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The Astropod is a jam-packed, monthly astronomy podcastfrom the graduate students at the Institute of Astronomy (IoA),University of Cambridge. Each episode we bring you exclusiveinterviews with res... more
FAQs about The AstroPod (astronomy podcast):How many episodes does The AstroPod (astronomy podcast) have?The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.
July 10, 2011The AstroPod July 2011This month Maciek talks to Professor George Efstathiou, congratulating him on receiving the Gruber Prize for Cosmology. We also hear all about the Planck satellite and collaboration. Alex H gives us a history of Cosmology, Laura provides us with the most recent news stories, Alex C guides us around the night sky and we welcome Chris to the team, providing us with the best in Astronomy humour....more39minPlay
June 03, 2011The AstroPod June 2011Get prepared for a hugely exciting interview this month - Maciek talks to the Astronomer Royal - Professor Martin Rees. Alex H. gives us a history of the Astronomers Royal and we have the news from Laura, your guide to the night sky from Alex C. and Michelle's last ever joke of the month! Listen next month to meet our new joke teller!...more35minPlay
May 08, 2011The AstroPod May 2011This month Maciek talks to Jonathan Gair about the exciting field of Gravitational Waves, finding out all about how they could be detected. Alex H. gives us the fascinating story of Einstein's life and career and we, of course, have the latest news from Laura, your guide to what is in the sky this month with Alex C., and an epic joke of the month from Michelle....more38minPlay
April 01, 2011The AstroPod April 2011Welcome to the April Edition of the Astropod! This month we hear all about the history of multiwavelength Astronomy from Alex H. and Maciek has a fascinating time talking to Shri Kulkarni about this life in Astronomy. Of course we also have the latest news from Laura, your guide to the night sky from Alex C. and a fabulous joke of the month from Michelle....more35minPlay
March 07, 2011The AstroPod March 2011This month, we congratulate our very own Vasily Belokurov who has won the Royal Astronomical Society's Fowler Prize. He tells us all about his award-winning research while Alex gives us a history of the Milky Way in astronomy. Of course we also bring you the latest astronomy news, your guide to the Sky At Night and another fabulous joke of the month from Michelle....more34minPlay
January 29, 2011The AstroPod February 2011This month, astronomer Pat Hall from York University in Canada tells us about the science he does using astronomical surveys, while our resident historian Alex Hall tells us all about the history of survey astronomy. And of course we also bring you the latest news from the world of astronomy and what you can see in the Sky At Night and the comedy-stylings of Michelle with the Astronomy Joke of the Month....more34minPlay
December 23, 2010The AstroPod December 2010Merry Christmas from the AstroPod Crew! This month, Dr George Becker from the Institute of Astronomy talks to us about cosmic climate change and our new historian, first year PhD student Alex Hall, tells us about the history of quasars. Of course this episode is also packed with the latest news from the world of astronomy and Alex Caverley tells us what we can currently see in the Sky At Night, while Michelle entertains us with a festive joke of the month....more30minPlay
November 11, 2010The AstroPod Novemeber 2010This month, along with the usual banter, Anna's history section is all about gravitational lensing and Maciek talks to Joseph Hennawi about his research.Of course we also have the latest news from Laura, a guide to the night sky from Alex and Michelle provides us with another awesome Astro joke of the month....more29minPlay
October 22, 2010The AstroPod October 2010The October Edition is now available! We apologise for the delay - but it is worth the wait!This month is jam packed full of banter, Anna gives an interesting history of ESO and Maciek interviews the IoA's Mark Gieles. We, of course, also have the latest Astro news from Laura, your guide to the night sky with Alex and Michelle's monthly Astro joke!...more24minPlay
July 12, 2010The AstroPod July 2010To celebrate summer finally coming to England we hear all about the Sun this month in our interview with Prof. Douglas Gough and our history section about Sun gods. We also have the latest Astro news from Laura and your guide to the night sky with Alex. Not forgetting Michelle's monthly Astro joke too! Sit back, enjoy and don't forget you can find more info on our website at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/astropod...more34minPlay
FAQs about The AstroPod (astronomy podcast):How many episodes does The AstroPod (astronomy podcast) have?The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.