&linkId=V32EVPGRORD7WOY5">Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393348741" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://micro.utk.edu/faculty/mikucki.html">Jill Mikucki</a></strong> – Microbiologist at the University of Tennessee</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://michaelpollan.com">Michael Pollan</a></strong> – Journalist, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143125338/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143125338&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20&linkId=YBIHQQKLMYH3TGTA">Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0143125338" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143038583/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143038583&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20&linkId=3FMXXRH7XIP6KYDT">The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0143038583" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""><br></i>. His article, “<a href="http://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/the-intelligent-plant/">The Intelligent Plant,”</a> appeared in the December 23rd issue of <i>The New Yorker</i>.</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/programa-de-radio-del-instituto-seti-solo-por-apoyar/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p>
