Podcast Episodes

Planet Formation with Dr. Holly Capelo

Season 1 Episode 10

How do planets form out of dust particles? And what does that have to do with fluid dynamics? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome astrophysicist Dr. Holly Capelo from the Unive…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

The Birth of Planets with Aleksandra Kuznetsova

Season 2 Episode 7

How do you go about building a planet? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome computational astrophysicist Dr. Aleksandra Kuznetsova, a NHFP Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow at The Ameri…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Brown Dwarfs and Ballet with Johanna Vos

Season 1 Episode 2

Brown dwarfs are often called failed stars, but today’s guest on the LIUniverse, astrophysicist Dr. Johanna Vos, prefers to think of them as overachieving planets. Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen L…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

The Poetry of the Stars with Midge Goldberg and Yun Wang Part 2

Season 2 Episode 6

Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu continue our exploration into the poetry of the stars with Part 2 of our episode featuring poet/astronomer/cosmologist Dr. Yun Wang and poet/author Midge Goldber…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Particle Physics with Dr. Lesya Horyn

Season 1 Episode 7

What is the universe made of? Will we ever have a complete list of all the particles that make up existence? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Dr. Lesya Horyn, PhD, a Fermila…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

The Poetry of the Stars with Midge Goldberg and Yun Wang

Season 2 Episode 5

We often hear about the music of the spheres, but why not the poetry of the stars? In this episode Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome poet/astronomer/cosmologist Dr. Yun Wang and poet/auth…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Science and the Future with Dr. Andrew Maynard

Season 1 Episode 12

How does the science of today lead us into the future we’ve imagined? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome scientist, futurist and podcaster Andrew Maynard, PhD from Arizona Sta…

Published on 2 years ago

Studying Stars with Dr. Isabel Colman

Season 2 Episode 4

How do we study the spinning of stars? What is astroseismology? And what does data science have in common with “the music of the spheres?” To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome a…

Published on 2 years ago

Hunting Meteorites with Geoff Notkin

Season 1 Episode 8

Are you ready to meet The Meteorite Man?

On this atypical episode of The LIUniverse, rather than our usual working scientist, academic or researcher guests, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welc…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

The LIUniverse: Sailing to Mars with Sarah Al-Ahmed of The Planetary Society

Season 2 Episode 3

Was there ever life on Mars? Where can your passion for astronomy and cosplaying take you? And what the heck is a Light Sail?

To get the answer to these and other questions, Dr. Charles Liu and co-ho…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago