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June 02, 2012 June 2012: Captured
Captured. This month, we continue our feast of interviews from the National Astronomy Meeting. We talk to Dr Patrick Sutton [9:15-19:56] about gravitational wave detection with LIGO, Dr Antonio Chrysostomou and Dr Mark Thompson [20:04-31:26] tell us about the sub-millimetre camera SCUBA-2, and Professor James Dunlop [31:34-43:55] brings us up to speed on sub-millimetre galaxies and the instruments used to observe them. Megan rounds up the latest news [1:55-9:05] and we find out what's in the June night sky from Ian Morison and John Field [49:51-72:48].
1 hr 15 min
May 16, 2012 May 2012 Extra: Photogenic
Photogenic. In the show this time, Nik Szymanek [07:14 - 21:46] tells us about astrophotography, Dr. Thomas Targett tells us about supermassive black holes [35:53 - 42:35] and Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons tells us about the NEOShield project [21:59 - 35:46]. We also talk to Foteini Lykou [01:25 - 07:37] about evolved stars in this month's JodBite and your astronomical questions are answered [48:25 - 73:09] by Dr Tim O'Brien in Ask an Astronomer.
1 hr 8 min
May 02, 2012 May 2012: Piggy-Back
Piggy-Back. In this month's show we bring you the first of many interviews recorded at the National Astronomy Meeting. We talk to Dr Jayne Birkby [7:09-20:18] about Hot Jupiter planets, Dr Nick Cross [20:27-27:17] about a billion star image, Phil Bull [21:27-33:49] about dark energy and Dr Dan Brown and John Tanner [33:58-41:37] about light pollution in the Peak District. Plus, Megan rounds up the latest news [0:49-6:51] and we find out what's in the May night sky from Ian Morison and John Field [48:54-65:46].
1 hr 9 min
April 16, 2012 April 2012 Extra: Alternative
Alternative. In the show this time, Dr Christine Jordan tells us about the computers that run the telescope and about the data processing at Jodrell Bank in this month's JodBite [0:56 - 10:44], we talk to Prof. Raman Prinja about stellar winds in massive stars [10:50 - 22:24], Dr Paulo Freire talks about testing alternative theories of gravity using pulsars [22:34 - 44:28] and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Melanie Gendre [51:11 - 59:11].
1 hr 2 min
April 03, 2012 April 2012: Fooling No-one
Fooling No-one. In the show this month, Megan rounds up the latest news [01:01 - 08:43] and we find out what's in the April night sky from Ian Morison and John Field [08:54 - 25:49].
27 min
March 30, 2012 NAM 2012: Namchester
Namchester. We bring you four bite-sized chunks of the National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester, recorded each day during the conference. In the first of the NAM special episodes, Libby reports on the opening of this joint UK-Germany meeting. In the second episode, Jen comes out of retirement to provide highlights of day 2. In the third episode, Christina brings us interviews and press releases from day 3. In the fourth episode, Mark rounds up the meeting and reaction to it.
1 hr 15 min
March 16, 2012 March 2012 Extra: The Light Side
The Light Side. In the show this time, Prof. Philippa Browning tells us about the upcoming National Astronomy Meeting and solar physics in the JodBite [2:07 - 15:52], we talk to Prof. Tom Shanks about cosmological theories that avoid the need for dark matter and dark energy [16:06 - 31:35] and Dr Cristiano Sabiu discusses how to study the large-scale Universe using observation and theory [31:47 - 39:14]. Your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Tim O'Brien [49:13 - 69:23] and we round up some odds and ends from the sphere of astronomy.
1 hr 14 min
March 02, 2012 March 2012: Flat-packed
Flat-packed. In this LOFAR-themed episode, we talk to Dr Neal Jackson [08:55 - 23:35] about the Low Frequency Array itself, Dr Tom Hassall [23:47-30:52] tells us about using it to detect pulsars and Anna Kapinska [31:01-39:12] discusses how it can be used to study active galactic nuclei. Megan rounds up the latest news [01:10 - 08:46] and we find out what's in the March night sky from Ian Morison and John Field [48:33 - 66:10].
1 hr 8 min
February 16, 2012 February 2012 Extra: Turtle
Turtle. In the show this time, Dr Danielle Fenech [11:32 - 27:15] tells us about starburst galaxies and we talk to Dr Ant Holloway [01:20 - 11:25] about his role at Jodrell Bank in the JodBite. Your astronomical questions are answered [33:26 - 44:42] by Dr Tim O'Brien in Ask an Astronomer and we round up some odds and ends from the world of astronomy.
49 min
February 03, 2012 February 2012: Sweet
Sweet. This time around, we talk to Dr Lucie Green [05:05 - 12:30] about Solar activity and Dr Paul Woods [12:43-24:13] tells us about a sweet molecule in space. Megan rounds up the latest news [02:04 - 04:55] and we find out what's in the February night sky from Ian Morison and John Field [30:10 - 51:32].
56 min

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The Jodcast is an student-led astronomy podcast based at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. With our first episode airing in 2006, we are one of the longest running astronomy podcasts in the…