Pale Blue Pod

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Pale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its friend. Astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier and comedian Corinne Caputo demystify space one topic at a time with open eyes, open arms, and open mouths (from so much laughing and jaw-dropping). By the end of each episode, the cosmos will feel a little less “ahhh too scary” and a lot more “ohhh, so cool!” New episodes every Monday.

2D AGO

Birthcharts with Charmeé Taylor

Moiya learns about her astrology birthchart from Charmeé.

54 min
MAR 24

Audience Q&A with Mayanna Berrin

Moiya and Mayanna answer audience questions about space.

1h 28m
MAR 17

Dark Energy with Chris Alan

Moiya and Chris discuss the discovery and study of dark energy.

1h 6m
MAR 10

TRAPPIST-1 Planets with Chris Cook

Moiya and comedian Chris Cook talk about TRAPPIST-1, a neaby system of 7 exoplanets.

57 min
MAR 3

Astronomy Acronyms with Alana Goldstein

Moiya tells Alana about something that has bothered her for years: the way astronomers make acronyms!

51 min
FEB 24

Astronomy Conference with Constance Gibbs

Moiya tells her bestie Connie about the big astronomy meeting she attended last month.

1h 12m
FEB 17

Voyager Mission with Alen Kolenovic

Moiya and Alen travel back in time to discuss the spacecraft that have traveled farthest in space: Voyagers 1 and 2.

1h 2m
FEB 10

Alpha Centauri with Bex Taylor-Klaus

Moiya and Bex crawl into a giant behive to discuss our nearest stellar neighbors, Alpha Centauri!

59 min

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Hello from Pale Blue Pod

Pale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its friend. Astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier and comedian Corinne Caputo demystify space one topic at a time with open eyes, open arms, and open mouths (from so much laughing and jaw-dropping). By the end of each episode, the cosmos will feel a little less “ahhh too scary” and a lot more “ohhh, so cool!” New episodes every Monday. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Lovely for scientists and non-scientists

08/26/2024

Dr.rickloftus

I could listen to Moiya McTier all day. And Corinne Caputo makes an excellent Watson to Moiya’s Sherlock Holmes. Together the two of them present a variety of topics on the Universe, cosmology, planetology, and the history of science in a very humanities-friendly manner. As a working scientist and science communicator, I love watching them in action and get something out of every episode. I can count on Pale Blue Pod to provide an unfailingly chill, calming touch to my often crazy work days.
Waste of time

12/11/2024

pctwi

I was hoping to learn things I did not know about space physics etc but to get to anything interesting one has to endure ages of meaningless conversation between host and guest about nothing of any consequence.
astrology episode

04/07/2024

pdx listener 230

Only midway through but loving this episode and felt compelled to give Moiya a hit of praise! And Corinne, too! I dip in and out of this podcast, but I’m always glad when I come back to it.
Man vs bear

07/09/2024

MKULTRA83

Had to unsubscribe on principle, both hosts would go with bear alone in the woods. Social media has rotted away ninety percent of the population’s brains. Just remember, when people overwhelmingly choose to reproduce with liars and criminals, usually multiple individuals, than good people will be bred out of existence. Who is to blame for that?

Pale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its friend. Astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier and comedian Corinne Caputo demystify space one topic at a time with open eyes, open arms, and open mouths (from so much laughing and jaw-dropping). By the end of each episode, the cosmos will feel a little less “ahhh too scary” and a lot more “ohhh, so cool!” New episodes every Monday.