Coast to Coast - May 08 2017 - Corporate Conspiracies - Search for ET.nfo
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Coast to Coast - May 08 2017 - Corporate Conspiracies - Search for ET
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DATE: Monday - May 8, 2017
HOST: George Noory
GUESTS: Richard Belzer, Jim Al-Khalili
In the first half, comedian, actor, and author Richard Belzer talked about his
latest work exposing the wrongful acts perpetrated by corporations, and their
ensuing cover-ups. The world, he contends, is full of facts that aren't
generally known but should be. "Mass shootings and autism, this perpetual war
we're in, the prison-industrial complex, fracking, there's a lot to
swallow...but I've learned there's much we can do," he remarked. Discussing the
death of his friend Robin Williams, he noted that certain psychiatric
prescriptions are associated with a higher suicide risk.
The corporatization of America has gone beyond what anyone would have dreamed
of, he lamented, citing how "car companies like General Motors knew that an
ignition switch was faulty, but they computed that they'd rather pay for
wrongful deaths than reequip the cars." The big oil and gas companies are
"horrific criminals," as well, who have been dragged "kicking and screaming"
into the green age, he continued. Monsanto, with its various products that can
be toxic to the environment, such as the pesticide Round Up, has one of the
worst reputations, he added. Among the solutions Belzer proposed are eliminating
loopholes for banks, and elaborate tax breaks for corporations, as well as
returning to reasonable limits for campaign contributions.
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In the latter half, professor of theoretical physics, author, and BBC TV and
radio broadcaster, Jim Al-Khalili, spoke about the search for intelligent life
in the universe, and what science has to say about it. People tend to think of
alien life in our own image, but there's no reason that they would need to
resemble us-- look at how life on Earth comes in so many weird varieties, he
noted. If ETs were to visit us, they would likely be friendly, he conjectured,
as they would probably not be coming here to plunder our resources, which they
could get more readily closer to their home.
Their motivations for visiting us might be like that of an anthropologist
studying a tribe that hasn't been exposed to modern civilization, he said. Al-
Khalili has not found convincing scientific evidence that aliens have already
visited Earth. He pointed out that Drake's Equation (a calculation to determine
how many intelligent civilizations might exist in our galaxy) was based on
unreliable numbers. Yet, the universe is so vast that it's almost inconceivable
that Earth is the only place where life has formed, Ak-Khalili concluded.
Realistically, we hope to find in our lifetimes whether some simple microbial
life exists on other planets, or at least detect the chemical signatures of
them, he added.
News segment guests: John Curtis, Christian Wilde
WEBSITE(S):
ibelz.com
jimal-khalili.com
BOOK(S):
Corporate Conspiracies: How Wall Street Took Over Washington
Someone is Hiding Something
Hit List
Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
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