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b'There are many kinds of islands. There\\u2019s your iconic sandy speck of land topped with a palm tree, but there\\u2019s also our home planet \\u2013 an island in the vast seas of space. You might think of yourself as a biological island \\u2026 until you tally the number of microbes living outside \\u2013 and inside \\u2013 your body.\\nWe go island hopping, and consider the Scottish definition of an island \\u2013 one man, one sheep \\u2013 as well as the swelling threat of high water to island nations. Also, how species populate islands \\u2026 and tricks for communicating with extraterrestrial islanders hanging out elsewhere in the cosmos.\\nGuests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Edward Chamberlin \\u2013 Professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at the University of Toronto; fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; author of Island: How Islands Transform the World\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Bill McKibben \\u2013 Writer, activist and professor of environmental studies, Middlebury College, founder of 350.org\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Justin Sonnenburg \\u2013 Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Guy Consolmagno \\u2013 Astronomer, Vatican Observatory\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Margaret Race \\u2013 Ecologist, SETI Institute\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'