Podcast Episodes

#15 Jackie Faherty - Brown Dwarfs, Clouds, Atmospheres, JWST

Episode 15

In this week's episode, David is joined by Dr Jackie Faherty, Senior Scientist and Senior Education Manager at the American Museum of Natural History and co-founded of the BDNYC research team. Jackie…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

#14 Gavin Schmidt - Climate Science, Projections, Measurements, Denialism

Episode 14

In this week's episode, David is joined by climate scientist Dr Gavin Schmidt, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) and co-founded of the RealClimate blog.

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

#13 David Spergel - NASA UAP Taskforce, Dark Matter, Hubble Tension, Leadership

Episode 13

In this week's episode, David is joined by Dave Spergel, Professor of Astrophysics, Chair of the NASA UAP Taskforce and President of the Simons Foundation. Dr Spergel has been a prominent leader in t…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

#12 Lisa Kaltenegger - Alien Earths, Astrobiology Controversies, Frequency of Life

Episode 12

In this week's episode, David is joined by Lisa Kaltenegger, Professor at Cornell and Director of the Carl Sagan Institute. Lisa's new book, "Alien Earths", has just hit the shelves so we talk about …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

#11 Paul Sutter - Rescuing Science, Restoring Trust In an Age of Doubt

Episode 11

In this week's episode, David is joined by Dr Paul Sutter, Professor at Stony Brook and a Visiting Professor at Barnard College. Paul is a theoretical cosmologist, who has had a long and productive c…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

#10 - Viraj Pandya - Early Galaxies with JWST, Galaxies "Gone Bananas", Galaxy Formation

Episode 10

In this week's episode, David is joined by Dr Viraj Pandya, Hubble Fellow at Columbia University. Viraj's work was recently highlighted on the front page of the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.co…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

#9 Renée Hložek - Axions, Tracing Dark Matter, Fate of the Universe

Episode 9

In this week's episode, David is joined by Prof Renée Hložek from the University of Toronoto/Dunlap Institute. Renée is cosmologist studying the CMB, Type 1A Supernovae and baryonic acoustic oscillat…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

#8 Malena Rice - Planet Nine, Oumuamua, Misaligned Exoplanets

Episode 8

In this week's episode, David is joined by Prof Malena Rice from Yale University. Malena obtained her PhD from Yale University before heading to MIT for a year as 51 Pegasi fellow. She has recently r…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

#7 Ramesh Narayan - Black Holes, Extreme Astrophysics, Event Horizon Telescope

Episode 7

In this week's episode, David is joined by Ramesh Narayan - a renowned astrophysicist whose groundbreaking research has significantly advanced our understanding of black holes and accretion processes…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

#6 Adam Frank - Technosignatures, Semantic Information, Galactic Colonization

Episode 6

In this week's episode, David is joined by Adam Frank. Adam is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rochester University, author of popular science books such as "The Little Book of Aliens" and "L…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago