Seth Shostak - SETI & ET Civilizations

Dr. Seth Shostak discusses SETI, Breakthrough Listen, Next Generation Very Large Array, The Drake Equation, and talks about finding extraterrestrial artifacts, probes and ancient ruins in our galaxy. Dr. Seth Shostak is the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute, and has a PhD in Astronomy from Caltech, and BA in Physics from Princeton University. He’s been awarded the Carl Sagan Award for the Popularization of Science and the Klumpke Roberts Award for Astronomy Popularization. He hosts SETI's weekly radio show/podcast Big Picture Science, has played himself numerous times in TV and internet film dramas, and has acted in several science fiction films. Seth has co-authored a college textbook on astrobiology, and has written three trade books on SETI. In addition, he’s published more than 400 popular articles on science including regular contributions to NBC News MACH, gives dozens of talks annually, and does regular outreach to students interested in science and astronomy. SETI Institute: The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence https://www.seti.org/ Seth Shostak https://www.seti.org/our-scientists/seth-shostak