The Whimper Podcast

Just a blatant bunch of laughs with a pinch of nerdiness spiced up with goofiness and fun in a dumb way! This is our attempt as a team for the 6th Annual Student Podcast Contest released on The Whimper Podcast audio channel.

Mr. Shounak Bhattacharya is the head of hiring and management at a world class institute for teachers, and is a true geek in quantum mechanics, and classical mechanics and physics in general. He also has a youtube channel called ' Physics for Students ' with over 10K subscribers where he teaches these topics with great enthusiasm and interest. His lectures are loved by his students and he...

Rodrigo Carvalho Santiago , a native of Volta Redonda, Brazil, was selected by IIAS to join the Astronaut Scientist Candidate Class of 2018 and reported for duty in 2019. He has a background in space research and has performed two high altitude flights in space environment conditions. Rodrigo was also a researcher and advisor for the MIT/T.E.S.S DATA ANALYSIS TESS GI Program lead by Padi Boyd at N...

Event Description: In this audio live event we'll be talking about science communication, it's importance, how one can get started, it's scope in the upcoming future and why you need to be one, as Naval Ravikant says, "If you can't code, start a blog, create content and write, and do podcasting." In the end, we'll be diving into astrobiology, what it is and how one can...

Mihir Athale is an astronomy educator at Mango Education and teaches astrophotography to tribal kids. He is proficient in IT and engineering and has actively been working on making STEM education better for the past few years for 1000s of students across the country. In this episode we're going to talk about teaching, how do you teach stem? What challenges do you need to solve? How do you get...

On today's episode of the space podcast, we are excited to welcome a very special guest, the founder of seekinspace.in , a NASA citizen scientist, author, researcher, and science communicator. With a background in computational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, mathematics, and proficiency in Python programming and artificial intelligence, our guest brings a wealth of expertise to the table...

Our today's guest, Prasad Doke is the co-founder at Astrocapsule , a research assistant at ISPA and an aerospace engineering undergrad. In this episode, we've covered a topic I wanted to have a conversation of since the first episode .i.e space education as myself being a diplomat in those areas. Hope you find this valuable and enjoyable, and a very happy holi.

Our today's guest is Prateek Pandey from SuperAliens and Co India . He is a mentor for startups, a space enthusiast and and space-mining technology expert. In today's episode we talk about space mining, possibly something that has the potential to bear trillionaires, we talk about space policies, levels and progress of development in the sector around the world and so much more. Stay tuned...

Today we have Deep Anand as our guest on the show, who is the founder of a non-profit organization called Save Our Stars Initiative , has pursued his studies in aerospace engineering from VIT. This has been one of the most factual episodes where you'll learn a lot of new things I hope about a very not so popular/trendy topic called light pollution, you'll also learn about darkness, stargaz...

Today we have Prashant Kumar , the founder of ArthX.in , a custom drone manufacturer and robotics consultant and has pursued his higher education from the SJB Institute of Technology. He was also a contestant in the season 2 of Shark Tank India. This has been one of the most technical episodes I've done and as always I hope you have a productive time listening to it. This is the 12th episode o...

Our Today's guests is MS Ragul , the founder and CEO of AERO.IN , who is an aerospace engineer and has pursued his education from LPU and has received mutliple national and international awards. In this conversation, we have discussed on the condition and development of aerospace and defence related startups in India, the various policies laid down by the Indian government to help the developm...

Welcome to the 10th episode of The Whimper Podcast . Our today's guest is Vatsal Sorathia who is a missile and aerodynamics engineer at DRDO and has pursued his education from Defense Institute of Advanced Technology. This has been one of the most technical and deep conversations I've had till now. So, yeah I hope you have a focused and productive time listening to it. Enjoy.

Welcome to another episode of The Whimper Podcast . Today, we have a guest who is a tech-hacker and founder/director of a school of robotics(Techprolabz). He is an educationist and roboticist with a mission to revolutionize the way people learn. Hope you enjoy it and stay tuned for more!

Rudra Sekhri has been one of the most hardworking and one of the most admirable students of science I've ever meet on the internet. He's currently pursuing his education from Alphington Grammar School, Australia. He's an astronomer, an astrophysicist and a cosmologist. He has already been a guest for the 6th episode and we wanted to talk again about something really really goofy. Alien...

Khushi Raheja has been one of the youngest achievers I have met in the field of science, astronomy and astrobiology. She is a citizen scientist at NASA, a researcher at Quamcaro, an astrobiology researcher at Science Sapiens. We had a great talk in this episode where we were bound to think a lot about a subject that doesn't have an optimal amount of information. The origin of life. Hope you fi...

When a body comes under the influence of an external force, it is said to have potential energy and now has the ability to do work. As we all know that everything inside the universe is in motion or has been once in the entirety of their existence but, is that the same case with the universe itself? Let's find it out in the 2nd SOLO episode of The Whimper Podcast . Hope you enjoy it and stay t...

Rudra Sekhri has been one of the most hardworking and one of the most admirable students of science I've ever meet on the internet. He's currently pursuing his education from Alphington Grammar School, Australia. He's an astronomer, an astrophysicist and a cosmologist. We connected a few months ago on LinkedIn and finally we're up together with a show for you on quantum mechanics,...

Today we have a guest who is a senior research fellow at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA). He has currently been working on direct imaging of exoplanets and on extraterrestrial matters. In this episode, we have talked about black holes, god and the perception of God of people, the JWST, Humanity's future habitat, and extraterrestrial life. If we are alone, are we lucky or are we doom...

Today we have a guest who is a network security expert, a consultant, and an ethical hacker. He was passionate about hacking and getting into writing code since he was in grade 6. He is very passionate about what he does. In this episode, we are going to talk about hacking and how a hacker or a group of hackers whether it be good or bad, can have an impact on the space industry and how anything an...

Hey hey hey everybody, how are you all guys doing? Welcome to The Whimper Podcast where we talk about all the goofy stuff related to space, astronomy, deep tech, AI, and a lot more to learn about which you won't find much in a conventional form of education. Superman , being one of the most powerful characters in the whole of the comic verse is super strong. But, can he lift the starship and e...

Today we have a guest who is a part of a relatively new organization that recently launched a payload in the orbit comprising of a space weather monitor whose name, in short, is ROBI via the PSLVC53 rocket designed by ISRO. He is a working professional who recently graduated from IIST pursuing a B. Tech in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical engineering. And if you're a person who is in...

Today we have a guest, who has been a part of multiple space programs across the country. He is an entrepreneur , a TEDx speaker , a Teacher , and a Rocket Scientist . He has worked as a trainee in the Chandrayaan II mission. He founded a company called Space Impulse Technologies which has developed over 100,000 rockets. He got his education from the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxfor...

Hey hey hey everybody, welcome to The Whimper Podcast where we talk about all the goofy stuff related to space, astronomy, deep tech, AI, and a lot more to learn about which you won't find much in a conventional form of education. Why are we here? Why do we exist? Why should you listen to us? What is it that we are providing? It's a show, where we discuss anything and everything about spac...