Interview with Dr. Katie Mack (Princeton University)

Broadcast way too long ago, and recorded well before that, finally available here is my interview with Dr. Katie Mack of Princeton University on her research into microscopic black holes and other bizarre particles which might have been created during the Big Bang. For more information, check out her webpage here and a comic strip that features her work here. Hope you enjoy, and as always, please email or leave below and comments, questions, or concerns you might have. Thanks for listening!

February 25th Radio Show: The Earliest Universe

Broadcast a long time ago but finally available here is the February 25th episode of this radio show, which in addition to the usual calendar features an interview with Katie Mack of Princeton University on the early universe. As always, please email me or leave below any questions, comments, or concerns you might have. Thanks a lot for listening, and your patience!

Interview with Prof. Mary Crone Odekon (Skidmore College)

Available here is my interview with Prof. Mary Crone Odekon of Skidmore College, which was originally broadcast on the January 14th episode of this radio show. I apologize for the bad sound quality during parts of this interview - I recorded them using an extension to Skype, which for some reason has been giving me grief lately. For more information on her research, check out her web page and the web page of the ALFALFA project, of which she is a member, which even has a blog! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email me or leave them below. Thank you very much for listening!

January 14th Radio Show: Galaxies and Galaxy Formation

Finally available here is the January 14th episode of this radio show, feature an interview with Prof. Mary Crone Odekon of Skidmore College on using galaxies to study galaxy formation. Hope you enjoy, and sorry it took me more than two weeks to post it...

Intreview with Dr. Maryam Modjaz (U.C.-Berkeley)

Available here is my interview with Dr. Maryam Modjaz of U.C.-Berkeley on core-collapse supernova, specifically how observations of the light produced in the aftermath of these explosion helps us try and determine how these stars explode. For more information of this research, check out her research webpage as well as the webpage of the PAIRTEL telescope - a robotic telescope which looks at the optical light produced in supernova explosions.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email me or leave them below. Thank you for listening!

November 12th Radio Show: Supernovae

Now available here is the November 12th episode of this radio show. On this program, in addition to the usual Astronomy news, Dr. Maryam Modjaz of UC-Berkeley talks about supernovae - extremely bright flashes of light believed to be the result of either the death of a white dwarf or a massive star. Hope you enjoy!

Interview with Prof. Joseph Tanski now online

Now available here is my interview with Prof. Joseph Tanski of Vassar College on summer research opportunities for undergraduates at Vassar. If you have any questions about this program, visit their webpage. Hope you enjoy!

Interview with Prof. Allyson Sheffield now online

Available here is my interview with Prof. Allyson Sheffield of Vassar College on the relationship between the present structure of the Milky Way and its formation. For more information on her research, check out her webpage, or email me a question, or leave a comment below. Hope you enjoy, and thank you for listening!

Interview with Dr. Dave Thompson now online

My interview with Dr. Dave Thompson, multi-wavelength coordinator of the upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is now online and available here. As he discusses, multi-wavelength observations are going to be critical in understanding the physical properties of the different types of gamma-ray sources (discussed here), as well as vital in determining the nature of unidentified gamma-ray sources, which GLAST will almost surely discover many (discussed in some more detail here).

As always, please email me any questions, comments, or concerns you might have or leave them below. Thank you for listening!

Interview with Dr. Julie McEnery now online

My interview with Dr. Julie McEnergy of Goddard Space Flight Center is now online and available here. Dr. McEnery is one of the top scientists on NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), and she discusses some of the science goals of GLAST. Given how poorly the high-energy sky is understood - approximately 50% of all known gamma-ray sources are unidentified, and this isn't including the many questions remaining concerning gamma-ray bursts with Dr. Neil Gehrels talked about - GLAST will likely revolutionize our understanding of the most powerful sources in the universe. No hyperbole (I think). For more on GLAST, also check out:

• NASA's official website.
• NASA's educational webpage for GLAST.
• Introduction to gamma-ray astronomy
• History of gamma-ray astronomy.

Thank you very much for listening, and hope you enjoyed it. As always, please email or post below any questions, comments, or concerns you might have. And again, thank you!

Past Interview: Dr. Daniel Savin (Columbia University)

Below is an interview Dr. Daniel Savin was gracious enough to do concerning the very important or not-sufficiently-appreciated field of Laboratory Astrophysics:

• Dr. Daniel Savin - Columbia University: Laboratory Astrophysics (Air Date: 2007 December 12)

Please email me any questions or comments you might have or leave them below. Hope you enjoy, and thank you very much for listening!

Interview with Dr. Tod Strohmayer online

Available here is the interview I conducted with Dr. Tod Strohmayer of Goddard Space Flight Center on what you can learn about neutron stars and black holes from precise timing of their X-ray emission using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, currently the oldest working X-ray observatory. Dr. Strohmayer maintains a very nice webpage which discusses his research, which I encourage all of you to check out.

As always, please email or leave below and question, comments, or concerns you might have. Thank you very much for listening!