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.
Episodes
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Jan 14, 2016 • 1h 26min
January 2016 Extra
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].
Jan 9, 2016 • 60min
January 2016
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].
Dec 29, 2015 • 1h 24min
December 2015 Extra
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].
Dec 8, 2015 • 1h 16min
December 2015
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].
Nov 25, 2015 • 1h
November 2015 Extra
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].
Nov 8, 2015 • 1h 25min
November 2015
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].
Oct 19, 2015 • 1h 3min
October 2015 Extra
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].
Oct 6, 2015 • 1h 24min
October 2015
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].
Sep 22, 2015 • 1h 9min
September 2015 Extra
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].
Sep 4, 2015 • 1h 2min
September 2015
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].
