The Jodcast
The Jodcast is an astronomy podcast created by students and staff from the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. The episodes include the latest astronomy news, interviews with astronomers, stargazing information, and more.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 323
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
February 2011 Extra
Royal. In this show, Professor Martin Rees tells us about gamma-ray bursts and the future of humanity [01:46 - 19:58] and two new work experience students ask Doctor-in-waiting Adam Avison about the …
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Fri 18 Feb 2011
February 2011
Bucky. In the show this time we find out about cosmology and the cosmic microwave background from Dr Hiranya Peiris [10:55 - 29:05] and learn about buckyballs in space from Dr Jan Cami [29:14 - 37:43…
Thu 03 Feb 2011
January 2011 Extra
Stargazing. In this show we talk to the presenters of BBC Stargazing Live: Dara O Briain [03:20 - 18:29], Mark Thompson [19:28 - 34:45] and Professor Brian Cox [35:00 - 50:41]. As always, Dr Tim O'Br…
Sat 15 Jan 2011
January 2011
Five. In this show we talk to our first ever interviewee - Professor Michael Kramer - to find out what has happened in pulsar research over the past five years [09:13 - 28:55]. As always, Megan brin…
Sun 02 Jan 2011
December 2010
Century. In this special 100th episode show, we talk to two Jodcasters, Dr. Megan Argo [13:29 - 31:06] and Dr. Stuart Lowe [31:06 - 40:52] about their day jobs. As always, Megan brings us the latest …
Thu 02 Dec 2010
November 2010
Good Vibrations. In this show we talk to Professor Yvonne Elsworth about solar and stellar vibrations [12:06 - 27:53]. As always, Megan brings us the latest astronomical news [02:40 - 11:58] and we h…
Sat 06 Nov 2010
October 2010 Extra
Have a nice day! In this show we talk to Dr Ronnie Jansson about magnetic fields in space [01:01 - 14:20], Professor Dennis Zaritsky tells us about the evolution of galaxies [14:20 - 26:24] and Profe…
Thu 21 Oct 2010
October 2010
Blobby. In the show this time, Dr Anthony Rushton tells us about the EVN and microquasars [12:12 - 33:19] and Prof Anne Zabludoff talks about blobs [33:52 - 48:27]. As always, Megan brings us the lat…
Sat 02 Oct 2010
September 2010 Extra
Homecoming. In the show this time, we have an interview with Dr Dan Evans about black holes and jets [04:21 - 22:55] and put your astronomical questions to Dr Tim O'Brien [26:01 - 55:49]. As always w…
Wed 15 Sep 2010
September 2010
Kinky. In this show we hear about theoretical cosmology and kinky vortons from Jonathan Pearson [12:00 - 28:128]. As always, Megan brings us the latest astronomical news [02:56 - 11:32] and we hear w…
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Thu 02 Sep 2010
August 2010 Extra
There's No Place On Earth To Hide. In this show, Dr Fraser Duncan tells us all about SNOLAB in Canada, Chris Wareing answers your astronomical questions and we round up your feedback.
00:51:47 |
Wed 18 Aug 2010
August 2010
O Canada. In the show this time we have two more interviews from Dave's visit to the University of Western Ontario. We hear about lunar geology from Dr Irene Antonenko [10:45 - 38:10] and Alex de Sou…
Fri 06 Aug 2010
July 2010 Extra
School's out for summer. This bumper edition has been created with the help of 6 work experience students. Paul Woods tells us about dust in space [16:18-20:40], Jon Pearson is interviewed about gene…
Tue 20 Jul 2010
July 2010
Stateside. In this show we have the first of the interviews that Dave has recorded on his travels across North America. In May, Dave visited the University of Western Ontario and while he was there, …
Mon 05 Jul 2010
June 2010
In the show this time we find out about searches for extraterrestrial intelligence using LOFAR [12:39-20:40] and hear about SOFIA [21:06-31:52] - a telescope which is mounted on a plane. With the Māo…
Tue 01 Jun 2010
May 2010 Extra
In this episode we have an audio tour of an exhibition of portraits of astronomers [02:08-31:10], we hear about some of the latest results from the Herschel space observatory [31:43-36:10], and Tim a…
Mon 17 May 2010
May 2010
CAP and NAM. In the show this time we get an update on two recent conferences that Jodcast presenters were lucky enough to attend. Megan brings us a series of interviews from the Communicating Astron…
Tue 04 May 2010
April 2010 Extra
We bring you back up-to-date from 1990 with updates about the Hubble Space Telescope [05:32-13:12], the MERLIN interferometer [15:05-18:28], and cosmology since COBE [19:12-28:04]. We also update the…
00:39:25 |
Wed 21 Apr 2010
Spring 1990
In this cassette we find out about the upcoming launch of the Hubble Space Telescope [06:32-12:55], find out about the newly extended MERLIN [19:18-23:31] and we talk about the first results from the…
00:57:53 |
Wed 31 Mar 2010
March 2010 Extra
We talk to Robert Dunn about supermassive black holes and X-ray binary systems [00:45-22:28], we put your astronomical questions to Tim [24:04-41:58], and round-up your feedback.
00:45:51 |
Tue 23 Mar 2010
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