The Cosmic Shed

This is the episode. Disney have announced 10 new films and series in the Star Wars Universe. The Mandalorian Season 2 has just finished. The Arecibo Observatory just collapsed. We're in. "Your name will be legendary" Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand Andrew , Ti and Steve settle in to talk all things Mandalorian and Seth Shostak , Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute joins us to talk about the lates...

Andrew is joined by Pippa Ehrlich , Director/Producer of the wonderful documentary My Octopus Teacher now streaming on Netflix for this special episode of The Cosmic Shed. It's been stealing hearts and winning awards across the world, including winning The Golden Panda at Wildscreen Festival which leads us to be able to type the following, deeply wonderful sentence: My Octopus Teacher won the Gold...

Kellie Gerardi joins Andrew to talk about life in the Space Age and her work in the commercial space industry. Kellie is something of a social media star with over 200,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok and has set her sights firmly on reaching Space for herself. Her new book, " Not Necessarily Rocket Science - A Beginners Guide to Life in the Space Age " is out on November 24th 2020 Kellie and...

Next up on The Cosmic Shed , we explore Alice Winocour 's fascinating new film, Proxima starring Eva Green and we hear from Alice Winocour herself. Eva Green's character is surrounded by men Andrew , Ti , Tushna and Achintya gather in the virtual shed, wishing they were next to each other and not separated by a lockdown and virus. All rather fitting for the film which you'll know if you've seen it...

In this long in development episode, we look back at the ground-breaking, record-breaking and undeniably beautiful Avatar . We see you, Cosmic Shed listeners. Andrew , Ti and Steve are joined by the hosts of the For What it's Earth podcast Emma Brisdion and Lloyd Hopkins to discuss the science and storytelling of Avatar. Steve, Andrew, Ti, Emma and Lloyd You'll also hear from Christopher Conselice...

For Small Creatures Such As We is a wonderful book by Sasha Sagan . The title of the book comes from Contact , the science fiction novel written by her father Carl Sagan and her mother, Ann Druyan . Sasha's love for them, and vice versa shines throughout the book and she joins Andrew to discuss her life and work so far. How can we find meaning in a secular world? Are traditions and rituals still r...

Assassin 33 AD is a Christian Science Fiction film in which a group of Muslim Extremist Terrorists go back in time to stop the Resurrection of Jesus (as reported in The Bible ) from happening. We tracked down the writer/director Jim Carroll and talked to him about just why he made it. Assassin 33AD - it's got Time Travel in it. A Time Travel film about religion. The Cosmic Shed couldn't really avo...

Join NASA Astronaut and Artist Nicole Stott for this episode of The Cosmic Shed. The first person to paint a watercolour in Space. The last person to return to Earth from the International Space Station in the Space Shuttle and now, the most recent guest on The Cosmic Shed podcast - it's been quite a life for Nicole Stott so far. Nicole chats to  Andrew for this very special episode of the Cosmic...

On something of a locked down Planet Earth, we turn our attention to the massive science fiction hit film The Wandering Earth. Set in the far future, The Wandering Earth follows a group of astronauts and rescue workers guiding the  Earth  away from an  expanding Sun , while attempting to prevent a collision with  Jupiter . The film was theatrically released in China on 5 February 2019 ( Chinese Ne...

Dr Rebecca Harrison is the author of the BFI's forthcoming book to mark the 40th anniversary of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, out in October 2020. Her project Decoding Star Wars explores the use of code, such as software and algorithms, to produce and distribute the Star Wars franchise. She is a Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow and a film critic...