Pale Blue Pod

This week Moiya and Corinne cover the life of Dr. Claudia Alexander, a Black geophysicist who led missions at NASA. Moiya goes on a couple rants about academia and Corinne is really good at picking sc...

22 Touko 202349min

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about the solar system's biggest planet in America's largest mall. They cover a gossipy NASA mission, find another terrible acronym, and declare a new queer icon. Hous...

15 Touko 202349min

This week Moiya and Corinne are talking about the ways we know the Earth isn't flat. They agree that the sphere might be the perfect shape, discuss proper punctuation in book titles, and get lost at s...

8 Touko 202354min

This week Moiya and Corinne are talking about neutron stars, magnetars, and pulsars. Oh my! Corinne plans to enter her Baade era and Moiya geeks out about a cool science communication conference she a...

1 Touko 202351min

This week Moiya and Corinne are celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's 33rd birthday! They talk about the long road to Hubble's launch, the difference between telescopes and instruments, and some of...

24 Huhti 202354min

This week Moiya and Corinne review the 2018 movie Prospect starring Pedro Pascal. Corinne gets excited about their use of practical effects and Moiya geeks out about the movie's worldbuilding, especia...

17 Huhti 202359min

This week Moiya and Corinne honor the man who inspired the podcast's name: Carl Sagan! Corinne explains how Sagan spilled government secrets to get a job and Moiya reveals the mixed reactions to his s...

10 Huhti 202355min

This week Moiya and Corinne talk about how Earth got its water, water elsewhere in the solar system, and astronomers' search for water (and life!) on exoplanets. Corinne updates us on her monstera pla...

3 Huhti 202359min