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Pale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its friend. Astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier and comedian Corinne Caputo demystify space one topic at a time with open eyes, open arms, and open mouths (from so much laughing and jaw-dropping). By the end of each episode, the cosmos will feel a little less “ahhh too scary” and a lot more “ohhh, so cool!” New episodes every Monday.
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- C is for Catstronomy · 59 min · Jakso 199Connie and Moiya cover copious amounts of cosmic carryings-on, from centaurs to coulomb forces. They close with a collaborative cat-preciation corner. MessagesOrder our MERCH!…
- Lifeforce Movie Review · 1 h 1 min · Jakso 198To celebrate spooky season, Connie and Moiya watched about the 1985 sci-fi horror movie Lifeforce. They share the parts of the move that peeved them and stole their hearts, then…
- Rerun: Scary Stuff in Space · 59 minMoiya and Corinne reveal what scares them about space and try to soothe each other's fears. Get ready for cold temperatures, lonely rovers, empty voids, and galaxy clusters full…
- What's the best constellation? · 1 h 17 min · Jakso 197Connie is back to help Moiya prepare for a lecture on the history of constellations. After tracing the evolution of the zodiac and pole stars, they decide which constellation is…
- Star Trek with Zila Treks · 53 min · Jakso 196Happy 60th birthday to Star Trek! To celebrate, Moiya chats with Zila Treks about the franchise's history and cultural impact. Zila tells Moiya about her favorite series, Deep…
- Entangled States with Dr. Karmela Padavic-Callaghan · 59 min · Jakso 195What can quantum physics tell us about a life lived at the intersections and margins? According to Karmela and their new book, a lot! Moiya interviews Karmela and they talk about…
- Invisible Rainbows with Dr. Alfredo Carpineti · 55 min · Jakso 194Astronomy writer Alfredo Carpineti tells Moiya about his new book, covering everything from fast radio bursts to historical book burnings to the late, great Dolly Parton…
- Cloudy With a Chance of Starships by Dr. Seven Rasmussen · 53 min · Jakso 193Moiya interviews fellow astronomy writer Dr. Seven Rasmussen about her new book. They discuss the Drake equation, Fermi paradox, and Hollywood's disappointing portrayal of alien…
- Rerun: Let's Play Outer Wilds · 1 h 8 minMoiya and Mischa gather around a campfire to play the video game Outer Wilds... or rather, Mischa plays and Moiya watches in fascination. Listen to hear what Moiya thinks about…
- Rerun: "Active Galactic Nuclei" with Rory Bricca · 53 minMoiya invites Rory to talk about his black hole-inspired symphony composition and explain how he got musical instruments to sound like event horizons and gravitational time…
- Mothers of Invention: A History of Creativity from the Greek Muses · 1 h 18 min · Jakso 192Merry Muses Week! This week, Connie interviews Moiya about her new book, Mothers of Invention. They cover Moiya's inspiration for the book, the muses personalities, and a dream…
- Heliocentrism, the biggest blow to humanity's ego · 55 min · Jakso 191Moiya tells Connie how astronomers broke the millennia-old narcissistic belief that Earth sits at the center of the universe. From Aristarchus to Copernicus, you'll meet the most…
- Creativity: a history and a crisis · 1 h 7 min · Jakso 190To kick off Moiya's book month, here's a deep dive into the philosophy and science of creativity. Between Plato's thoughts on poets and tips for surviving the creativity crisis…
- the Edge of the Universe · 1 h 3 min · Jakso 189Moiya and Connie zoom out past the cosmic web of galaxies and the surface of last scattering to discuss the shape of the universe at its largest scales. At the end, Connie ranks…
- Is CERN shifting timelines? · 1 h 1 min · Jakso 188Short answer: No. Listen to learn the longer answer involving timeline inconsistencies and energy thresholds, and stick around to test your mettle against the Mandela…
- B is for Bastronomy · 1 h 12 min · Jakso 187Besties Moiya and Connie babble about a bunch of astronomical bywords beginning with B. But beware, some are a bit bonkers.Note: Moiya realized during review that she…
- What Marvel got wrong about the Quantum realm · 1 h 10 min · Jakso 186...everything. Marvel got everything quantum wrong, but that's okay. Moiya is here to tell Connie the true history and science of quantum physics. MessagesPRE-ORDER OUR MERCH!…
- How NASA pushed an asteroid away · 1 h 10 min · Jakso 185Happy Asteroid Day! Honor those dearly departed Tunguska reindeer by learning about NASA's DART mission, which made sure we never have to go out like the dinosaurs! Next five…
- 2001's Space Odysseys · 54 min · Jakso 184Moiya watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time and has big opinions! She ends up telling Connie about actual space news from 2001 so the whole episode isn't full of…
- The Universe has a Queer Agenda · 1 h 2 min · Jakso 183From nonbinary quantum particles to polyamorous galaxy groups, Moiya's telling Connie how the universe clearly isn't straight! And since we're all space, doesn't that say…
