Posts Tagged ‘international year of astronomy’

Podcast #43 – Phil Plait

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

We interview Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy blogger, new president of the James Randi Educational Foundation, booster for the International Year of Astronomy, and author of the pop-science book Death from the Skies. Yes, he is busy.  [Late-breaking news: Bad Astronomy was just named as one of the Top 25 blogs in the world by Time magazine!]

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Podcast #41 – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

We interview Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, science advocate, and author of The Pluto Files, a look at the cosmic dust-up that resulted from the demotion of the planet Pluto to “dwarf planet” by the International Astronomical Union.  Dr. Tyson occupies the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of National History in NYC.  For more on Dr. Tyson visit HaydenPlanetarium.org/Tyson.

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365 Days of Astronomy Podcast

Monday, January 5th, 2009

As we’ve mentioned before, 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy (celebrating, among other things, the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first use of a telescope).  As part of the celebration, astro-buffs from all over the world are contributing to the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast. 

The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, for all 365 days of 2009.  Theme music provided by singer/ songwriter/ rationalist extraordinaire George Hrab.

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