Episode 16 - Brian Koberlein's Universe

Recorded: 24 July 2015

Brian Koberlein

Released: 25 July 2015
Duration: 83 minutes, 28 seconds

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Host Paul Carr and our panel welcome astrophysicist Brian Koberlein: scientist, teacher, blogger and podcaster. We talk about what motivates science and science communication, the great observatories being built in Chile and Brian's recent trip there, the grand structure of the universe and some recent hints of inhomogeneity, Einstein, Noether and the forces driving genius,  the shabby treatment of women scientists, and the recent exoplanet discoveries. In spite of some minor audio glitches, we think this is one of our best episodes yet.

Links

One Universe at a Time

Astrophysics Through Computation

Emmy Noether

Henrietta Leavitt
Rosalind Franklin

A Supervoid Imprinting the Cold Spot in the Cosmic Microwave Background

Kepler Finds First Earthlike Planet in the Habitable Zone of Another Star.

Episode 1 - the Frontiers of Physics with Ben Tippett

The Wow! Signal

Credits

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Panelists: Patrick Festa, Adam "Synergy" Smith, Ciro Villa
Special Guest: Brian Koberlein
Music: DJ Spooky

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Our First Video Promo

We struggle to tell you why you should listen to the Unseen Podcast, so we thought we'd show you:

Episode 15 - Hard to Explain

Recorded: 17 July 2015

The Hard to Explain Sputnik Planum

Released: 18 July 2015
Duration: 72 minutes, 12 seconds

Host Paul Carr is joined by Adam "Synergy" Smith, James Garrison and Mike Mongo, to talk about the recent Pluto flyby, Donald Trump as the first astronaut to visit Pluto, discovering a planet with microlensing, the space program in general, exploring the caves of the moon with lasers, what the Chinese are up to on the moon, and of course, Bigfoot. We are all trying to get banned by Richard Hoagland, and Mike Mongo urges full sovereignity for the Conch Republic.

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Links

The Wow! Signal

Alan Stern

The New Horizons Mission
Montage of Neptune and Triton
The Librarian of Discworld

A Venus Mass Planet Orbiting a Brown Dwarf

Jeff Nosanov talks to Mike Mongo about exploring the caves on the Moon

China is Now Positioned to Dominate the Moon
Finding Bigfoot
The Texas Bank

Credits

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Panelists: James Garrison, Mike Mongo, Adam Smith
Music: DJ Spooky

Hardware: Audio Technica, Art Pro, Behringer, Apple

Software: Reaper, Google Hangouts, Soundflower, Linein, OS X Mavericks, Auphonic

Episode 14 - Designer Babies in Space!

Recorded: 10 July 2015

Space Baby by Kerenper on DeviantArt

Released: 11 July 2015
Duration: 72 minutes, 28 seconds

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Host Paul Carr welcomes molecular biologist Chelsea Villaneuva and skeptic Patrick Festa for a fascinating conversation about the past and future of human evolution. What is the science of epigenetics, and how is it shaping our view of how evolution works?

Links

The Wow! Signal Podcast

Why No One is Talking About Revolution Going on in Evolutionary Science
Epigenetics: The Sins of the Father
Grandma's Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes
The Selfish Gene
The 10,000 Year Explosion
The Natural history of Ashkenazi Intelligence (PDF)

CRISPR the Disruptor
Tyler Kokjohn - Human Germline Editing: Will it Be?

Credits

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Panelists: Chelsea Villanueva, Patrick Festa
Music: DJ Spooky

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Episode 13 - Who Can You Trust?

Recorded: 3 July 2015
Released: 3 July 2015
Duration: 71 minutes, 40 seconds

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Host Paul Carr welcomes Adam Synergy (aka Adam Smith), Mike Bohler, Nick Nielsen and Chris

The Zanti Misfits

McGinlay. We started talking about some of the exciting new developments in space science, as well some of the crazy that invevitably gets excreted whenever we have new images of a planet. We also complain a bit all the mystery mongering. We also talk about the Elders, international peace, and the Grexit. Will there also be a Brexit?

Erratum: one way light time to Pluto is about 4.5 hours, not 8 hours as our host erroneously stated.

Clarification: New Horizons Closest Approach to Pluto is on 14 July at 11:49:57 (UTC), which is 7:49:57 EDT.

Links

New Horizons Mission
Where is New Horizons?
The Two Faces of Pluto

The Dawn Mission
Dawn Images
A Ceres of Weird Events

Episosde 11 - Conspiracies in Space
Stuart Robbins -  Exposing Pseudoastronomy
Androids Do Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Zanti Misfits

The Elders
Grexit
Brexit

The Wow! Signal

Credits:

Host and Producer: Paul Carr
Panelists: Adam "Synergy" Smith, Mike Bohler, Nick Nielsen, Chris McGinlay
Music: DJ Spooky

Hardware: Audio Technica, Art Pro, Behringer, Apple

Software: Reaper, Google Hangouts, Soundflower, Linein, OS X Mavericks, Auphonic