#038 -- Science -- NASA is not wowing anyone this fall with either the long term plan for interplanetary exploration or their current work on the International Space Station. New cracks in the foam, and underwhelming plans for the space station, and insufficient funds to ever reach Mars. Meanwhile China is gradually building momentum towards a moon mission, and private enterprise is getting closer to having viable space vehicles. Music by Fatboy Slim, Timo Mass, Snog, DJ Micro. NOTE: the phone number for voice messages is inaccurate! Not enough people called, so I lost my number!

#037 -- World -- One of the chemical weapons used by Saddam Hussein against his own people was white phosphorous. In the United States military, this substance is known as Whiskey Pete, or Willie Pete, and has been used in "Shake and Bake" missions in Fallujah. What is White Phosphorous? What does it do? Why would we use it? What is its status under international law? Did we really use it? Background music by Laurie Anderson (Credit Racket), Fugazi (Exit Only), Garmarna (Hunger), PGR (The Chemical Bride: Signalling through the Flames), Dead Can Dance (Bird), and Shostakovich.

#036 -- Tech -- Studies in imperfection including the never ending failure of personal digital assistants to actually live up to inherent promise of the device, and the abject failure of email to be as simple and effective as it should be. Music by DJ Cheb-i-Sabbah, Hallucinogen, Jethro Tull, and Mozart.

#035 -- SciFi -- The Science Fiction channel, which runs SciFi.com, has decided to shut down their short-story magazine arm, SciFiction. This is a sad day for science fiction writers, and for fans of the short form. It's also just another data point in the decline of the once venerable science fiction short story. However, the decline in readership is balanced by a thriving interest on the part of writers, and some of the very best stuff in the history of the form is being written now. Strange, huh? Background music by The Crystal Method, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Gillian Welch, and The Reverend Horton Heat.

#034 -- Intelligent Design -- Mainstream scientists deplore intelligent design as unworthy of debate. They dismiss what purports to be a rival to the theory of Natural Selection simply because it looks like creationism in disguise. But serious scientists with serious academic credentials have put their names behind it. Are mainstream scientists being close minded about a valid idea, or do the proponents of the idea really have ulterior motives? And what might such motives be? Bluejack juxtaposes this with a slightly different angle on scientific spirituality, using music from Peter Gabriel, Jeff Buckley (and Leonard Cohen), Gillian Welch, Westbam, Cowboy Junkies, and Mark Mothersbaugh.

#033 -- Life -- Taking stock of everything: recent shows? How about those clones: You can buy them today. Human-computer integration? Computerized ears, eyes, already in production. How about November? NaNoWriMo, and the next super secret project. But don't forget to Breathe, Bluejack! Let's all breathe together: An interesting connection between Eastern and Western spirituality.