Slacker Astronomy podcast
By Michael Koppelman, Doug Welch, Aaron Price et al
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Podcast Description
Slacker Astronomy wanders the byways of astronomy and science, looking for interesting stories, interviews and video. From hot astronomers to hot hypergiants, you never know what you'll get when you tune in with the Slackers but you'll never (ok rarely) be disappointed.
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We'll Be Back! | Don't give up on us! We'll be back! | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slacker Chat for February 2011 | We join the Slackers for some chit-chat about Kepler and exoplanets and a whole bunch of other stuff, too. | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Twitter Plea | This is a plea to follow us on Twitter. Our twitter name is 'slackastro'. Astro jokes and more! | 1/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Rachid Ouyed and Quark Novae | Doug talks with Dr. Rachid Ouyed about monstrous supernovae and the extremely interesting prospect that they may result from the transition from a neutron star to a strange star. Just when you thought things couldn't get any denser ... | 1/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Chat show with guest Ryan Wyatt | A loud, chaotic at times but generally fun chit-chat show with Michael, Doug, Mike, Rebecca, Aaron and special guest Ryan Wyatt, directory of the planetarium at the California Acadamy of Sciences. | 10/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Fun from the Sun | Michael, Doug and Mike discuss coronal mass ejections, solar flares, aurora and related topics. | 8/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoVariable Stars and Epsilon Aurigae | Awesome video, narrated by Timothy Ferris, about variable stars and epsilon Aurigae. Courtesy of the good people at citizensky.org. | 7/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Extragalactic Distance Scale | Michael Koppelman interviews Dr. Lucas Macri about his work on the extragalactic distance scale using Cepheid variable stars and space telescopes. | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AAVSONet with Dr. Arne Henden | Mike Simonsen interviews Dr. Arne Henden about AAVSONet, a global network of research telescopes, including APASS and the BSM. | 6/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Citizen Sky with Rebekah Turner | Michael, Doug and Mike regale us with their wit and humor and then Mike interviews Rebekah Turner about the Citizen Sky project. | 5/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Robert Naeye of Sky & Telescope Part 2 | The conclusion of Mike Simonsen's interview with Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine. The topic today is science journalism and afterward Michael, Doug and Mike share their thoughts via their typical slacker banter. | 4/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope | Mike Simonsen from Slacker Astronomy interviews Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine about the future of amateur astronomy. Michael, Mike and Doug also discuss various topics and provide brilliant insights and humorous commentary. | 3/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Kevin Krisciunas | Mike Simonsen interviews Kevin Krisciunas about his recent paper that describes how to measure the eccentricity of the moon's orbit with a yardstick and some cardboard and lots of other stuff. | 2/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids | An interview with Steve Howell from NOAO about the Kepler mission, extrasolar asteroids and Ophiuchans. | 1/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoCitizen Science with Epsilon Aurigae | The folks at citizensky.org made this cool Lite Brite video about Epsilon Aurigae. | 12/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heat | Michael, Doug and Mike discuss heat, temperature, thermodynamics, black bodies and associated hot topics. | 12/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Supernovae and Caroline Moore | Mike interviews Caroline Moore, the youngest discoverer of a supernova and Michael, Doug and Mike dicuss supernovae in general in some detail. | 11/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CCDs, Cosmology and Ben | Michael, Doug and Mike discuss the charge coupled device (CCD), answer reader mail about cosmology and interivew Slacker Blogger Ben Huset. | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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North Star Special | A thorough and lengthy show about the North Star, Polaris, including an interview with Dr. Edward Guinan. | 10/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slackerchat with Michael, Doug and Mike | Michael, Doug and proto-Slacker Mike Simonsen discuss Citizen Sky, Jupiter, Stardust, Active SETI and much, much more. | 8/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Evalyn Gates | Doug and Michael interview cosmologist Dr. Evalyn Gates about white dwarfs, dark matter, dark energy and women in science. | 6/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Peter Brookhouse | Doug Welch interview Peter Brookhouse about protecting Australia's observatories from bush fires. | 5/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. II | Mike Simonsen interviews Christopher Tout, Paula Szkody and Boris Gaensicke about cataclysmic variable stars. | 4/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. I | A full show complete with discussion by Michael and Doug, 2 interviews by Mike Simonsen about cataclysmic variable stars and more chatter and laughing. | 3/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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365 Days of Astronomy: 2/12/09 | This is a cross-post of our third contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. It is part 2 of a 2 part series with Dr. Roberta Humphreys and Dr. Kris Davidson from the University of Minnesota, discussing massive stars. | 3/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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365 Days of Astronomy: 1/12/09 | This is a cross-post of our second contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. It is part 1 of a 2 part series with Dr. Roberta Humphreys and Dr. Kris Davidson from the University of Minnesota, discussing massive stars. | 3/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with George Hrab | An interivew with musician, skeptic, podcaster and 365 Days of Astronomy theme song writer George Hrab. Also includes a live extended version of the 365 Days of Astronomy theme song! | 1/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dark Energy with Dr. Michael Turner | An interivew with cosmologist Dr. Michael Turner, who coined the term Dark Energy. We caught up with Dr. Turner at the AAS Meeting in Long Beach, CA on Jan 7th, 2009. | 1/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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365 Days of Astronomy: 1/5/09 | This is a cross-post of our first contribution to The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. Doug and Michael discuss the cause of the seasons here on earth and other aspects of the night sky as explained by simple geometry. | 1/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Ken Mogul on using Global Rent-a-Scope | Doug interviews Ken Mogul, who has been using the Global Rent-a-scope system to observe variable stars from his bed. | 12/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: JJ Kavelaars and the Kuiper Belt | Michael and Doug discuss Mars Phoenix, Hubble and iPhone rockets plus an interview with Dr. JJ Kavelaars about Kuiper Belt objects. | 11/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Geoff Clayton the man from Nantucket? | From the Nantucket studios of Slacker Astronomy, we join Aaron, Michael and Doug for some astronomical chatter, including an interview with Dr. Geoff Clayton, an expert on R Coronae Borealis stars. | 10/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Another Slacker Chat! | After the tragedy of the "lost episode", undaunted, we got the gang together on Skype and had some fun recording a new show. Warning: Some politics within! | 9/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoSOFIA and Hubble | Brief discussions about SOFIA and the upcoming Hubble servicing mission from the AAS meeting in Saint Louis. Cameos by Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy) and Mike Simonson (AAVSO). | 8/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slacker Chat with Doug, Michael, Aaron and Travis | We bring the old gang back together for a chit chat about Mars, Brian May, kinematic footprints, IYA and more. We had some technical problems so please ignore the occasional static, beeps or bad jokes. | 8/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Doug Baum on the BIPH | Doug and Michael interview Doug Baum who, along with his partner Russ Lederman, has developed the Binocular Photon Machine (BIPH), a device which amplifies incoming light 50,000 times, effectively tripling your telescope aperture. We talk about the device, how it works and the cool ways it can be used. | 8/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Ethan Vishniac | An interview with Dr. Ethan Vishniac who is the editor-in-chief of The Astrophyscial Journal and a professor of astronomy at McMaster University. | 7/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Science Cafes | An interview with Ben Wiehe of WGBH about science cafes. | 7/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoAaron Price on BZ UMa [FF] | Aaron Price won a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award for this poster on the cataclysmic variable star BZ UMa. Aaron walks us through his poster and results. | 6/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Juan Collar and Detecting Dark Matter | An interview with Juan Collar of the Kavli Institute on detecting dark matter in the laboratory. | 6/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoThe Goddess of the IYA [FF] | A short interview with Susana Deustua about the International Year of Astronomy, with a brief cameo by Mike Simonson of the AAVSO. | 6/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoInterview: Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope [FF] | A short interview with Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope magazine. | 6/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ice Cube | Michael and Doug discuss the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory, supernovae light echos and buying a star. | 5/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Light Pollution | Julie Wilbert brings us a report on light pollution with members of the Minnesota Astronomical Society. | 5/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWhatever the hell is Slacker Astronomy | An interview with Aaron Price about the history of Slacker Astronomy plus ramblings by Michael. | 4/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast interview with Brant Robertson | Doug and Michael chat with Brant Robertson, who is a Spitzer Fellow doing research at The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. Brant is a theoretical astrophysicist involved with computer simulations of the evolution of galaxies. | 3/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slackerpedia Galactica 8.0: A Brief History of the Universe | A brief history of the universe according to modern cosmology. Also a brief discussion of asteroid 2007 WD5, which may hit Mars. | 1/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Principles 4.0 - Inside Stars [FF] | Discussion on what stars are and how they work. | 11/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Timothy Ferris [FF] | Astrotalk about news and events followed by an exclusive interview with author and film maker Timothy Ferris. | 9/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoVideo: DAO Visit [FF] | A tour of the DAO Observatory in Victoria, BC, Canada. | 8/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SG Chit Chat #6 | Opening skit, Astro news, another First Principles, discussions of astronomy tenure policies and the first of a new recurring segment: Kavli Cosmology Nugget, where cosmologists sit around a table with wine and cheese and talk shop. | 5/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology #8: Dr. Lucy Fortson on VERITAS and new forms of astro research | Dr. Lucy Fortson is vice president for research at the Adler Planetarium and a member of the VERITAS gamma ray experiment. She talks about VERITAS, gamma rays, astronomy artifacts and new roles for the public in astronomy research practices. | 5/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology #7: The CMB Soap Opera w/Dr. Stephan Meyer | Dr. Stephen Meyer has been a part of most of the major CMB discoveries in the past two decades. He takes us on a journey of all the experiments, their challenges and successes and then sets the stage for the next phase of CMB experiments. | 5/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology #6: Dark Energy w/Dr. Josh Frieman | Dr. Josh Frieman discusses dark energy and alternative theories along with current and pending experiments to test it. | 5/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology #5: Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 paper: Cosmology Solved? | Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 checklist of the seven major cosmological questions | 5/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology #4: Nobel Laureate Dr. Jim Cronin On Cosmic Rays | Dr. Jim Cronin, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics, discusses cosmic rays and the Pierre Auger Observatory | 5/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology #3: The Big Bang and CMB w/Dr. Clem Pryke | Dr. Clem Pryke discusses the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background, and various properties of it currently being tested in an effort to test and answer open questions about the Big Bang. | 5/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology #2: Dark Matter w/Dr. Andrey Kravtsov | Dr. Andrey Kravtsov gives a good description of the dark matter concept along with current understandings, challenges and active experiments underway to positively detect dark matter. | 5/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology #1: The South Pole Telescope and KICP w/Dr. John Carlstrom | Our first interview from the Kavli Institute For Cosmological Physics. The Director, Dr. John Carlstrom, gives us an overview of the institute and the major equipment they are building and using. Throughout the week we will bring you many interviews, both audio and video, from the institute and about all things cosmology. | 5/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SG #5.0 | It's baaaacckk. | 5/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Principles 2: Mass and Stuff (also McNaught/Titan skits) | The second in the First Principle series in which our heroes posit on mass, inertia and other stuff. Also, two skits with Travis and Rebekah about Comet McNaught and Titan. | 4/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Principles 1.0: Astronomers | The first episode of a new segment called First Principles, in which we discuss the basics of what astronomers are and what they do. | 2/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 63 | VideoVideo: The Moon Is A Trip | Fun with the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal | 2/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Second Life Astro Cafe Interviews Promo | Join us Feb. 3 and Feb. 5 in Second Life for Slacker Astronomy Cafe Interviews with Dr. Stuart Lowe and Dr. Doug Welch. More on Second Life at slackerpedia.org. | 1/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 65 | VideoVideo: Hot Astronomers [OF] | Tonya, Michael and Travis wander the halls in search of hot astronomers. Filmed at the 209th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, WA. | 1/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 66 | VideoVideo: AAS Doug Interviews an Astronomy Visualizer [FF] | Dr. Doug Welch interviews Dr. Travis Rector, a science visualizer with NOAO and Gemini observatories. | 1/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 67 | VideoVideo: AAS Poster Wanderings [FF] | Mike and Aaron wander the posters on day two of the AAS meeting in Seattle | 1/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AAS: Day 3 Round Up and The Hot Chocolate Experiment [FF] | Aaron, Doug, Michael, Travis and a friend Anthony talk about day 3 of the American Astronomical Society meeting and perform an experiment with hot chocolate from room service. Craziness ensues. | 1/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AAS Interview With Pamela Gay [FF] | Interview with Dr. Pamela Gay at the 209th meeting of the American Astronomical Society | 1/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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AAS Recap Days 1-2 [OF] | A recap of the first two days of the American Astronomical Society meeting. Ryan Wyatt (Science Visualization blog) joins us as a guest. Meeting blog at slackerastronomy.org. | 1/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 71 | VideoVideo: Neil deGrasse Tyson [FF] | A quick interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson at AAS | 1/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 72 | VideoVideo: AAS Meeting Nonsense [FF] | Some dumb questions asked of smart people at the AAS meeting in Seattle. | 1/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dirty Rotten Astronomers [JF] | Michael and Travis skip out to Bermuda and report on the Space Technology 6 program from NASA. | 1/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 74 | VideoVideo: Optical SETI at Oak Ridge Observatory [FF] | A tour of the Harvard University Oak Ridge Observatory and the Optical SETI telescope there | 1/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 75 | VideoVideo: Are there extra-terrestrials? [FF] | 3 Questions. Second question: Are there extra-terrestrials? | 12/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SG 4.0: The Astronomer Who Cried Wolf [FF] | In this show we cover stories of astronomical predictions: the good, bad and why it's easier to be the former than the latter. We also have an interview with Ryan Wyatt, a science visualizer at the American Museum of Natural History who talks about what goes on behind the scenes to turn those faint fuzzies into pretty pictures and gives us a report from a recent astro-visualization conference. And of course the news, mail and more. | 11/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 77 | VideoVideo: The Story of V838 Mon - [FF] | Rebekah and Travis tell the story of V838 Mon, a planet eater or just a really weird star? | 11/22/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 78 | VideoVideo: Should Pluto be a planet? [FF] | 3 Questions. First question: Should Pluto be a planet? | 11/14/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 79 | VideoVideo: Behind The Scenes [FF] | Michael is visited by Timothy Ferris and a video crew to shoot a scene for an upcoming PBS show about amateur astronomers. | 11/1/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SG #3.0: Planet eating monsters, light echos, unicorns and more...[FF] | Rebekah is back and we have two old-school skits, Doug joins us from Gemini South observatory in Chile and we cover lots of news and gossip in the world of astrology, oops, I mean, astronomy. | 10/31/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SG Interview: Doug Welch on MACHO [FF] | MACHO, and its sequel, SuperMACHO, are projects that have directly detected dark matter. Dr. Doug Welch is one of the researchers involved with the MACHO project. In this podcast interview with Michael Koppelman, Doug talks about all things MACHO. | 10/3/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 82 | VideoLite Brite Supernovae Video [FF] | For our first video podcast, we take 5 pounds of Lite Brite pegs and use them to illustrate the process of supernovae explosions. | 9/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slackerpedia Galactica #1.0 [FF] | The first edition of the new show. Future shows will be posted on this same feed. Info at www.slackerastronomy.org. | 9/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The End of a Planet and the End of a Podcast [FF] | Pluto musings, then the bomb. | 9/13/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carbon Monoxide with Purpose | There are two good places to have CO detectors: In your house and on your radio telescope. We talk about one good place to find CO, and it's not in your basement. | 8/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Fair Plutonian Menance [FF] | The things Pluto must do to remain in the brotherhood of planets would make even Luke remble with fear. | 8/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sometimes Too Much Light Can Be A Bad Thing [FF] | In the 90's, astronomers had a chance to see an object usually obsructed by glare. That window of opportunity has just now closed so the results of the research are now starting to come out.. | 8/1/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Great Balls of Fire | A great ball of gas, greater in size than the distance between us and the Andromeda galaxy(!), has been spyed plunging into the distance Abell 3266 galaxy cluster. Why? Well why not? If you were a bored bit of gas living out your days in the suburbs of such a great galactic metropolis, wouldn't you too want to take a plunge, and go live in the center of things for a while? | 7/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ring Around the Planet [FF] | Grab a partner, doe-se-doe. Watch the moons dance and roll... | 7/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Finder's Keeper's [OF] | Lookee what we found... | 7/10/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dusty Supernovae[FF] | Astronomers prove you wouldn't have dustballs without supernovae. | 7/4/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weird Physics[FF] | Weird hard math sometimes is and sometimes isn't weird good science. | 6/21/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bigger Than the Motor Car [OF] | Pictures of big things from the earliest days of the Universe | 6/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Running Backwards while Moving Forward [OF] | Slowing light, and even making time run backwards, does nothing to help Pamela get more hours into a day. | 6/1/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Even Space Telescopes Need a Union [OF] | All work and no play makes an infrared space telescope a dull - but efficient, boy. | 5/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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One Less Thing To Worry About [OF] | GRBs don't kill people. Paranoia kills people. | 5/9/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digging In the Dirt [FF] | To learn of the Sun, we must look to the Moon. Or, more accurately, the dirty footprints we left behind. | 4/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Breakfast of Enceladians [JF] | Slush Puppies are what's for breakfast on Saturn's Moon Enceladus | 4/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sterile Neutrinos, Enough Said [JF] | Sterile neutrinos are on a quest to solve all life's mysteries without interacting. | 4/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Light Brite [FF] | Lights, lights, lights everywhere and not a star to see. Just how many stars can you see in your area? | 3/28/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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WMAP's Anistropy Trophy [FF] | The show is now one year old, but the rest of us are 13.7 billion years old. Break out the Geritol. | 3/21/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pop and Glow [JF] | Occationally people go bump in the night, and occationally things flare in Gamma Rays. Did you go bump when GRB060218 went flare? | 3/14/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Just Blame It On The Termites And Be Done With It [JF] | Somewhere on Titan, in a sleepy, empty home, an oven door is ajar. | 3/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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As Simple As That [FF] | The recurrent nova RS Ophiuci erupts for the first time in 21 years and illustrates the impermanence of existence - or just looks neato | 2/28/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dirty Rotten Snow Balls [FF] | Don't know what to do with your snow? Toss it in a Lagrange Point! | 2/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Star, By Any Other Name... [OF] | This Valentines Day pity the poor, lonely stars | 2/7/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Bubba Gump Galaxy Co. [FF] | Life is like a box of onions... | 1/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gamma-Ray Candles [FF] | Brad Schaeffer demonstrates that Gamma-Ray Bursts can be used to measure the Cosmological Variable. | 1/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Supernova Echo and The Zwickymen [OF] | Light echoes from supernovae centuries old are discovered by SuperMacho-Macho-Man. | 1/8/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Are You Ready For Some Astronomy? [FF] | Monday Night Football is no longer. Fret not fellow couch potatoes! We have Monday Night Astronomy and a story about low energy aurorae. | 1/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Astronomer's T'was the Day Before Christmas [FF] | Our holiday treat for our listeners | 12/21/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Titantic News On Titan [FF] | Science results from the Huygens Atmospheric Probe from all over | 12/15/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stellar Skeletons [FF] | The Crab Nebula, SN 1970g, and Universal Expansion provide explosive science | 12/6/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Saturn As a Litter Box [FF] | Cassini and Mira team up to find wakes that look like Ridges in Saturn's Rings | 11/29/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot [FF] | Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot [FF] - infrared discoveries from the Andromeda galaxy | 11/15/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eta Boy Eta Car [FF] | Eta Boy Eta Carinae [FF] | 11/7/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pop goes the Neutron [FF] | Pop goes the Neutron (neutron star that is) [FF] | 10/24/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visiting an Old Friend For the First Time [JF] | Visiting an Old Friend For the First Time [JF] | 10/18/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carrying the 1's Along Gravitational Highways [OF] | Carrying the 1's Along Gravitational Highways [OF] | 10/3/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Black Hole Roundup [FF] | Black Hole Roundup [FF] | 9/25/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deep Impact Isn't A Porno [OF] | Deep Impact Isn't A Porno [OF] | 9/19/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Downsizing Galaxies | Downsizing Galaxies | 9/13/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Propeller Population of the Universe | Propeller Population of the Universe | 9/6/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Donate to New Orleans Astronomy Clubs | Donate to New Orleans Astronomy Clubs | 9/6/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Viscious Little Dots | Micro Blazars A Go Go | 9/1/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Remapping small town NGC 300 | NGC 300's position is recalculated and its urban sprawl is remapped. | 8/24/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tiny Specks of Fun | Meteor Showers Aren't | 8/21/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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To Be Or Not To Be A Planet | We break down the 10th planet | 8/8/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neutrons play Hide and Quake | Neutrons play Hide and Quake | 7/25/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sharin' Charon | Sharin' Charon (Show #19) - Pluto and its Moon Charon | 7/25/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breaking The Superwind | Breaking the Superwind (Show #18) | 7/19/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dreaming of a Scary Universe | Show #17: Dreaming of a Scary Universe | 7/13/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When Asteroids Attack | Show #15: When Asteroids Attack | 6/28/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dunkin' Quasars | Show #14: Dunkin' Quasars | 6/21/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The End of the Beginning | Show #13: The End of the Beginning | 6/15/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Orion Poisons its Young | Show #12: Orion Poisons its Young | 6/5/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blame Canada for Extrasolar Planets | Show #11: Blame Canada for Extrasolar Planets | 5/30/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Magic 8 Ball vs. Mira | Show #10: Magic 8 Ball vs. Mira | 5/24/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Martian Drinking Game | Show #9: The Martian Drinking Game | 5/15/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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140 |
Stellar Elders lack Metal | Show #8: Stellar Elders Lack Metal | 5/1/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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141 |
Do Minor Planets Get Carded? | Show #7: Do Minor Planets Get Carded? | 4/24/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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142 |
Death of a Disco Star | Show #6: Death of a Disco Star | 4/17/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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143 |
The Big Bad Astronomer | Show #5: The Big Bad Astronomer capsule interview, full interview on the SA Extra Feed | 4/3/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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144 |
Going Boom | Show #4: Going Boom | 4/3/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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145 |
Gone With the Wind | Show #2: Gone With the Wind | 3/28/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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146 |
Black Hole In the Corner Pocket | Show #1: Black Hole In the Corner Pocket | 3/13/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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147 |
Galaxies in Gangs Wear Red | Show #-1: Galaxies in Gangs Wear Red | 3/2/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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148 |
Your Attention Requested | Show #-3: Your Attention Requested | 2/20/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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149 |
Fancy Names For Shiny Lights | Show #-2: Fancy Names For Shiny Lights | 2/15/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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150 |
Saturn's Hot Spot | Show #-5: Saturn's Hot Spot | 2/13/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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151 |
Dark Matter, the Other White Meat | Show #-4: Dark Matter, the Other White Meat | 2/13/05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 151 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Astronomy made fun
Yes, they're goofy. Yes, the science is pretty entry level. But that's what I love about this podcast. The humor is not for everyone, but neither is Monty Python. Travis and Pamela do a great job of making it seem like anyone can understand current theories and research being done in astronomy. And the awful jokes are just right for the drive home. This is one of two podcasts I've bugged all my friends to subscribe to.
On the Bleeding Edge
As a science teacher, Slacker Astronomy is a superb engagement for my students. Furthermore, the show notes provide the necessary depth for those who want to take the next step after the podcast. For those who do not wish to take this step, just sit on the couch and enjoy your weekly dose of astronomy fun. And be careful, you might just learn something cool.
Good times
In an age were most try to sound smart I find Slacker Astronomy rather refreshing. They take the astronomy and place it into a format that is informative, hilarious, and easy to understand. The information that Slacker Astronomy presents is enough to build a foundation on astronomy and glimpse the detailed theories.
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