Astrochem Coffee

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social   Special guests Zak Smith and Alfred Hopkinson . The Percolator is on holiday! Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:13 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Zak 11:03 - Advert: June Drinks at Starducks 12:05 - Grab & Go Papers 26:48 - Advert: ShadeMatic 28:34 - Single-Origin Brew: Br...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social   Alex Byrne co-hosts. Special guests Jenny Bergner , Tobias Dijkhuis, and Stefanie Milam . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:41 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Jenny 8:31 - Advert: May Drinks at Starducks 9:19 - Grab & Go Papers 26:09 - Advert: GrillGuard 360 27:16 - Singl...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social   Special guests Sergio Ioppolo and Ryan Fortenberry . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Sergio 10:16 - Advert: April Drinks at Starducks 11:17 - Grab & Go Papers 26:16 - Advert: BunnyBouncer 3000 27:20 - Percolated Single-Origin Brew: Bre...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social   Special guests Ken Kellerman and Miguel Sanz-Novo with co-host Alana Nisperos . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ken 6:38 - Advert: March Drinks at Starducks 7:43 - Grab & Go Papers 24:08 - Advert: ForecastFooler 25:11 - Single-Origi...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social   Special guests Ken Kellerman and Rebecca Charbonneau . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ken 7:45 - Advert: February Drinks at Starducks 8:45 - Grab & Go Papers 23:11 - Advert: HeartHelper 24:04 - Percolated Single-Origin Brew: Brett +...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2025. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social   Special guests Brenne Gregory and Suchitra Narayanan . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:32 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Brenne 7:42 - Advert: January Drinks at Starducks 8:44 - Grab & Go Papers 20:44 - Advert: ResolutionKeeper 21:44 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Su...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2025. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts! Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social   Special guests Alana Nisperos and Elettra Piacentino . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:35 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Alana 10:30 - Advert: Hot Drinks at Starducks 11:36 - Grab & Go Papers 26:10 - Advert: TangleTamer 27:14 - Single-Origin Br...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2025. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social   Special guests Patrick Sheehan and Jane Huang . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:18 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Patrick 13:12 - Advert: Thanksgiving at Starducks 14:27 - Grab & Go Papers 27:16 - Advert: GobbleStopper 28:21 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Jane 41:20 -...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2025.   Ilsa Cooke co-hosts. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:19 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ilsa 38:22 - Advert: Fall Flavors at Starducks 39:19 - Grab & Go Papers 51:31 - Advert: LeafBeGone 3000 52:28 - Percolator: Publicly Available Datasets 58:51 - Chalkboard   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our websit...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2025.   Guests this month are Jenny Calahan and Martin Cordiner. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Coffee Chat: Gabi + Jenny 16:25 - Advert: Last Rays Latte from Starducks 17:25 - Grab & Go Papers 30:29 - Advert: SunSlinger 31:45 - Single-Origin Brew: Martin + Brett 59:40 - Chalkboard   Grab &amp...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of July 2025.   Guests this month are Becky Rapf and Stephen Kocheril. Ilsa Cooke co-hosts. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:19 - Coffee Chat: Becky + Brett 12:20 - Advert: Nebula Freeze from Starducks 13:21 - Grab & Go Papers 32:47 - Advert: Solar Eclipse Grilling 33:39 - Single-Origin Brew: Ilsa Cooke + Stephen Kocheril 54:14 - Percol...

Hello Everyone! Just a quick note here to let you all know that Astrochem Coffee for July of this year will be delayed just a bit due to summer holidays (the Dougs have collectively decided to take a vacation to Menorca for the next couple of weeks). This month's episode will come out mid-August, and then we'll back to regularly scheduled episode drops in early September. Hope every...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2025.   Guests this month are Izaskun Jimenez-Serra and Bernadette Broderick. Franciele Kruczkiewicz and Gabi Wenzel co-host. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Coffee Chat: Franciele + Izaskun 19:34 - Advert: Celestial Cold Brew from Starducks 21:36 - Grab & Go Papers 40:28 - Advert: AstroSnipper 3000 42:08 - Single-Origin B...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2025.   Guests this month are Ugo Jacovella and Marten Raaphorst. Alex Byrne and Divita Gupta co-host. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Coffee Chat: Divita Gupta + Ugo Jacovella 19:34 - Advert: Solar Sips from Starducks 21:36 - Grab & Go Papers 40:28 - Advert: Sprout-Slinger 360 42:08 - Single-Origin Brew: Alex Byrne + Marte...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2025.   Guests this month are Julia Santos and Hayley Bunn. Alex Byrne and Divita Gupta co-host. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Advert: Mother's Day at Starducks 3:05 - Grab & Go Papers 20:55 - Advert: The Multi Matic 22:49 - Double Shot (Alex Byrne + Julia Santos, Divita Gupta with Hayley Bunn) 54:47 - Percolator: The d...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2025.   Guests this month are Munan Gong and Wonju Kim. Divita Gupta co-hosts. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:11 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Munan Gong) 9:29 - Advert: Easter at Starducks 10:25 - Grab & Go Papers 28:05 - Advert: BasketBamboozler 3000 30:15 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita Gupta with Wonju Kim) 47:19 - Percolator: The...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2025.   Guests this month are Sean Dougherty and Karina Sogomonyan. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sean Dougherty) 12:13 - Advert: Ides of March at Starducks 13:29 - Grab & Go Papers 29:18 - Advert: Prunus Maximus 3000 31:12 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Karina Sogomonyan) 45:04 - Barista Bootc...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2025.   Guests this month are Laura Busch and Rachel Gross. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Laura Busch) 8:43 - Advert: Valentine's Day at Starducks 9:49 - Grab & Go Papers 25:43 - Advert: Idiorama’s Snowomatic 5000 26:59 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Rachel Gross) 42:06 - Percolator: The Discove...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2024.   Guests this month are Paola Caselli and Chiara Schleif. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Paola Caselli) 15:12 - Advert: Midnight Manny’s Confetti Disposal Service 16:24 - Grab & Go Papers 29:40 - Advert: Starducks’ Resolution Roast 30:47 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Chiara Schleif) 39:53...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Ilse Cleeves and Shreya Kakkenpara Suresh. Shreya's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/02/aa45775-22/aa45775-22.html Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilse Cleeves) 16:23 - Advert: Perky Pilgrim Gobbl...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Sommer Johansen and Gabi Wenzel. Sommer's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00120 Gabi's Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq6391 Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sommer) 1...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke with special guest Samantha Scibelli. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:48 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilsa) 20:10 - Advert: Starducks Sweet Potato Hand Pies 21:26 - Grab & Go Papers 34:20 - Advert: LeafCrusher 3000 35:55 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Samantha Scibe...

It's our 1 year anniversary, and of course our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Thanja Lamberts, and Alex Byrne with special guests Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis , Arun Subramani , Tobias Dijkhuis , Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin , Vincent Esposito , and Valentine Wakelam . Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - Coffee Chat...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Ilsa Cooke, and Alex Byrne with special guests Jessica Perrero, Divita Gupta, and Théo Guillame .   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net . Jessica's Paper: Binding energies of ethanol and ethylamine on interstellar water ices: s...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2024.   Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Albert Rimola and Will Styers .   Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net . Albert's Quantum Grain Website: https://www.quantumgrain.eu/ Will's Paper on 3-Furonitrile: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10....