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
April 2019 Extra
Chasing the horizon. In the show this time, we talk to Leen Decin about the ATOMIUM project [25:50 - 41:32], Tana Joseph tells us about black hole binaries and multi-messenger astronomy in this month…
Wed 17 Apr 2019
April 2019
Asteroids, Aliens and All That. In the show this time, we talk to Matt Smith about dusty star formation in nearby galaxies [07:09 - 17:22], Fiona Porter rounds up the latest news [01:12-07:02] and we…
Mon 01 Apr 2019
March 2019
Fresh starts and fond farewells! In the show this time, we talk to Joe Callingham about his work with colliding wind binaries[09:28.78 - 31:26.64], Michael Wright rounds up the latest news [01:08.04 …
Fri 08 Mar 2019
February 2019 Extra
Commensal. In the show this time, we talk to Leon Koopmans about EoR studies with the 21cm line and gravitational lensing [16:52 - 42:35], Ben Stappers tells us about the MeerTRAP project in this mon…
Wed 27 Feb 2019
February 2019
Try turning it off and on again! In the show this time, we talk to Katherine Mack about Dark matter, academic globetrotting and science communication [6:35-46:31], George Bendo rounds up the latest n…
Mon 11 Feb 2019
January 2019
Missions: past and present!!. In the show this time, we talk to Chris Flynn about Observing Fast Radio Bursts, plus using the Moon to study climate change and Gaia to weigh the Milky Way [05:52.3 - …
00:53:26 |
Wed 16 Jan 2019
December 2018 Extra
There And Back Again. In the show this time, we talk to Morgane Fortin about using neutron stars as multimessenger laboratories [29:51 - 44:53], Justin Bray tells us about developing a particle detec…
Fri 11 Jan 2019
December 2018 Pantomime
Our panto-meister Dave Ault is taking a well-earned break from script writing this year, but two of our Jodcasters have stepped up to deliver The Lord of Turing - a tale of suffering, endurance and o…
00:36:40 |
Fri 11 Jan 2019
December 2018
Seeing Double. In the show this time, we talk to Amaury Triaud about exoplanets, especially the TRAPPIST-1 system [06:24 - 34:49], Fiona Porter rounds up the latest news [01:10-06:16] and we find out…
Fri 07 Dec 2018
November 2018 Extra
Falling with hotDOGS. In the show this time, we talk to Bernie Fanaroff and Rob Adam about using science to inform policy-makers, and the future of African astronomy [17:38 - 57:08], our resident DA…
Mon 26 Nov 2018
November 2018
Fixers. In the show this time, we talk to Richard Bower about simulating the Universe with the EAGLE project [06:32 - 29:05], Shruti Badole rounds up the latest news [01:42-06:22] and we find out wha…
Fri 09 Nov 2018
October 2018
Monsters in the Studio. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Tony Irving about finding and studying Martian meteorites [06:40 - 23:26], Emma Alexander rounds up the latest news [01:37-06:31] and we …
Thu 11 Oct 2018
September 2018 Extra
In this Thai-themed special, we talk to Prof. Boonrucksar Soonthornthum about NARIT, Princess Sirindhorn's visit to JBO and Thai/Manchester collaboration [21:14 - 35:49], Eamonn Kerins and Supachai A…
Thu 27 Sep 2018
September 2018
An episode of beginnings! In the show this time, we talk to Emily Drabeck-Maunder about forming habitable planets [10:59 - 24:48], Mateusz Malenta rounds up the latest news [01:43-10:50] and we find …
Fri 14 Sep 2018
August 2018
Summer Patchwork, part II. In the show this time, we talk to Kunal Mooley about EM counterparts to gravitational waves [07:59 - 23:21], Jake Staberg Morgan rounds up the latest news [01:15-07:51] and…
Tue 07 Aug 2018
July 2018
Absent Friends. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Christina Smith about Mars, Pluto and Canada [04:11 - 19:40], Nialh McCallum rounds up the latest news [00:47-03:53] and we find out what we can …
Tue 24 Jul 2018
June/July 2018 Extra
Originally titled 'Friends of Neutron Stars'. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Anna Watts about thermonuclear bursts on neutron stars [35:55 - 58:40], Benjamin Shaw tells us about a glitchy puls…
Sat 14 Jul 2018
June 2018
The Golden Future. In the show this time, we talk to Daniele Michilli about the repeating fast radio burst and its environment [06:42.494 - 15:00.334], Shruti Badole rounds up the latest news [00:58.…
00:41:45 |
Fri 08 Jun 2018
EWASS/NAM 2018
In this special episode we have an EWASS/NAM extravaganza, brought to you from the floor of the cross-over event held in Liverpool in April 2018, where the European Week of Astronomy and Space Scienc…
Wed 16 May 2018
April 2018 Extra
Very Close and Very Far. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Steven Longmore tells us about star formation in the galactic centre [11:29 - 27:16], Dr. Rachael Ainsworth tells us about advocating fo…
00:56:38 |
Sat 28 Apr 2018
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.