Podcast Episodes

Solar Flares and Deep Space Nine with Dr. Jimmy Negus

Season 3 Episode 1

Welcome to the Season 3 premiere of The LIUniverse, your happy half-hour dose of cosmic conversation and geeky banter with host Dr. Charles Liu! In this episode, Chuck and co-host Allen Liu welcome b…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Chuck GPT 1.0 Year End Q&A

Season 2 Episode 15

What happens to one sun of a binary pair if the other goes supernova? Can we mitigate the greenhouse effect? How big should a telescope be? For our Season 2 finale, we’re answering fan questions from…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Star Trucking with Franklin Chang-Diaz and Miranda Chang – Part 2

Season 2 Episode 14

Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with father and daughter team Franklin Chang-Diaz, NASA astronaut and founder of the Ad Astra Rocket Company™, and Miranda Chang, Ad Astra’s Global Communications D…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Star Trucking with Franklin Chang-Diaz and Miranda Chang – Part 1

Season 2 Episode 13

When humanity heads out for the stars, what will be powering our spacecraft? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome father and daughter team Franklin Chang-Diaz, NASA astronaut an…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Black Holes and Space Junk with Vivienne Baldassare

Season 2 Episode 12

How do we find black holes? And how can we tell whether it’s a small black hole “eating” really fast or a large black hole that’s eating very slowly? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Li…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Final Frontiers with Jeyhan Kartaltepe

Season 2 Episode 11

In this episode of The LIUniverse, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe, an astronomer and professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, who studies galactic evol…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Star Treks, Star Wars, and Star Domes with Jenny Powers and Elliot Severn

Season 2 Episode 10

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a science educator and work at a planetarium or science museum? Even better, to run one?

To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Stars vs. Planets with Dr. Tom Rice

Season 2 Episode 9

How did our solar system get here? How did the Earth form? How commonly does that happen elsewhere, and how often do the conditions necessary for life come about?

To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

New York Comic Con: The Science of Sci-Fi 2021

Season 1 Episode 13

Why does Wakanda have no suburbs, and should we destroy them if it did? Is it ethical to become a cyborg, like in the Justice League? Can venom – the toxins or the Marvel character – save your life? …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Boston Fan Expo: The Science of Sci-Fi

Season 2 Episode 8

How realistic is the human augmentation depicted in comic, games and movies? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu welcomes the CEO/founder of Neurobionics Dr. MJ Antonini, experimental psychologist Liam McMa…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago