A is for Astronomy
4/27/202657 min
Moiya and Connie cover an assortment of astronomy terms starting with the letter A, from antimatter to asteroids. Prepare to be A-mazed!
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- Host Connie Gibbs. @constar24
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- Cover artist Shae McMullin. Twitter: @thereshaegoes, Website: shaemcmullin.com
- Theme musician Evan Johnston. Website: evanjohnstonmusic.com
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Pale Blue Pod is an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but want to be its friend. Astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier and her best friend ConStar demystify space one topic at a time with open eyes, open arms, and open mouths (from so much laughing and jaw-dropping). By the end of each episode, the cosmos will feel a little less “ahhh too scary” and a lot more “ohhh, so cool!” New episodes every Monday.
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First 90 secondsMoiya McTier· Host0:00
[gentle music] Hello, and welcome to Pale Blue Pod, the astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe but still wanna be its friend.
Connie Gibbs· Host0:33
I am Connie. I am a curious co-host, but I am overwhelmed by the universe, so I'm happy to have my bestie here to explain it to me.
Moiya McTier· Host0:42
Yay. I'm happy to be here explaining, bestie. I am Dr. Moya McTier. I'm an astrophysicist and a folklorist and a friend to the universe. And I was thinking about new types of episodes that we could do and a type of, uh, like, long series that we could do every once in a while, and I was looking at, you know, the stack of books that my mother got me for the child I would eventually have back when I was in a real relationship- [laughs] [laughs] And, and it hit me. [laughs] What if we do space from A to Z?
Connie Gibbs· Host1:17
Okay, okay. Listen, as, [laughs] as the, the, the child that I was, I did just read encyclopedias [laughs] so this is fine. Uh, my grandma worked at Reader's Digest, and so we just had,