| Philip Neustrom |
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 Founder of the Davis Wiki, and now, Wikispot.
Davis, CA. Now living in San Francisco. Episode #46: A Wiki Odyssey – all about the power of the wiki as a tool for spreading information and building communities. AKA “Ace” Philip Pet Detective, for finding my cat Simba when she went missing in the summer of 2005, thanks to the page I put up on the Davis Wiki. He donated his reward to the wiki, too! |
| Dr. David Osleger |
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 Professor of Geology
UC Davis. Episode #36: Where oil comes from, and what peak oil means for the world. |
| Terry Riley |
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 Composer
Richmond, CA Episode #N/UP: All about his composition, Sun Rings, including exclusive clips! (July 2005) It was a delight to have Mr. Riley on the show – and to get a signed CD of clips of his Sun Rings composition. You will not want to miss this one – Sun Rings has never been recorded for sale. |
| Kim Stanley Robinson |
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 Science Fiction Author
Davis, CA Davis Wiki page Episode #N/UP: Talked about his book, Fifty Degrees Below, the politics of climate change, ruminations on science fiction, and Michael Crichton. How would you feel if there was a science fiction author living in your backyard and you didn’t know it? And in a tree no less? Oh wait, his latest book’s main character lived in a tree. Still, Stan Robinson is a local treasure, and it was great to meet him and get him on the show! |
| Dr. Rick Roush |
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 Director of UC’s Integrated Pest Management.
UC Davis until 2007. Now at Melbourne University in Australia. Episode #0: Discussion and Debate on GE foods with Belinda Martineau. |
| Dr. Pam Ronald |
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 Professor of Plant Pathology, Vice President of Feedstocks, Joint Bioenergy Institute.
UC Davis Episode #N/UP: Pam Ronald argues that genetic engineering and organic agriculture are not only compatible, but fit together logically. She and her husband, an organic farmer, will have a book coming out in 2008 about combining GE and organic. She’ll be back on the show soon! |
| “Adrian Saint” (Amir Ghasri) |
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 Mentalist, aka Stage Magician.
Davis, CA, when interviewed. Now in Orange County, CA. Episode #39: Super Bowl “prediction” revealed. Claimed to have predicted the Super Bowl, then later, claimed that he didn’t and it was the Aggie’s fault. Six months down the road, a friend happens to call him up as part of a job, and finds out he’s still clinging to having “predicted the super bowl.” |
| Dr. Richard Sayre |
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 Botanist, Professor. Principle Investigator for BioCassava Plus.
The Ohio State University Episode #42: The importance of Cassava, and engineering giant Cassava plants. Biofortification is a very important concept on the horizon – fortifying our foods with nutrients engineered into them. Richard works on biofortification of Cassava – and hear about the giant cassava plants he wowed the world with! |
| Dr. Kirsten Sanford and Justin Jackson |
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 Co-hosts of This Week in Science.
Davis, CA This Week in Science Episode #73: Science on the Radio, controversies, and how much cooler KDRT’s studio is. Great to meet and talk to Kirsten and Justin (glad Justin could make it, too), and share interviews on each of our shows. This Week in Science is funny and informative, check them out, and perhaps more collaborations are foretold in the heavens. |
| Dr. Neil Shubin |
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 Paleontologist and Evolutionary Biologist, Author, Co-discoverer of Tiktaalik roseae.
University of Chicago. Faculty Page Episode #76: Your Inner Fish: what Tiktaalik and other fossil finds teach us about ourselves. This guy found the Darwin Fish itself, and took the time to write a book to help people understand more about the significance of this finding! He continues to mount expeditions to the Canadian Arctic to search for more interesting finds like this one. |
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