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March 7th: Robert Naeye of Sky & Telescope

Date: March 7, 2010
Title: Interview with Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope
Podcaster: Slacker Astronomy
Description: Mike Simonsen from Slacker Astronomy interviews Robert Naeye, Editor-in-Chief of Sky & Telescope magazine about the future of amateur astronomy.
Bio: Slacker Astronomy is a light-hearted podcast that wanders the astronomical road-less-traveled. Visit us at http://www.slackerastronomy.org/.
Today's sponsor: This episode of "365 Days of Astronomy" is sponsored [...]

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March 6th: What To Do In Case of a Total Solar Eclipse and an Overcast Sky: Mexico City 1991

Date: March 6, 2010
Title: What To Do in Case of a Total Solar Eclipse and an Overcast Sky: Mexico City 1991
Podcaster: Edgardo Molina
Description: Ever felt sorry for traveling far away chasing a total solar eclipse, just to find out that during the partial and totality phases the sky is overcast? Solar Radio Astronomy to the rescue. Witness [...]

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March 5th: Go for Launch! A Conversation with George Diller from NASA TV

Date: March 5, 2010
Title: Go for Launch! A Conversation with George Diller from NASA TV
Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson
Description: If NASA TV is part of your daily diet of space media, you will likely recognize the voice of George Diller, who does the TV commentary for launches from Kennedy Space Center. George shares some of the highlights of his 29 [...]

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March 4th: Dinosaurs and Asteroids

Date: March 4, 2010
Title: Dinosaurs and Asteroids
Podcaster: Damian and Sofia Handzy
Description: Today’s podcast is a dramatized version of a real conversation between a father and his excitable 2nd grade daughter about the asteroid that might have killed the dinosaurs. It provides examples of explanations of the scientific method that resonate with children (and probably adults), and examples [...]

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March 3rd: A 6 Year Old’s Question on Star Quakes

Date: March 3, 2010
Title: A 6 Year Old's Question on Star Quakes
Podcaster: Brains Matter
Organization: Brains Matter podcast - http://www.brainsmatter.com
Description: My six year old asked whether magnetism could crush a star. The following podcast is the result of trying to find the answer to that!
Bio: The Brains Matter podcast has been producing and communicating science stories and interviews since September [...]

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March 2nd: The Parkes Dish

Date: March 2, 2010
Title: The Parkes Dish
Podcaster: Eran Segev
Organization: The Skeptic Zone Podcast - www.skepticzone.tv
Description: The 64 metre radio telescope at Parkes in NSW, Australia played an important role in the first moon landing. This is the story of that day and the experiences of some of those who were there.
Bio: Eran Segev is an IT consultant, but his passion [...]

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March 1st: Our Nearest Variable Star

Date: March 1, 2010
Title: Our Nearest Variable Star
Podcaster: Mike Simonsen
Links: AAVSO - http://www.aavso.org/
Simostronomy - http://simostronomy.blogspot.com/
Slacker Astronomy - http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/
Description: Today I’m going to talk about something that is not far, really far or uber-far away. I’m going to talk about the Sun, our nearest variable star.
Bio: Mike Simonsen is one of the world's leading variable star observers. He works for the [...]

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February 28th: The Universe in 15 Minutes

Date: February 28, 2010
Title: The Universe in 15 Minutes
Podcaster: TecnoCasters
Organization: TecnoCasters - http://www.tecnocasters.com/
Description: The TecnoCasters discuss several recent news items about astronomy and technology.
Bio: TecnoCasters is the best technology podcast in Spanish. Hosted by Juan D. Guevara, Pedro Riveroll, Lorena Galan and Raul Mitre, TecnoCasters offers a funny and friendly point of view about the gadgets and technology you’ll [...]

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February 27th: Ceres – Dwarf Planet or Very Big Asteroid?

Date: February 27, 2010
Title: Ceres - Dwarf Planet or Very Big Asteroid?
Podcaster: Steve Nerlich
Organization: Cheap Astronomy - www.cheapastro.com
Description: A podcast about an asteroid with an identity crisis.
Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where you can’t put a price on space.
Today's sponsor: This episode of "365 Days of Astronomy" is sponsored by Barb Geigle, on behalf of the Berks County Amateur [...]

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February 26th: Playing Hide and Seek With a Binary Pulsar

Date: February 26, 2010
Title: Playing Hide and Seek With a Binary Pulsar
Podcaster: Sue Ann Heatherly
Organization: NRAO: http://www.gb.nrao.edu/
Description: Froney Crawford, astronomer at Franklin and Marshall College just finished an observing run on the Green Bank Telescope and joins us to talk about it-- his research studying an enigmatic pulsar in a binary system.
Bio: Sue Ann Heatherly is the Education Officer [...]

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