Space Junk

Space Junk - Space, Law, and Morality (with Duncan Blake)

CONTENT WARNING: please be aware that this episode includes detailed discussions of wartime killing, and of targeted airstrikes in particular. In this episode I speak to

Space Junk - Antarctic Leadership in the time of COVID (with David Knoff)

This week I spoke to David Knoff, who recently spent 537 days in Antarctica as the leader at Davis Station. David and his team did not know when they left Australia in la

Space Junk - Space and Political Science (with Dr Kat Robison Hasani)

Kathryn Robison Hasani, PhD is a political scientist who is passionate about space and science communication. In addition to her doctorate and master's in Political Scien

Space Junk - Blowing up Pluto and the Choreography of Life (with Adeene Denton)

This slightly chaotic episode features Adeene Denton. Adeene is a planetary geologist who works on surface processes on terrestrial bodies. Her current research focuses o

Space Junk - Managing Big Space Projects and Science Career Paths (with Dr Sarah Pearce, CSIRO)

In this episode I interview Dr Sarah Pearce, the deputy director of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. We talk about Sarah’s career path, which includes stints with UK pa

Space Junk - Science, Spies and the State: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science (with Dr Audra Wolfe)

In this episode I am joined by historian of science Dr Audra Wolfe. With a background in both science (B.S., chemistry, Purdue University, 1997) and history (Ph.D., histo

Space Junk - Space and Youth Gender Activism (with Selin Ozunaldim)

The guest for this episode of Space Junk Pod is 17-year-old gender activist Selin Ozunaldim. Selin is Turkey’s youngest United Nations HeForShe representative, the founde

Space Junk - Hybrid Rockets and the Space Sector (with Nick McLean, Gilmour Space, and Guest Host Luke Pringle, Cherrybrook Technology High School)

On today's episode of the “Space Junk” podcast, guest host Luke Pringle interviews Gilmour Space Propulsion Engineer Nick McLean (pronounced like John McClane) about hybr

Space Junk - Announcement - Joining That's Not Canon Productions

I’m delighted to be able to let you know that the Space Junk Podcast has been picked up by That’s Not Canon Productions, an independent, Australian podcast network and co

Space Junk - Radio Astronomy and Feminism (with Kat Ross aka @astro_katross) - #IncludeHer_STEM

Kathryn Ross (Astro Kat Ross) is a PhD Candidate researching Active Galactic Nuclei and galaxy evolution using the MWA Telescope at the International Centre for Radio Ast

Space Junk - Space Governance - with Dr Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty

The guest for this episode is Dr Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty, the architect of the ASU Space Governance Lab concept, and an assistant professor in the School for the Future of

Space Junk - The Booty Call: Space Medicine and Roads Less Traveled (with Vi Tran)

In this episode I talk to Vi Tran, a Space Medicine student at Adelaide University. Vi’s Honours project analyses data from the Artificial Gravity Bed Rest study at the E

Space Junk - Space Science Communication... and Tik Tok? (with Kirsten Banks)

In this episode I chat to science communicator and astrophysicist Kirsten Banks. Kirsten is currently undertaking a PhD at UNSW in astrophysics. She is passionate about i

Space Junk - Space and Landscapes (with Thomas Gooch)

This podcast begins with a conversation over a cup of tea with Thomas Gooch, founder of the Office of Other Spaces, the Office of Planetary Obervations, and the national

Space Junk - Space Mining Panel with Gabriel Swiney, Chris Johnson, Dr Malcolm Davis, A/Prof Alice Gorman, and Prof Steven Freeland

In this episode I am joined by experts in the field of Space Law from around the world to discuss the US White House Executive Order 'on Encouraging International Support

Space Junk - Space Archaeology (with Dr Space Junk aka A/Prof Alice Gorman) - part 2 of 2

A/Prof Alice Gorman, who tweets as @drspacejunk and is the author of 'Dr Space Junk vs The Universe' is an internationally recognised leader in the emerging field of spac

Space Junk - Space Archaeology (with Dr Space Junk aka A/Prof Alice Gorman) - part 1 of 2

A/Prof Alice Gorman, who tweets as @drspacejunk and is the author of 'Dr Space Junk vs The Universe' is an internationally recognised leader in the emerging field of spac

Space Junk - Space Movies with Cain and Tal: Interstellar (and love, life, and the universe)

Cain and Tal join me again to unpack the film Interstellar, the 2014 Christopher Nolan film that made relativity even cooler than it already was. This was recorded back

Episode 32: Space Junk - Space Movies with Cain and Tal: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

In this very fun episode I'm joined by Cain and Tal from the phenomenal Aussie podcast ‘Movies with Cain and Tal’. We consume junk food while talking about a film that ca

Episode 31: Space Junk - Cicero's Tweets: The History of Social Media and Science Journalism - with Tom Standage (Deputy Editor, The Economist) - part 2 of 2

In part 2 of our interview Tom and I talk about the nature of journalism, how to construct a story around technology, and how the media landscape has shifted over the las