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Sarah Seager

Canadian-American astrophysicist; Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science, Physics, and Aero/Astronautics at MIT and pioneer of exoplanet atmosphere research

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Sep 24, 2026

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine Podcast

Studying the changing of AI language inside swarms, how orangutans learn to forage, and an astrophysicist talks about loss

Sep 24 · 49m

Angela SainiHOST

33:09

you just describe to me where the book starts? It starts with you learning about your husband Mike's illness.

Sara SeagerGUEST

33:17

What happened was...

Sara SeagerGUEST

33:19

I started my career at MIT and I had what looked to be the perfect life.

Sara SeagerGUEST

33:24

I had a wonderful husband, two really cute toddlers.

Sara SeagerGUEST

33:29

I had my dream house, an old Victorian in a very nice town.

Sara SeagerGUEST

33:34

And everything was going really well until one day my husband Mike had a stomach ache.

Sara SeagerGUEST

33:38

And normally that's not a problem.

8 MINS LATER

Angela SainiHOST

41:36

Tell us more about them.

Can't Be Censored

Can't Be Censored

Dr. Sarah Seager: The Search for Life Beyond Our Planet

Apr 14 · 24m

Carmen ChaiHOST

10:04

Right.

Sarah SeagerGUEST

10:04

And then that later was taken out and she still had a scar.

Sarah SeagerGUEST

10:07

Meanwhile, her husband, he was just very neutral about it.

Sarah SeagerGUEST

10:11

Like, I never knew one way or the other whether he really believed her.

Sarah SeagerGUEST

10:13

But anyway, that was her story.

Sarah SeagerGUEST

10:15

And she wasn't really asking me for anything.

Sarah SeagerGUEST

10:17

She wasn't asking me to legit validate it, but she definitely wanted me to, you know, just to listen.

Carmen ChaiHOST

14:23

Tell us what that is.