{"id":547,"date":"2007-08-31T01:52:10","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T06:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=547"},"modified":"2007-08-31T01:52:10","modified_gmt":"2007-08-31T06:52:10","slug":"interview-dr-robert-ballard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2007\/08\/31\/interview-dr-robert-ballard\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Dr. Robert Ballard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Robert Ballard is best known for his discovery of the wreck of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.titanic-titanic.com\/robert_ballard.shtml\">RMS Titanic<\/a>. However, this is only one of his 121 expeditions including the discovery of deep sea thermal vents, the wreck of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Bismarck\">German battleship Bismarck<\/a>, and John F. Kennedy&#8217;s patrol boat PT-109. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/\">Technorama<\/a>, a show that normally takes a light hearted look at tech, science, sci-fi, and all things geek, brings you another in its series of specials and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?cat=8\">interviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The podcast was fortunate to catch the busy <a href=\"http:\/\/literati.net\/Ballard\/\">Dr. Ballard<\/a> for an interview immediately following his latest trip to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/blacksea\/\">Black Sea<\/a>. Join host Chuck Tomasi for a fascinating discussion with Dr. Robert Ballard about the Black Sea trip, Internet 2, autonomous underwater vehicles, history, and more. Feed your inner geek with Technorama!<\/p>\n<p>Links<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/literati.net\/Ballard\/\">Dr. Ballard&#8217;s Web Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Ballard\">Dr. Ballard at Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Bismarck\">German BattleshipBismarck<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/explorers-program\/eir\/rballard.html\">National Geographic Explorers Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/blacksea\/\">National Geographic: Ballard &amp; the Black Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2002\/07\/0709_020710_kennedyPT109.html\">National Geographic News: JFK&#8217;s PT-109 Found (2002)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gso.uri.edu\/faculty_staff\/Ballard_Robert_D.dir\/index.html\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.gso.uri.edu\/faculty_staff\/Ballard_Robert_D.dir\/index.html\">Robert Ballard<\/a>&#8216;s faculty page at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gso.uri.edu\/index_net_big.html\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.gso.uri.edu\/index_net_big.html\">Graduate School of Oceanography<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uri.edu\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.uri.edu\" rel=\"nofollow\">University of Rhode Island<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysticaquarium.org\/index.cgi\/270\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.mysticaquarium.org\/index.cgi\/270\">Institute for Exploration<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysticaquarium.org\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.mysticaquarium.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mystic Aquarium<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ocean Explorer<\/a> &#8211; Public outreach site for explorations sponsored by the Office of Ocean Exploration.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/edu\/oceanage\/05ballard\/welcome.html\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/edu\/oceanage\/05ballard\/welcome.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">NOAA, Ocean Explorer OceanAGE Careers<\/a> &#8211; Video profiles, biographies, and background materials related to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/\" class=\"new\" title=\"Oceanexplorer\">Oceanexplorer<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3074\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-547-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Robert Ballard is best known for his discovery of the wreck of the RMS Titanic. However, this is only one of his 121 expeditions including the discovery of deep sea thermal vents, the wreck of the German battleship Bismarck, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2007\/08\/31\/interview-dr-robert-ballard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3076\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-547-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep184_Interview_DrRobertBallard.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-8P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}