Slacker Astronomy Podcast
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
A weekly podcast about a recent news item in astronomy done by gen-xy astronomers. We try to be irreverent and humorous and occasionally we get the facts straight.
About Podcasting:
For those of you new to podcasting, it is a new and growing form of broadcasting which allows you to subscribe to and automatically download MP3s of free Podcasts through RSS feeds (Really Simple Syndication, the same technology used in subscribing to blogs). Once downloaded you can listen to these Podcasts on your computer, iPod, or any other portable digital audio player.
A popular Podcast downloading application called iPodder can be found at www.ipodder.org. Once you've downloaded iPodder, you plug in the URL of a Podcast's RSS feed to subscribe to it and then start downloading the latest Podcasts.
To listen to LearnOutLoud.com's Podcast "Audio Learning Revolution" you can Click Here and copy the URL of our Podcast feed into your Podcast application.
About Podcasting:
For those of you new to podcasting, Click Here to read our "Introduction to Podcasting" Article.
 Write a Review of Slacker Astronomy Podcast
 
J.E., February 17, 2006
Reviewer: J.E.
from Chicago, Illinois
The Slacker Astronomy podcast is a very cool way for people who have a casual interest in astronomy to catch up with what is happening in the greater universe. The podcasts are pretty short (only about 10 minutes), so you won't have to commit much time to listening.
The entire show is scripted, and you can tell that the hosts are just reading the dialogue. This gives the show a bit of a "canned" feel, but it's not too bad. The hosts bring a lot of enthusiasm and levity to the show, which does a lot to overcome the canned effect.
Each show is packed with information about a single topic, such as Pluto and its moon Charon, superwind, and some dangerous phenomena in our solar system and beyond. I listened to several of these podcasts and I found all of them to be very interesting and informative.
This podcast is a fun (and understandable)way to learn about astronomy. I definitely recommend subscribing to it.
| Podcast Feed URL: |
Podcast Website:
http://www.slackerastronomy.org
We'll Be Back!
Wed, Nov 30, 2011
Don't give up on us! We'll be back!
 Download File - 2.9 MB
 Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Slacker Chat for February 2011
Sun, Feb 27, 2011
We join the Slackers for some chit-chat about Kepler and exoplanets and a whole bunch of other stuff, too.
Download File - 46.7 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Twitter Plea
Mon, Jan 17, 2011
This is a plea to follow us on Twitter. Our twitter name is 'slackastro'. Astro jokes and more!
Download File - 1.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Rachid Ouyed and Quark Novae
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
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 ...
Download File - 39.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Podcast: Chat show with guest Ryan Wyatt
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
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.
Download File - 23.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Podcast: Fun from the Sun
Sun, Aug 15, 2010
Michael, Doug and Mike discuss coronal mass ejections, solar flares, aurora and related topics.
Download File - 21.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Variable Stars and Epsilon Aurigae
Thu, Jul 29, 2010
Awesome video, narrated by Timothy Ferris, about variable stars and epsilon Aurigae. Courtesy of the good people at citizensky.org.
Download File - 40.4 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
The Extragalactic Distance Scale
Tue, Jul 20, 2010
Michael Koppelman interviews Dr. Lucas Macri about his work on the extragalactic distance scale using Cepheid variable stars and space telescopes.
Download File - 18.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
AAVSONet with Dr. Arne Henden
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
Mike Simonsen interviews Dr. Arne Henden about AAVSONet, a global network of research telescopes, including APASS and the BSM.
Download File - 18.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Citizen Sky with Rebekah Turner
Sat, May 22, 2010
Michael, Doug and Mike regale us with their wit and humor and then Mike interviews Rebekah Turner about the Citizen Sky project.
Download File - 43.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Robert Naeye of Sky & Telescope Part 2
Sat, Apr 03, 2010
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.
Download File - 44.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope
Sun, Mar 07, 2010
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.
Download File - 54.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Kevin Krisciunas
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
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.
Download File - 51.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Kepler and Extrasolar Asteroids
Sun, Jan 03, 2010
An interview with Steve Howell from NOAO about the Kepler mission, extrasolar asteroids and Ophiuchans.
Download File - 23.7 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Citizen Science with Epsilon Aurigae
Thu, Dec 17, 2009
The folks at citizensky.org made this cool Lite Brite video about Epsilon Aurigae.
Download File - 12.1 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Heat
Sat, Dec 12, 2009
Michael, Doug and Mike discuss heat, temperature, thermodynamics, black bodies and associated hot topics.
Download File - 29.0 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Supernovae and Caroline Moore
Sun, Nov 22, 2009
Mike interviews Caroline Moore, the youngest discoverer of a supernova and Michael, Doug and Mike dicuss supernovae in general in some detail.
Download File - 41.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
CCDs, Cosmology and Ben
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
Michael, Doug and Mike discuss the charge coupled device (CCD), answer reader mail about cosmology and interivew Slacker Blogger Ben Huset.
Download File - 38.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
North Star Special
Sun, Oct 04, 2009
A thorough and lengthy show about the North Star, Polaris, including an interview with Dr. Edward Guinan.
Download File - 51.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Slackerchat with Michael, Doug and Mike
Fri, Aug 21, 2009
Michael, Doug and proto-Slacker Mike Simonsen discuss Citizen Sky, Jupiter, Stardust, Active SETI and much, much more.
Download File - 36.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Evalyn Gates
Sun, Jun 07, 2009
Doug and Michael interview cosmologist Dr. Evalyn Gates about white dwarfs, dark matter, dark energy and women in science.
Download File - 38.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Peter Brookhouse
Tue, May 12, 2009
Doug Welch interview Peter Brookhouse about protecting Australia's observatories from bush fires.
Download File - 47.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. II
Mon, Apr 13, 2009
Mike Simonsen interviews Christopher Tout, Paula Szkody and Boris Gaensicke about cataclysmic variable stars.
Download File - 33.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Simo-Slacker Interviews Pt. I
Mon, Mar 30, 2009
A full show complete with discussion by Michael and Doug, 2 interviews by Mike Simonsen about cataclysmic variable stars and more chatter and laughing.
Download File - 37.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
365 Days of Astronomy: 2/12/09
Thu, Mar 5, 2009
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.
Download File - 11.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
365 Days of Astronomy: 1/12/09
Thu, Mar 5, 2009
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.
Download File - 11.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview with George Hrab
Sun, Jan 25, 2009
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!
Download File - 12.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Dark Energy with Dr. Michael Turner
Sat, Jan 10, 2009
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.
Download File - 23.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
365 Days of Astronomy: 1/5/09
Mon, Jan 5, 2009
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.
Download File - 11.0 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Ken Mogul on using Global Rent-a-Scope
Wed, Dec 24, 2008
Doug interviews Ken Mogul, who has been using the Global Rent-a-scope system to observe variable stars from his bed.
Download File - 39.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: JJ Kavelaars and the Kuiper Belt
Mon, Nov 17, 2008
Michael and Doug discuss Mars Phoenix, Hubble and iPhone rockets plus an interview with Dr. JJ Kavelaars about Kuiper Belt objects.
Download File - 44.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Is Geoff Clayton the man from Nantucket?
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
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.
Download File - 33.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Another Slacker Chat!
Thu, Sep 25, 2008
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!
Download File - 32.0 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
SOFIA and Hubble
Tue, Aug 26, 2008
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).
Download File - 36.6 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Slacker Chat with Doug, Michael, Aaron and Travis
Thu, Aug 21, 2008
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.
Download File - 22.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Doug Baum on the BIPH
Fri, Aug 08, 2008
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.
Download File - 24.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Ethan Vishniac
Sun, Jul 27, 2008
An interview with Dr. Ethan Vishniac who is the editor-in-chief of The Astrophyscial Journal and a professor of astronomy at McMaster University.
Download File - 30.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Science Cafes
Tue, Jul 08, 2008
An interview with Ben Wiehe of WGBH about science cafes.
Download File - 14.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Aaron Price on BZ UMa [FF]
Sun, Jun 29, 2008
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.
Download File - 30.2 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Interview: Juan Collar and Detecting Dark Matter
Mon, Jun 16, 2008
An interview with Juan Collar of the Kavli Institute on detecting dark matter in the laboratory.
Download File - 28.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
The Goddess of the IYA [FF]
Fri, Jun 13, 2008
A short interview with Susana Deustua about the International Year of Astronomy, with a brief cameo by Mike Simonson of the AAVSO.
Download File - 15.8 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Interview: Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope [FF]
Wed, Jun 04, 2008
A short interview with Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope magazine.
Download File - 42.8 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Ice Cube
Mon, May 26, 2008
Michael and Doug discuss the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory, supernovae light echos and buying a star.
Download File - 23.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Light Pollution
Sun, May 11, 2008
Julie Wilbert brings us a report on light pollution with members of the Minnesota Astronomical Society.
Download File - 17.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Whatever the hell is Slacker Astronomy
Sat, Apr 19, 2008
An interview with Aaron Price about the history of Slacker Astronomy plus ramblings by Michael.
Download File - 16.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Podcast interview with Brant Robertson
Fri, Mar 28, 2008
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.
Download File - 24.7 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Slackerpedia Galactica 8.0: A Brief History of the Universe
Mon, Jan 07, 2008
A brief history of the universe according to modern cosmology. Also a brief discussion of asteroid 2007 WD5, which may hit Mars.
Download File - 17.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
First Principles 4.0 - Inside Stars [FF]
Tue, Nov 27, 2007
Discussion on what stars are and how they work.
Download File - 26.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Interview: Timothy Ferris [FF]
Sat, Sep 15, 2007
Astrotalk about news and events followed by an exclusive interview with author and film maker Timothy Ferris.
Download File - 33.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Video: DAO Visit [FF]
Fri, Aug 10, 2007
A tour of the DAO Observatory in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Download File - 18.9 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
SG Chit Chat #6
Fri, May 25, 2007
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.
Download File - 20.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Cosmology #8: Dr. Lucy Fortson on VERITAS and new forms of astro research
Fri, May 18, 2007
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.
Download File - 10.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Cosmology #7: The CMB Soap Opera w/Dr. Stephan Meyer
Thu, May 17, 2007
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.
Download File - 18.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Cosmology #6: Dark Energy w/Dr. Josh Frieman
Wed, May 16, 2007
Dr. Josh Frieman discusses dark energy and alternative theories along with current and pending experiments to
test it.
Download File - 18.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Cosmology #5: Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 paper: Cosmology Solved?
Wed, May 16, 2007
Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 checklist of the seven major cosmological questions
Download File - 28.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Cosmology #4: Nobel Laureate Dr. Jim Cronin On Cosmic Rays
Wed, May 16, 2007
Dr. Jim Cronin, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics, discusses cosmic rays and the Pierre Auger
Observatory
Download File - 5.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Cosmology #3: The Big Bang and CMB w/Dr. Clem Pryke
Tue, May 15, 2007
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.
Download File - 13.0 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Cosmology #2: Dark Matter w/Dr. Andrey Kravtsov
Tue, May 15, 2007
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.
Download File - 11.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Cosmology #1: The South Pole Telescope and KICP w/Dr. John Carlstrom
Mon, May 14, 2007
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.
Download File - 6.7 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
SG #5.0
Mon, May 7, 2007
It's baaaacckk.
Download File - 19.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
First Principles 2: Mass and Stuff (also McNaught/Titan skits)
Mon, Apr 2, 2007
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.
Download File - 7.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
First Principles 1.0: Astronomers
Tue, Feb 13, 2007
The first episode of a new segment called First Principles, in which we discuss the basics of what astronomers are and what they do.
Download File - 7.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Video: The Moon Is A Trip
Sun, Feb 4, 2007
Fun with the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
Download File - 8.6 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Second Life Astro Cafe Interviews Promo
Sun, Jan 28, 2007
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.
Download File - 1.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Video: Hot Astronomers [OF]
Thu, Jan 18, 2007
Tonya, Michael and Travis wander the halls in search of hot
astronomers. Filmed at the 209th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle,
WA.
Download File - 20.1 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Video: AAS Doug Interviews an Astronomy Visualizer [FF]
Thu, Jan 11, 2007
Dr. Doug Welch interviews Dr. Travis Rector, a science visualizer
with NOAO and Gemini observatories.
Download File - 8.2 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Video: AAS Poster Wanderings [FF]
Wed, Jan 10, 2007
Mike and Aaron wander the posters on day two of the AAS
meeting in Seattle
Download File - 11.2 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
AAS: Day 3 Round Up and The Hot Chocolate Experiment [FF]
Wed, Jan 10, 2007
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.
Download File - 14.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
AAS Interview With Pamela Gay [FF]
Tue, Jan 9, 2007
Interview with Dr. Pamela Gay at the 209th meeting of the American Astronomical
Society
Download File - 8.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
AAS Recap Days 1-2 [OF]
Tue, Jan 9, 2007
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.
Download File - 12.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson [FF]
Mon, Jan 8, 2007
A quick interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson at AAS
Download File - 25.2 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Dirty Rotten Astronomers [JF]
Sat, Jan 06, 2007
Michael and Travis skip out to Bermuda and report on the Space Technology
6 program from NASA.
Download File - 0.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Video: AAS Meeting Nonsense [FF]
Sun, Jan 7, 2007
Some dumb questions asked of smart people at the AAS meeting in Seattle.
Download File - 22.7 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Video: Optical SETI at Oak Ridge Observatory [FF]
Wed, Jan 3, 2007
A tour of the Harvard University Oak Ridge Observatory and the Optical
SETI telescope there
Download File - 19.9 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Video: Are there extra-terrestrials? [FF]
Wed, Dec 13, 2006
3 Questions. Second question: Are there extra-terrestrials?
Download File - 5.8 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
SG 4.0: The Astronomer Who Cried Wolf [FF]
Wed, Nov 22, 2006
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.
Download File - 30.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Video: The Story of V838 Mon - [FF]
Wed, Nov 22, 2006
Rebekah and Travis tell the story of V838 Mon, a planet eater or just a really weird star?
Download File - 49.0 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Video: Should Pluto be a planet? [FF]
Tue, Nov 14, 2006
3 Questions. First question: Should Pluto be a planet?
Download File - 16.8 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Video: Behind The Scenes [FF]
Thu, Nov 2, 2006
Michael is visited by Timothy Ferris and a video crew to shoot
a scene for an upcoming PBS show about amateur astronomers.
Download File - 8.2 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
SG #3.0: Planet eating monsters, light echos, unicorns and more...[FF]
Wed, Nov 1, 2006
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.
Download File - 22.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
SG Interview: Doug Welch on MACHO [FF]
Wed, Oct 04, 2006
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.
Download File - 6.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Lite Brite Supernovae Video [FF]
Mon, Sep 18, 2006
For our first video podcast, we take 5 pounds of Lite Brite pegs and use them to illustrate the process of supernovae explosions.
Download File - 26.6 MB
Watch This Podcast (Streaming Video)
Slackerpedia Galactica #1.0 [FF]
Thu, Sep 14, 2006
The first edition of the new show. Future shows will be posted on this same feed.
Info at www.slackerastronomy.org.
Download File - 21.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
The End of a Planet and the End of a Podcast [FF]
Thu, Sep 14, 2006
Pluto musings, then the bomb.
Download File - 6.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Carbon Monoxide with Purpose
Mon, Aug 28, 2006
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.
Download File - 3.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
My Fair Plutonian Menance [FF]
Wed, Aug 16, 2006
The things Pluto must do to remain in the brotherhood of planets would make even Luke remble
with fear.
Download File - 1.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Sometimes Too Much Light Can Be A Bad Thing [FF]
Wed, Aug 2, 2006
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..
Download File - 3.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Great Balls of Fire
Mon, Jul 31, 2006
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?
Download File - 3.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Ring Around the Planet [FF]
Tue, Jul 18, 2006
Grab a partner, doe-se-doe. Watch the moons dance and roll...
Download File - 3.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Finder's Keeper's [OF]
Tue, Jul 11, 2006
Lookee what we found...
Download File - 2.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Dusty Supernovae[FF]
Wed, Jul 5, 2006
Astronomers prove you wouldn't have dustballs without supernovae.
Download File - 2.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Weird Physics[FF]
Thu, Jun 22, 2006
Weird hard math sometimes is and sometimes isn't weird good science.
Download File - 3.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Bigger Than the Motor Car [OF]
Wed, Jun 7, 2006
Pictures of big things from the earliest days of the Universe
Download File - 2.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Running Backwards while Moving Forward [OF]
Thu, Jun 1, 2006
Slowing light, and even making time run backwards, does nothing to help Pamela get more hours into a day.
Download File - 3.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Even Space Telescopes Need a Union [OF]
Mon, May 15, 2006
All work and no play makes an infrared space telescope a dull - but efficient, boy.
Download File - 3.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
One Less Thing To Worry About [OF]
Tue, May 9, 2006
GRBs don't kill people. Paranoia kills people.
Download File - 4.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Digging In the Dirt [FF]
Wed, Apr 26, 2006
To learn of the Sun, we must look to the Moon. Or, more accurately, the dirty footprints we left behind.
Download File - 3.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Sterile Neutrinos, Enough Said [JF]
Wed, Apr 5, 2006
Sterile neutrinos are on a quest to solve all life's mysteries without interacting.
Download File - 3.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
The Breakfast of Enceladians [JF]
Wed, Apr 5, 2006
Slush Puppies are what's for breakfast on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Download File - 2.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Light Brite [FF]
Tue, Mar 28, 2006
Lights, lights, lights everywhere and not a star to see. Just how many stars can you see in your area?
Download File - 12.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
WMAP's Anistropy Trophy [FF]
Tue, Mar 21, 2006
The show is now one year old, but the rest of us are 13.7 billion years old. Break out the Geritol.
Download File - 2.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Pop and Glow [JF]
Tue, Mar 14, 2006
Occationally people go bump in the night, and occationally things flare in Gamma Rays. Did you go bump when GRB060218 went flare?
Download File - 3.0 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Just Blame It On The Termites And Be Done With It [JF]
Wed, Mar 08, 2006
Somewhere on Titan, in a sleepy, empty home, an oven door is ajar.
Download File - 3.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
As Simple As That [FF]
Tue, Feb 28, 2006
The recurrent nova RS Ophiuci erupts for the first time in 21 years and illustrates the impermanence of existence - or just looks neato
Download File - 3.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Dirty Rotten Snow Balls [FF]
Wed, Feb 15, 2006
Don't know what to do with your snow? Toss it in a Lagrange Point!
Download File - 4.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
A Star, By Any Other Name... [OF]
Tue, Feb 7, 2006
This Valentines Day pity the poor, lonely stars
Download File - 2.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
The Bubba Gump Galaxy Co. [FF]
Tue, Jan 24, 2006
Life is like a box of onions...
Download File - 2.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Gamma-Ray Candles [FF]
Mon, Jan 16, 2006
Brad Schaeffer demonstrates that Gamma-Ray Bursts can be used to measure the Cosmological Variable.
Download File - 3.7 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Supernova Echo and The Zwickymen [OF]
Mon, Jan 9, 2006
Light echoes from supernovae centuries old are discovered by SuperMacho-Macho-Man.
Download File - 2.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Are You Ready For Some Astronomy? [FF]
Tue, Jan 3, 2006
Monday Night Football is no longer. Fret not fellow couch potatoes! We have Monday Night Astronomy and a story about low energy aurorae.
Download File - 2.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
An Astronomer's T'was the Day Before Christmas [FF]
Thu, Dec 22, 2005
Our holiday treat for our listeners
Download File - 1.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Titantic News On Titan [FF]
Fri, Dec 16, 2005
Science results from the Huygens Atmospheric Probe from all over
Download File - 2.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Stellar Skeletons [FF]
Wed, Dec 07, 2005
The Crab Nebula, SN 1970g, and Universal Expansion provide explosive science
Download File - 2.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Saturn As a Litter Box [FF]
Wed, Nov 30, 2005
Cassini and Mira team up to find wakes that look like Ridges in Saturn's Rings
Download File - 2.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot [FF]
Wed, Nov 16, 2005
Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot [FF] - infrared discoveries from the Andromeda galaxy
Download File - 2.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Eta Boy Eta Car [FF]
Tue, Nov 8, 2005
Eta Boy Eta Carinae [FF]
Download File - 2.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Pop goes the Neutron [FF]
Tue, Oct 25, 2005
Pop goes the Neutron (neutron star that is) [FF]
Download File - 2.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Visiting an Old Friend For the First Time [JF]
Wed, Oct 19, 2005
Visiting an Old Friend For the First Time [JF]
Download File - 2.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Carrying the 1's Along Gravitational Highways [OF]
Tue, Oct 4, 2005
Carrying the 1's Along Gravitational Highways [OF]
Download File - 2.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Black Hole Roundup [FF]
Mon, Sep 26, 2005
Black Hole Roundup [FF]
Download File - 2.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Deep Impact Isn't A Porno [OF]
Tue, Sep 20, 2005
Deep Impact Isn't A Porno [OF]
Download File - 2.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Downsizing Galaxies
Wed, Sep 14, 2005
Downsizing Galaxies
Download File - 1.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Propeller Population of the Universe
Wed, Sep 7, 2005
Propeller Population of the Universe
Download File - 2.0 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Donate to New Orleans Astronomy Clubs
Tue, Sep 6, 2005
Donate to New Orleans Astronomy Clubs
Download File - 1.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Viscious Little Dots
Thu, Sep 1, 2005
Micro Blazars A Go Go
Download File - 2.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Remapping small town NGC 300
Wed, Aug 24, 2005
NGC 300's position is recalculated and its urban sprawl is remapped.
Download File - 2.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Tiny Specks of Fun
Sun, Aug 21, 2005
Meteor Showers Aren't
Download File - 2.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
To Be Or Not To Be A Planet
Mon, Aug 8, 2005
We break down the 10th planet
Download File - 2.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Neutrons play Hide and Quake
Mon, Jul 25, 2005
Neutrons play Hide and Quake
Download File - 2.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Sharin' Charon
Mon, Jul 25, 2005
Sharin' Charon (Show #19) - Pluto and its Moon Charon
Download File - 2.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Breaking The Superwind
Tue, Jul 19, 2005
Breaking the Superwind (Show #18)
Download File - 1.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Dreaming of a Scary Universe
Wed, Jul 13, 2005
Show #17: Dreaming of a Scary Universe
Download File - 2.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
When Asteroids Attack
Tue, Jun 28, 2005
Show #15: When Asteroids Attack
Download File - 2.0 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Dunkin' Quasars
Tue, Jun 21, 2005
Show #14: Dunkin' Quasars
Download File - 2.1 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
The End of the Beginning
Wed, Jun 15, 2005
Show #13: The End of the Beginning
Download File - 2.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Orion Poisons its Young
Mon, Jun 06, 2005
Show #12: Orion Poisons its Young
Download File - 1.6 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Blame Canada for Extrasolar Planets
Tue, May 31, 2005
Show #11: Blame Canada for Extrasolar Planets
Download File - 2.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Magic 8 Ball vs. Mira
Wed, May 25, 2005
Show #10: Magic 8 Ball vs. Mira
Download File - 2.8 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
The Martian Drinking Game
Mon, May 16, 2005
Show #9: The Martian Drinking Game
Download File - 4.7 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Stellar Elders lack Metal
Mon, May 02, 2005
Show #8: Stellar Elders Lack Metal
Download File - 5.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Do Minor Planets Get Carded?
Mon, Apr 25, 2005
Show #7: Do Minor Planets Get Carded?
Download File - 4.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Death of a Disco Star
Mon, Apr 18, 2005
Show #6: Death of a Disco Star
Download File - 4.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
The Big Bad Astronomer
Mon, Apr 4, 2005
Show #5: The Big Bad Astronomer capsule interview, full interview on the SA Extra Feed
Download File - 6.3 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Going Boom
Mon, Apr 4, 2005
Show #4: Going Boom
Download File - 4.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Gone With the Wind
Tue, Mar 29, 2005
Show #2: Gone With the Wind
Download File - 5.0 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Black Hole In the Corner Pocket
Mon, Mar 14, 2005
Show #1: Black Hole In the Corner Pocket
Download File - 3.9 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Galaxies in Gangs Wear Red
Thu, Mar 3, 2005
Show #-1: Galaxies in Gangs Wear Red
Download File - 5.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Fancy Names For Shiny Lights
Wed, Feb 16, 2005
Show #-2: Fancy Names For Shiny Lights
Download File - 3.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Your Attention Requested
Mon, Feb 21, 2005
Show #-3: Your Attention Requested
Download File - 6.4 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Dark Matter, the Other White Meat
Mon, Feb 14, 2005
Show #-4: Dark Matter, the Other White Meat
Download File - 4.2 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
Saturn's Hot Spot
Mon, Feb 14, 2005
Show #-5: Saturn's Hot Spot
Download File - 3.5 MB
Listen To This Podcast (Streaming Audio)
- Published:
2002
- LearnOutLoud.com Product ID:
S005345
Science
Astronomy
|