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November 07, 2017 November 2017: Under New Skies
... and under new management, but still not on time! In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Premana Premadi, Dr. Hesti Wulandari, Dr. Taufiq Hidayat and Dr. Mahasena Putra about recent highlights in Indonesian astronomy [07:09 - 28:04], Josh Hayes rounds up the latest news [00:56-06:56] and we find out what we can see in the November night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [39:31 - 59:01].
1 hr 1 min
October 19, 2017 October 2017 Extra: The Parting Of The Ways
The Parting Of The Ways. In the show this time, we bring you a second whistlestop tour of the amazing science that came to the 2017 Bluedot festival at Jodrell Bank. Dr. Beth Rogers tells us about Guerilla archeology [00:58 - 09:23], Jon Spooner tells us how he hacked his way into space [09:33 - 22:29], Dr. Grant Munro talks about the hidden heroes of astronomy [28:16 - 48:59] and Dr. Amy Vincent tells us all about mitochondrial diseases [50:19 - 55:26].
58 min
October 04, 2017 October 2017: Blown Away
Blown Away. In the show this time, we talk to Dr Federico Urban about bigravity, graviton and dark matter [08:01 - 22:54], Beth Jones rounds up the latest news [01:27-07:53] and we find out what we can see in the October night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [42:08 - 61:01].
1 hr 3 min
September 22, 2017 September 2017 Extra: Measuring Star Formation
Measuring Star Formation. In the show this time, we present a series of interviews with Sarah Leslie [03:31 - 20:14], Jacinta Delhaize [20:25 - 40:43], Dillon Dong [40:52 - 58:41], and Anna Kapinska [58:50 - 73:47] from the Measuring Star Formation in the Radio, Millimetre, and Submillimetre meeting.
1 hr 20 min
September 15, 2017 September 2017: To infinity
To infinity. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Jason McEwen about next generation radio telescopes [08:10 - 17:13], Ian and Fiona round up the latest news [01:00-08:03] and we find out what we can see in the September night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [32:40 - 52:09].
1 hr
August 23, 2017 Bluedot 2017: Risking sunburn for sunspots
Bluedot 2017. In the show this time, Fiona and Monique take you on a whistlestop tour of the 2017 bluedot festival. We talk to Vicky Dewar-Fowler about zoo-plankton [00:06:58.000 - 00:11:31.500], Abi Stone about the anthropocene [00:13:24.689 - 00:26:54.500] and Kat Presland about the life of water [00:29:31.000 - 00:35:58.900]. We also have interviews with Isabel Large about beekeeping [00:37:14.571 - 00:44:02.709] and Paul Denton about seismology[00:44:53.955 - 00:54:23.701].
1 hr 3 min
August 11, 2017 August 2017: Summer Patchwork
Summer Patchwork. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Caitriona Jackman about adventures in the outer Solar System [05:21 - 21:29], Josh Hayes rounds up the latest news [00:52-05:15] and we find out what we can see in the August night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [73:52 - 91:51].
1 hr 35 min
July 05, 2017 July 2017: Non-responsive
Non-responsive. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Adam Amara about A holistic approach to cosmology [10:10 - 25:23], Mat Malenta rounds up the latest news [01:41-10:01] and we find out what we can see in the July night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [47:57 - 1:05:30].
1 hr 7 min
June 10, 2017 June 2017: Cosmic Sneezing
Cosmic Sneezing. In the show this time, we talk to Thomas Tauris about compact stars, pulsars and outreach [10:00 - 33:55], Ian Evans rounds up the latest news [01:54-09:55] and we find out what we can see in the June night sky from Ian Morison and Haritina Mogosanu [62:41 - 85:47].
1 hr 29 min
May 22, 2017 May 2017 Extra: For whom the skies burst
For whom the skies burst. In the show this time, Dr Elisabetta Valiante talks to us about the Herschel-ATLAS survey [21:38 - 44:40], Josh Hayes and James Stringer tell us about multi-band searches for fast radio bursts [00:47 - 21:30] and your astronomical questions are answered by Iain in Ask an Astronomer [01:06:33 - 01:13:29.0].
1 hr 19 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…