This month we explore the exciting announcements from the European Space Agency as they outline their new missions for the 2030s. LISA, a space based gravitational wave detector and EnVision, a Venus mission that will map the surface and under-surface of that planet in unprecedented detail.  We have the usual skyguide, chat about recent lunar missions and emails from the listeners.

Pablo Álvarez Fernández, one of ESA's five astronaut candidates currently undergoing basic astronaut training at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, shares his experiences in astronaut training, his favourite lessons, and his view on the future of space exploration. Also, stay tuned to hear his favourite space-related quote and movie!This is Episode 5 of our ESA Explores podcast series introducing the ESA astronaut class of 2022, recorded in November 2023. Find out more about Pablo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjmoCuwcMHY — FullRaw program, no chat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inwo3PKvH0U — Has chat at end. Streamed live January 17, 2024. Wherever we find liquid water on Earth, we find life, so it makes sense to search for water across the Universe, and hopefully we can find evidence of life. But what about worlds which are completely covered in water, oceans hundreds of kilometers deep. Can there be too much water?   This video was made possible by the following Patreon

Today we’re joined by Amy Haley - Dev Ops engineer at Flutter UK and Ireland and Rachael Ainsworth - Product manager for Krakenflex part of Octopus energy group.In this conversation, Amy and Rachael discuss their career journeys and the factors that influenced their choices. They reflect on their early ambitions and how they evolved over time. Limited career advice and stereotypical roles were common experiences for both of them. Rachel shares her interest in astronomy and how she found her calling

Back to the Alphabet and we continue down the letter D. Diggin In The Crates 62 Alphabet D3 Creed Birch & Rob Shaker - Direction Insideus- Direction NFA - Dirty Dub Up Bigfoot - Dirt Astronomy Class - Dishing Dirt Thundamentals - Disconnect Mr.Who - Disconnected Adam Koots - Dishpan Hands Geko - Disobedient Spit Syndicate - Disruption Hilltop Hoods - Distortion Kota - Do It Like We Used To Loose Change - Do To Me Funkoars - Do It Together Prospa & Cashno

Rob Drieslein has some updates to the week's big stories.  He also invites the following guest on for a chat:Retired U.S Fish & Wildlife biologist (and Rob's father) Bob Drieslein talk about his new passion...astronomy.  This is all in a preview to the total solar eclipse on April 8th. Jon Schneider, Manager of Conservation Programs for Ducks Unlimited, talks about receiving a Lifetime Achievement award from the organization.

On The Mind Trench today, Rob Bollix is here to chat about exciting discoveries, and re-discoveries, amidst the world of bees in the Pacific and Marine life off the coast of Chile! Whakarongo mai nei!

Rod caught up with Celeste Lazarenko, Australian opera singer and star of Opera Australia's 2024 production of Mozart's Idomeneo.

Join us as we chat with Chris Huntingford, Chris is the Director of Digital Innovation at ANS.We chat with Chris about what a typical week looks like, career highlights, the Microsoft Power Platform Conference in Las Vegas, and being a Fast Track Recognized Solution Architect for Power Apps, Chris is also currently studying Planetary Science and Astronomy at Birkbeck, University of London, what Chris likes to do outside of work, and loads more.

Rosemary Coogan, one of ESA’s five astronaut candidates currently undergoing basic astronaut training at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, shares her journey from studying the stars as an astronomer to training for space travel. Join us as we talk about her experiences in astronaut training, her favourite lessons, and her excitement for the future of space exploration.This is Episode 4 of our ESA Explores podcast series introducing the ESA astronaut class of 2022, recorded in

Rod chat with Tim Cass, Overnights New York correspondent, to get a slice of life from the Big Apple.

A film podcast starring Mortis and CountPupper with Special Guest Cory McAbee!Discussed This Week: McAbee's films (Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences, The American Astronaut, Stingray Sam, Crazy and Thief, etc.), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Check out all Cory's projects at https://www.redplanetplanningcommission.com/

Christine Seeman joins the show to discuss a variety of programming languages including Java, Ruby, and Go.  We also discuss her live international speaking events. Website https://christine-seeman.com/  Socials Mastodon: @christine@ruby.social NDC London 2020 - 2FA Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTtZQVSnz2M  .Net Rocks Podcast (taped at NDC London) https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1676  One Does Not Simply Add MFA - YOW! 2022 https://youtu.be/adQZ6r3Y858?si=0IA5XIBzU0U8HOgj  For more

The Open Universe goes on tour to Castel Gandolfo, Italy, home of the Vatican Observatory, where we chat with resident astronomer Richard D'Souza on astronomy, faith, and early efforts to map the Milky Way.

In this podcast we chat about active matter and medical physics

Rod chats with sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar.

Rod caught up with Annie Chiswell, star of 'Elvis - A Revolution'  to chat about the life of Priscilla.

Marco Sieber is one of ESA’s five astronaut candidates currently undergoing basic astronaut training at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne. Join us as we speak to Marco about his first months of training and living in Germany, his background as a medical doctor, his favourite training lessons, and what he is excited about for the future of space exploration. This is the third episode of our ESA Explores podcast series introducing the ESA astronaut class of 2022. It was recorded in

Rob Swindell, author and sysop of the MS-DOS and telnet versions of the Synchronet BBS joins us to discuss the genesis of the BBS, running his own BBS company, and the journey to an open source Internet version of Synchronet. Rob's main site with links to source code repo's and his YouTube channel: http://synchro.net  The Synchronet wiki: http://wiki.synchro.net  The home page for SyncTerm, the preferred client for telnet BBS's: http://syncterm.net  The Synchronet IRC server: irc.synchro.net  Rob's

(Feb 13, 2024) A school district in the Champlain Valley will vote on Thursday on a proposed $66 million new school; for the last week, we’ve been sharing love stories leading up to Valentine’s Day. Today, we’re headed back in time, to share a classic Adirondack tale about how Heart Lake and Mount Jo got their names; St. Lawrence University astronomer Aileen O'Donoghue guides us through the morning and evening skies in February.