Pale Blue Pod

Moiya and Tribble take a relaxing soak while talking about NASA's Apollo Program. Tribble wants to learn why the name doesn't make sense and why they did so many missions. Moiya wants to see Tribble react to the Apollo 11 flight path.     Guest Star Tribble is a comedian and podcast producer. Check out her website tribbzthecool.com and follow her at @tribbzthecool Messages Use code PALEBLUE at cat...

Moiya tells comedian Orli Matlow about Henrietta Swan Leavitt, the deaf legend who figured discovered Cepheid variables.     Guest Star Orli Matlow is a comedian and writer from Toronto, Canada. Learn more about her work at orlimatlow.com and follow her at @hiremeimfunny Messages Get your  Pale Blue Pod Merch  to stay warm this cozy season Listen to Spirits every Wednesday  Become a star and suppo...

Moiya's celebrating spooky season in a haunted library with her favorite horror expert, Jenna Stoeber. Jenna tells Moiya about cosmic horror, how knowledge and aliens can be scary, and that jumpscares are actually good.     Guest Star Jenna Stoeber is a podcaster, writer, multimedia creator, and horror expert. Find Jenna and her work at: www.youtube.com/@the_jenna www.twitch.tv/the_jenna https://s...

Moiya heads over to comedian Joyelle Nicole Johnson's apartment to review the movie Gravity. They discuss flames in space, disappointing directorial decisions, and score the movie out of 15 G-Forces.    Guest Star Joyelle Nicole Johnson is a Brooklyn based stand up comedian, writer and actress.  She can be seen on HBO’s Crashing, Hasan Minhaj’s  Patriot Act  on Netflix, and Late Night with Seth Me...

Corinne asks her final space related questions and passes her final exam before walking across the stage as the Class of 2024 valedictorian. Join Moiya in celebrating Corinne's graduation!   Messages Get your  Pale Blue Pod Merch  to stay warm this cozy season VOTE  for Pale Blue Pod as the best science podcast for the Signal Awards !  Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebl...

Moiya interviews Dr. Robin George Andrews about his new book,  How to Kill an Asteroid . They talk about worst case scenarios for an asteroid impact and recent steps scientists have taken to protect us from that fate. This episode should leave you feeling safe and assured.   Guest    Dr. Robin George Andrews is a volcanologist, science journalist, and author whose new book How to Kill an Asteroid...

Corinne and Moiya finally talk about our great pale blue dot as the planet it is. They assign each planet to a spot on the moral alignment chart and there's a big announcement from the Podiversity.        Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multicrew at  multitude.productions/multicrew Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.co...

Moiya tells Corinne how astronomers measure distances in space and Corinne reveals her love of walking.        Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multicrew at  multitude.productions/multicrew Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instagram:  instagram.com/palebluepod Credits...

Corinne and Moiya talk about Annie Jump Cannon, the census taker of the sky and deaf icon who created the system we use to classify stars!       Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multicrew at  multitude.productions/multicrew Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instagram: ...

Moiya tells Corinne about NASA's most expensive missions and they play a game of Would You Rather to recover from the sticker shock.     Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multicrew at multitude.productions/multicrew Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instagram:  instagram...

Corinne and Moiya hop in their time machine to visit this week in different years from history. They wear big skirts, meet Johannes Kepler, and watched Viking 2 land on Mars!     Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Join the Party every Tuesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBl...

Moiya tells Corinne about an exciting conference she attended over a pot of tea. They talk about when billionaires and AI are used for good, and when birthday party jokes become space telescopes.    Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Spirits every Wednesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twi...

Corinne and Moiya watched Jupiter Ascending and they want to tell you all about it. One of them liked it more than the other, but they both agree that Eddie Redmayne is too good at playing a freaky little guy.   Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multitude discord at multitude.productions/shows Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon: ...

It's a Pale Blue Pod x Exolore crossover! Moiya and Corinne talk about JWST's iconic first images, then pick one as the setting for a new world. They imagine a planet of scaly people who love a relaxing train ride.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Big Game Hunger every Monday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/pal...

Moiya and Corinne dish about the James Webb Space Telescope, covering everything from its dimensions to its coolest discoveries to its many, many, many launch delays.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Moiya's other podcast Exolore every other Thursday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter...

Moiya tells Corinne about her favorite planet in the solar system, Uranus! They talk about Greek vs Roman gods, Shakespearean moons, and how the blue planet is just a sleepy girl.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Join the Party every Tuesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/Pale...

Corinne and Moiya bring you their favorite spacey social posts from the last couple weeks. They cover Mars missions, egyptian gods, space station destruction, and community building before they stroll on the beach to hunt for seashells. **correction: Gauss is a measure of magnetic activity, not pressure. Moiya meant to say bars or pascals or something Messages Become a star and support us on patre...

Corinne and Moiya want you to meet Dr. Beatrice Tinsley, a pioneering astronomer who broke glass ceilings and spilled the secrets of galaxy evolution. At the end, they play a game and give Dr. Tinsley's paper titles a much needed glowup.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Spirits every Wednesday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon...

Corinne and Moiya share the good and ugly about academic publishing, including some shocking info about the peer review process. Then Moiya chats with independent publisher Fraser Cain to get a comparison.   Guest Fraser Cain is a science journalist, web developer, publisher of Universe Today , and co-host of Astronomy Cast . Messages Share your thoughts on the annual Multitude survey so we can ma...

Corinne and Moiya talk about what happens when galaxies collide! They talk about the Milky Way's merger history, Moiya reads an exerpt from her book, and Corinne plans our galaxy's future wedding with Andromeda. Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to  Big Game Hunger  every Monday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/paleb...

Corinne and Moiya hop in their time machine and jump to this same week from different years throughout history! They travel to witness Sally Ride coming home, the space shuttle program ending, and the birth of an 18th century astronomer. They also make some predictions for the future!  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Join the Multicrew to listen to He...

Aphelion = furthest point from the Sun, and Corinne and Moiya are here to tell you what to expect in the sky during our solar separation. Plus they play a game of summer would-you-rather!  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Dr. Moiya's Exolore every other Thursday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitte...

Things are heating up this week as Corinne and Moiya discuss the field of thermodynamics. They get into the history and laws, and even make some rules of their own.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to  Join the Party every Tuesday Get $50 off your Litter Robot at stopscooping.com/PALEBLUEPOD with promocode PALEBLUEPOD Find Us Online Website:  p...

Corinne and Moiya talk about the solar system's hottest planet, Venus, and whether or not women are actually from there. They also lament their total lack of espionage skills.  Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to  Big Game Hunger  every Monday Get $50 off your Litter Robot at stopscooping.com/PALEBLUEPOD with promocode PALEBLUEPOD Find Us Online...

Corinne and Moiya review the 2011 comedy Paul and let you know if they think it's worth watching. Spoiler: they have a lot more peeves than thieves.    Messages Become a star and support us on patreon at  patreon.com/palebluepod ! Listen to Big Game Hunger every Monday Find Us Online Website:  palebluepod.com Patreon:  patreon.com/palebluepod Twitter:  twitter.com/PaleBluePod Instagram:  instagram...