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Dr Ian Musgrave gives us his fabulous Holiday SkyGuide where he tell us all the fabulous sights that are in store for us over December and January. Most of the planetary action is at family-friendly times in the evening skies. We have Venus Jupiter and Saturn all at their best these holidays, a meteor shower still worth a look despite the full moon mid-December, an occultation of Saturn by the moon, and a re-appearance of the 'Lunar X' phenomenon. In Ian's Tangent he reveals the latest advances in the science of tracing the origins of meteors. It's beautiful Science! For those celebrating festive occasions with friends and family in December and January, have a happy and safe festive season.

This episode we welcome Ian McCarter, the Director of Corporate Innovation at MaRS Discovery District. MaRS is the world's largest urban innovation hub. Based in Toronto and operating since 2015, Mars supports startups in the health, cleantech, fintech, and enterprise sectors that are reshaping cities around the world, standing at the forefront of a wave of change that extends from Melbourne to Amsterdam and across the entire globe. In Ian's role, he's focused on creating meaningful, economic relationships between Canadian ventures and globally significant early adopters of innovation. In particular, Ian has been helping energy, mobility, real estate, mining, construction, and heavy industry partners inject Canadian innovation into their net-zero journey.Currently, this mandate includes the Mobility Unlimited Hub, which helps early-stage personal mobility companies bring their products and services to the people who need them most. Through a cohort-based program, startups are connected to the resources, talent and know-how needed to commercialize their innovations so that they can help more people put their goals and dreams in motion.I'm excited to pick Ian's brain on what it takes to drive innovation in the current market, dig into what urban innovation looks like, and in particular how important community—in it's many definitions—is to building a successful, innovative business.Boast AI accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Mariners are red hot, but today we should remember how much of a treasure Willie Mays was in his career. We remember his greatness today. Mariners are rolling, especially when they score four or more runs. In Ian's eyes, Bryce Miller won the game in the 2nd inning. We pay tribute to Willie Mays, via Jon Miller.  Who can compare to the greatest athletes of all time? Willie Mays was bigger than life.  The Mariners continue to do everything we want them to do, and we are in unchartered territory. What's the biggest need - bullpen or offense?  Aaron Levine, FOX 13 joins Ian to discuss what Willie Mays means to multiple generations. The LPGA comes to Washington and Aaron gives us the overview of the field. Where are women's sports heading right now? Is the Caitlin Clark effect hitting other sports? Aaron tells us who has the 'it factor' on the tour. Finally, why isn't there more marketing around this major?  The Daily Power Play! All of a sudden the Stanley Cup Final looks quite interesting. Steve Kelley joins Ian in studio to talk about the iconic Willie Mays, and who he could be compared to in our time. Steve takes us on a walk through the history of some of the greatest Seattle athletes he's covered, as well as those across the country.  Steve Kelley hangs around with us to give us a little more insight into some of the greatest sports journalists we've had the pleasure of reading in the Times, including Blaine Newnham who recently passed away.

Ian was a puppeteer before becoming a clown. He created his clown persona Gingernut (because of his red hair) on a cruise in 1976. His first costume came from a London store and was a Royal Stewart tartan suit. He used plastic gingernut biscuits for the buttons. Over the years Ian has learnt skills and tricks associated with clowning such as tightrope walking and magic. He has worked abroad and in many different environments. Later in his career his costumes were made for him by a lady called Heidi who designed things like false arms for some of his characters. In Ian's view, clowns are part of folk tradition and have much in common with fools, jesters and comic Morris characters.

When talking to someone who is going through a tough time, is it better to do so with empathy (understanding the feelings of another) or sympathy (feeling sorrow for another's misfortune)? In Ian's view, one is far better than the other.  If you have any questions or comments, email Ian and James at ⁠⁠mindingyourmind2@gmail.com⁠⁠ . Let them know any other topics you'd like them to cover. To find out more about depression and support services, you can contact Head to Health at ⁠⁠www.headtohealth.gov.au⁠⁠ , Beyond Blue at ⁠⁠www.beyondblue.org.au⁠⁠ , Lifeline at ⁠⁠www.lifeline.org.au⁠⁠ or on 13 11 14 and ⁠⁠www.headspace.org.au⁠⁠ . Thanks to Future Generation Global. If you would like to help us continue do this podcast by donating, please ⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠ and select option two "Youth mental health research at the Brain and Mind Centre". Donations $2 and over are tax deductible. Thanks!

In Ian's final episode on the show, the team challenge him with the question of what the future of the industry looks like. Ian covers topics around future farm systems, government regulations, and what farming may look like in the future.

Ian Forrey is a young adult whose life has recently been radically changed. In Ian's words, he really had no opinion about the gospel. It wasn't until he got involved in Young Adult Ministries, witnessed the faith of others, and heard David Platt speak at Cross-Conference that he allowed the truth of the gospel to change his heart and his life. Ian is now passionate about reading Scripture and growing as a disciple of Jesus, and he is here today to share about the ways that following Jesus has transformed his life. Do you want to publicly celebrate the work that God is doing in your life? Submit your story at calvarychurch.org/shareastory

There was quite a bit of conversation about Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone's: This Is How You Lose the Time War this month so Ronnie decided to choose the novel as her pick! We both had a great time reading this story and honestly, had a bit longer of a conversation than expected because the novel is so compact. In Ian's opinion, time travel stories can get messy real fast but this one holds up pretty well!   July's pick is Ian's and he's choosing: The Spite House by Johnny Compton! Read along with us and let us know what you think of the books! 

With Ian Garlic, the CEO of authenticWEB, a top-ranked SEO company, who is an expert in internet marketing. With a vast experience of working with some of the world's largest organizations, Ian has become a renowned consultant and marketer in the industry. He has spoken on internet marketing at several prestigious associations such as the Manhattan Association of Realtor, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Nassau County Bar Association, and Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida. Before he delved into internet marketing, Ian had diverse work experiences in the restaurant industry, sales, trading, and commercial real estate in New York City, which he believes gave him a business background and an edge in his career. Ian's passion for business, film, and the web has led him to use video production as a means to tell the stories of great businesses. His knowledge of SEO, social media, and website design has enabled him to better understand the channels for telling compelling stories in various ways. Ian is a Rollins College graduate and has learned a lot from reading, doing, making mistakes, and correcting them. He believes that internet marketing is a field where constant learning and improvement are key to success. He loves to educate people through and about the mediums of film, the web, and business. In Ian's view, stories rule our entire lives: how we listen to them, how we tell them, and the stories we tell ourselves. In this podcast, Ian shares his insights on how to effectively connect with your audience and build a meaningful relationship through the use of client stories. Ian challenges the common practice of using testimonials and highlights the power of storytelling in capturing your audience's attention. Ian also dives into the pitfalls of adopting an advertising mentality and why it's crucial to steer clear from it. Plus, you won't want to miss the two important keys Ian shares for creating a compelling story arc in your videos. So, grab a cup of coffee and tune in to this episode for some valuable takeaways on the art of storytelling in marketing. To listen to our podcast and access the show notes, visit us at legalwebsitewarrior.com/podcast

Moon Phases: Feb 6 Apogee Full moon Feb 14 Last Quarter moon Feb 20 New moon Feb 27 First Quarter moon Evening Sky Venus and Jupiter in the West half an hour after sunset, some nice planetary action in morning skies and beautiful signature stars and constellations throughout the month Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has already been a great sight in the Northern Hemisphere and now having passed by the sun, will now be best seen in Northern Australia in places like Darwin and Cairns around the 3rd of February. For those further South, you'll have to wait for the morning of the 6th of February, however with the full moon over in the west, you'll need binoculars to see the comet to compensate for the moonlight. On the 14th the comet is close to Aldebaran. In Ian's Tangent we find out all about the water and alcohol content of comets and the obscure fact (according to some media outlets) that Comet C/2022 E3 is 1000 penguins wide. In two weeks we bring you an amazing interview with Dr Vishal Gajjar who is a project scientist for Breakthrough Listen, the search for extraterrestrial technosignatures. He is based at UC Berkley and has developed novel AI algorithms to interrogate the immense data sets from the worlds largest radio telescopes. This interview is pure science and right out of this world. You'll love it! The team's latest paper has just been published in Nature and a preview is available at https://tinyurl.comFORWARDSLASHtechnosigs

Astrophiz 161: Dr Ian Musgrave's December SkyGuide Enjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us all the viewing highlights and what planets to look out for in our morning and evening skies. This special month also brings you all 5 bright planets viewable in the dusk twilight and later in the evening, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are bright beacons for the naked eye and easily examined in detail with binoculars and telescopes. Mars is right in opposition now, being closest in its orbit to earth, nice and bright orange to the naked eye and a polar ice cap visible for those with telescopes. Get out there on 8 December for the best opposition view of Mars till 2033. In Ian's Tangent …. Mars Quakes, meteor impacts, ejecta and subsequent glass tektites landing on earth, and how the blast from mighty rockets like the SLS and Saturn V can fuse sand into glass. It's all linked by science.

In this episode, Ladey Adey talks with author Ian Pilbeam.Ian originally from Boston, Lincolnshire introduces us to his book Are We There Yet?Ian is addicted to travel. When he is not running his Human Resources and Health & Safety business in his adopted hometown of Edinburgh, he is planning the next trip. The biggest trip of all was the year his family went backpacking around the world. In Ian's book, he says, “I believe that life is like a book – each one with a chapter and it all depends how interesting they are... 10 years after the adventure, the raw and honest book is born.Favourite quote - The world is your classroomTop Tip - Find your voice, let the writing flow, and then edit until it reads brilliantly.Useful linksGuest: Ian PilbeamWebsite: https://www.hrdept.co.uk/edinburgh-mid-east-lothian/ Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Are-There-Yet-year-long-adventure/dp/1838388206/ Socials: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianpilbeam?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BQd%2F4Co9NSli72X%2F0hrCwUA%3D%3D Instagram:@originalfamilytrippersLadey Adey: https://www.ladeyadey.com/ Book Academy: https://www.ladeyadey.com/the-book-academy/ Vicky Galbraith - Podcast VA: www.podcastva.co.uk  Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/ladeyadeyshow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Astrophiz 159: Dr Ian Musgrave's November SkyGuide ~ Total Lunar Eclipse & Dung Beetle Navigation. Enjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us all the viewing highlights and what planets to look out for in our morning and evening skies. This special month also brings you a total lunar eclipse, an excellent view of Uranus right next to the eclipsed moon, and a hint of a meteor shower. In Ian's tangent we hear about the fascinating celestial navigation skills of Dung Beetles that are being impaired by light pollution. Enjoy!

Astrophiz 157: Dr Ian Musgrave's October SkyGuide & Smashing Spacecraft Enjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us all the viewing highlights and what to look out for in our morning and evening skies and the dates to best observe Jupiter's closest approach since 1963 and Jupiter's beautiful Galilean moons. In Ian's tangent we hear about Smashing Spacecraft, including those that have accidentally or deliberately smashed into planets, those that have smashed into asteroids like the recent DART mission, and those that have smashed projectiles into asteroids to collect and return dust particles back to earth for analysis. It's a long and interesting smashing history that Ian reveals. Enjoy!

Astrophiz 155: Dr Ian Musgrave's September SkyGuide. Enjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us all the viewing highlights for our morning and evening skies and the dates to observe Jupiter's beautiful Galilean moons and their shadows passing over Jupiter's surface and for binocular observers, when to catch Jupiter's moons strung out like a stunning string of pearls all on one side of our magnificent gas giant. In Ian's tangent we hear about variable stars including the recent exceptional behaviour of Betelgeuse, and how historical records show both brightness and colour of stars like Betelgeuse and Antares can display dramatic changes. Enjoy!

Astrophiz 153: Dr Ian Musgrave's August SkyGuide. Enjoy your regular monthly treat of viewing tips for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. In Ian's Tangent, we are given solid tips on how we can observe orbital motion in Alpha Centauri with quite modest equipment, and Ian references comparisons with the apparent motions of Barnard's star and 61 Cygni. Enjoy!

Astrophiz 151: Dr Ian Musgrave's July SkyGuide. Enjoy your regular monthly treat for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Listen: Ian gives us the dates of the moon phases and the best times to observe planets, clusters and deep sky objects along with the exact time to view the fully illuminated full moon. Morning skies continue to be a treat worth getting up early for, and Saturn begins is now visible in evening skies. Reddish Mars is easily viewed as it is brightening as it approaches opposition later in the year and Mars and Uranus have a close encounter at the end of the month and will be very close together on the 1st of August. In the evening skies, Scorpius is a highlight, looking magnificent with Antares as its red centrepiece, and below the Scorpion's sting, you can identify the centre of the galaxy via the 'Teapot of Sagittarius'. Ian also talks you through the opportunity to view area around the Pre-cataclysmic spectacle of Eta Carina. For Northern hemisphere listeners, Ian introduces ‘Galaxy Season' and our closest galaxy, the Andromeda nebula. Watch out for the Southern Delta Aquariid meteors from the 12th of July to the 23rd of August, peaking on Sunday July 30th with a rate of about 1 meteor about every 4 or 5 minutes under good conditions. In Ian's Tangent, we discover what it would be like if the moon was made of compressible green (unripened) camembert cheese. A thought experiment for astronomy and gastronomy lovers. A great listen and lots to see in the sky in July. Thanks Ian

Astrophiz 147: Dr Ian Musgrave's May SkyGuide. Enjoy your regular monthly treat for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us the dates of the moon phases and the best times to observe planets, clusters and deep sky objects. A special treat that is worth getting up early for is the Venus-Jupiter conjunction on May 1st, and hear about further opportunities during May to observe planetary lineups in the morning skies as well as seeing a meteor shower provide by debris from Halley's Comet. In Ian's Tangent, he continues his theme to discuss the diverse naming of celestial objects, in this case the way the different cultures from both hemispheres have contributed to the naming and re-naming of stars and constellations. In doing so, we give a special shoutout to Krystal DeNapoli and Karlie Noon who have just released their book on Indigenous Astronomy ‘Sky Country'. Highly recommended.

Astrophiz 145: Dr Ian Musgrave's April SkyGuide Enjoy your regular monthly treat for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us the dates of the moon phases and the best times to observe planets, clusters and deep sky objects In Ian's Tangent, he continues his theme to discuss the problems with our descriptions of celestial objects, in this case the way the size of these objects are compared with the size of familiar animals. eg recently an asteroid's size was expressed as ‘the size of a giraffe'. Not helpful, but Ian suggests an alternative.

Enjoy your regular monthly treat for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr Ian Musgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. Ian gives us the dates of the moon phases and the best times to observe clusters and deep sky objects and tips and times around the coming equinox to observe the Zodiacal Light. We also get a great challenge for those who have infrared filters on their telescopes. See if you can emulate the Parker Solar Probe and pick out some surface features on the dark side of Venus while it is in its crescent phase. In Ian's Tangent, he continues his theme to discuss the problems with our naming of celestial objects, in this case the naming of different sized exoplanets. And there are some peculiarities in the size groupings of exoplanets discovered so far. Currently with exoplanets we have named Super Earths, Super Jupiters, Hot Jupiters, Hot Super Mars, Super Earths, Mini Neptunes, Hot Mini Earths, and then Ian introduces us to Pulsar Planets and we now have also discovered a real supermoon which is a neptune sized moon orbiting a Jupiter sized exoplanet, Kepler 1625b. What's next? Let's just wait till the JWST starts exposing novel exoplanets!

Astrophiz 141: February SkyGuide ~ Dr Ian Musgrave Here is our regular monthly treat for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr Ian Musgrave, avid amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. First up, Ian takes us through the dates of the moon phases for the month, noting the best times for observations of constellations and clusters without the glare of the moon. We can also look forward to some very nice views of the crescent moon ‘dancing' past planets and viewing some very nice bright planets line up in the mornings before dawn. In Ian's Tangent, he explains various ‘star naming' scams and the ridiculous practice of purchasing exoplanet NFTs and the harms that NFT server farms do to our planet

Astrophiz139: Holiday SkyGuide Here is our regular monthly treat for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr Ian Musgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist. We can look forward to some views of the crescent moon ‘dancing' past planets and viewing some very nice bright planets over the December and January holiday period. In western evening skies, magnificent Venus, Saturn, Jupiter are resplendent, and Ian gives us tips on spotting Mercury. He also expertly guides us to observations of a ‘Xmas Comet' and an occultation of Mars. In Ian's Tangent, he continues his theme to discuss the problems with our definitions of celestial objects and the challenge of whether an object in our skies could be a planet, moon, sun, comet, asteroid or minor planet. Our current definitions may be selling us short.

Following on from last week's Autopsy on all things 2020 we turn to the obvious question. If all the cinemas were shut what did your average cinephile do for entertainment whilst locked up in their homes for several months waiting for an end to the global pandemic? In Ian's case the answer is "not watch much on telly". In Leo's case the answer is: watch a bunch of stuff that was hurled in our general direction as a way of keeping us distracted as the world collapsed outside the window. So, different approaches, very different. But the underlying question is what did all the streaming services actually do with this literally captive audience? What was strewn before us to while away the long hours? How did the movers and shakers entice the idle and bored into their gardens of content? It may not surprise you to learn that the answer is... virtually nothing. As you shall discover, not one of these companies really had the muscle to throw out something seriously arresting, compelling and noteworthy during this time. I guess you just don't have to work as hard when you've got no competition. Oh, well, sigh... best wait on for the cinemas to opern up again. This week's episode features an excerpt of Ego Trippin' by Lo-Fi Scientists and bedding music Mystical Forces by Citizen Crane. Both are licensed under a creative commons non-commercial attribution-based licence. Follow links for more information.

A monthly treat for naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers. Three nice bright planets again this month. Once again in evening skies, magnificent Venus, Saturn and Jupiter Over in the West, Venus is spectacular. For Norther hemisphere observers, the Andromeda galaxy is looking magnificent under dark skies, while in the Southern Hemisphere the Magellanic Clouds are simply beautiful. In Ian's Tangent, he continues his comet theme to tell us about spectacular comets and in particular the size of comets and how some comets with a small nucleus can still be magnificent in our skies, depending on their proximity to the sun, how often the comet visits the inner solar system and its proximity to the earth's orbit. Ian goes on to discuss various definitions and the challenge of whether an object in our skies could be a comet, asteroid or minor planet

This episode's guest is Ian Whitworth, a reformed branding and advertising creative director turned entrepreneur and co-founder of Scene Change, a national corporate AV company that once used a toothless gypsy lady to help set its strategy! Ian studied as a vet, got expelled, and became a corporate AV technician. He claims he has been "exposed to radioactive megadoses of corporate motivator shtick", before realising they're generally 99% showbiz and 1% business experience. More importantly, for the purposes of today's episode – Ian is a blogger and published author, with a new book out now via Penguin Random House: UNDISRUPTABLE: Timeless Business Truths for Thriving in a World of Non-Stop Change. (High profile Australian entrepreneur Zoë Foster Blake described UNDISRUPTABLE as "witty, clever and extremely relevant in these godforsaken Zoom times.") In this wide-ranging chat with host Trevor Young, Ian touches on: How he snagged a book deal with a major publisherThe importance of telling real-life storiesThe power of blogging (and the role it played in landing him a book deal)The use of humour in storytellingFinding and honing your public voiceWriting is thinking - it's valuable to clarify what you stand for and what you do. Ian also discusses developing a point of view and why it's sometimes good to have a "straw man enemy" to go up against. In Ian's case, he preaches doing the opposite to what an MBA-trained consultant would tell you to do (the original title of Ian's book was 'Kill All MBAs!'). Connect with Ian: TwitterBlog

Your monthly treat for naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers. Four nice bright planets again this month. Once again in Eastern evening skies, magnificent Saturn and Jupitergrace our skies Over in the West, Venus is spectacular and Mercury is sinking into the twilight For early risers, Saturn and Jupiter are still looking fine over in the West. In Ian's Tangent, Ian continues on his theme with comets and asteroids, and how explosive collisions between celestial visitors to our solar system have been observed, mis-observed and documented throughout history.

Ian Humphrey is one of the most authentic speakers you will ever have the pleasure of hearing. From his own troubled adolescence and eventual incarceration, he knows what it takes to overcome challenges to unlock our own full potential. In Ian's renowned speaking programs, he shares inspirational stories about life, its great challenges, and opportunities and creates a palpable feeling of confidence and positivity that pervades the auditorium and will inspire your audience to discover their own strengths, talents, and untapped potential. What we discussed: 9:00 Discovering your purpose 10:20 We all deserve a better life 12:10 Do not believe the stories that were conditioned to you as a kid 14:00 Somebody can look past your mistakes and still believe in you 14:30 The tools/structures to help us go back when we're knocked down 15:45 1st tool: Stop Making Excuses (Stop the blaming and pointing fingers. Take responsibility of your own actions) 16:50 Take some chances! 22:55 Be mindful of who you surround yourself with 26:25 Leadership starts with a vision 27:10 Be open to new opportunities 29:00 The book for incarcerated youth. Connect w/Ian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-humphrey-21459318/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/beianspired/ (Instagram) https://www.youtube.com/user/BeIanSpired/videos (youtube) Ian's website Let's connect: https://open.acast.com/shows/5e759e3195fa07a414c9afe8/episodes/60ed28a18c0c31001917b838/www.yourultimateplaybook.com (My book (The Ultimate Playbook for High Achievement) ) https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-molden-9693431b/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/alexmolden/ (IG) https://www.facebook.com/alex.molden1/ (Facebook) https://open.acast.com/shows/5e759e3195fa07a414c9afe8/episodes/www.alexmoldenspeaks.com (website) https://thehaacademy.com/get-full-access (High Achievers Academy) *Get you a https://www.uv-brite.com/ (UV Brite water bottle)!! Use coupon code Sharkeffect15 for 15% off!! **Get stronger w/https://frogfuel.com/ (Frog Fuel)!! Use coupon code Sharkeffect20 for 20% off of your 1st order! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A treat for naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers. Four nice bright planets this month. Once again in Eastern evening skies, magnificent Saturn and Jupiter loom large past opposition, and there's always a planet dance to watch out for as the Moon meets up with some bright planets and has some nice encounters with bright stars. Over in the West, Venus is spectacular and if you have a lowish western horizon you'll see Mercury at it's best for this year. The centre of our Milky Way galaxy is directly overhead and Ian points out some fine galaxies to watch out for. For early risers, Saturn and Jupiter are also looking fine over in the West. In Ian's Tangent, Ian explains the latest understandings of comets and asteroids, how they can be classified and the emerging importance of sodium as they go on their sun-grazing adventures.

August Skyguide with Dr Ian ‘Astroblog' Musgrave In Eastern evening skies, magnificent Saturn and Jupiter loom large in opposition. Over in the West, Venus has a nice encounter with a fine crescent moon on the 11th. Also in the west, brilliant but half-phased Venus dominates our evening skies for everyone, and if you have a low western horizon you'll see Mercury catching up with Mars on the 19th and counterintuitively is actually brighter than Mars for a while. The centre of our Milky Way galaxy is directly overhead (and Ian has tips for avoiding getting a crick in your neck ;) For early risers, Saturn and Jupiter are also looking fine over in the West. In Ian's Tangent, we hear how planets, and even the moon, have have been mistaken for other objects and recommends safe evening walks to re-familiarise ourselves with all the celestial wonders that gaze down on us with their awe-inspiring indifference. Ian's ‘Astroblogger' website and ‘Southern Skywatch' both come up as the first result in all search engines.

Astrophiz 129: Dr Ian ‘Astroblog' Musgrave's July SkyGuide. For astrophotographers or naked eye observers with or without telescopes and/or binoculars, Ian gives us a comprehensive guide on what to look up for the month of July, and Venus beaming brightly in the NW twilight is just one of the wonders that awaits our gaze this month. In Ian's July Tangent he gives the inside story on Seal Telescopes (yes, you read that correctly) A bonus for those in the Southern Hemisphere, winter has arrived, the night skies are crisper with much less dust in the air and cooler air means much less thermal distortion, so it's a brilliant idea to rug up and step outside with friends and family to share the celestial wonders overhead.

Astrophiz 127: June SkyGuide with Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave. For astrophotographers or naked eye observers with or without telescopes and/or binoculars, Ian gives us a comprehensive guide on what to look up for this month. In Ian’s tangent this month he takes us on a tour of shadows that are constantly eclipsing satellites, our moon , and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn A bonus for those in the Southern Hemisphere, winter has arrived, the night skies are crisper with much less dust in the air and cooler air means much less thermal distortion, so it’s a brilliant idea to rug up and step outside with friends and family to share the celestial wonders overhead. Also shoutouts to @SpaceAusDotCom and @drspacejunk

Astrophiz 125: May SkyGuide with dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave. For astrophotographers or naked eye observers with or without telescopes and/or binoculars, Ian gives us a comprehensive guide on what to look up for. We have planets to see in the morning and evening skies, planets lining up with the moon, a fabulous total lunar eclipse and the ever reliable eta Aquariid Meteor Shower. In ‘Ian’s tangent’ this month he gives us the skinny on powered and unpowered flights of robotic craft, including the Ingenuity helicopter, on Mars. We hear about the proposed Dragonfly Quadcopter mission that has been approved for Titan, and Ian also points out the challenges inherent in future missions which will involve controlled flights on Venus and Titan, and he also reminds us of the 1985 Soviet Vega mission with balloons on Venus.

In Ian's first solo outing podcast, he dives into one of his foremost obsessions, DC Comics, Movies, TV Shows, and games. Along with diving into the timeline of the #releasethesnydercut movement for those uninitiated and wondering what this upcoming film is all about!

This month on Dispodopolis, we discuss the recently released movie from Pixar, Onward. It is a departure from the traditional fairy tale that is commonly represented in a Disney movie. It takes you on a journey where you rediscover the magic in a world that has walked away from the enchantment. Onward's primary purpose is opening up the conversation about losing a parent, and the struggle one feels when they have that void in their life. You often feel like nothing can fill that void. There can be so many unanswered questions when you lose someone you love. In Ian's case, he never was able to meet his father because he wasn't born yet. Before we have our discussion about Onward, we discuss which duo in a Disney production must closely relate to your own sibling experience. Recorded to release on June 5th, 2020.

In this podcast resource you’ll hear , founder of and our guest, share with of the results of some astounding research he’s done with Gen Z’ers. Using a select group of early-stage leaders/execs, Ian identified 8 factors seen as essential ‘effectiveness’ skills (agility, ambiguity, emotional intelligence, failing, flexibility, integrity, forming trusted & enduring relationships, and judgement) needed to navigate the new world that lies ahead. We can all, regardless of age, learn from this one (and make use of it in our workplace recruitment strategies). Research Context Summary: Ian talked to 30 young people in late 2019. All were   future executives who were either interns in major companies or at early management level. A very select group who were very articulate and considered. The 'effectiveness skills' are described in the words used by the Gen Z managers of the future, and there was a very high level of consensus amongst the answers given. “Identifying soft skills for the new world” was the brief. Each skill identified relates to each other. They are not stand alone and the managers of tomorrow will have/need an amalgam of these characteristics. Hear about the first six key skills at: 6:15 - Agility (dexterity) - the ability to shift from one state to another, responsiveness to impact and the ability to address such shifts rapidly... 9:28 - Ambiguity - the ability to manage ambiguity (chaos), whilst avoiding paralysis, and accepting it will be part of your professional life... 13:15 - Emotional Intelligence - empathy and the understanding of another person that transcends rational or commercial requirements... 18:01 - Failing - being allowed to fail and having the capability to handle your own failure and learn from it... 21:03 - Flexibility - having ‘working’ relationships with people and avoiding rigidity in your thinking and behaviour... 25:06 - Integrity - something that cannot be claimed but can only be conferred on an individual... And the final two, most distinguishing factors: 30:16 - Forming trusted and enduring relationships - the ability to build a completely dependable relationship beyond the normal state of expected behaviours… 36:46 - Judgement - the ability to convert real-life experiences into principles that guide sound counsel when you’re in unknown territory. Is this learned or innate? In Ian’s experience, judgement is highly intuitive… And finally, hear how to apply this in a job interview setting at 41:26. Just think what a team of people with these attributes could achieve together - they would be ‘unbeatable’! The two Ian's agree here that the notion of leadership is now obsolete and should be replaced with the idea of ‘effectiveness’ - and as Ian McDougall points out, ‘Collective Intelligence is very good at producing effective people’. NB: this recording (and associated research) was conducted in Aotearoa-New Zealand prior to the world-changing events of March-April 2020 but the skills outlined by Ian and his commentary are more pertinent than ever.  

In Ian's absence, Ron took advantage of the extra time to talk about the great story that is Carolina Hurricanes emergency goaltender David Ayers!

Today we’d like to welcome Tommy Marshman, an early stage researcher who is completing his Masters of Research at Macquarie University in Sydney Australia. Tommy explains his research comparing the effectiveness of CPU and GPU pipelines when working with galactic plane surveys using Parkes data. In ‘What’s Up Doc’ for astrophotographers and observers, Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave tells us what to look out for in the morning and evening skies. In ‘Ian’s Tangent’ he looks at the controversy surrounding Elon Musk's Starlink 'constellation' of satellites. ere is the Astrophiz news. News: .1. In a paper published today in Nature, another fabulous example of how archival data can be cleverly interrogated to lead to great new discoveries. The paper is titled: A cool accretion disk around the Galactic Centre black hole Lead author, PhD student Lena Murchikova and her colleagues used data gathered in 2015 by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to discover a thin rotating accretion disk of material extremely close to the black hole that is sending streams of material spiraling inward. Earlier studies had revealed a more distant disk of warm gas farther away from the black hole which may feed the newfound cooler disk. We have detected a number of supermassive black holes with bright hot disks of orbiting gases around them, but up till now, SagA*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way has not shown much at all, so while there is still so much more to learn about SagA* kudos to Murchikova and her team. .2. A group of international astronomers say they have observed a "forbidden" planet closely orbiting a star. The discovery of the exoplanet NGTS-4b was revealed in a study published by the Royal Astronomical Society and has challenged our understanding of stars and solar systems. Key points: A team of international astronomers found the exoplanet NGTS-4b by using the transit method and looking for a dip in light in front of the star The planet NGTS-4b exists in a "Neptunian Desert" zone where previous studies found no gaseous planets It was found in the "Neptunian Desert", a zone previously thought to be inhospitable to gaseous Neptune-like planets. This area receives such strong heat and radiation, it was thought planets would not be able to retain their gaseous atmosphere — it would simply evaporate, leaving only a rocky core. But NGTS-4b still has its gaseous atmosphere. The researchers believe the planet may have moved into the zone relatively recently, in the last 1 million years It's about three times the size of Earth and 920 light-years away from our planet. .3. For those who want to have a look for the starlink satellites passing over their home, go to tinyurl.com/starlinkme

Astrophiz 82: Dr Ashley Ruiter - Supernova scientist Today we are speaking with Dr Ashley Ruiter, ARC Future Fellow and senior lecturer in the School of Science at UNSW Canberra, Australia. She specializes in Type Ia supernovae and other transient phenomena from stars, in particular their origin, evolution history, and birth rates. Basically she researches anything that erupts, explodes, or merges, and also make predictions about which of these sources may be seen with gravitational waves using LISA. Dr Ruiter is currently looking for graduates to work under her supervision. Prospective PhDs can find out about this opportunity at TinyUrl-Dot-Com/ashleyastro In ‘What’s Up Doc’ for astrophotographers and observers, Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave tells us what to look out for in the morning and evening skies. In ‘Ian’s Tangent’ he introduces us to a great citizen science project ‘Globe at Night’ which involves us measuring light pollution with our eyes and an app. In the News: .1. Via NASA.gov — NASA’s Fermi Satellite Clocks ‘Cannonball’ Pulsar Speeding Through Space Astronomers found a pulsar hurtling through space at nearly 2.5 million miles an hour — so fast it could travel the distance between Earth and the Moon in just 6 minutes. The discovery was made using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the National Science Foundation’s Karl G Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). 
.2. Via Nature Letters In a paper titled ‘Massive white-dwarf merger product before final collapse’, Dr Vasilii Gvaramadze and Dr Götz Gräfener report observations of a hot star with a spectrum dominated by emission lines, which is located at the centre of a circular mid-infrared nebula. The widths of the emission lines imply that wind material leaves the star with an outflow velocity of 16,000 kilometres per second (that’s almost six million KPH) .3. The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) is appealing to members of the public interested in astronomy to climb onboard one of the biggest scientific projects of the next 10 years, AstroQuest (just google AstroQuest) Volunteers are needed to study images of far-off galaxies and figure out which light is coming from which galaxy as part of the citizen science project. 
.4. Our next episode is from early career researcher Tommy Marshman, who used this podcast to find his astrophysics supervisor for his CAASTRO pulsar research for his Masters degree. So stay tuned into Astrophiz.

This week we have five fantastic pieces. In Super Girl, Glenn reads 3 flash fiction pieces from a set of 5, each telling the POV of one character in a heart-wrenching tale of a young girl's rape. In Ian's Joella, the Fifth, a man who seemingly has it made, cannot admit to his childhood best friend that he's in love with her. In Cindy's Grand Boulevard, in a smoke-clogged dawn, a woman’s daily walk is interrupted by someone hiding in her rhododendron bush and a divorced property developer's reverie, by an old man rattling his shopping cart on the sidewalk. In Do the Wrong Thing, Posey teaches appearance-obsessed Ava to let go and dance even as Ava learns some ugly truths about Posey. Lastly, in Key to Paradise, "The Monster" has Mourad looking at everyone as sexual prey, threatening to destroy his burgeoning interpreter/translator career. We've included a bit of discussion around the texts, in part because our new mic makes it feasible. What do you think? Do you like hearing the comments? We think they're insightful and inspiring. We'll try to make them clearer in the future. Thanks to everyone who came out and wanted to read! We ran 3 critique groups last Monday. This was a first, as was having everyone who showed up reading! Thanks for your awesomeness and generous-ness! Lastly, please excuse the background noise. Along with the 3 critique groups, there was another event going on. Story Listing: 00:00 Glenn Mori - Super Girl - contemporary short story excerpt - saxophone at s h a w dot ca 10:00 Ian Rodriguez - Joella the Fifth - contemporary short story excerpt - http://ian-rodriguez.com 15:14 Cindy - Grand Boulevard - contemporary novel excerpt - clightbody13 at h o t m a i l d o t c o m 24:42 Malcolm van Delst - Do the Wrong Thing - character driven, narrative novel excerpt - http://malcolmvandelst.com. 34:16 Mourad Nachach - Key to Paradise - memoir excerpt. Works in progress. Copyright remains with the authors. Join us on Monday nights in Vancouver: http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Writers-Group. Image from https://pixabay.com.

In Ian's poetic The Sea Plant, a South Asian boy becomes a roadside attraction as he lavishes care on seeds sent him by a young girl in Canada. In Key to Paradise, back in Italy, Jose and Alba are unhappy with Mourad's weight gain. He has no choice but to meekly accept their abuse, though when they move to Milan without him, it's a blessing in disguise. Soon, he is a court room translator where his talent and Moroccan Arabic are in high demand. In Why We Play, John takes us on the musician's journey of playing for fun, then glory, then back to fun again. In Do the Wrong Thing, Ava's mother cannot get Ava's female lover's name right, with hilarious results. Story Listing: 00:00 Ian Rodriguez - The Sea Plant - short story excerpt 05:15 Mourad Nachach - Key to Paradise - memoir excerpt. 14:11 John Gojevic - Why We Play - non-fiction. 21:40 Malcolm van Delst - Do the Wrong Thing - excerpt from a character driven, narrative novel - http://malcolmvandelst.com. Works in progress. Copyright remains with the authors. Join us on Monday nights in Vancouver: http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Writers-Group. Image from https://pixabay.com.

"Disruptive Innovation", a term coined in 1995 by Harvard scholar Clayton M. Christensen, can wreak havoc and displacement upon markets, organizations, and product lines. New technologies such as Cassette Tapes, CDs, and MP3 files, are examples of innovations which disrupted the music industry, upending the existing order. Many people are predicting that automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning could generate the same chaos. However, Ian Barkin Chief Strategy Officer for Symphony Ventures, preaches a contrarian viewpoint of positive disruption to his clients. In Ian's view, existing infrastructures should not be replaced by innovations like AI, but rather melded together, creating a new digital operations reality. He's found numerous instances where the "non-cashable" benefits alone from this approach outweigh the "cashable" ones, and often in unexpected ways. Ian talks with us about positive disruption, the "extra hour scenario", and why we must reform our education practices starting at the pre-school level in order to prepare our youngest generation for a future of work which will rely much more on creativity than doing routine tasks.

In Ian and Dave's viewpoint, this is a pretty important episode of Ian Hates Music weekly edition, so they hope you enjoy! Short and sweet intro here. Wait, should I keep talking...no...right...?Get ready for your best weekly dose of metalcore, post-hardcore, metal, hardcore, electronicore, emo, screamo, rock, alternative, pop-punk, punk, easycore, deathcore, and really, all the core you could ever want!It's another FUCKING GREAT, FUCKING FREE (NSFW) episode of Ian Hates Music you say?!?! That's right! Ian and Dave talk your scene news from:Blessthefall and friend of the show A War Within, For the Fallen Dreams, The Faceless, Shields, Scarlett O'Hara, Set It Off, and As I Lay Dying...And New Songs from:Hopesfall, Impending Doom, Deafhaven, Erra, Coarse, Strawberry Girls, Birds In Row, Painless, Marilyn Manson, Chelsea Grin, and friend of the show Silent Planet!Add on album reviews from:Mayday Parade - Sunnyland - Rise RecordsState Champs - Living Proof - Pure Noise RecordsPlus, stuff and/or things, an important Ian's Insights, and maybe some more!By the way, episode #190 is an Ian Hates Conversations that's coming out with a band's new music video! So stay tuned for that!Don't forget to support Ian Hates Music! Subscribe, rate, and share Ian Hates Music on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, SoundCloud, and any of your favorite podcast listening apps! Links below:Ian Hates PatreonIan Hates YouTubeIan HatesFacebookTwitterInstagramiTunesStitcherGoogle Play MusicSoundCloudAnd the link for Ty's Blog - Check it out!Ty Rock CityAll sound bites or clips are exclusive property of their respective owners and are in no way affiliated with Ian Hates Podcast or its' sponsors. They are used here for entertainment purposes only. Enjoy!

Astrophiz 57: Dr Elaina Hyde ~ Data Science & Astrophysics Our feature interview is with Dr Elaina Hyde. Dr. Hyde speaks four languages, has four undergraduate degrees in astronomy, physics, optical engineering and planetary sciences; two masters degrees in engineering and astronomy and astrophysics; and a Ph.D. in astronomy and physics. She is an artist, a cool coder, and shares her code on Github. She uses data creatively to understand how our universe works. Follow on @AstroHyde on Twitter For observers and astrophotographers Dr Ian Musgrave gives us ‘What’s Up Doc’ and he tells us what to look for in our morning and evening skies, what planets, galaxies and nebula to look for and what occultations are happening. In Ian’s Tangent, we look at CO2 on Mars and Comet PanSTARRS In the news: The Breakthrough Listen Initiative has signed up for 1500 hours of observation time in 2018 with the multi-beam receivers on ‘the Dish’, CSIRO’s famous Parkes telescope and the recent tech upgrade with the multi-beam receivers will see scientists processing about 130 gigabits per second of observational data from deep space. Meekat Update: The 64-dish South African radio telescope, MeerKAT, which is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is complete, having achieved ‘first light’ some time ago and already generating exciting observational data. NASA’s Mars Insight mission was launched last Saturday from Vandenburg Airforce Base because the launch queue at Cape Canaveral was too long. Insight arrives at Mars on 26 November later this year after several Rich Purnall manoeuvres. And finally the Australian Government has allocated $40 odd million dollars for a Space Agency. The policy has not been released yet. It’s a piddling amount, but it’s a start. We will dissect this policy when it arrives and look at the local implications for both industry and education. Next episode: We speak with Jessie Christiansen, a NASA scientist working with the KEPLER and TESS Exoplanet missions

In Ian’s latest interview your host has the incredible fortune of sitting down to chat with amazing Michael Abels, composer of the multiple award-winning, psychological thriller, Get Out! Michael chats about collaborating with the Sphinx Organization and Sphinx Virtuosi, Delights & Dances, Urban Legends, the huge success of Get Out and creating the score, upcoming […]

In Ian’s latest interview your host has the great fortune of talking with award-winning television and film composer, the charming and insightful Kurt Farquhar! Having scored over 1,300 episodes of television, Kurt has been gifting us with his musical talents for decades now. He chats about his music studies, writing his first symphonic work at […]

Today we are at FRB2018 speaking with Dr Emily Petroff who is a Post-doc Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy in Dwingeloo. Hosted at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne and sponsored by CAASTRO, this conference was dedicated to the still mysterious Fast Radio Bursts and attracted FRB researchers from all over the world. Among the first to conduct diagnostic research into FRBs and Perytons, Emily presented her most recent research at the conference and gives us a fascinating insight into this ongoing cosmic mystery. For observers and astrophotographers Dr Ian Musgrave gives us ‘What’s Up Doc’ and tells us what to look for in our morning and evening skies. He tells us how to observe some of Jupiter’s moons visible to the naked eye. In ‘Ian’s tangent’ he challenges us to use Calsky or Heavens-above websites to observe the ‘disco ball in the sky’ Humanity Star. In the news: * Earliest signals from the very first stars detected by a simple antenna at the Murchison Radio Observatory Quiet Zone. * Iconic Arecibo Observatory saved from destruction

This month, Jodie (00:53) points to what the men didn't say at the Golden Globes, and the problems of performing allyship. “So if we're looking at the men at the Golden Globes who appeared to not behave like allies… are you saying we can't rely on appearances because we can't see inside to really understand their intentions, or that we should?” Ian (6:05) asks about using sickness as an ethnographic method, and just how far recreating someone's physical experience can help you understand their point of view. The topic follows a chat Ian had with friend-of-the-pod Michael Rose, whose research was shaped by the times he got sick in the field: “...he made his body very vulnerable, but he didn't choose to get sick in those ways. The real question is how much credence we can give to trying to recreate somebody's physical experience as closely as possible?” Next Julia (10:55) asks how we should understand the “gaps” in health or life expectancy between groups, and the politics of placing the blame on structural factors versus individual choices. “A lot of my patient participants are very aware of the dangers in various health behaviours that they pursue. However, they enjoy living in a very present-centred way that is also representative of a quality of life that wouldn't sit comfortably with clinicians.” Simon finishes us off (16:40) with a paean to slow research and slow thinking, which lets ideas shift and adapt: “I think there really is something to be said about a long stewing in one's intellectual juices, to think about what it is that we can learn from other societies.” Complete show notes at https://thefamiliarstrange.com/2018/01/21/ep-6-golden-globes-allyship/ CITATIONS Here's the article that sparked Jodie's thinking, “What the men didn't say:" https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/what-the-men-didnt-say/549914/ Mike Rose was inspired by Michael Jackson's “From Anxiety to Method in Anthropological Fieldwork: An Appraisal of George Devereux' Enduring Ideas,” which appears in Jackson, Michael (2013) Lifeworlds: Essays in Existential Anthropology, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Mike has published a couple of articles on affect and anthropological fieldwork, which can be found at his Academia page (https://anu-au.academia.edu/CharlieRose). He also has a piece on The Familiar Strange blog, called Inedia with a Grain of Salt (https://thefamiliarstrange.com/2017/12/28/inedia-with-a-grain-of-salt). In Ian's segment, Simon uses the term “qualia.” Here's one definition: “The 'what it is like' character of mental states. The way it feels to have mental states such as pain, seeing red, smelling a rose, etc." Chris Eliasmith (2004-05-11). From the online “Dictionary of the Philosophy of Mind” (https://sites.google.com/site/minddict/q) [accessed Jan 21 2018]. Here's the book Julia refers to: Kowal, Emma (2015) Trapped in the Gap: Doing Good in Indigenous Australia. Berghahn Books, New York, 2015. http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/KowalTrapped This anthropology podcast is supported by the Australian Anthropological Society, the schools of Culture, History, and Language and Archaeology and Anthropology at Australian National University, and the Australian Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Subscribe, rate, and review The Familiar Strange on iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Blubrry, TuneIn, or wherever you get your podcasts. Music by Pete Dabro: dabro1.bandcamp.com Show notes by Ian Pollock Keywords: anthropology, ethnography, health, mental health, golden globes, writing

Ian Cook is a professional keynote speaker, facilitator and executive coach based in Vienna, VA.His expertise and passion lie in helping mid-to- executive level managers lead effectively at the “micro” level, in that interpersonal space between themselves and the individual employee. In Ian's words, “Effective micro leadership practices yield macro results!” He founded his company, Fulcrum Associates, in Toronto back in 1988, following seventeen years with Air Canada and Honeywell. Since then he has worked with thousands of managers from over 250 clients from the private sector, major trade and professional associations, small business, government, and not-for- profit organizations. He is the author of "Would They Call You Their Best Boss Ever? Practical Tips and Insights for the Successful Manager".

To understand how galaxies evolve, Dr Rebecca Allen uses Hubble and Keck images to study star-forming galaxies and galaxies that are not forming stars. Rebecca’s passion for both outreach and research makes for a exceptional episode as she paints a clear picture of galactic evolution. to help us understand some of the fundamental elements of our cosmos. For observers and astrophotographers, Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave continues with ‘What’s Up Doc’ and tells us when, where and what to look for in morning and evening skies. In Ian’s Tangent, Ian helps us understand more about the new discovery of Binary Comets. In the news: The discovery of the 4th Gravitational Wave announced as a result of a collaboration between researchers at the Italian GW facility and the LIGO detector. The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to 3 men (out of the hundreds of) researchers who created LIGO and the first GW detection. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnett still not recognised by the Nobel Committee for her discovery and analysis of Pulsars. That honour was snagged by the bloke who ‘supervised ’her research.

Astrophiz 43 – Cassini’s Legacy. As one of 30 very lucky Astrogeeks, Andrew P Street was a guest of the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex on Friday 15 September 2017 to witness first hand the #GrandFinale of the astonishing 20 year Cassini Mission to Saturn. In this episode: With permission, we read Andrew P Street’s great article published in the Guardian the next day. Then Dr Ian Musgrave and I discuss my awed impressions of this amazing night at Tidbinbilla CDSCC as a guest of CSIRO/NASA, and my new understanding of the importance and capabilities of the 3 NASA/JPL Deep Space Network earth stations at Goldstone USA, Madrid Spain and Tidbinbilla Australia. Ian recounts some of Cassini’s iconic achievements. For observers and astrophotographers, Ian continues with ‘What’s Up Doc’ and tells us when, where and what to look for in morning and evening skies. In Ian’s Tangent, Ian helps us understand why the end of the Cassini Mission was such an emotional event compared with other famous missions. For Aurora Hunters, we include the spooky sounds of Saturn’s aurorae, as captured by Cassini. In the news: 1. In many previous episodes we have talked about how the sheer enormity of radio telescope data caches presents challenges for effective analysis. Today we quote from a review of the ‘ Big Data Boom’ in Nature Astronomy by Professor Ray Norris, School of Computing, Engineering, & Maths, Western Sydney University. 2. We report on the May 2018 launch of the NASA InSight Mission to Mars 3. A game-changing discovery by a Japanese team reveals Black Hole evolution.

Astrophiz 37: Robert Arrowsmith 'The 8metre Dish' For our special anniversary episode, we are re-interviewing our very first guest, Robert Arrowsmith from Melbourne, Australia, who is now leading the construction of an 8 metre radio telescope for the Astronomical Society of Victoria. Rob is one of the leaders in the Radio-Astronomy arm of the ASV and in Episode #1 he described the work being done at the ASV Leon Mow Radio Observatory, which is located in a RF quiet zone site about 90 minutes north of Melbourne in SE Australia In this episode we're also celebrating our first 12 months of Astrophiz, so we have reprised our intro from Episode #1 which was posted on 29 June 2016. Since then we have published 37 episodes and it looks like our diversity and social media policies are working well, for we’ve featured 15 male and 22 women astrophysicists, astronomers, rocket scientists, mission scientists and instrument scientists from the UK, Spain, India, Norway, Japan, Russia, Romania, Germany, Canada, the US and Australia and had well over 8000 downloads to listeners in more than 50 countries. In our regular astrophotography and observations segment, Dr Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave tells us what to look for in the night sky and reports on ideal viewing conditions for Saturn and Mercury. In ‘Ian’s Tangent’ he tells us about a very rare discovery where a white dwarf and a brown dwarf are dancing in a very closely orbiting binary star system called a cataclysmic variable. Next Episode: Richard Stephenson from the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex explains the technologies he uses to talk with Spacecraft like Cassini and the Voyagers.

You would think that a Professor of Philosophy and author of five books would, for the most part, have life figured out. But what we learn from today's guest Jim Danaher (Enneagram 3) is that we all need to continue to do soul-work, to strengthen the muscles of self-observation to get to a place of honesty. Jim, an academic and expert on contemplative prayer, speaks of how coming into stillness helps us see that it's not enough to find our identity in our image and what we accomplish. In Ian and Suzanne's conversation with an Enneagram 3, we learn how to step away from the constant need to overachieve and recognize the importance of being instead of just doing.

In Ian’s second interview in our “Meet the Team” series, he sits down with newest crew member, oboist, college lecturer, movie/TV nerd, co-host of Sideshow Sound Radio…Jonathan Thompson aka JRT! Jonathan talks about being a professional oboe and english horn player, what inspired him to become a musician, John Williams’ score fo Star Wars: The […]