dr alan stern planetary scientist astronaut had of nasa has put a mission great to have you with us today alan. you've been the principal investigator of nasa mission to pluto and the most widespread conception of pluto in the eyes of the public is the ball of ice floating out there in the dark so can you call it scientific wonderland what makes it so special. well it really is a scientific wonderland and we really had a pretty good idea that from studies from the earth but what new horizons the nasa mission that explored pluto for the 1st time in 2015 discovered was far beyond their expectations pluto which is a planet with 5 moods an atmosphere highly active geology and evidence for water ocean and its interior and it could even be a host for biology is just far beyond our wildest imaginations and i think you know now that easily well of on this is a scientific. so if i were to set my foot on pluto what would i say that. well it depends on where you go because just like the earth pluto is a very diverse 20 with mountain ranges. and great sure's and other kinds of geology so depending up

h,t prior to limbaugh's iconoclastic liberals -- alan burke, howard stern, and howard stern even doing a lot of progressive talk radio, although a lot of it in this first with music, but he had been doing that for years. smith group, which rush limbaugh promoted aggressively that liberals had no interest and they all had npr anyway and -- he knows this dialogue isn't true. talk radio is not so much about offering content. i will go through a stack of stories in the course of a show. what good talk radio is about is taking calls from listeners, debating listeners, it's community. whether people are politically i get a lot of conservatives to call into my program. we are right next to a station.ive we are on progress 127, 128, 129 . of conservatives calling. i really like that. when they call in, they always go to the front of the line because i think having conversations where there is some conflict and i don't be people up or yell at them or call them idiots, but where , brightenssagreement issues. it informs people. to bringes both sides out actual facts rather than slogans. i think t

alan gold citizen and carol stern, welcome. i'm really pleased to have a chance to chat with you. before we begin i have to say to alan, i am sorry for the loss of bill gates sr. and i know you and everyone at the foundation is feeling that loss. he was a tremendous man who i think many of us in philanthropy had a chance to get to know in various ways but not as much as you probably did. i think we feel his loss greatly. let me just express that loss to you. >> thank you so much. he was a remarkable human being and a remarkable humanitarian. thank you. >> indeed. so we are here at this unprecedented moment, and that word gets overused but it is kind hard to imagine that we could have as many crises facing us all now. we have got obviously the health crisis. er with got the economic crisis. we are going through a reckoning on social justice. many of us are experiencing the wildfires and other signs of climate change that are striking the country. and that's only the tip of the iceberg. your foundations care about some of these issues and working deeply on them and of course educatio

alan gold citizen and carol stern, welcome. i'm really pleased to have a chance to chat with you. before we begin i have to say to

h,t prior to limbaugh's iconoclastic liberals -- alan burke, howard stern, and howard stern even doing of progressive talk radio, although a lot of it in this first with music, but he had been doing that for years. smith group, which rush limbaugh promoted aggressively that liberals had no interest and they all had npr anyway and -- he knows this dialogue isn't true. talk radio is not so much about offering content. i will go through a stack of stories in the course of a show. what good talk radio is about is taking calls from listeners, debating listeners, it's community. whether people are politically i get a lot of conservatives to call into my program. we are right next to a station.ive we are on progress 127, 128, 129 . of conservatives calling. i really like that. when they call in, they always go to the front of the line because i think having conversations where there is some conflict and i don't be people up or yell at them or call them idiots, but where , brightenssagreement issues. it informs people. to bringes both sides out actual facts rather than slogans. i think that's