Dr. Taïssa Danilovich talks about Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars, a stage that all stars up to 10 solar masses evolve onto late in their lives before dying as white dwarfs. As these stars are relatively cool, complex molecules which w

JodBite with Laura Driessen

Dec 20th, 2019 22m 22s

Laura Driessen tells us about Tiaan talks to Laura Driessen about the first new transient source discovered with the MeerKAT telescope, a flaring stellar system. Searching for transients in the radio is challenging, and looking for stellar fla

Interview with Simon Johnston

Dec 20th, 2019 14m 16s

Simon Johnston talks about pulsars and their irregularities, particularly in the timing of pulsars. He discusses his work using the Parkes radio telescope in Australia to sample pulsars and what information can be gained from using these sample

Interview with Atsuhisa Ota

Oct 24th, 2019 7m 18s

Atsuhisa Ota talks about his work studying anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background.

JodBite with Shahbaz Chaudhry

Oct 24th, 2019 8m 55s

Shahbaz Chaudhry tells us about the coronal heating problem.

Interview with Sadie Jones

Oct 11th, 2019 11m 17s

This month we talk to Sadie Jones of the University of Southampton about her work in astronomy outreach.She discusses how she got into astronomy and got a job in outreach, before talking about the work that the university does, including its im

Interview with Fabio Antonini

Sep 13th, 2019 17m 30s

Emma Alexander talks to Dr Fabio Antonini, a Rutherford fellow at the University of Surrey. Dr Antonini tells us about his work modelling gravitational wave sources, particularly black holes in binary systems, and explores the implications of L

Interview with Jonathan Pober

Aug 8th, 2019 22m 8s

Jonathan talks about his work with 21cm line and understanding galaxy formation and cosmology. He talks about the challenges and triumphs of characterizing the 21cm signals using the SKA phase telescopes.

JodBite with Tana Joseph

Apr 17th, 2019 25m 5s

Tana Joseph tells us about black hole binaries, multi-messenger astronomy and her STEM communications company AstroComms

Interview with Leen Decin

Apr 17th, 2019 15m 57s

Leen Decin talks about the atomium project.

Interview with Joe Callingham

Mar 8th, 2019 22m 16s

Laura Driessen talks to Joe Callingham, a postdoctoral fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), about his work on so-called colliding-wind binaries. These systems are seen across the electromagnetic spectrum when outflo

JodBite with Ben Stappers

Feb 27th, 2019 15m 48s

Ben Stappers tells us about the MeerTRAP project.

Interview with Leon Koopmans

Feb 27th, 2019 25m 57s

Leon Koopmans talks about EoR studies with the 21cm line and gravitational lensing.

Interview with Morgane Fortin

Jan 11th, 2019 15m 19s

Morgane Fortin talks about using neutron stars as multimessenger laboratories.

JodBite with Justin Bray

Jan 11th, 2019 26m 53s

Justin Bray tells us about developing a particle detector for the Murchison Observatory.

Interview with Dr. Rob Adam

Nov 26th, 2018 18m 15s

Dr. Rob Adam is currently the Managing Director of the South African Radio Astronomy Observervatory (SARAO), which handles the development of the SKA in South Africa and the precursor projects sited there. Rob has variously worked in the fields

JodBite with DARA Big Data Science Policy Fellows

Nov 26th, 2018 16m 14s

DARA Big Data Science Policy Fellows tells us about their DARA Fellowships.

Interview with Dr. Bernie Fanaroff

Nov 26th, 2018 21m 41s

Among astronomers, Dr. Bernie Fanaroff is best known for his work in creating the Fanaroff-Riley classification of radio galaxies. Beyond astronomy, he was involved in the resistance against apartheid for many years, ultimately helping to rebui

Interview with Prof. Boonrucksar Soonthornthum

Sep 27th, 2018 14m 54s

Prof. Boonrucksar Soonthornthum talks about NARIT, Princess Sirindhorn's visit to JBO and Thai/Manchester collaboration.

JodBite with Eamonn Kerins and Supachai Awiphan

Sep 27th, 2018 19m 57s

Eamonn Kerins and Supachai Awiphan tell us about the SPEARNET collaboration.

Extended JodBite with Benjamin Shaw

Jul 14th, 2018 33m 20s

Benjamin Shaw tells us about a glitchy pulsar in the Crab nebula.

Interview with Dr. Anna Watts

Jul 14th, 2018 23m

Dr. Anna Watts talks about thermonuclear bursts on neutron stars.

Interview with Prof. Chris Lintott

May 16th, 2018 14m 31s

During EWASS/NAM, we caught up with an old friend of the Jodcast, Prof. Chris Lintott. In his 8th (!) appearance on the Jodcast, he tells us how his students and co-workers have been combining citizen science and machine learning within the Zoo

Interview with Dr. Amy Tyndall

May 16th, 2018 8m 16s

Josh interviews Dr. Amy Tyndall of the University of Edinburgh, who has since moved from her PhD at Jodrell Bank into full-time outreach, both for the University of Edinburgh's biomedical research program Proteus and as Editor for the magazine

Interview with Dr. Matt Taylor

May 16th, 2018 7m 24s

Another Jodcast friend had a stand at EWASS/NAM - Dr. Matt Taylor, ESA Project Scientist for the Rosetta Mission. With the mission now concluded, he and Josh look back at the story Rosetta and Philae, and forward to the science that is still co