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What’s On Astronomy.FM ~ Sunday thru Monday

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

SUNDAY, May 20 – MONDAY, May 21

Today’s Radio Schedule at a GLANCE:

SET #1: Discovery Now ~ AFM*Original Program: Under British Skies

SET #2: EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ AFM*Showcase: CosmoQuest Space Hangout

SET #3: AAAS Science Update ~ AFM*Showcase: CosmoQuest Science Hour ~ Whimsicality

SET #4: SciAm 60-Sec Science ~ A Moment of Science ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Ask the Naked Scientists ~ The NightWatch

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AFM’s Western Worlds! 120228-001 “How Lucky We Are” [updated]

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
[our apologies - this is a duplicate post to fix a corrupted podcast file]

The World Debut of “Western Worlds!”

It’s the WORLD PREMIERE of Astronomy.FM’s newest show – “Western Worlds!” In this episode co-host Raymond Francis interviews Dr. Gordon Osinski (CPSX Acting Director) about his research on impact craters. The interview is followed by a round-table discussion with co-hosts Raymond Francis, Alyssa Gilbert, and John Moores.
“Western Worlds!” is a co-production of the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) and the Voice of Astronomy – Astronomy.FM*Radio!

Under British Skies – Episode 22 – Astrofest

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

 

In this months episode, we celebrated our 2nd Birthday!  We also talked about Astrofest, and Google Sky.  Our special guest for Book Corner was Ninian Boyle.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 22 Shownotes

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“Western Worlds!” In The News

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

“Western Worlds!” on the CBC!

CPSX’s & AFM’s newest radio show, Western Worlds, is in the news!Alyssa Gilbert, CPSX Outreach Coordinator and producer of Western Worlds, was interviewed by CBC Radio One about the show; you may hear that here!

And John Moores, post-doctoral fellow for CPSX and the showrunner and main host of Western Worlds, was interviewed by Western News about the program.

Join us for Western Worlds, Astronomy.FM’s newest program, each week after York∞Universe!  (0210 GMT Tuesdays, a.k.a. 10:10pm Eastern – repeating every 4 hours for the rest of the day)

“Western Worlds!” is a co-production of the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX) and the Voice of Astronomy – Astronomy.FM*Radio!

AFM’s “The Event^Horizon”, 2011.12.03: Dragons & Red Galaxies

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
Space-X's Dragon Capsule with solar array displayed.

Space-X's Dragon Capsule

SkyGuides Marty Kunz, Nick Evetts, John Schroer and Paul Harper discuss the world of Astronomy and Space including:

  • Preparations for the Space-X Dragon spacecraft's first-ever docking with the ISS
  • A strange new species of ultra-red galaxies
  • GREPnova
  • The origin of our oceans from dwarf-planet Pluto's realm

The crew takes questions from the chat room and keeps us up-to-date with the Universe(s) as we know it(them)! Click below for show links and notes.

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AFM’s Under British Skies 2011.11.21: Episode 19 EXTRA! – BBC Stargazing Live

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Iin an Under British Skies “Extra”, Richie interviews Paul Vanezis, one of the producers of the BBC program “Star Gazing Live” – the BBC needs our help

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: http://nebul.ae/afm/Episode19/UnderBritishSkies-Episode19Shownotes.pdf

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AFM’s York∞Universe! 2011.11.22: Keck a Mighty Goal!

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

LIVE COVERAGE of the return of Soyuz from the International Space Station!  Also:

  • Happy Birthday Fast Eddie
  • The expansion of the Universe
  • It’s REALLY important to proof your paper before publication
  • Keck is really cool, and more!

WNMC’s First*Light! 2011.11.18: Congress is a Vegetable!

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

(originally broadcast on Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC FM+TV on November 18th, 2011)

Every week join “First*Light!” for a look at news from the intersection of science & society! “First*Light!” originates from the studios of Michigan public broadcasting’s WNMC/FM+TV. It airs each Friday LIVE at 7:20am (U.S. Eastern time), and repeats on Astronomy.FM every Saturday / Sunday (see our broadcast schedule for times). “First*Light!” is hosted by David Gault, Eric Hines, and Michael Foerster.

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