Episode description
SF author M.M.Buckner, an astronomer, a cryonic insurance provider, an actor from StarGate SG-1, and a dealer in antiques and fine art are amoung the guests.
Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the December 15, 2005 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 118 minutes]
Topics include:
[1] Predictability: an essay on what is and what is not predictable.
[2] How long until we find a second earth? Doctor Greg Matloff (astronomer, author and professor) talks about the more than 160 exoplanets found so far.
[3] The power of eBay. (An interview with a dealer in antiques and fine art; and another with a dealer in collectables.)
[4] How you can buy cryonic insurance. (An interview with Rudi Hoffman, the world's leading cryonics insurance provider.)
[5] Global warming: is it real or just part of the normal interglacial? (An interview with M.M.Buckner, author of the science fiction novels Hyperthought, Neurolink and WarSurf)
[6] Illegal copying and bootlegging of movies: the methods, problems, and one theater chain's corporate response. (An interview with a theater manager.)
[7] The first installment in our serialization of the novel Bones Burnt Black.
[8] A celebrity interview with actor Gary Jones of Stargate SG-1.