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| The Jodcast | |
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| Presentation | |
| Genre | Astronomy |
| Language | English |
| Length | 60-90 minutes |
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| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 14 January 2006 |
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| Website | www |
The Jodcast is a bimonthly podcast created by astronomers[1][2] at Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA), University of Manchester in Manchester, England.[3][4][5] It debuted in January 2006, aiming to inspire and inform the public about astronomy and related sciences, to excite young people with the latest astronomy research results, to motivate students to pursue careers in science, and to dispel stereotypes of scientists as incomprehensible and unapproachable.[6]
The Jodcast provides insight into up-to-date astronomical and astrophysical research via regular interviews with researchers from institutions worldwide, as well as with its own staff at the University of Manchester. Its regular Night's Sky segment provides an overview of sights in Northern and Southern hemisphere's night skies for amateur astronomers on a month-by-month basis, and it also regularly interacts with listeners and answers questions related to astronomy and astrophysics during its monthly Ask an Astronomer segments.[7][8]
The Jodcast was co-founded by previous Manchester students Stuart Lowe, Nick Rattenbury and David Ault in 2006.[9][10] Its current executive producers are Manchester PhD students Tiaan Bezuidenhout, Fiona Porter, and Michael Wright. Current and previous episodes of the Jodcast may be downloaded via its own website and RSS feeds, and from iTunes. The Jodcast is also regularly collated and integrated into various Internet-based astronomy radio shows.[11][12]
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- ^ Lowe, Stuart; North, Chris (30 October 2015). Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space. Aurum Press Limited. ISBN 9781781314500.
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