Pale Blue Pod

Star Trek with Zila Treks

Happy 60th birthday to Star Trek! To celebrate, Moiya chats with Zila Treks about the franchise's history and cultural impact. Zila tells Moiya about her favorite series,

Entangled States with Dr. Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

What can quantum physics tell us about a life lived at the intersections and margins? According to Karmela and their new book, a lot! Moiya interviews Karmela and they ta

Invisible Rainbows with Dr. Alfredo Carpineti

Astronomy writer Alfredo Carpineti tells Moiya about his new book, covering everything from fast radio bursts to historical book burnings to the late, great Dolly Parton.

Cloudy With a Chance of Starships by Dr. Seven Rasmussen

Moiya interviews fellow astronomy writer Dr. Seven Rasmussen about her new book. They discuss the Drake equation, Fermi paradox, and Hollywood's disappointing portrayal o

Rerun: Let's Play Outer Wilds

Moiya and Mischa gather around a campfire to play the video game Outer Wilds... or rather, Mischa plays and Moiya watches in fascination. Listen to hear what Moiya thinks

Rerun: "Active Galactic Nuclei" with Rory Bricca

Moiya invites Rory to talk about his black hole-inspired symphony composition and explain how he got musical instruments to sound like event horizons and gravitational ti

Mothers of Invention: A History of Creativity from the Greek Muses

Merry Muses Week! This week, Connie interviews Moiya about her new book, Mothers of Invention. They cover Moiya's inspiration for the book, the muses personalities, and a

Heliocentrism, the biggest blow to humanity's ego

Moiya tells Connie how astronomers broke the millennia-old narcissistic belief that Earth sits at the center of the universe. From Aristarchus to Copernicus, you'll meet

Creativity: a history and a crisis

To kick off Moiya's book month, here's a deep dive into the philosophy and science of creativity. Between Plato's thoughts on poets and tips for surviving the creativity

the Edge of the Universe

Moiya and Connie zoom out past the cosmic web of galaxies and the surface of last scattering to discuss the shape of the universe at its largest scales. At the end, Conni

Is CERN shifting timelines?

Short answer: No. Listen to learn the longer answer involving timeline inconsistencies and energy thresholds, and stick around to test your mettle against the Mandela Eff

B is for Bastronomy

Besties Moiya and Connie babble about a bunch of astronomical bywords beginning with B. But beware, some are a bit bonkers. Note: Moiya realized during review that she m

What Marvel got wrong about the Quantum realm

...everything. Marvel got everything quantum wrong, but that's okay. Moiya is here to tell Connie the true history and science of quantum physics. Messages PRE-ORDER O

How NASA pushed an asteroid away

Happy Asteroid Day! Honor those dearly departed Tunguska reindeer by learning about NASA's DART mission, which made sure we never have to go out like the dinosaurs! Nex

2001's Space Odysseys

Moiya watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time and has big opinions! She ends up telling Connie about actual space news from 2001 so the whole episode isn't full

The Universe has a Queer Agenda

From nonbinary quantum particles to polyamorous galaxy groups, Moiya's telling Connie how the universe clearly isn't straight! And since we're all space, doesn't that say

Microwave light

Moiya tells Connie about microwaves, the lights and the ovens, then they play a special game of FMK. Messages Become a star and join the patreon at patreon.com/paleblue

we love our Pre Main Sequence Stars

Don't feel bad if you take a long time to get ready for a night out... stars spend millions of years getting ready for hydrogen fusion! This week, Moiya explains to Conni

Earth-like, Smearth-like

Moiya tells Connie about the most "Earth-like" planets discovered so far. Spoiler alert: if Earth has a doppelgänger out there, we haven't found it! Messages Become a

Happy Mother's Day, Mother Nature

Connie helps Moiya practice for her Mothers' Day lecture, an homage to everyone's ultimate mother: Earth. Messages Become a star and join the patreon at patreon.com/pa