The 2 Best Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science Podcast Episodes
1) Space Policy Edition: Canada's Uncertain Future in Space (with Kate Howells)
Canada was the third country in history to launch a satellite into space, but now lags in its space ambitions, capability, and spending. What happened? Kate Howells, who serves on the Canadian Space A...Show More
2) Crickets and gastrodiplomacy: The future of space food
We hear from Team Insecta, a group of Canadian students exploring crickets as a viable source of space food.
3) Bill Nye: A star in Hollywood, a voice for NASA
Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society, celebrates his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and joins us to reflect on its meaning. We also receive the latest space policy updates as NASA faces sign...Show More
4) Book Club Edition: Cosmos Award–winning author Dava Sobel
Author and historian of science Dava Sobel talks about her many wonderful books with The Planetary Society’s Mat Kaplan. Dava recently received the Society’s Cosmos Award.
5) A cosmic travel guide: 111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss
Join host Sarah Al-Ahmed and Mark McCaughrean, adjunct scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, for a tour of “111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss”, a cosmic travel guide to the Uni...Show More
6) International Observe the Moon Night 2025
Host Sarah Al-Ahmed speaks with Staci Horvath, outreach coordinator at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and director of International Observe the Moon Night, and Theresa Summer, astronomy educator at ...Show More
7) Space Policy Edition: Does the rise of Elon mean the decline of NASA?
Atlantic writer Franklin Foer joins the show to discuss how NASA enabled the rise of Elon Musk, and, in doing so, sowed the seeds of its own decline.
8) Uranus revealed: Solving the ice giant’s heat mystery
Michael Roman, assistant professor at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile, joins Sarah Al-Ahmed to discuss new research confirming that Uranus radiates excess heat, finally resolving a decades-long...Show More
9) Esports and space: BASILISK’s quest for “Science Victory”
What happens when pro gaming and space science collide? Kyle Hill, head of science education and outreach for the esports team BASILISK, joins us to share how the team is inspiring the next generation...Show More
10) Silicate clouds and a dusty ring: JWST looks at YSES-1
JWST has uncovered silicate clouds and a dusty circumplanetary disk in the YSES-1 system. Kielan Hoch and Emily Rickman from the Space Telescope Science Institute join us to explore what these surpris...Show More