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#86 - Dr. Dan Hooper - New Physics or Faulty Calculations? All About the Muon g-2 Experiment
May 24, 2021
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#85 - Dr. Stephon Alexander - Black Holes, Supersymmetry, and all that Jazz
Mar 28, 2021
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#84 - Nate Stewart - America's Back (in Space), Baby!
Mar 17, 2021
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#83 - Dr. Ethan Siegel - ʻOumuamua, Aliens, and The Scientific Commandments
Mar 2, 2021
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#82 - Dr. Brian Keating - The Everlasting Lessons from Galileo's Life
Feb 3, 2021
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| 5/24/21 |  #86 - Dr. Dan Hooper - New Physics or Faulty Calculations? All About the Muon g-2 Experiment | Rate the show 5 stars on Apple Pods! Seriously, do it now. Episode 86 features particle physicist and cosmologist Dr. Dan Hooper. We discuss the recent Muon g-2 experiment results and what they tell us about the potential for new physics! Get 20% off all CBD products from Premium Jane by going to https://premiumjane.com/universe or by using code name Universe at checkout. Thank you to Premium Jane for sponsoring the show! Dan is a Senior Scientist and the Head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Check out Dan's podcast Why This Universe? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-this-universe/id1523312400. Dan's newest book At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds is available now wherever books are sold. Buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Time-Exploring-Mysteries-Essentials/dp/0691183562/. Follow Dan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DanHooperAstro. His previous books Nature's Blueprint: Supersymmetry and the Search for a Unified Theory of Matter and Force and Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy can be found on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061558362/ and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061130338/, respectively. Thank you to Chris Kulp for allowing us to use his music in this episode. More of his music can be found at https://soundcloud.com/user-826384097. Subscribe to the show on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/TheStateoftheuniverse?sub_confirmation=1 Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 3/28/21 |  #85 - Dr. Stephon Alexander - Black Holes, Supersymmetry, and all that Jazz | Episode 85 features theoretical physicist Dr. Stephon Alexander. Stephon specializes in cosmology, particle physics and quantum gravity (String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity). We begin our conversation with an exploration of black holes, quantum mechanics, and string theory. After that, we discuss how physics suffers from a monoculture problem, how Stephon overcomes that by incorporating Jazz in his exploration of physics, and how others can overcome it too. We end the episode by discussing current Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts and whether they suffer from being too performative. Get 20% off all CBD products from Premium Jane by going to https://premiumjane.com/universe or by using code name Universe at checkout. Thank you to Premium Jane for sponsoring the show! A post-podcast wrap up show will be available weekly on Patreon, join at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse. Check out Stephon Alexander's website at https://www.stephonalexanderlab.com/. His first book, The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe can be found at https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Physics-Between-Structure-Universe/dp/0465093574/ and his second book, Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics can be preordered at https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Black-Universe-Outsiders-Physics-ebook/dp/B08HHXK76L/. Thank you to Chris Kulp for allowing us to use his music in this episode. More of his music can be found at https://soundcloud.com/user-826384097. Subscribe to the show on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/TheStateoftheuniverse?sub_confirmation=1 Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 3/17/21 |  #84 - Nate Stewart - America's Back (in Space), Baby! | Episode 84 features Nate Stewart. Nate is an Operations Planning Flight Controller at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The content of the episode does not represent the opinions of NASA or the United States government. It is solely the beliefs and opinions of Nate Stewart. We discuss how America got back in the spaceflight game, the future of commercial spaceflight, how astronauts deal with COVID-19, and much more! Get 20% off all CBD products from Premium Jane by going to https://premiumjane.com/universe or by using code name Universe at checkout. Thank you to Premium Jane for sponsoring the show! Subscribe to the show on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/TheStateoftheuniverse?sub_confirmation=1 Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 3/2/21 |  #83 - Dr. Ethan Siegel - ʻOumuamua, Aliens, and The Scientific Commandments | Episode 83 features astrophysicist Dr. Ethan Siegel. We discuss the interstellar interloper ʻOumuamua, why Ethan pushes back on the ʻOumuamua-Alien hypothesis, the scientific commandments to abide by, and much more! Use codename "Universe" to get 20% of all products at PremiumJane.com. Check out the "Starts With a Bang" Universe at https://www.startswithabang.com/. Subscribe to the show on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/TheStateoftheuniverse?sub_confirmation=1 Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 2/3/21 |  #82 - Dr. Brian Keating - The Everlasting Lessons from Galileo's Life | Episode 82 features astrophysicist Dr. Brian Keating. We discuss the mistakes that we are all susceptible to making when conducting science, how Galileo taught us of our own imperfections, whether there is a "scientific method," and much more! Subscribe to Brian's podcast Into the Impossible on Apple Podcasts at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-impossible-with-brian-keating/id1169885840?mt=2 and on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Join his mailing list at https://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php Subscribe to the show on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/TheStateoftheuniverse?sub_confirmation=1 Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 11/13/20 |  #81 - Dr. Daniel Whiteson - The Standard Model and Its Many Quirks! | Rate the show five stars wherever you are listening or dark matter will forever remain elusive! Episode 81 features physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson. We discuss the Standard Model of particle physics and all of the things it cannot explain. We also discuss the many things it does account for, like the Higgs Boson! Dr. Daniel Whiteson is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also co-author of the book We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe which can purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/We-Have-No-Idea-Universe/dp/0735211515/. He is also the co-host of a podcast titled Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe which can be found on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daniel-and-jorge-explain-the-universe/id1436616330 Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 11/11/20 |  Why This Universe? - Please Stop Emailing Dan About MOND! | This episode is part of the science podcast takeover extravaganza! Today only, The State of The Universe feed will be taken over by Dan Hooper and Shalma Wegsman, the hosts of Why This Universe? The biggest ideas in physics, broken down. Join theoretical physicist Dan Hooper and soon-to-be physicist Shalma Wegsman as they answer your questions about dark matter, black holes, quantum mechanics, and more. Dan is a physicist at Fermilab and the University of Chicago, and Shalma is a PhD student at New York University. Go check out their show on Apple Podcasts or wherever podcasts are found! We will be taking over their feed today too, don't miss it! | — | ||||||
| 10/16/20 |  #80 - Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe - Galaxies, Galaxies, and More Galaxies! | Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen to end the pandy! (that means pandemic... for the people who don't understand hip-lingo) Episode 80 features astrophysicist Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe. We discuss how galaxies have evolved from the soup at the very beginning of the Universe to the massive objects we observe (and live in) today. We also discuss how galaxy surveys observe millions of galaxies and what they all can teach us about the Universe! Dr. Kartaltepe is an astrophysicist in the School of Physics and Astronomy and the Director for the Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She is an expert in the areas of galaxy formation and evolution, galaxy morphologies, galaxy mergers and interactions, and the properties of infrared galaxies. She is a leading member in several large collaborative multiwavelength surveys, including COSMOS (The Cosmic Evolution Survey), CANDELS (The Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey), and CEERS (The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey). Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 8/27/20 |  #79 - Dr. Dan Hooper - Did NASA Really Detect a Parallel Universe!?!? | Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen in order to solve world hunger... don't be selfish. Episode 79 features particle physicist and cosmologist Dr. Dan Hooper. We discuss that time "NASA Detected a Parallel Universe" and whether that story is fact or fiction. We also discuss the biggest problems in astrophysics - from dark matter to dark energy to the beginning of time, how can we solve these? Dan is a Senior Scientist and the Head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Check out Dan's podcast Why This Universe? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-this-universe/id1523312400. Dan's newest book At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds is available now wherever books are sold. Buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Time-Exploring-Mysteries-Essentials/dp/0691183562/. Follow Dan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DanHooperAstro. His previous books Nature's Blueprint: Supersymmetry and the Search for a Unified Theory of Matter and Force and Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy can be found on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061558362/ and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061130338/, respectively. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 6/17/20 |  #78 - Brian McNoldy - Hurricanes and Climate Change, What's the Connection? | Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen or corona season will never end... your choice. Episode 78 features hurricane expert Brian McNoldy. We discuss how climate change could impact hurricane development and formation in the future. Also, will a warming climate be a catalyst for stronger hurricanes? Furthermore, can we stop a hurricane? It turns out the last question has been explored a lot and some wacky solutions have been proposed... Brian is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Atmospheric Science - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Brian has also been the tropical weather expert for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog since 2012. Check out Brian's blog at http://bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/ and follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/BMcNoldy. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
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| 5/7/20 |  #77 - Dr. Maura McLaughlin - Detecting the Ripples from Merging Supermassive Black Holes | Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen or throw your phone into the interstate. Your choice... Episode 77 features Dr. Maura McLaughlin - an expert on pulsars and gravitational wave astronomy. We discuss gravitational waves, how we have detected them in the past, how we are trying to use pulsars to detect them within NANOGrav, the intricacies of neutron stars, supermassive black holes and much more! Maura is an Eberly Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and West Virginia University (WVU) spending much of her time studying pulsars and the, as yet unachieved, direct detection of gravitational waves. Much of her work is done as a member of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav). Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. The music in this episode belongs to https://freebeats.io/. | — | ||||||
| 4/16/20 |  #76 - Peter Haas - Artificial Intelligence Should Scare You! | Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen or you will be the first victim of the robot takeover... Your choice. Episode 76 features an expert in Artificial Intelligence, Peter Haas. Artificial intelligence and machine learning impact everyone's life in some way. In some cases, the negatives can outweigh the positives. How can we change the way AI is implemented to work for us, not against us? Furthermore, AI is ruthlessly efficient and will continue replacing jobs in nearly every sector. How can we adapt to this coming change? Frankly, the next decade may prove AI to be a very real threat in ways you might not have imagined. Peter Haas is the associate director of the Brown University Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative. He was the co-founder and COO of XactSense, a UAV manufacturer working on LIDAR mapping and autonomous navigation. Previously, Haas founded AIDG, a small hardware enterprise accelerator in emerging markets. Haas received TED and Echoing Green fellowships. He has been a speaker at TED Global, The World Bank, Harvard University and other venues. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. The music in this episode belongs to https://freebeats.io/. | — | ||||||
| 4/9/20 |  #75 - Dr. Kevin Peter Hand - Exploring Alien Oceans | Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen! Or we'll never get to Europa... Your choice. Episode 75 features Dr. Kevin Peter Hand. Kevin Peter Hand is a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he has served as deputy chief scientist for solar system exploration and is leading an effort to land a spacecraft on the surface of Europa. How do we know Europa has a subsurface ocean? Could there be life there? What would that life be like? All those questions are answered and much more! Purchase Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Oceans-Search-Depths-Space-dp-0691179514/dp/0691179514/ Kevin's opinions do not represent the opinions of NASA or JPL. They are solely his. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. The music in this episode belongs to https://freebeats.io/. | — | ||||||
| 4/8/20 |  #74 - Bernie Taylor - Finding the Origin of Dogs | Rate the show 5 stars wherever you listen! Or you hate dogs... Your choice. Episode 74 feature Bernie Taylor. Bernie Taylor is an author focused on topics at the intersection of archaeology, anthropology, and astronomy. In this episode we discuss the origin of dogs. When did our partnership with dogs begin? The answer to that question could have implications on the disappearance of neanderthals and the emergence of humans as we know them. More information about Bernie Taylor can be found at https://beforeorion.com/. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe join the mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. The music in this episode belongs to https://freebeats.io/. | — | ||||||
| 3/28/20 |  #73 - Nate Stewart - The Difficulties of Getting to Mars! | Episode 73 features Nate Stewart. Nate is an Operations Planning Flight Controller at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The content of the episode does not represent the opinions of NASA or the United States government. It is solely the beliefs and opinions of Nate Stewart. For decades, it has been a goal of the US government to put American astronauts on Martian soil. Why have we been unable to reach any of our predicted timelines? What technology do we lack? Where have we failed? Before a successful mission to Mars is executed, we must understand what technological innovations are necessary. Nate breaks down where we need to improve before we can feasibly move forward. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. The music in this episode belongs to https://freebeats.io/. | — | ||||||
| 3/7/20 |  #71 - Dr. Joel Kastner - Watching Planets Form! | Episode 71 features Dr. Joel Kastner. We discuss how we search for young stars, what they can teach us about our own Sun and Solar System, how we observe planets forming, and much more! Joel Kastner is a Professor in the Center for Imaging Science and School of Physics & Astronomy at the Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology. He was formerly the Director of the Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics at the Rochester Institute of Technology and currently serves as the Chair of the Committee on Employment for the American Astronomical Society. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. The music in this episode belongs to https://freebeats.io/. | — | ||||||
| 2/18/20 |  #70 - Dr. Mike Poland - Yellowstone: The Gravity of the Situation | Episode 70 features Dr. Mike Poland. We discuss whether Yellowstone is at risk of another super eruption, how it is monitored, what precursors will indicate an oncoming eruption, probing volcanic activity with measurements of surface gravity, and much more! Mike is a research geophysicist with the Cascades Volcano Observatory and the current Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. His area of specialization is volcano geodesy, which emphasizes the surface deformation and gravity fields associated wth volcanic activity. This work involves the use of space-based tecnologies, like Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), as well as ground-based techniques, like microgravity surveys. Mike has taken part in studies on a variety of volcanic systems in the United states, including Mount St. Helens and other volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest, Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes in Hawaii, and the Yellowstone caldera. His recent work has focused on using gravity change over time to understand the character of the fluids that drive volcanic unrest, and also on the potential of satellite data to improve forecasts of future changes in volcanic activity. You can learn more about Mike and the USGS's efforts to monitor the Yellowstone Caldera at https://www.youtube.com/user/usgs/videos or https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/article_home.html Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 2/5/20 |  #69 - Dr. David Warmflash - Let's Rover the Moon! | Episode 69 features Dr. David Warmflash. We discuss what will be achieved in spaceflight in the next decade, how commercial spaceflight will develop, the Columbia disaster, and how we can prevent people from getting duped by pseudoscience. Dr. David Warmflash is an astrobiologist, space medicine researcher, author, and science advisor to the new startup "Let's Rover the Moon." He was in the first cohort of NASA astrobiology postdoctoral trainees and has collaborated with The Planetary Society on three experiments that have flown a variety of small organisms in space. Check out his new book, Moon: An Illustrated History; From Ancient Myths to the Colonies of Tomorrow (Sterling Press, 2019). Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 1/29/20 |  #68 - Nate Stewart - The Rituals of Spaceflight! | Episode 68 features Nate Stewart. Nate is an Operations Planning Flight Controller at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The content of the episode does not represent the opinions of NASA. It is solely the beliefs and opinions of Nate Stewart. We discuss the spaceflight rituals that every astronaut and cosmonaut takes part in before launch. We also discuss the symbolism and history behind each. Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 1/9/20 |  #67 - Dr. David Fisher - How Human Spaceflight is Returning to the United States in 2020 | Episode 67 features Spaceflight Historian and Physicist Dr. David Fisher. We discuss what was achieved in spaceflight in 2019, what we expect to achieve in 2020, how we will launch astronauts from American soil in 2020, how commercial spaceflight is emerging, and much more! Dr. David Fisher is a Professor of Physics at Lycoming College and a spaceflight historian. He has authored over 75 articles that have appeared in peer-reviewed research articles, technical journals, popular media, reference works; and has even published a few poems. He also owns one of the largest private collections of spaceflight memorabilia and documentation. Throughout this episode, multiple pictures are mentioned and they can be found at: For sale sign: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NjVgQRcDaJ6HoxgVKUvDEe-1024-80.jpg Cosmonaut's weird ritual: https://www.syfy.com/sites/blastr/files/images/assets_c/2012/08/cosmonautpeeing-thumb-330x497-98327.jpg Necktie cutting: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/2009-4100.jpg Support the show by leaving a rating or a review and subscribing to receive future content. Consider becoming a Patron by subscribing at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or supporting the show via a one time donation at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow the show on social media. | — | ||||||
| 11/5/19 |  #66 - Dr. Dan Hooper - Can We Answer the Biggest Questions in Astrophysics? | Episode 66 features astrophysicist Dr. Dan Hooper. Dan is a Senior Scientist and the Head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. We discuss the biggest open questions in astrophysics today and how they might be solved. Dark energy, dark matter, the beginning of our Universe, the Higgs Boson, and so much more are covered in this episode! Dan's newest book At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds is available now wherever books are sold. Buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Time-Exploring-Mysteries-Essentials/dp/0691183562/. Follow Dan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DanHooperAstro. His previous books Nature's Blueprint: Supersymmetry and the Search for a Unified Theory of Matter and Force and Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy can be found on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061558362/ and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061130338/, respectively. Join our mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com to be eligible for giveaways and to receive show updates! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or whichever platform you listen on. Consider becoming a Patron by donating to the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or Paypal at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow Brendan on Twitter and Instagram @BrendanDrachler. The music in this episode can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y2M-8JG_qY&list=RD2Y2M-8JG_qY. | — | ||||||
| 10/16/19 |  #65 - Dr. Josh Willis - OMG: The Oceans are Melting Greenland! | Episode 65 features Dr. Josh Willis. Josh Willis is an oceanographer and climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the lead scientist for the NASA mission Oceans Melting Greenland (or OMG, for short), and the lead NASA scientist for the Jason missions, which measure sea level rise from space. More information about the OMG project can be found at https://omg.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/ and Josh can be found in various places: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClimateElvis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/omgnasa Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/joshkwillis Listen to Climate Rock! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGfKRfyhvd0 Learn more about OMG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKJK7pLAR8k&t=13s Join our mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com to be eligible for giveaways and receive show updates! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or whichever platform you listen on. Consider becoming a Patron by donating to the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or Paypal at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow Brendan on Twitter and Instagram @BrendanDrachler. The music in this episode can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y2M-8JG_qY&list=RD2Y2M-8JG_qY. | — | ||||||
| 10/9/19 |  #64 - Bernie Taylor - Building the Thirty Meter Telescope: Unifying Science and Spirituality | Episode 64 of The State of The Universe features Bernie Taylor. Bernie Taylor is the author of Before Orion and an expert in prehistoric, indigenous and ancient peoples and cultures. Before Orion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/BEFORE-ORION-Finding-Face-Hero-ebook/dp/B075MQG794/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=before+orion&qid=1570592626&sr=8-1. The giveaway of Losing The Nobel Prize can be found at https://www.thestateoftheuniverse.com/losing-the-nobel-prize Join our mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com to be eligible for giveaways and show updates! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or whichever platform you listen on. Consider becoming a Patron by donating to the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or Paypal at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow Brendan on Twitter and Instagram @BrendanDrachler. The music in this episode can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y2M-8JG_qY&list=RD2Y2M-8JG_qY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbMX_LoT_YA. | — | ||||||
| 9/25/19 |  #63 - Dr. Brian Keating - What Existed Before the Big Bang? | Episode 63 of The State of The Universe features Dr. Brian Keating. Brian Keating is a professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego and the Director of the Simons Observatory. He is also the author of an amazing book, Losing the Nobel Prize which is now available in paperback everywhere books are sold. More information about Brian can be found at https://briankeating.com. Information about the Simons Observatory can be found at https://simonsobservatory.org/. Losing the Nobel Prize can be found at https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Nobel-Prize-Cosmology-Ambition/dp/0393357392/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=brian+keating&qid=1569425673&sr=8-1. Join our mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com to be eligible for giveaways and show updates! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or whichever platform you listen on. Consider becoming a Patron by donating to the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or Paypal at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow Brendan on Twitter and Instagram @BrendanDrachler. The music in this episode can be found athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y2M-8JG_qY&list=RD2Y2M-8JG_qY. | — | ||||||
| 9/17/19 |  #62 - There May Not be a Clear Solution to Climate Change! | In this episode Brendan discusses the dueling ideologies regarding a solution for climate change, why neither side seems to be working, the problems with building larger solar and wind farms, how other countries are failing to "go green", and how political division will help us (not hurt us) when solving this problem. Join our mailing list at thestateoftheuniverse.com to be eligible for giveaways and show updates! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts or whichever platform you listen on. Consider becoming a Patron by donating to the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/thestateoftheuniverse or Paypal at https://www.paypal.me/drachler. For more episodes or information about The State of The Universe visit thestateoftheuniverse.com or follow Brendan on Twitter and Instagram @BrendanDrachler. The music in this episode can be found at https://freebeats.io/royalty-free-hiphop-beats. | — | ||||||
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