# The Astrophysics Podcast

A podcast by Paul Duffell. 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!

Feed: https://media.rss.com/astrophysics/feed.xml

## Latest episodes

- [Dr. Chris Irwin -- Prepare to be Shocked!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/a291f5753cf4) (2026-10-01, 56 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/3186017/astrophysics/2026_09_27_19_38_23_7b776800-0ce7-4e5d-8c5c-a38989aa8157.mp3
- [Dr. Ranadeep Dastidar -- Astrophysics at the Speed of Light](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/91dec4c29819) (2026-07-01, 67 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2949042/astrophysics/2026_06_28_20_18_56_0a9cc884-6bc8-4400-9f5f-fe7946eb159a.mp3
- [Dr. Abigail Polin -- Astrophysics Q & A #3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/a102cd5973c3) (2026-06-01, 78 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2874444/astrophysics/2026_06_01_03_14_55_14db43d2-5021-4451-bde2-8fb2cbede730.mp3
- [Dr. Jeff Gerber -- Let's Talk Stars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/20f58a645a59) (2026-05-01, 66 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2783087/astrophysics/2026_05_01_03_14_16_b07c7bc6-02c0-4ac7-b37a-4ae1aae2a61d.mp3
- [Dr. Charles Law -- All the Molecules in Protoplanetary Disks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/d54a62148b87) (2026-04-01, 51 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2676639/astrophysics/2026_03_31_01_40_03_d8606dc9-7be1-43fc-81f1-fba67fbb1c37.mp3
- [Dr. Daniel Polin -- The Biggest Digital Camera in the World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/82bc20b727ee) (2026-03-01, 75 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2589741/astrophysics/2026_02_28_19_48_49_8b8c67ff-6420-47fd-92ba-b7d3d63ef191.mp3
- [Dr. Gurtina Besla -- Dark Matter in the Milky Way](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/d9372af6e944) (2026-02-01, 62 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2493333/astrophysics/2026_01_26_20_42_40_b6428293-652b-4f30-bfbc-985a4757729a.mp3
- [Dr. Abigail Polin -- Astrophysics Q & A #2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/ee71fd0baa4a) (2026-01-01, 84 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2418933/astrophysics/2025_12_29_19_23_48_21562f02-1760-4a64-8ce3-656515873f2c.mp3
- [Dr. Kaitlin Kratter -- Building a Solar System on the Computer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/5e7fe7a48fd2) (2025-12-01, 76 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2342973/astrophysics/2025_11_23_19_23_36_f0602650-445a-44a1-aabb-e5b8bea3bfe6.mp3
- [Dr. Tim Cunningham -- White Dwarfs Sometimes Eat Planets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/00806294fb9f) (2025-11-01, 76 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2292353/astrophysics/2025_10_26_18_56_22_43a22398-e027-461d-be53-d133bbf5f1b6.mp3
- [Dr. Merel van 't Hoff -- The Birth of the Planets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/f4509ddf21f7) (2025-10-01, 59 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2247098/astrophysics/2025_10_01_00_38_43_b3122cfd-0af4-4f51-a963-09395252ceea.mp3
- [Dr. Wen-Fai Fong -- The Neutron Star Mash](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/ffaf53b7411b) (2025-09-01, 44 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2192601/astrophysics/2025_08_31_20_58_16_dae96ca4-5f86-4fe8-8847-205ca05ad2df.mp3
- [Dr. Daniel D'Orazio -- The Black Hole Shuffle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/50ea93ad73f2) (2025-08-01, 64 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2142796/astrophysics/2025_07_29_20_06_41_f59a1f61-e6fc-405e-9087-ffb853b1dcab.mp3
- [Dr. Abigail Polin -- Astrophysics Q & A](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/be060fbcb443) (2025-07-01, 85 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2095805/astrophysics/2025_06_30_23_56_14_e576e969-06eb-4699-a5da-987692d897f9.mp3
- [Dr. Andrea Derdzinski -- How do we see black holes?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/f998eaad6bce) (2025-06-01, 56 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1964419/astrophysics/2025_03_30_17_13_54_7bcc544a-0be2-4fea-9f24-e151f6474b8d.mp3
- [Dr. Jared Goldberg -- Does Betelgeuse have a Betelbuddy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/33c7030abbc4) (2025-05-01, 65 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/2003989/astrophysics/2025_04_27_19_37_11_92516852-4cea-4c04-a5c9-07279bfcfd7c.mp3
- [Dr. Yvette Cendes -- Black Holes on the Radio](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/f7656302cef7) (2025-04-01, 54 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1949013/astrophysics/2025_03_19_23_46_34_19639ce1-1168-4230-915d-7b68ba5b7d19.mp3
- [Dr. Maxim Lyutikov -- How do you make a Fast Radio Burst?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/a5a0c4c10130) (2025-03-01, 68 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1910014/astrophysics/2025_02_22_23_26_54_469cf299-a047-4f39-84e4-3ffb2e4cc8c8.mp3
- [Dr. Lindsey Kwok -- The Forensic Science of Supernovae](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/885027b542f1) (2025-02-01, 56 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1865127/astrophysics/2025_01_25_21_59_05_83a030ef-9dca-47fe-b898-90ab01562559.mp3
- [Dr. Paul Duffell -- The Universe on a Computer (with host Dr. Abigail Polin)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/314e49318e54) (2025-01-01, 71 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1822887/astrophysics/2024_12_31_20_44_02_b6645f1d-f63e-488d-bcac-a9ff48749c72.mp3
- [Dr. Brenna Mockler -- When Black Holes Get Hungry](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/1df014442cca) (2024-12-01, 61 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1734361/astrophysics/2024_11_03_20_50_41_4b6bad18-c92c-44c1-a5fa-f9ed2f0086d4.mp3
- [Dr. Dan Milisavljevic -- Into the Time Domain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/24cd64c262fa) (2024-11-01, 56 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1722335/astrophysics/2024_10_27_17_47_02_07037101-c4cc-48af-b366-7693c113cbd4.mp3
- [Dr. Katelyn Breivik -- How Binary Stars Evolve](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/785f0c3df56c) (2024-10-01, 70 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1673759/astrophysics/2024_09_26_15_51_16_08322892-68cd-406b-8602-d722c7c8a864.mp3
- [Dr. Kyoungsoo Lee -- Our Galactic Neighborhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/99c472cced24) (2024-09-01, 71 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1577926/astrophysics/2024_07_22_14_51_39_42491a25-e807-4f8a-bc70-492990a009b5.mp3
- [Dr. Jason Wang -- Taking a Photo of an Exoplanet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/51e43a8cb6ca) (2024-08-01, 47 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1558772/astrophysics/2024_07_07_19_37_11_81030c84-7f2b-45c4-a2f3-ab7939c2a88a.mp3
- [Dr. Rosalba Perna -- The Neighborhood of a Supermassive Black Hole](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/a2d37271c680) (2024-07-01, 65 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1459930/astrophysics/2024_04_30_20_34_18_b173586e-996e-4fc1-926b-84b4a1de9e5a.mp3
- [Dr. Soham Mandal -- What Happens to Supernovae After they Explode?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/6c4a087c8041) (2024-06-01, 51 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1494506/astrophysics/2024_05_27_01_50_00_ad312875-ec50-4c42-aab7-778e1d5287fb.mp3
- [Dr. Yuan Li -- Our Turbulent Universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/79a729a3f744) (2024-05-01, 57 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1436563/astrophysics/2024_04_14_19_40_54_ea5aefde-bf37-48ac-8c97-606b89587cf5.mp3
- [Dr. Ashley Villar -- Big Data in Astrophysics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/50ae8763b40d) (2024-04-01, 64 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1279583/astrophysics/2023_12_27_23_02_29_f347a0f2-3c2e-4873-b6a9-8c4bbecc6344.mp3
- [Dr. Frank Timmes -- Pulsing White Dwarfs, Neutrinos, and the Infrastructure of Research](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/d8eeacbb9006) (2024-03-01, 58 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1345611/astrophysics/2024_02_14_13_51_25_9ad38b92-b53e-439d-8510-7e928ee1654e.mp3
- [Dr. Erica Nelson -- Watching the First Galaxies Form](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/49c638ad47f7) (2024-02-01, 60 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1279571/astrophysics/2023_12_27_22_52_25_603da9e1-d285-4d08-ab59-5e2092a34222.mp3
- [Dr. Abigail Polin -- A New Type of Supernova](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1723724928/c7d5fd382cd3) (2024-01-01, 64 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/243526/1277818/astrophysics/2023_12_29_21_23_07_07293696-dbb5-4c02-b50d-acaa769beb88.mp3

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