Apr 25, 2026
We're living through the great Space Boom and with
great innovation comes a lot of whacky ideas... Astronomer and
Associate Professor Michael Brown from Monash University joins me
to discuss stupid things in space.
The conversation dives into some of the more bizarre and ambitious
ideas circulating the space industry,...
Apr 18, 2026
In this episode I sit down with Professor Conny Aerts, a pioneering mathematician and founding figure of astroseismology, who reveals how scientists are "listenting" to stars to understand what's happening deep inside them. From oscillating stars to solar sunquakes, she explains how sound waves can measure the sun's...
Apr 11, 2026
We’re scared to say the D word! But why is talking
about death such a taboo? Dr. Hannah Gould, a cultural
anthropologist at the University of Melbourne, joins me to discuss
the topic in the wake of the release of her new book ‘How To Die in
the 21st Century’.
The discussion dives in to the modern experience of...
Apr 4, 2026
When a problem with the James Webb Space Telescope left its images frustratingly out of focus, the solution wasn't fixed in space... it was fixed from Earth. At the University of Sydney, PhD students Dr. Louis Desdoigts and Max Charles spent two years rewriting and refining code to recalibrate a critical instrument...