- 34
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 341
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About The Astrophysics Podcast
Once a month, Purdue University's Professor Paul Duffell discusses astronomy and astrophysics with experts from around the world. Duffell and guests discuss supernovae, galaxies, planets, black holes, and the nature of space and time. Supported by the National Science Foundation under grant AAG-2206299. Music by Brittain Ashford. Produced in beautiful Lafayette, Indiana by Paul Duffell. Follow us on BlueSky! (https://bsky.app/profile/paulduffell.bsky.social)
- Publisher
- Paul Duffell
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 1 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 34 episodes have a transcript.
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Meridith Joyce -- Stars, in Theory
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Chris Irwin -- Prepare to be Shocked!
1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Ranadeep Dastidar -- Astrophysics at the Speed of Light
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Dr. Meridith Joyce -- Stars, in Theory
Published 1 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so there's some observational tension on determinations of this value, right? But then meanwhile, on the theoretical side, we're like way behind where the observers are fighting about, right? Because we are still with our stellar models. And I'm a computational stellar astrophysicist. […]
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- Meridith Joyce
- Chris Irwin
- Ranadeep Dastidar
- Abigail Polin
- Jeff Gerber
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 91 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 250 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100
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- Quality
- 19
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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