The Star Spot
By Justin Trottier
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Episodes: 100
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The astronomy and space exploration podcast
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Episode 185: Did a Supernova Cause a Mass Extinction?, with Brian Fields
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Episode 184: The Milky Way's First Fast Radio Burst, with Sandro Mereghetti
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Episode 183: COVID-19 Meets the NASA Space Apps Challenge, with James Slifierz
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May 25, 2020 |
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Episode 182: Planet Nine or Black Hole One, with Jakub Scholtz
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May 11, 2020 |
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Episode 181: Reports of Betelgeuse’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated, with Emily Levesque
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Episode 180: Wormholes through Space and Time, with John Cramer
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Episode 179: Dreams of Floating Cities, with Geoffrey Landis
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Episode 178 Sibling Rivalry at the Centre of the Galaxy, with Smadar Naoz
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Episode 177: The Case of the Missing Dark Matter, with Guo Chi
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Episode 176: Second Genesis, with Jay Melosh
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Episode 175: The Truth is Out There (at the University of Manitoba)
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Episode 174: Fuzzy Dark Matter, with Lachlan Lancaster
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Episode 173: Discovering an Ancient Oasis, with William Rapin
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Episode 172: The Hubble Not-So Constant
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Episode 171: Ploonets: When Moons Go Rogue, with Jorge Zuluaga
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Episode 170: The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts, with Vikram Ravi
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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Episode 169: Science at the Limits (Part 2)
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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Episode 168: Celebrating Apollo + Science at the Limits (Part 1)
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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Episode 167: Current in Space + The Best of The Star Spot: Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Episode 166: Nanodiamonds are Forever, with Jane Greaves
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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Episode 165: Landing on Europa, with Cynthia Phillips
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May 27, 2019 |
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Episode 164: Jupiter's Ancient Odyssey, with Simona Pirani
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Episode 163: The Ring Worlds of Saturn, with Bonnie Buratti
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Episode 162: The End is Nowhere Near Nigh, with Fred Adams
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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Episode 161: The Boom Time of the Universe, with Rosemary Wyse
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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Episode 160: Boom to Bust Part 1: Before the Beginning, with Katrin Heitmann
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Episode 159: Living on the Edge: Are We On the Boundary of an Expanding Universe?, with Ulf Danielsson
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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Episode 158: Telling Space Stories, with Rayna Slobodian
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Episode 157: How We Discovered Blazars Cause Mysterious Cosmic Rays
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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Episode 156: The Do-It-Yourself Spacesuit, with Cameron Smith
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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Episode 155: Artificial Photosynthesis: Taking the Sun on the Road, with Katharina Brinkert
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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Episode 154: The Vatican Observatory: Astronomy and Faith in the Modern World, with Cosette Gilmour
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Episode 153: A Reality Check on Terraforming Mars, with Bruce Jakosky
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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Episode 152: Alien Viruses, with Ken Stedman
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Episode 151: New Moons of Jupiter, with Scott Sheppard
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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Episode 150: At the Birth of Our First Newborn Planet, with André Müller
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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Episode 149: The Question of Life on Mars, with David Hamilton
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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Episode 148: Does Canada Have a Vision for Space Exploration?, with Chuck Black
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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Episode 147: Postcards From Home
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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Episode 146: Supernovae and the Evolution of Life on Earth, with Brian Thomas
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May 28, 2018 |
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Episode 145: Can Sibling Rivalry Explain This Supernova?, with Stuart Ryder
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May 16, 2018 |
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Episode 144: A Rough Upbringing: The Discovery of Stars in the Galaxy’s Core, with Farhad Yusef-Zadeh
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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Episode 143: Planet Hunting Goes Extragalactic, with Xinyu Dai
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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Episode 142: Jupiter Transformed, with Scott Bolton
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Episode 141: The Mysterious Origin of Superpowerful Radio Blasts, with Jason Hessels
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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Episode 140: How Humans Are Healing the Ozone Hole… and Might Just Solve Other Environmental Problems, with Susan Strahan
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Jan 22, 2018 |
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Episode 139: Can Alien Life Hitch a Ride on Space Dust?, with Arjun Berera
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!
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Dec 24, 2017 |
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Episode 138: Making Contact, with Jill Tarter
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Dec 11, 2017 |
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Episode 137: An Alien Asteroid in Our Solar System, with Alan Stern
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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Episode 136: So You Want to Become an Astronaut?, with Cordell Grant
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Nov 12, 2017 |
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Episode 135: Studying Cosmic Alchemy with Gravitational Waves, with Michael Landry
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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Episode 134: Searching for Aliens All-Sky All-the-Time, with Bill Diamond
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Oct 02, 2017 |
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Episode 133: Discovering an Asteroid Family Unchanged Since the Birth of the Solar System, with Marco Delbo
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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Episode 132: Does Titan Harbour the Building Blocks of Life?, with Ravi Desai
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Sep 03, 2017 |
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Episode 131: Heavy Metal Explosion: The Rockstars of the Supernova World, with Matt Nicholl
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Aug 21, 2017 |
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Episode 130: There Are How Many More Comets!?, with James Bauer
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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Episode 129: Building on Gravitational Wave Astronomy, with Danny Steeghs
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Jul 24, 2017 |
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Episode 128: A Shocking Theory About the Multiverse, with Dan Falk
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Jul 10, 2017 |
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Episode 127: When Day Becomes Night, with Dan Falk
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Jun 26, 2017 |
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Episode 126: SpaceX: A New Paradigm for Space Exploration, with Chris Prophet
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Jun 12, 2017 |
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Episode 124: The Best Candidate for Life, with Jason Dittmann
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May 15, 2017 |
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Episode 123: Dark Matter Bridging the Galaxies, with Michael Hudson
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May 01, 2017 |
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Episode 122: What if the Sun had a Sibling?, with Quinn Konopacky
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Apr 17, 2017 |
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Episode 121: Scary Resolutions to the Fermi Paradox, with David Kipping
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Mar 20, 2017 |
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Episode 120: When Galaxies Collide, with Gurtina Besla
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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Episode 119: From Knots to Donuts: Exotic Possibilities for the Shape of Our Universe, with Paul Sutter
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Feb 20, 2017 |
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Episode 118: The Sun: Our Local Mystery, with Terry Kucera
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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Episode 117: The Universe is Going Green, with Matt Malkan
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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Episode 116: The Transit of Mercury, with Suzanna Nagy
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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Episode 115: Searching for Aliens with the World’s Biggest Telescopes, with Dan Werthimer
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Dec 26, 2016 |
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Episode 114: The Milky Way's Dark Matter Twin, with Roberto Abraham
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Dec 12, 2016 |
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Episode 113: Astronomical Observatories of Ancient Britain, with Gail Higginbottom
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Nov 14, 2016 |
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Episode 112: Geysers on Europa, with William Sparks
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Oct 31, 2016 |
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Episode 111: Can Supernovae Cause Extinctions!?, with Shawn Bishop
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Oct 17, 2016 |
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Episode 110: Peering Into the Void, with Nico Hamaus
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Oct 03, 2016 |
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Episode 109: Rethinking Ancient Mayan Astronomy, with Gerardo Aldana
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Sep 19, 2016 |
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Episode 108: The Closest Exoplanet Could Be Habitable, with Guillem Anglada-Escudé
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Sep 05, 2016 |
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Episode 107: Surveying the Cosmos, with Ludovic Van Waerbeke
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Aug 22, 2016 |
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Episode 106: Is Our Solar System Unique? The Complex Process of Planetary Formation, with Aaron Boley
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Aug 08, 2016 |
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The Star Spot Episode 105: Ad Astra?, with Zachary Fejes
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Jul 25, 2016 |
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The Star Spot Episode 104: The Great Terraforming Mars Debate: The Dream, with Chuck Black
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Jul 11, 2016 |
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The Star Spot Episode 103: The Great Terraforming Mars Debate: The Ethics, with John Rummel
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Jun 27, 2016 |
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Episode 102: The Great Terraforming Mars Debate - Part 2: The Biology, with Olathe MacIntyre
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May 30, 2016 |
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Episode 101: The Great Terraforming Mars Debate - Part 1: The Science, with Paul Delaney
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May 16, 2016 |
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Episode 100: The Monster at the Centre of our Galaxy, with Feryal Özel
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May 02, 2016 |
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Episode 99 Pulsars and the Detection of Gravitational Waves, with Ingrid Stairs
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Apr 18, 2016 |
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Episode 98: What Our Beliefs About Aliens Say About Us!, With Brian Trent
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Apr 04, 2016 |
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Episode 97: Making Life in the Lab and Its Implications for Alien Hunting, with Lynn Rothschild
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Mar 21, 2016 |
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Episode 96: Did Universe's First Moments Set the Stage for Life?, with Fred Adams
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Mar 07, 2016 |
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Episode 95: Galaxy Clusters: The Largest Structures in the Universe, with Gil Holder
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Feb 22, 2016 |
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Episode 94: What Alien Intelligence Means for Humanity, with Don Lincoln
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Feb 08, 2016 |
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Episode 93: Will the Electric Sail Get Us to Deep Space? with Les Johnson
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Jan 25, 2016 |
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Episode 92: Inventing the Electric Solar Sail, with Pekka Janhunen
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Jan 11, 2016 |
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Episode 91: Monster Galaxies of the Early Universe, with Henry Joy McCracken
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Dec 14, 2015 |
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Episode 90: Discovering the Furthest Object in the Solar System, with Scott Sheppard
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Nov 30, 2015 |
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Episode 89: The Surprising Ubiquity of Ice in the Solar System and the Staggering Implications for Life, with David Paige
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Nov 16, 2015 |
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Episode 88: Two's Company: From Binary Stars to Binary Supermassive Black Holes, with Pawel Artymowicz
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Nov 02, 2015 |
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Episode 87: 147 Years of Astronomy Outreach, with Randy Attwood
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Oct 05, 2015 |
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Episode 86: When the Universe Began, with Wendy Freedman
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Sep 21, 2015 |