From Here to the Stars

On this month's episode of, 'From Here to the Stars,' our host, Stephen Euin Cobb, interviews Doctor Angelle Tanner. Dr. Angelle Tanner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University. She has been interested in finding habitable planets outside our solar system since she was quite young. Her research is focused on multiple methods of extrasol...

In this episode of From Here to the Stars, host Stephen Euin Cobb sits down with Mr. Jeff Greason. Mr. Greason writes,  "I grew up with middle class parents in rural Oregon, with some of my earliest memories being Star Trek, the Apollo 17 launch, and reading classic science fiction. As far as I know, I've always been interested in science and technology. I thought that by the time I was an ad...

In this installment of From Here to the Stars, host Stephen Euin Cobb interviews Stephen Fleming. At various times, Fleming has been paid to be an optical physicist, laser fabricator, software developer, field engineer, product manager, corporate trainer, marketing executive, salesman, general manager, entrepreneur, author, venture capitalist, board member, investment banker, consultant, angel inv...

Nikhil Rao, MD, MSc (AKA Vindaloo Diesel, AKA Dr. Karma) is a child and adolescent psychiatrist specializing in working with critically and chronically ill children. On a day to day basis, this means he's the only physician in the pediatric ICU who can dress up like Batman and claim it's 'for the children'. Which he does. Frequently. He's also involved in research into new pharmacologic tools and...

In this episode, host Stephen Euin Cobb interviews Doug Loss. Loss is retired, but was an IT security analyst from Maryville, TN. He has been an SF reader since childhood (more than 55 years) and a war gamer for over 50 years. He's an avid blues music fan and serves as the IT Chair and 2020 President of the Board of Directors for the Interstellar Research Group (https://irg.space).

In Episode 8, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of "Future and You" podcast, interviews Dr. Joseph Meany, Post doctoral Research Associate for Savannah River National Laboratory and a member of the  Board of Directors for TVIW. Stephen caught up with Joseph as a presenter at LibertyCon during the summer of 2019 to discuss some of his work on materials science related to interstellar travel.

In Episode 7, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of "Future and You" podcast, interviews Toni Weisskopf, Publisher of Baen Books and a member of the Advisory Board for Interstellar Research Group (IRG). Toni joins us to discuss some of the big questions facing the trail to interstellar travel.

In Episode 6, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of "Future and You" podcast, interviews Dr. James N. Benford, the President of Microwave Sciences, Inc., a contracting firm specializing in High Power Microwave (HPM) systems. Microwave Sciences provides expert services from conceptual design to hardware, HPM effects testing and power beaming. Dr. Benford has been active in advanced research in private compani...

This is a special episode of, “From Here to the Stars,” in which we interview different people on the development of #interstellar projects and the future of interstellar travel. This series is part of the Interstellar Research Group. The Interstellar Research Group has chosen three students as the recipients for our 2020 scholarships. These Scholarships were created to encourage the next generati...

During this special episode of, "From Here to the Stars," our host, Stephen Euin Cobb, interviews Hayden Morgan. Hayden Morgan is our graduate level winner who won the Interstellar Research Groups Scholarship which supports research which will enable humanity to get from here to the Stars. Hayden received a bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the the University of Cincinnati in 2019...

Come join us for a Special Episode of, "From Here to the Stars." In this episode, our host, Stephen Euin Cobb, sits down with Doctor Tracy Becker, Doctor Michael Nolan, and Doctor Gregory Matloff and discusses the mechanics and mission on the Arecibo Observatory, as well as some of their fond memories and experiences.

In Episode 5, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of "Future and You" podcast, interviews Dr. Cameron M. Smith, a Prehistorian at Portland State University's Dept. of Anthropology. He is working with Icarus Interstellar on the genetic and cultural evolution of our descendants as they disperse beyond our solar system. This series is produced in association with Interstellar Research Group.

In Episode 4, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of "Future and You" podcast, interviews Dr. Gregory L. Matloff, Emeritus Associate and Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics at New York City College of Technology (NYCCT), Fellow of the British interplanetary Society, and Hayden Associate at the American Museum of Natural History. This series is produced in association with Interstellar Research Group.

In Episode 3, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of "Future and You" podcast, interviews Dr. Philip Lubin, a professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a co-recipient of the 2006 Gruber Prize in Cosmology along with the COBE science team for their groundbreaking work in cosmology. This series is produced in association with the Interstellar Research Group.

In Episode 2, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of "Future and You" podcast, interviews Dr. Louis D. Friedman, Co-Founder of The Planetary Society with Carl Sagan and Bruce C. Murray and Planetary Society Executive Director Emeritus, in association with the Interstellar Research Group who also produced this podcast.

In Episode 1, Stephen Euin Cobb interviews Marc G. Millis, Founder and Director of Tau Zero Foundation, in association with the Interstellar Research Group.