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Podcast Profile: astro[sound]bites

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127 episodes
2019 to 2026
Median: 47 minutes
Collection: Physics, Math, and Astronomy

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This podcast is hosted by astronomy graduate students who translate recent research into accessible conversations and connect ideas across subfields. Across the episodes, the hosts regularly use Astrobites articles and primary papers as jumping-off points to explain how astronomers frame questions, gather evidence, and interpret results, often returning to the role of uncertainty, modeling, and statistics in modern astrophysics.

A major through-line is high-energy and compact-object astronomy: black holes of many masses, accretion disks, tidal disruption events, neutron stars and pulsars, supernovae and their remnants, and gravitational waves from merging binaries. Related discussions touch on what these phenomena reveal about galaxy evolution, cosmic history, and the expansion of the universe, including tensions in standard cosmological models and measurements such as the Hubble constant.

The show also spends time on planets and habitability, including exoplanet atmospheres observed with JWST, M-dwarf host stars, magma/ocean worlds, and the challenges of claiming biosignatures. Large observing facilities and missions feature prominently—how proposals become space missions, how telescopes are calibrated, and how observatories can be impacted by light pollution, satellite megaconstellations, and nearby industrial development.

Interspersed are episodes focused on the scientific community itself: graduate-student experiences, career transitions, mental health, citizen science, and interviews highlighting underrepresented perspectives, including Indigenous astronomy and initiatives supporting Black scientists in space fields. Many episodes incorporate “space sound” sonifications or audio pieces tied to astronomical data and instruments.

Episodes:

Episode 117: A Field Day 2026-Mar-02 51 minutes

Episode 116: Love’s Gonna Get you killed, but Tide’s gonna be the death of you 2026-Feb-07 55 minutes

Episode 115: Star Wrapped Holiday Special 2025-Dec-20 36 minutes

Episode 114: A World of Disc-overy 2025-Dec-08 61 minutes

Episode 113: Black Holes? Here? It’s more likely than you think. 2025-Nov-21 57 minutes

Episode 112.5: Extremely Looming Trouble? 2025-Sep-13 7 minutes

Episode 112: It’s not fun to be in a YMC, eh? 2025-Aug-30 48 minutes

Episode 111: Mergers for Nothing and Your Chirps for Free 2025-Aug-16 54 minutes

Episode 110: Bayesian Biosignatures 2025-Aug-03 77 minutes

Episode 109: Big, Small and In-Between 2025-Jul-19 44 minutes

Episode 108: 2000 Meters Under The Mediterranean 2025-Jul-05 41 minutes

Episode 107: Things That Go Blip in the Night 2025-Jun-21 67 minutes

Episode 106: Sabrina’s Super Sad Sendoff 2025-Jun-12 95 minutes

Episode 105.5: NASA Needs Your Help! 2025-May-24 9 minutes

Episode 105: Citizen Brain 2025-May-10 49 minutes

Episode 104: Star Destroyers 2025-Apr-27 44 minutes

Episode 103: Lambasting Lambda CDM 2025-Apr-12 56 minutes

Episode 102: Per-severance Ad Astra 2025-Mar-29 63 minutes

Episode 101: Weather Woes 2025-Mar-17 57 minutes

Episode 100: Be There or Be Ten Squared 2025-Jan-12 85 minutes

Episode 99: The Grand Finale 2024-Dec-01 56 minutes

Episode 98: When PIGS Fly 2024-Nov-16 57 minutes

Episode 97: Cosmic Time Machines 2024-Oct-13 52 minutes

Episode 96: kiErsten’s Exoplanetary Elemental Exit Episode 2024-Jul-21 57 minutes

Episode 95: IMPReSsive Research 2024-Jul-13 44 minutes

Episode 94: The Floor Is Lava! 2024-Jun-30 46 minutes

Episode 93: Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Primordial Black Hole Machiney 2024-Jun-20 49 minutes

Episode 92.5: The Ship of 3-seus 2024-Jun-17 8 minutes

Beyond- Astronomy is a little Mental 2024-Jun-04 49 minutes

Episode 91: A Uranian FareWill 2024-May-23 79 minutes

Episode 90: The Great H0 Debate 2024-Apr-29 64 minutes

Episode 89: Extremely Emotional Exoplanets 2024-Apr-16 50 minutes

Episode 88: The Luck of the Irish 2024-Mar-30 54 minutes

Episode 87.5: The Shamrock Shake-Up 2024-Mar-17 16 minutes

Episode 87: Unexpected Gravitational Waves 2024-Mar-11 45 minutes

Episode 86: Indigenous Astronomy Part II - Science of the First Astronomers 2024-Feb-23 76 minutes

Episode 85: Indigenous Astronomy Part I - Living Descendants of the First Astronomers 2024-Feb-04 59 minutes

Episode 84.5: Come Podcast With Us! 2024-Jan-08 9 minutes

Episode 84: Abominable Ice 2023-Dec-10 53 minutes

Episode 83: Stellar Shrinkflation 2023-Nov-27 49 minutes

Episode 82: So the universe thinks it can dance? 2023-Nov-12 54 minutes

Episode 81: Hubble’s Hydra 2023-Oct-29 51 minutes

Episode 80: The Pulsar Boomerang 2023-Oct-15 47 minutes

Episode 79: The Vanishing Act 2023-Sep-29 44 minutes

Episode 78: There’s More Air out There 2023-Sep-17 54 minutes

Episode 77.5: Astro[sound]bites on three continents 2023-Jul-31 12 minutes

Episode 77: The Air out There 2023-Jul-03 47 minutes

Episode 76: Black In Astro 2023 2023-Jun-18 59 minutes

Episode 75: Stellar Snacks 2023-May-29 57 minutes

Episode 74: Super Co-Host, Super Alex, Supernova 2023-May-15 49 minutes

Episode 73: Astrophysical Prison Break 2023-Apr-29 40 minutes

Episode 72: A Trip to the Optometrist 2023-Apr-15 42 minutes

Episode 71: Galaxies Say Halo 2023-Mar-26 46 minutes

Episode 70: Astronomy 10 Years into the Future Part II 2023-Mar-11 59 minutes

Episode 69: Astronomy 10 Years into the Future Part I 2023-Feb-26 52 minutes

Episode 68: Breaking the Stigma around Community College Part II 2023-Feb-12 54 minutes

Episode 67: Breaking the Stigma Around Community College Part I 2023-Jan-29 56 minutes

Episode 66: B-Field Bonanza 2022-Dec-17 40 minutes

Episode 65: A Tale of Sixes 2022-Dec-04 44 minutes

Episode 64: Our Take on Landmark Papers Part II 2022-Nov-21 49 minutes

Episode 63: Our Take on Landmark Papers Part I 2022-Nov-09 52 minutes

Episode 62: Skeletons and Monsters 2022-Oct-22 50 minutes

Episode 61: What’s the Tea on JWST? 2022-Oct-11 43 minutes

Sabrina Holds a Press Conference 2022-Aug-15 23 minutes

Episode 60: An Ear for Education (Sonification 2) 2022-Aug-02 73 minutes

Episode 59: Staring into the Voids in the Universe 2022-Jul-06 40 minutes

Episode 58: Funky Fluids 2022-Jun-20 44 minutes

Episode 57: Hot Planet Summer 2022-Jun-04 41 minutes

Episode 56: Overpowered in the Universe 2022-May-21 40 minutes

Episode 55.5: Four Moving For-ward 2022-May-07 7 minutes

Episode 55: Exoplanets, Exits, and Exciting New Directions 2022-Apr-24 45 minutes

Episode 54: Dusting off the Disks 2022-Apr-10 45 minutes

Episode 53: Lethargic Lads and Ladies 2022-Mar-27 41 minutes

Episode 52: Spectacular Stellar Streams 2022-Mar-12 50 minutes

Episode 51: A Picture of Polarization 2022-Feb-26 43 minutes

Episode 50:50 Careers in 50 Minutes 2022-Feb-12 49 minutes

Episode 49.5: Astro[sound]bites is Hiring! 2022-Feb-05 7 minutes

Episode 49: A Fine Dining Experience 2022-Jan-30 48 minutes

Episode 48: The Astrophysical Merry-Go-Round 2022-Jan-15 44 minutes

Episode 47: Gracefully Aging Galaxies 2021-Dec-19 43 minutes

Episode 46: Brown Dwarfs in Unusual Places 2021-Dec-04 38 minutes

Episode 45: Jamming with the GBT 2021-Nov-21 50 minutes

Episode 44: Fast and Slow 2021-Nov-06 41 minutes

Episode 43: Welcome to the World of Science Communication 2021-Oct-23 54 minutes

Episode 42: Where Sci-Fi Meets Reality 2021-Oct-09 47 minutes

Episode 41: Weighing the Universe 2021-Sep-25 45 minutes

Episode 40: Space Summer Surprise 2021-Sep-11 50 minutes

Episode 39: Polarizing Protostars 2021-Jul-03 50 minutes

Episode 38: Keep Your Head in the Clouds 2021-Jun-19 48 minutes

Episode 37: How to Date a Star 2021-Jun-06 42 minutes

Episode 36: A Dance with Dark Matter 2021-May-22 43 minutes

Episode 35: The Road Less Traveled 2021-May-08 51 minutes

Episode 34: Where Classifications Crumble 2021-Apr-24 43 minutes

Episode 33: Beyond A[S]B -- Scintillating Sounds of Science 2021-Apr-11 67 minutes

Episode 32: Highlights of Undergraduate Research 2021-Mar-28 47 minutes

Episode 31: Hypervelocity Heavens 2021-Mar-13 42 minutes

Episode 30: Carnivorous Cosmos 2021-Feb-27 39 minutes

Episode 29: Walking on Sunshine 2021-Feb-13 47 minutes

Episode 28: Blink and You'll Miss It 2021-Jan-17 42 minutes

Episode 27: Where the Sidewalk Bends 2021-Jan-02 47 minutes

Episode 26: Surfing on a Dream 2020-Dec-20 46 minutes

Episode 25: Beyond A[S]B -- Great Advisors, Gap Years, and Getting into Grad School 2020-Dec-05 59 minutes

Episode 24: The Stargazing Automata, Part IV 2020-Oct-11 51 minutes

Episode 23: The Stargazing Automata, Part III 2020-Sep-26 48 minutes

Episode 22: The Stargazing Automata, Part II 2020-Sep-12 51 minutes

Episode 21: The Stargazing Automata, Part I 2020-Aug-29 51 minutes

Episode 20: Power Law School 2020-Aug-15 42 minutes

Episode 19: Little Green Men, or Big Glowing Trees? 2020-Aug-01 39 minutes

Episode 18: Hazy High-z 2020-Jul-19 41 minutes

Episode 17: Beyond A[S]B -- Success and Publishing in Astronomy 2020-Jul-04 46 minutes

Episode 16: The Elementals 2020-Jun-22 44 minutes

Episode 15: Minor Planets, Major Problems 2020-Jun-07 42 minutes

Episode 14: Baby Photos 2020-May-23 44 minutes

Episode 13: My Chemical AstRomance 2020-May-09 42 minutes

Episode 12: Beyond A[S]B -- Our First Research Experiences 2020-Apr-25 49 minutes

Episode 11: The Chaotic Universe 2020-Apr-11 40 minutes

Episode 10: Baryonic Banter 2020-Mar-21 40 minutes

Episode 9: Beyond the Grave 2020-Mar-08 39 minutes

Episode 8: Beyond Exoplanets with TESS 2020-Feb-22 45 minutes

Episode 7: Constants....Or Not? 2020-Feb-08 35 minutes

Episode 6: Farewell Spitzer 2020-Jan-25 35 minutes

Episode 5: Astrophysical Beasts and Where to Find Them 2020-Jan-11 40 minutes

Episode 4: Cosmic Recycling 2019-Dec-22 32 minutes

Episode 3: 6 Unbelievable Facts about Black Holes 2019-Dec-07 32 minutes

Episode 2: Getting to Know the Neighbors 2019-Nov-23 36 minutes

Episode 0: What, Who, and Why? 2019-Nov-02 7 minutes

Episode 1: Disks, Discs, and Disques 2019-Nov-02 31 minutes