The Cosmic Shed

Andrew reports back from the first ever Blue Dot Festival at Jodrell Bank.

We hear from Professor Danielle George on the eve of her Robot Orchestra taking to the stage, Professor Angela Taylor and Ben Shaw about the SKA and radio astronomy, Dr Beth Healey about her trip to Antarctica to learn about long duration space travel and plenty more.

Andrew also got to have an Apollo love-in with Moondust author Andrew Smith and cosmonaut geek out with Sky at Night producer and film maker Michael Lachmann.

Somehow Dr Rebecca Cunningham also manages to make ylang ylang smell like floods...As Andrew mentioned in the episode, we are delighted to announce The Cosmic Shed Live in At Bristol Planetarium. 

We're celebrating 50 years of Star Trek with two special screenings at Bristol Planetarium. We're teaming up with Bristol Sunset Cinema to put on two special screenings at the Bristol Planetarium. 

As Star Trek famously supports Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, profits from the two screenings will be going to two charities that fight prejudice – LGBT Bristol and SARI.

Buy your tickets for Wrath of Khan plus The Cosmic Shed Live here

Buy your tickets for First Contact plus The Cosmic Shed Live here

Andrew reports back from the first ever Blue Dot Festival at Jodrell Bank.

We hear from Professor Danielle George on the eve of her Robot Orchestra taking to the stage, Professor Angela Taylor and Ben Shaw about the SKA and radio astronomy, Dr Beth Healey about her trip to Antarctica to learn about long duration space travel and plenty more.

Andrew also got to have an Apollo love-in with Moondust author Andrew Smith and cosmonaut geek out with Sky at Night producer and film maker Michael Lachmann.

Somehow Dr Rebecca Cunningham also manages to make ylang ylang smell like floods...

As Andrew mentioned in the episode, we are delighted to announce The Cosmic Shed Live in At Bristol Planetarium. 

We're celebrating 50 years of Star Trek with two special screenings at Bristol Planetarium. We're teaming up with Bristol Sunset Cinema to put on two special screenings at the Bristol Planetarium. 

As Star Trek famously supports Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, profits from the two screenings will be going to two charities that fight prejudice – LGBT Bristol and SARI.

Buy your tickets for Wrath of Khan plus The Cosmic Shed Live here

Buy your tickets for First Contact plus The Cosmic Shed Live here

In this animated episode, Andrew is joined in the shed by 5 people who, at times, seem to be driving the show as we discuss the 2015 Pixar film Inside Out.

Joining Andrew are Maddy and Ti (as will hopefully become usual) as well as Andrew Knight of At Bristol, Bristol's Science Centre and Rachael Baker, studying for a PhD in neuroscience at Bristol University.

Andrew was also fortunate enough to meet up with Prof Bruce Hood, Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society whose specialism is Cognitive Development. Bruce is planning his own podcast soon but joins Andrew to discuss the science of the brilliant Inside Out, a film about the brain and emotional life of an 11 year old girl.

For more information and episodes visit thecosmicshed.com

In this animated episode, Andrew is joined in the shed by 5 people who, at times, seem to be driving the show as we discuss the 2015 Pixar film Inside Out.

Joining Andrew are Maddy and Ti (as will hopefully become usual) as well as Andrew Knight of At Bristol, Bristol's Science Centre and Rachael Baker, studying for a PhD in neuroscience at Bristol University.

Andrew was also fortunate enough to meet up with Prof Bruce Hood, Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society whose specialism is Cognitive Development. Bruce is planning his own podcast soon but joins Andrew to discuss the science of the brilliant Inside Out, a film about the brain and emotional life of an 11 year old girl.

For more information and episodes visit thecosmicshed.com

Dinosaur Park is a theatre show which Sam Neill (of Jurassic Park) says is “Brilliant! Hilarious, poignant, spot on, great”. We happen to agree.

Andrew and Ti met up with Frode Gjerløw and Simon Maeder of Superbolt theatre after their performance at the Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol to talk about the show and where, for them, science fiction and storytelling collide.

Visit thecosmicshed.com for more episodes

Dinosaur Park is a theatre show which Sam Neill (of Jurassic Park) says is “Brilliant! Hilarious, poignant, spot on, great”. We happen to agree.

Andrew and Ti met up with Frode Gjerløw and Simon Maeder of Superbolt theatre after their performance at the Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol to talk about the show and where, for them, science fiction and storytelling collide.

Visit thecosmicshed.com for more episodes

Andrew speaks to Professor Alan Williams about his work on the new BBC radio adaptation of John Wyndham's classic novel The Kraken Wakes.

Alan is composer and writer on contemporary music and culture, and fills Andrew in on the process of creating the music for the production, and talks about some of his his favourite science fiction scores.

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Andrew speaks to Professor Alan Williams about his work on the new BBC radio adaptation of John Wyndham's classic novel The Kraken Wakes.

Alan is composer and writer on contemporary music and culture, and fills Andrew in on the process of creating the music for the production, and talks about some of his his favourite science fiction scores.

Visit thecosmicshed.com for more information and episodes

In this long-overdue episode, Andrew is joined in the shed by Steve and Maddy to talk about the 1997 film Contact, and the novel that came before it.

The book was written by Andrew's favourite astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, who based its main character on Jill Tarter, radio astronomer and former director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Andrew was lucky enough to talk to Jill for this episode, and she tells us about searching space for signals and why its so important, her experiences as a women in science, and time spent advising Jodie Foster for her role in the film.

For more info and episodes visit thecosmicshed.com

In this long-overdue episode, Andrew is joined in the shed by Steve and Maddy to talk about the 1997 film Contact, and the novel that came before it.

The book was written by Andrew's favourite astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan, who based its main character on Jill Tarter, radio astronomer and former director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Andrew was lucky enough to talk to Jill for this episode, and she tells us about searching space for signals and why its so important, her experiences as a women in science, and time spent advising Jodie Foster for her role in the film.

For more info and episodes visit thecosmicshed.com