Podcast Episodes

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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years, 1 month 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 2 years, 1 month 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 2 years, 2 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 2 years, 2 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 2 years, 3 months ago

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 2 years, 3 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 2 years, 4 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 2 years, 4 months ago