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Mates in Space

A weekly Science, Astronomy and Comedy podcast featuring Justin McArthur and Jack Eaton
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Mates in Space

Justin

Mates in Space

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Mates in Space

Justin

Mates in Space

A weekly Science, Astronomy and Comedy podcast featuring Justin McArthur and Jack Eaton
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In this international crossover of unprecedented geopolitical import, Jack and Justin join Canadian Eurovision podcast ESC101 to talk about the (im)practicalities of Eurovision on the Moon, what the Eurovision Song Contest can bring to space ex
Presenting: a special guest episode of Best Left Forgotten!P. Zinner co-founders Justin McArthur and Ciarán Moffatt join Nathan Quadrio, Miriam Fietz and Jess Wolfendale for this deliberately unofficial and uncanon D&D Forgotten Realms actual p
New to the P. Zinner network – Please Attend Carefully! Please Attend Carefully is a Doctor Who podcast from Ciarán Moffatt and Amber Patrick, examining the lives and times of the renegade Time Lord known universally as The Master. Find out m
HOLDING FERMI: In the second part of this bumper season finale, Jack and Justin talk about why us Earthlings might be the luckiest people in the universe. Tangents include: Kang & Kodos, the Voyager Golden Record, dinosaurs & the Treaty of Vers
WHERE IS EVERYBODY: The Fermi paradox asks a simple question with a difficult answer – if the universe is so big, where are all the aliens? In the first part of this bumper season finale, Jack and Justin learn what vapours from Venus and signal
NOW THIS IS PODCASTING: In 1983, US president Ronald Reagan was looking for a new way to prevent nuclear war. His answer? Space lasers! Tangents include: Barbenheimer, clip art, the New York Times Crossword, prop swords & Jane Fonda. Additional
Our wise and powerful corporate overlords made us cut this bit from our S1 episode 'The Last Year of Confusion' – but were they right to? Probably. We'll be back next week with another full episode!ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY: Mates in Space is
LLAMA LLAMA SCHMUCK: Last month, two alleged 'alien corpses' were presented before the Congress of Mexico. According to UFOlogist Jaime Maussan, they're the mummies of ~1,000 year old extra-terrestrial beings. In this episode, Justin explains w
I'M YOUR VENUS: In 1768, Lieutenant James Cook set sail to observe a twice-in-a-lifetime astronomical event – the transit of Venus. Secretly, he had also been ordered to look for the "great Southern Continent" (that's us!) and claim it in the n
MIR MORTALS: What would a moon colony look like, and would it be able to compete in Eurovision? How does space affect  the human body? And just how likely is it that Jack and Justin will go to space, anyway? Tangents include: the Voice to Parli
GALILEO FIGARO: Justin and Jack are taking your questions, again! This time, they answer the juicy question – what could we find in the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune? Tangents include: jigsaw puzzles, Faye Dunaway, redeeming Plut
Justin pops in briefly to talk about the Mates in Space theme song. We'll be back next week with a full episode!ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY: Mates in Space is made on Kaurna Country, never ceded. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emergi
CHANDRA YARNS: India has become the 4th country to land on the moon! But why? In this pioneering episode of Mates in Space: After Dark, Jack and Justin discuss the success of ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 rocket and the new race to land on the Moon. Tan
YOU ASKED FOR IT: Justin and Jack are taking your questions! What's on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Adelaide? What does the International Space Station smell like? And why are aliens called little green men? Tangents include: chess
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at Mates HQ? In this bonus episode, Justin joins fellow Adelaide-based science communicator Dr Juan Miguel Balbin of SWIPE SciComm for an exclusive behind-the-scenes interview about podcasti
IT'S GRUSCH HOUR: Jack and Justin are back to discuss the revelation that the US government has been investigating UAPs, as discussed in a 2-hour Congressional hearing with 3 ex-military witnesses (Ryan Graves, David Fravor & David Grusch). Tan
ENGINE BLEED: The Artemis I launch scheduled for 29th August 2022 has been postponed – but why? Justin and Jack explain exactly what happened to the scheduled launch of Artemis I, before re-introducing their episodes on the Artemis Accords – no
What do the Premier's abs have to do with our future in space? In this star-studded season finale, Jack and Justin are joined by South Australia's Deputy Premier (and Minister for Defence and Space Industries), Dr Susan Close, as well as Dr Cat
It's a mate-on-mate space race — but which of your hosts has more star power? In this penultimate episode of Season 1, Jack and Justin put their space knowledge to the test as they compete for seats on the next flight to Mars.Featuring guest v
Why does Australia have a space agency? In today's episode, Jack and Justin talk about three astronauts, two Space Agencies, and one big Dish.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY: Mates in Space is made on Kaurna, Gadigal and Wurundjeri Country, never c
Was 46BC truly the Last Year of Confusion? In today's episode, Justin gives Jack a quick history of the Gregorian calendar, and explains what the humble calendar can tell us about our place among the stars.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY: Mates in
Alright, who let the cat go to space? In the second episode of this 2-parter, Jack and Justin talk about the later years of space animals, from Soviet 'hooliganism' to sexy frogs. (CW: discussion of spiders from 29:13 to 35:06.)Guest vocals by
Could you take your pets to space? In the first episode of this 2-parter, Jack and Justin talk about the early years of space animals, from fruit flies to Laika. Might want to get your tissues ready: this one's a real tearjerker.ACKNOWLEDGEMEN
What is this, a crossover episode? Jack and Justin are joined by Sez (of sister program Bevz with Sez) to break down the history of drinks in space from Coke to champagne.You can check out Bevz with Sez here: https://omny.fm/shows/bevz-with-se
What do astronauts eat in space? Justin tells Jack all about the sandwich that was smuggled onto Gemini III by astronaut John Young. But where did he get it? What was on it? And what did NASA think of the whole affair?ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNT
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