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PODCAST

The Jodcast

Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

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.

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86:24

January 2016 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2016/01/14

Just In Time. In a special 10th birthday episode of the Jodcast, Professor John Seiradakis talks to us about the Antikythera Mechanism [18:21 - 47:22], Dr. Jean-Francois Robitaille describes the intricacies involved with measuring galactic magnetic fields [3:14-18:12], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr. Joe Zuntz in Ask an Astronomer [68:12 - 76:52].

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59:45

January 2016

The Jodcast ·

2016/01/09

Farewell Enceladus. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Judith Croston about the radio galaxy population [01:28.004 - 16:08.556], and we find out what we can see in the January night sky from Ian Morison and Haritina Mogosanu [29:56.292 - 57:35.182].

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84:09

December 2015 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2015/12/29

Resurfacing. In the show this time, Professor Frank Close describes the life of Bruno Pontecorvo [38:05.515 - 57:31.363], Professor Ralph Spencer talks to us about cosmic rays, peryton and inteferometery in this month's Jodbite [6:46.946 - 37:58.600], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Iain Macdonald in Ask an Astronomer [1:09:57.259 - 1:17:50.261].

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75:39

December 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/12/08

Generally good. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Tom Kitching about weak gravitational lensing [08:35 - 32:43], Mat rounds up the latest news [00:54 - 08:22] and we find out what we can see in the December night sky from Ian Morison and Haritina Mogosanu [41:24 - 01:10:08].

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60:14

November 2015 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2015/11/25

Golden. In the show this time, Dr Tom Broadhurst talks to us about cold dark matter in galaxy clusters [00:49 - 16:47], Dr Simon Rookyard describes porridge, pulsars and polarisation [16:52 - 26:04], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Anna Scaife in Ask an Astronomer [46:54 - 54:42].

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85:07

November 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/11/08

Spooky. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Caroline D'Angelo about accretion around extreme objects [10:58.73 - 30:45.40], Ian rounds up the latest news [00:49.04-10:51.38] and we find out what we can see in the November night sky from Ian Morison and Haritina Mogosanu [49:25.74-01:15:52.84].

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63:24

October 2015 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2015/10/19

Leaping. In the show this time, Dr Tony Rushton talks to us about jets in X-ray binaries [18:13 - 37:19], James Mckee explains his efforts to find gravitational waves using pulsars [02:16 - 15:45], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr George Bendo in Ask an Astronomer [44:42 - 54:41].

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83:56

October 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/10/06

Martians and Wolves. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Yin-Zhe Ma about the CMB and the limits of cosmology [09:17 - 27:21], Indy rounds up the latest news [00:52-09:09] and we find out what we can see in the October night sky from Ian Morison and Haritina Mogosanu [44:09 - 1:22].

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69:26

September 2015 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2015/09/22

Rewound. In the show this time, Dr Rainer Beck explains the complexities of studying galactic magnetic fields [19:33 - 36.54], Hannah Stacey talks to us about strong gravitational lensing [01:13 - 19:25], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Joe Zuntz in Ask an Astronomer [58:07 - 01:06:15].

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61:40

September 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/09/04

Banner. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Chris Gordon about mysterious gamma rays [10:07 - 22:20], Ian rounds up the latest news [01:23-09:58] and we find out what we can see in the September night sky from Ian Morison and Haritina Mogosanu [35:53 - 1:00:26].

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50:57

August 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/08/03

Bucky Balls. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Amanda Karakas about star evolution [06:17 - 20:24], Ian rounds up the latest news [00:53 - 06:10] and we find out what we can see in the August night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [29:44 - 48:00].

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59:33

July 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/07/06

Awake. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Sarah Crowther about cosmochemistry [07:34 - 26:45], Indy rounds up the latest news [00:44-07:27] and we find out what we can see in the July night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [35:19 - 56:14].

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69:40

June 2015 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2015/06/22

Farewells. In the show this time, Professor Douglas Scott gives us a very thorough overview of the current state of CMB research [24:55 - 46:36], Dr Mark Purver does his final interview for the Jodcast - on the other side of the microphone - in this month's JodBite [01:04 - 24:48], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Joe Zuntz in Ask an Astronomer [1:00:56 - 1:05:38].

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49:12

June 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/06/05

Real. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Debora Sijacki about cosmological simulations [08:01 - 20:24], Indy rounds up the latest news [00:46-07:53] and we find out what we can see in the June night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [35:28 - 47:25].

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47:51

May 2015 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2015/05/17

Shut That Door! In the show this time, Emily Petroff explains how to tell the difference between an extragalactic radio burst and a microwave oven [14:12 - 26:13], Dr Joe Zuntz reveals the preliminary results of the Dark Energy Survey in this month's JodBite [00:47 - 14:01], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr George Bendo in Ask an Astronomer [35:15 - 45:23].

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62:44

May 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/05/01

Sleuths. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Ignas Snellen about finding exoplanets from the ground [08:01 - 20:24], Ian rounds up the latest news [00:46-07:53] and we find out what we can see in the May night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [35:28 - 47:25].

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52:22

April 2015 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2015/04/18

Buzzing. In the show this time, we talk to Dr Matt Taylor about landing a probe on a comet [11:21 - 24:51] and to Dr Buzz Aldrin about landing a person on the Moon [25:11 - 34:29], Jamie Sloan tells us about the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre in this month's JodBite [03:46 - 11:04], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Iain McDonald in Ask an Astronomer [43:38 - 50:09].

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46:44

April 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/04/01

Opposites. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Cormac Purcell about The Gum Nebula [06:16 - 22:51], Indy rounds up the latest news [00:58-06:09] and we find out what we can see in the April night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [29:02 - 43:31].

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53:27

March 2015 Extra

The Jodcast ·

2015/03/16

Spinning. In the show this time, we talk to Dr Alastair Edge about active galaxy cluster centres [13:57 - 31:05], Dr Bob Watson tells us about the cosmic microwave background polarisation results from Planck and BICEP2 in this month's JodBite [01:03 - 13:50], and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Iain McDonald in Ask an Astronomer [40:43 - 50:39].

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48:01

March 2015

The Jodcast ·

2015/03/04

Bold. In the show this time, we talk to Dr. Rowan Smith about star formation in the early and recent universe [07:12 - 15:42], Ian rounds up the latest news [00:56-07:04] and we find out what we can see in the March night sky from Ian Morison and Claire Bretherton [31:08 - 45:11].

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