Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Exoplanet discovery methods: transits, radial velocity, microlensing, direct imaging, adaptive optics • Instrumentation and missions: JWST, HST, TESS, CHEOPS, Gaia, Roman • Atmospheres, interiors, dynamics, formation • Habitability, biosignatures, astrobiology • Research news and community topics
This podcast focuses on exoplanet science, combining interviews with working researchers and roundups of recent results from the scientific literature. Across episodes, the hosts explore how planets beyond the Solar System are discovered and confirmed using methods such as transits, radial velocities, direct imaging, adaptive optics, astrometry, and gravitational microlensing, with frequent attention to how new instruments and data-analysis techniques expand what can be measured.
A recurring theme is exoplanet characterization: interpreting light curves and spectra to infer atmospheric composition, clouds and hazes, atmospheric escape, and climate, as well as how host-star activity can complicate those measurements. The show also spends time on the internal structure and evolution of rocky worlds, links between stellar and planetary chemistry, and broader questions about planet formation and dynamical architecture, including the role of giant planets, unusual orbits, multi-planet resonances, and planets (or planetary-mass objects) that may not orbit stars.
Astrobiology and habitability appear regularly, from discussions of biosignatures and technosignatures to debates about how to communicate tentative evidence and statistical uncertainty. Space missions and observatories—especially JWST and other current or proposed planet-finding and characterization efforts—are covered both in terms of scientific results and the operational, instrumentation, and community work needed to enable them. Interwoven with the science are perspectives on scientific careers, outreach, and the practical realities of academic life, including conferences and collaboration.
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Episodes:
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Exocast-81b: A chat with Dr Matt Kenworthy about weird dips in light curves and the future of instrumentation
2026-Mar-25
43 minutes
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Exocast-80 b: Are giant planets friends or foes? With Dr Jonti Horner
2026-Feb-24
45 minutes
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Exocast-79b: Observing odd exoplanet orbits with Dr. Malena Rice
2025-Mar-02
38 minutes
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Exocast-78 b: Finding the most distant exoplanets with Dr Eamonn Kerins
2025-Feb-02
44 minutes
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Exocast-77b: Exoplanet Instrumentation with Dr Ben Pope
2025-Jan-16
40 minutes
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Exocast-76b: Exoplanet Interiors with Professor Caroline Dorn
2024-Nov-08
41 minutes
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Exocast-75b: Radial Velocity Surveys of Young Planets with Dr. Louise Nielsen
2024-Oct-21
40 minutes
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Exocast-74b: Exoplanet Characterisation and HST/JWST Mission Support with Dr. Néstor Espinoza
2024-Sep-05
46 minutes
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Exocast-73b: Using Adaptive Optics to Find Exoplanets with Jules Fowler
2024-Aug-05
41 minutes
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Exocast-72b: Directly Imaging Exoplanetary Motion with Dr Jason Wang
2024-Jul-08
40 minutes
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Exocast-71c: Exoplanet News & the 100th episode
2023-Dec-06
32 minutes
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Exocast-71b: Do All Planets Orbit Stars?
2023-Nov-13
36 minutes
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Exocast-70c: Exoplanet news
2023-Oct-15
41 minutes
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Exocast-70b: Dr. Max Günther talks transits, CHEOPS & chemistry in zero-g
2023-Oct-02
48 minutes
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Exocast-69b: Surviving Scientific Conferences
2023-Aug-16
46 minutes
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Exocast-68c: Latest Exoplanet News
2023-Jul-26
35 minutes
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Exocast-68b: Interview with Nikole Lewis
2023-Jun-27
38 minutes
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Exocast-67 c: Latest exoplanetary news
2023-Jun-02
29 minutes
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Exocast-67b: Catching up with the Exocast team
2023-May-16
54 minutes
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Exocast-66c: Exoplanet News
2023-Mar-21
29 minutes
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Exocast-66b: Interview with Georgina Dransfield
2023-Mar-03
42 minutes
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Exocast-65 b: Launching #ExoCup2022
2022-Oct-31
38 minutes
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Exocast-64c: Exoplanet News
2022-Oct-19
32 minutes
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Exocast-64b: Interview with Dr Naomi Rowe-Gurney
2022-Oct-11
43 minutes
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Exocast-63 c: Exoplanet news
2022-Sep-23
49 minutes
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Exocast-63b: How do planets form?
2022-Sep-08
50 minutes
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Exocast-62c: Exoplanet News
2022-Aug-26
38 minutes
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Exocast-62 b: Interview with Dr. Knicole Colón
2022-Aug-11
48 minutes
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Exocast-61c: Exoplanet News
2022-Jul-20
53 minutes
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Exocast-61 b: Observation vs Theory, which is more important?
2022-Jul-13
48 minutes
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Exocast-60c: Exoplanet News
2022-Jun-21
41 minutes
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Exocast-60b: Interview with Dr Jennifer Burt
2022-Jun-07
47 minutes
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Exocast-59c: Exoplanet News
2022-May-24
37 minutes
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Exocast-59b: What are planetary atmospheres made of?
2022-May-06
51 minutes
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Exocast-58c: Exoplanet News
2022-Apr-22
41 minutes
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Exocast-58b: Interview with Dr Megan Schwamb
2022-Apr-12
50 minutes
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Exocast-57c: Exoplanet News
2022-Mar-15
48 minutes
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Exocast-57b: How big can an exoplanet be?
2022-Mar-03
45 minutes
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Exocast-56b: Interview with Mark McCaughrean about JWST
2022-Feb-03
70 minutes
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Exocast-55b: ExoCup2021
2021-Oct-27
53 minutes
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Exocast-54c – Exoplanet News
2021-Oct-08
48 minutes
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Exocast-54b: Observing Exoplanets from the Ground
2021-Sep-29
56 minutes
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Exocast-53 c – Exoplanet News
2021-Aug-05
40 minutes
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Exocast-53b: Interview with Elizabeth Tasker
2021-Jul-29
53 minutes
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Exocast-52c: Exoplanet Paper News & Reviews
2021-Jun-28
38 minutes
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Exocast-52b: Why is Venus important for exoplanets?
2021-Jun-21
50 minutes
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Exocast-51b: Interview with Mark Marley
2021-May-04
52 minutes
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Exocast-50c: Monthly Exoplanet News
2021-Apr-18
43 minutes
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Exocast-50b: Why do we study exoplanets?
2021-Apr-05
48 minutes
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Exocast-49c: Monthly Exoplanet News
2021-Mar-08
44 minutes
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Exocast-49b: Interview with Diana Powell
2021-Mar-05
42 minutes
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Exocast-48c: Monthly Exoplanet News
2021-Jan-29
41 minutes
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Exocast-48b: What is the point of the Habitable Zone!?
2021-Jan-25
40 minutes
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Exocast-47c: #ExoCup2020 the Summary
2020-Dec-13
41 minutes
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Exocast-47 b: The #Exocup2020 live draw!
2020-Oct-26
24 minutes
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Exocast-46b: Interview with Moiya McTier
2020-Jul-20
44 minutes
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Exocast-46 d: Exoplanet News from May & June 2020
2020-Jul-09
36 minutes
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Exocast-45c: how many exoplanets are there?
2020-Jun-12
47 minutes
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Exocast-45b: Special Guest Dr Baptiste Journaux
2020-Jun-02
45 minutes
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Exocast-45d – Exoplanet News: new discoveries, characterisations, and formation research
2020-May-26
35 minutes
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Exocast-44c: Can we ever image the surface of an exoplanet?
2020-May-07
47 minutes
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Exocast-44 d – April 2020’s exoplanet news
2020-May-01
33 minutes
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Exocast-44b: Special Guest Dr Sarah Casewell
2020-Apr-22
55 minutes
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Exocast-43 d: Exoplanet news
2020-Mar-30
38 minutes
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Exocast-43c: Can we ever travel to an exoplanet?
2020-Mar-23
38 minutes
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Exocast-43b: Special Guest Natalia Guerrero
2020-Mar-16
40 minutes
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Exocast-42b: Special Guest Dr Stephen Kane
2020-Feb-21
45 minutes
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Exocast-42c – Water in the Universe
2020-Feb-12
31 minutes
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Exocast-42 d – Exoplanet news
2020-Feb-05
37 minutes
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Exocast-41b: Erin May from observing to theoretical GCMs, Strange stars, #ExoCup2019 and the News
2019-Dec-14
81 minutes
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Exocast-40b: Brett Morris talks starspots & astrobiology, the #ExoCup2019 is underway, plus exoplanet news
2019-Nov-19
77 minutes
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Exocast-39b: Paul Robertson talks RVs, the #ExoCup2019 live draw, plus the 2019 Nobel Prize
2019-Oct-18
66 minutes
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Exocast-38b: Exoclimes V voxbox, NASA’s Flagship mission concepts, and exoplanet news
2019-Sep-13
60 minutes
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Exocast-37b: Live at TESScon, an intro to planetary protection, & the month in exoplanet news
2019-Aug-12
63 minutes
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Exocast-36b: Live at AbSciCon, plus Spectroscopy 101, and the Exoplanet News
2019-Jul-08
64 minutes
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Exocast-35b: Special guest Tom Haworth, plus Exoplanet Direct Imaging
2019-May-28
71 minutes
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Exocast-34b: with special guest Raphaëlle Haywood, plus Isotope Geochronometers
2019-May-07
67 minutes
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Exocast-33b: with special guest Jessie Dotson, plus Ice Giants
2019-Apr-02
67 minutes
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Exocast-32b: featuring special guest Dr Jo Barstow, plus detecting the solar system from TRAPPIST-1
2019-Feb-26
57 minutes
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Exocast-31b: with special guest Lee Billings, plus Waterworlds and exoplanet news
2019-Jan-25
60 minutes
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Exocast-30b: with special guest Jessie Christiansen, plus ExoCup2018 analysis
2018-Dec-13
56 minutes
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Exocast-29b: with special guest Sarah Hörst, Exomoons, News, and Exocup2018
2018-Oct-28
67 minutes
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Exocast-28b: Special guest Daniel Angerhausen, SOFIA, technosignatures, news, HD 209458b
2018-Oct-05
69 minutes
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Exocast-27b: special guest Michael Gully-Santiago, K2, Exoplanet meetings, news, HAT-P-11b
2018-Aug-02
62 minutes
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Exocast-26b with Natasha Batalha, PandExo, RVs, and HAT-P-26b
2018-Jul-02
66 minutes
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Exocast-25b: Exoplanetary Helium (with guest Jess Spake), plus the “Shadow Biosphere”
2018-May-28
57 minutes
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Exocast-24b: Special guest Rus Belikov, direct imaging, Alpha Can, Titan, news, Ross-128b
2018-Apr-30
68 minutes
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Exocast-23b: special guest Jayne Birkby, UKExoM, Gaia, news, WTS-2b
2018-Apr-01
51 minutes
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Exocast-22b: panspermia, exoplanet phases, news, Kepler-167e
2018-Feb-28
47 minutes
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Exocast-21b: planet formation, habitability of eccentric planets, news, Kepler-21b
2018-Jan-30
59 minutes
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Exocast-20b: The ExoCup
2017-Dec-09
60 minutes
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Exocast-19b: origins of life part 2, software and machine learning, news, Proxima b
2017-Oct-30
56 minutes
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Exocast-18b – Direct Imaging Special with special guest Sasha Hinkley
2017-Oct-07
30 minutes
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Exocast-17b: origins of life part 1, global circulation models, news, GJ 667Cc
2017-Sep-16
57 minutes
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Exocast-16b: ELTs, JWST, news, 51 Eri b, newly minted Dr Osborn
2017-Aug-08
54 minutes
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Exocast-15b: biosignatures, TESS, news, Kepler-37b
2017-Jul-06
41 minutes
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Exocast-14b
2017-Jun-12
43 minutes
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Exocast-13b
2017-Apr-28
55 minutes
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Exocast-12b
2017-Apr-07
48 minutes
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Exocast-11b
2017-Mar-03
49 minutes
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