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 2017 Extra
All Hope In Eclipse. In the show this time, Dr Stefan Soldner-Rembold talks to us about the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment [22:31 - 45:45], Dr. Amit Tagore tells us about weak gravitational len…
Tue 25 Apr 2017
April 2017
Going Radio Gaga. In the wake of some sad news, we talk to Dr. Alessandro Navarrini about new technologies for radio telescopes [11:12 - 29:03], Mateusz Malenta rounds up the latest news [01:12 - 10:…
Sat 01 Apr 2017
March 2017 Extra
FOUR FOUR SIX ZERO. Recently, the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics hosted the UK SETI Reseach Network meeting and we were waiting around corners and outside doors, trying to catch unsuspecting al…
Wed 22 Mar 2017
March 2017
Habitable and Earth-like. In the show this time, we talk to Prof Marten van Kerkwijk about pulsar scintellometry [11:34-41:41], Ian Harrison rounds up the latest news [01:10-11:27] and we find out w…
Wed 01 Mar 2017
February 2017
Astrologists. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Teo Munoz Darias about X-ray binaries, [09:40 - 34:45], Mat rounds up the latest news [00:45 - 09:39] and we find out what we can see in the Februa…
Sat 11 Feb 2017
January 2017 Extra
A Falcon Led The Iridium Ark. In the show this time, Elaine Sadler talks to us about the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) [14:28 - 32:22], Dr. Indy Leclercq tells us about his dif…
Mon 23 Jan 2017
December 2016 Extra
Merry. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Cristina Romero-Canizales about LIRGI: radio survey of ultra-luminous IR galaxies [27:25 - 42:40], new Director of JBCA, Professor Mike Garrett talks to u…
Sat 24 Dec 2016
December 2016
The radio star returns. In the show this time, we talk to Professor Ray Norris about EMU: The Evolutionary Map of the Universe [09:03 - 36:19], Ian Harrison rounds up the latest news [01:16-08:57] an…
Fri 02 Dec 2016
November 2016 Extra
Sleeping Satellites. In the show this time, Katie Detwiler talks to us about the cultural anthropology of ALMA, Dr. Joe Zuntz tells us about weak lensing and his departure from Jodrell Bank and your …
Fri 18 Nov 2016
November 2016
Crashing harder than Schiaparelli. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Laura Spitler about a repeating fast radio burst [10:56 - 33:29], Ian Evans rounds up the latest news [01:42-10:45] and we fin…
Fri 04 Nov 2016
October 2016 Extra
Descent into the Maelstrom. In the show this time, Prof. Tetsuo Hatsuda talks to us about quarks and neutron stars [33:1.84 - 55:48.4], Dr. Mitch Mickaliger describes his efforts to search for fast r…
Fri 28 Oct 2016
October 2016
We need to go faster. In the show this time, we talk to Professor Vik Dhillon about high-speed astronomy [14:12 - 45:47], Mat rounds up the latest news [00:51-14:05] and we find out what we can see i…
Thu 13 Oct 2016
September 2016 Extra
Strange Machines. In the show this time, Dr Michelle Lochner talks to us about machine learning and supernova classification, we say farewell to Megan Argo as she leaves us for new pastures and your …
Fri 30 Sep 2016
September 2016
More bees than a Proxima hive. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Francesco Shankar about AGN [11:55 - 38:48], Ian rounds up the latest news [01:34-11:51] and we find out what we can see in the Se…
Mon 05 Sep 2016
August 2016
Sagittarius. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Betsy Mills about her ALMA observations of Sgr A* [10:06 - 36:12], Megan Argo rounds up the latest news [03:11-09:59] and we find out what we can se…
Mon 01 Aug 2016
July 2016 Extra
Only Coming Through In Waves. In the show this time, Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith talks to us about his latest book, Eyes On The Sky [2:08 - 1:00:53], and your astronomical questions are answe…
Fri 15 Jul 2016
July 2016
Things Aren't Simple Anymore. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Sterl Phinney about pulsars and gravitational waves [13:48 - 47:22], Mat rounds up the latest news [1:47 - 13:26], Ian Morison an…
Sat 09 Jul 2016
June 2016 Extra
Deep and Wavy. In the show this time, we talk to Professor James Dunlop about the ALMA observations of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field [12:50 - 31:15], Minnie Mao tells us about Double Radio Sources Asso…
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Tue 21 Jun 2016
June 2016
Nga mihi o Te Tau Hou. In the show this time, we talk to the Vice President at the Society for Maori Astronomy Research and Traditions (SMART), Toa Waaka [12:08 - 51:02], Ian rounds up the latest new…
Fri 10 Jun 2016
NAM 2015 Retrospective
NAM 2015 Retrospective. In the show this time, we cast our ears back to the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) in July 2015. We talk to Dr. Brook Simmons, Becky Smethhurst and Tom Melvin about Galaxy Z…
Mon 30 May 2016
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