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The astrophysics public outreach committee at McGill University is recording podcasts with astrophysicists visiting the physics department, to discuss their research and general topics of astrophysics. They are made for the general public, to hear about what is done in astrophysics research (without technical jargon). These podcasts are hosted at the McGill Physics Department, by Sebastien Guillot, James Kennedy, and Ryan Lynch. The technical production was done by Mike Collicutt (mike.collicutt@gmail.com). For more information about our public outreach activities, please visit: http://www.astro.physics.mcgill.ca/outreach.php

  1. 02/16/2016

    AstroMcGill Episode 70 – Tom Prince

    Tom Prince visited McGill as part of the opening of the new McGill Space Institute. We talk to Tom about his work with the Palomar Transient Factory and the upcoming Zwicky Transient Facility. Guest: Tom Prince(California Institute of Technology). Hosts: Robert Archibald and Emilie Parent. Duration: 25 minutes. Production: Nick Adelson.

  2. 12/08/2015

    AstroMcGill Episode 69 – Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell

    We were visited by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered pulsars during her graduate studies in the 1960s. She talks to us about the still highly active field of pulsar astronomy and her varied career since their discovery. We also discuss her tireless advocacy for women in physics and astronomy. Guest: Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Oxford University). Hosts: Robert [...]

  3. 12/08/2015

    AstroMcGill Episode 68 – Chiara Mingarelli

    Chiara talks to us about how timing the rotation of pulsars can be used to detect gravitational waves–ripples in the very fabric of the cosmos. Guest: Chiara Mingarelli (California Institute of Technology). Hosts: Erik Madsen and Chitrang Patel. Duration: 19 minutes. Production: James O’Callaghan.

  4. 12/08/2015

    AstroMcGill Episode 67 – Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

    Enrico talks to us about the formation of heavy elements in the Universe through processes such as neutron star mergers. Guest: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (University of California Santa Cruz). Hosts: Robert Archibald and Chitrang Patel. Duration: 17 minutes. Production: James O’Callaghan.

  5. 06/08/2015

    AstroMcGill Episode 66 – Bryan Gaensler

    Bryan talks to us about magnetic fields in the Universe (and a little bit about cows). Guest: Bryan Gaensler (University of Toronto, Dunlap Institute). Hosts: Erik Madsen and Gabrielle Simard. Duration: 21 minutes. Production: James O’Callaghan.

  6. 05/14/2015

    AstroMcGill Episode 65 – Beth Wilman

    We discussed how astronomers can studied cosmology, the formation and evolution of the Universe, by observing nearby dwarfs galaxies, instead of extremely distant galaxies at the edge of the Universe. Guest: Beth Willman (Haverford College). Hosts: Erik Madsen and Gabrielle Simard. Duration: 23 minutes. Production: James O’Callaghan.

  7. 03/16/2015

    AstroMcGill Episode 64 – Jason Wright

    We talked about exoplanets, detecting exoplanets through measurements of radial velocities, and what we can look forward to from this field in the near future. The two websites mentioned during the podcast are exoplanets.org and the Habitable Zone Planet Finder. Guest: Jason Wright Hosts: Sebastien Guillot and Erik Madsen Duration: 40 minutes Production: James O’Callaghan

  8. 02/25/2015

    AstroMcGill Episode 63 – Kendrick Smith

    We discussed the large-scale structure of the Universe and how we can understand it from observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background emission, the relic light from the formation of the Universe. Guest: Kendrick Smith Hosts: Robert Archibald and Gabrielle Simard Duration: 13 minutes Production: James O’Callaghan

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The astrophysics public outreach committee at McGill University is recording podcasts with astrophysicists visiting the physics department, to discuss their research and general topics of astrophysics. They are made for the general public, to hear about what is done in astrophysics research (without technical jargon). These podcasts are hosted at the McGill Physics Department, by Sebastien Guillot, James Kennedy, and Ryan Lynch. The technical production was done by Mike Collicutt (mike.collicutt@gmail.com). For more information about our public outreach activities, please visit: http://www.astro.physics.mcgill.ca/outreach.php

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