Siriusly, Are We Alone?

Every month, I do a segment called "Brains on Vacation" on the SETI Institute's radio show "Are We Alone". The radio program itself deals with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in general, though once a month they have what they call "Skeptical Sunday" dealing with issues of critical thinking. BoV deals with people just doing silly stuff; we've covered star naming, the Virgin Mary underpass, and other slices of silliness. The show has been airing on independent radio stations across the country, but we have a big announcement: we're going satellite! We premiere our first show on Discovery Channel radio broadcast on Sirius satellite radio channel 119, on Wednesday, March 1. The episode of AWA is a Skeptical Sunday one called "Psychic Sleuth" and includes a BoV piece about buying star names. And we're actually going to be aired three times a week. The premiere of each show is 9:00 ...