Summary: <p>If there is only one show you hear about the end of the world, let it be this one. Recorded before a live audience at the Computer History Museum on October 27<sup>th</sup>, 2012, this two-part special broadcast of <i>Big Picture Science</i> separates fact from fiction in doomsday prediction. In this episode: Maya prophesy for December 21, 2012 … asteroid impact and cosmic threats …. and alien invasion.</p> <p>Presented as part of the Bay Area Science Festival.</p> <p><a href="http://radio.seti.org/pages/Doomsday_Resources">Find out more </a> about our guests and their work.<br></p><h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.guypharrison.com/">Guy P. Harrison</a></strong> – Science writer and author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616144955/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616144955&linkCode=as2&tag=arweal-20">50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616144955" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.foothill.fhda.edu/ast/fraknoi.php">Andrew Fraknoi</a></strong> – Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California</li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-apocalipsis-en-vivo-1a-parte/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p>
