The Jodcast
Episodes
NAM 2012
30 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Namchester. We bring you four bite-sized chunks of the National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester, recorded each day during the conference. In the first...
March 2012 Extra
16 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Light Side. In the show this time, Prof. Philippa Browning tells us about the upcoming National Astronomy Meeting and solar physics in the JodBite...
March 2012
02 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Flat-packed. In this LOFAR-themed episode, we talk to Dr Neal Jackson [08:55 - 23:35] about the Low Frequency Array itself, Dr Tom Hassall [23:47-30:5...
February 2012 Extra
16 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Turtle. In the show this time, Dr Danielle Fenech [11:32 - 27:15] tells us about starburst galaxies and we talk to Dr Ant Holloway [01:20 - 11:25] abo...
February 2012
03 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Sweet. This time around, we talk to Dr Lucie Green [05:05 - 12:30] about Solar activity and Dr Paul Woods [12:43-24:13] tells us about a sweet molecul...
January 2012 Extra
16 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Bitten. In the show this time, Dr David Floyd [12:24 - 35:22] tells us about microlensing and we talk to Dr Tim O'Brien [01:22 - 12:17] about his role...
January 2012
02 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Now We Are Six. In our sixth birthday show, we talk to Professor Chris Collins about galaxy formation [09:17 - 21:10] and we hear about molecules in s...
December 2011 Extra
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Habitable? In the show this time, Dr Matt Griffin [01:11 - 23:24] tells us about the Herschel mission and we talk to Dr Eduard Kontar [23:29 - 37:17] ...
December 2011
02 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Sparky. In this show, we talk to Dr Sonia Anton about quasars and the Gaia mission [16:41 - 29:40] and we find out about a mysterious radio signal fro...
November 2011 Extra
16 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Singularity. In the show this time, Dr Silke Britzen [03:38 - 09:40] tells us about a recent black hole meeting in Manchester and we find out about su...
November 2011
02 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Mischievous. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Rob Izzard about the mischievous J-stars [13:08 - 37:49]. As always, Megan rounds up the latest n...
October 2011 Extra
16 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Sunny Side Up. In this show, we talk to Professor Albert Zijlstra [02:05 - 20:55] about a tasty-looking nebula, Dr Stella Offner [21:00 - 35:04] tells...
October 2011
04 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Dusty. In the show this time, we talk to Dr Greg Sloan about evolved stars and dust [13:16 - 34:19]. As always, Megan rounds up the latest news [01:36...
September 2011 Extra
16 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Cactus. In this show, we talk to Dr Andrew Strong [02:24 - 28:24] about the high-energy Universe. Dr Tim O'Brien answers your questions [38:24 - 58:5...
September 2011
01 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Diamond. In the show this time, we talk to Dr Martin Bureau about galaxies [10:39 - 35:24] and we find out about an exciting new discovery in the puls...
August 2011 Extra
16 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Zoom. In this show, we get an update on the ALMA telescope from Dr Robert Laing [01:18 - 09:00] and we talk to Dr Graham Smith [09:07 - 25:53] about g...
August 2011
02 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Witless. In the show this time, we talk to Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski about all sorts of different supernovae [08:32 - 32:14]. As always, Megan rounds u...
July 2011 Extra
17 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Interesting. In this Extra show, Dr Pierre Maxted [01:14 - 24:18] tells us about the progress of the SuperWASP exoplanet search and Professor Glenn Wh...
July 2011
01 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Transmission. In this show we talk to Dr Giovanna Tinetti about exoplanet atmospheres [11:08 - 49:15]. Megan rounds up the latest news [03:26 - 10:36]...
June 2011 Extra
17 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Rave. In this show we talk to Dr Leigh Fletcher [01:37 - 22:54] about storms on Saturn, Robert Franke [22:58 - 37:00] about neutrinos and Professor Iw...
June 2011
02 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Spirit. In the show this time we have interviews about dark matter and evolved stars from the National Astronomy Meeting [09:08 - 45:36]. Megan rounds...
May 2011 Extra
17 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Einstein. In this show we talk to Dr Karen Masters about LOFAR and Galaxy Zoo [00:44 - 11:07], Dr Haley Gomez talks about dust in galaxies [11:14 - 17...
May 2011
01 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Conferring. In the show this time we have interviews from two conferences - .astronomy [08:28 - 30:26] and the National Astronomy Meeting [30:29 - 43:...
April 2011
03 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Arriba! Arriba! In this episode we talk to 4 members of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics: Dr Bob Watson [09:30 - 13:49] tells us about the cos...
March 2011 Extra
18 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Glorious. In this show, Professor Derek Ward-Thompson tells us about the early stages of star formation [00:49 - 14:06] and Libby talks to Dr Jay Fari...
March 2011
02 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Llama. In the show this time we find out about quasars from Dr Alejo Martinez-Sansigre [08:42 - 18:30], and Dr Alastair Edge tells us about the gas be...
February 2011 Extra
18 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 stud...
February 2011
03 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 bu...
January 2011 Extra
15 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
January 2011
02 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
December 2010
02 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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...
November 2010
06 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
October 2010 Extra
21 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
October 2010
02 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 [3...
September 2010 Extra
15 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 questio...
September 2010
02 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 lates...
August 2010 Extra
18 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 questio...
August 2010
06 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 D...
July 2010 Extra
20 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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...
July 2010
05 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 Unive...
June 2010
01 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 te...
May 2010 Extra
17 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 He...
May 2010
04 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
April 2010 Extra
21 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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 cosmo...
Spring 1990
31 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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...
March 2010 Extra
23 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
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],...
March 2010
04 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In the show this time we learn about supernovae and dust from Professor Mike Barlow [10:40-27:16]. As always, Megan brings us the latest news [01:32-1...
February 2010 Extra
19 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we find out about space weather from Jim Wild [00:43-09:01] and talk to Marek Kukula about all things Solar [09:01-14:19], Tim answers yo...
February 2010
01 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We have a couple of interview with scientists at the Isaac Newton Group of telescopes. We find out about the observatory and compact binaries from Dr ...
January 2010 Extra
23 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Stewart Eyres about Sakauri's Object [01:07-18:08], we put your astronomical questions to Tim [22:22-46:18], and round-up your feedback. Ap...
January 2010
02 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. We bring you some of our highlights of the year which celebrated 400 years of the astronomic...
December 2009 Extra
22 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we talk to Sir Francis Graham-Smith about his life, being Astronomer Royal and his work on pulsars [01:00-23:44]. We put your astronomica...
December 2009
01 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
After months of talking about it we finally recorded an episode (1 of 2) with a live studio audience. In this bumper show we have an interview with Dr...
November 2009 Extra
17 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we find out about the ongoing upgrades to the Very Large Array in New Mexico from Dr Rick Perley [00:51-31:20]. We put your astronomical ...
November 2009
03 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we have an interview with John Sarkissian about the history of the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia [12:50-45:54]. As always, Megan br...
October 2009 Extra
20 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we find out about Autumn Moonwatch from Steve Owens [01:59-07:31] and we hear all about the rings and moons of Saturn from Prof. Carl Mur...
October 2009
02 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we have an interview with Robert Laing about interferometers and ALMA [14:16-29:49], and we talk to Willem Baan about interference in rad...
September 2009 Extra
20 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this show Megan talks to Robert Hollow (ATNF) about Pulse@Parkes [01:04-17:18], we put your astronomical questions to Dr Roy Smits [25:40-40:12], g...
September 2009
02 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from our summer break with an interview about 'anomalous emission' [13:43-27:39]. As always, Megan brings us the latest news [02:10-10:45] ...
August 2009
03 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features an interview we recorded with Prof Miller Goss about pioneering Australian radio astronomer Ruby Payne Scott [13:17-38:21]. As a...
July 2009 Extra
20 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
With it being the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Earth's Moon, we dedicate most of this episode to things lunar. We mention the late...
July 2009
06 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
It's summer and the Jodcasters are dispersed but Jen and Dave managed to meet up in Milan's central station to record this episode. This episode featu...
June 2009 Extra
19 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Meteorites can tell us a surprising amount about our solar system and its environment. In this episode we talk to Ernst Zinner about his studies of pr...
June 2009
02 Jun 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we bring the last of the interviews that were recorded at the JENAM. We have an interview with Mike Lockwood about the variability of the...
May 2009 Extra
17 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
This jam-packed show comes at the end of a jam-packed week of major events in astronomy. We have more interviews recorded at JENAM including what's ne...
May 2009
02 May 2009
Contributed by Lukas
It's Roy's last episode before he returns to the Netherlands and we welcome some of the new Jodcast Juniors. The Jodcast Juniors were our roving repor...
April 2009 Extra
17 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Roy talks to amateur astronomer Brian Woosnam about his love of astronomy and his local astronomical society [00:59-17:09]. We talk ab...
April 2009
01 Apr 2009
Contributed by Lukas
It's Nick's last episode of the Jodcast and Dave makes a return after his Indian trip. In this episode we hear about finding planets with the upcoming...
March 2009 Extra
18 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
With the 100 Hours of Astronomy quickly approaching, we find out what will be happening over the course of the four days [01:08-07:06] and get details...
March 2009
05 Mar 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we find out about supermassive blackholes in the early universe [15:24 - 39:40] from Professor Marco Spaans and we encourage you to ho...
February 2009 Extra
21 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Nick and Stuart talk about the latest Jodcast video about Newton's Principia, Nick talks to Professor Albert Zijlstra about primitive dust [02:34-13:1...
February 2009
02 Feb 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we find out about observations of regions of massive star formation [10:15 - 20:02] from Dr Steve Longmore and we hear about a chance ...
January 2009 Extra
19 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Colin Stuart visits the Herschel Museum in Bath to find out about the astronomical work of William and Caroline Herschel [01:51 - 28:5...
January 2009
01 Jan 2009
Contributed by Lukas
With it being the end of the year we round-up our favourite astronomical images of 2008 [17:16 - 25:05]. We also discuss the International Year of Ast...
December 2008 Extra
19 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
It's the last show before Christmas so the show is a little shorter than usual. First up we bring news of two special video episode that will be out i...
December 2008
02 Dec 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Oh no it didn't, but it will produce infrared surveys of galaxies. In our main interview [12:32 - 30:05] we talk to Dr Matt Jarvis (University of Hert...
November 2008 Extra
16 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
We bring you breaking news of two separate discoveries of extra solar planets. In our main interview [05:14 - 21:47] we talk to Dr George Hobbs (Austr...
November 2008
03 Nov 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Heymans tells us [09:19 - 25:03] about observations of dark matter in the supercluster Abell 901/902. As usual we get the latest news from M...
October 2008 Extra
17 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
We find out about the Jodrell Bank Meteor Detector from Eddie Blackhurst [02:25-11:47]. We talk to Roberta Paladini about her studies of astronomical ...
October 2008
03 Oct 2008
Contributed by Lukas
You don't see the same universe twice. This month Jim Cordes tells us [20:12 - 34:25] about the recently discovered class of pulsars which emit their ...
September 2008 Extra
18 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this show Tim returns to answer your questions about astronomy [09:04-37:16] and we talk to Andreas Faltenbacher about dark matter halos in the Mil...
September 2008
02 Sep 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This month we bring you a final interview that we conducted at the National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast. Dill Faulkes, the man behind the Faulkes Tel...
August 2008 Extra
18 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In space nobody can hear you scream but that doesn't mean that it is totally quiet. In this show, Tim O'Brien helps our ears to explore the sounds of ...
August 2008
02 Aug 2008
Contributed by Lukas
On 1st August 2008 parts of the world experienced a total solar eclipse. In the UK we saw a partial solar eclipse and the Jodcast was at Jodrell Bank ...
July 2008
01 Jul 2008
Contributed by Lukas
With 95% of the content of the universe being dark, we ask Jochen Weller about dark energy and models that describe the expansion of the universe [16:...
June 2008 Extra
17 Jun 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In the show this time we find out how astronomers and particle physicists are detecting cosmic rays hitting our atmosphere with the Pierre Auger Obser...
June 2008
03 Jun 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we talk about Mars Phoenix Lander touching down on Mars and sending back its first results. In our interview Ben Maughan tells us how he ...
May 2008 Extra
20 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This issue we talk to Dr Anthony Challinor from the University of Cambridge about the Cosmic Microwave Background. We also get your astronomical quest...
May 2008
01 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we find out about a mysterious blue blob found in the Galaxy Zoo and we find out what the Genesis mission can tell us about oxygen in the...
NAM 2008
15 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Jodcast National Astronomy Meeting special edition. On the final day of the meeting we were lucky to be joined by old friends of the Jo...
April 2008
01 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
It's the April show. This time we talk to Richard Davis and Bob Watson about an instrument that has observed the Cosmic Microwave Background. We find ...
March 2008 Extra
17 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This issue we talk to Dr Maria-Rosa Cioni from the University of Hertfordshire about the concept of metallicity and how we can use it to learn about g...
March 2008
03 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
In this show we take a look the photosphere and corona of our local star - the Sun. We find out about the tremendously tangled web of plasma and magne...
February 2008 Extra
16 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
On February 8th and 9th we were at Astrofest in London. We bring you news from the Campaign for Dark Skies, we find out about the Space Telescope Scie...
February 2008
03 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This is our lensing special. We ask Dr Neal Jackson to describe gravitational lensing of distant quasars by galaxies and have a series of interviews f...
January 2008 Extra
17 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
This issue we talk to Dr Alan Chapman about Victorian astronomer and popular lecturer Richard Proctor. We get your astronomical questions answered by ...
January 2008
01 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year and welcome to the first show of 2008. This time we find out all about highly magnetised neutron stars - magnetars. We find out how obs...
December 2007 Extra
17 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
In the last Jodcast of 2007 Ken Kellermann and Dave Jauncey tell us about the discovery of quasars, particularly the lunar occultations of 3C 273 in t...
December 2007
03 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
This is our Cassini-Huygens special all about the NASA/ESA mission to the planet Saturn. We find out all about Cassini from Carl Murray and find out h...
November 2007 Extra
15 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
This issue we talk to Professor Don Burnett about NASA's Genesis Mission to capture particles from the solar wind and bring them back to Earth for stu...