One of the many things I do in my spare time is contribute to podcasts and record audio books. This started with the Jodcast in 2005/6, extended to Librivox in 2009 and others in 2010. Here you will find a summary of my recordings to date.
Astronomy.FM | Jodcast | Librivox | Other podcasts
Astronomy.FM
Astronomy.FM is the world's only online 24-hours a day astronomy and science radio station. Run entirely by volunteers, it broadcasts original live shows, as well as a selection of some of the best science podcasts from around the internet.
- Presenter on Under British Skies, 19th May 2013
- Guest on Under British Skies, 17th March 2013
- Rememberance of Sir Patrick Moore, aired September 2012
- Obituary: Sir Bernard Lovell, aired August 2012
- Guest on Under British Skies, 18th March 2012
- Guest on Event Horizon with Nick Evetts and Richie Jarvis, 19th September 2011
- Guest on the Event Horizon with Marty Kunz, 8th January 2011
- Guest on a two-hour First Light special, 7th November 2010, a round table discussion on the Shuttle, the future of manned space exploration, comet flybys and anything else in the news
- Guest on Event Horizon, 22nd May 2010, talking M82, the SKA, and amateur radio astronomy with Nick Evetts and Marty Kunz
- On-air discussion about the Moon during #Moonwatch during the International Year of Astronomy
Jodcast
The Jodcast is an astronomy podcast by a bunch of astronomers based (mainly) at Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK. Since the Jodcast began in January 2006, I have researched and produced the news section for the first show of each month. From time to time I have also conducted the odd interview, and joined in the presenting from time to time. I retired from the Jodcast at the end of 2012, after seven years of producing the news.
- Presenter: January 2015 - 9th Anniversary
- Presenter: November Extra 2014
- Presenter: February 2014
- News & presenter: December 2012
- News: November 2012
- News: October 2012
- Sir Bernard Lovell, 1913-2012: August Extra 2012
- News: August 2012
- News: June 2012
- News: May 2012
- News: April 2012
- News: March 2012
- News: February 2012 (script by Mel Irfan)
- News & presenter: January 2012
- News: December 2011
- News: November 2011
- Interview: with Kirsten Gottschalk on theSkyNet October Extra 2011
- News: October 2011
- News: September 2011
- News & presenter: August 2011
- News: July 2011
- Presenter: June Extra 2011
- News: June 2011
- Interview: with Dr Karen Masters May Extra 2011
- Interview: with John Womersley talking about the SKA May 2011
- News: May 2011
- News: April 2011
- News: March 2011
- News (AAS round-up): February 2011
- News & presenter: January 2011 - 5th Anniversary
- Interview: I was interviewed about my current research for the 100th episode, December 2010
- News: December 2010 - 100th episode
- News: November 2010
- Interview: with Dr Anthony Rushton talking about microquasars October 2010
- News and presenter: October 2010
- News: September 2010
- News: August 2010
- News: July 2010
- News: June 2010
- Interviews: ten participants in the Communicating Astronomy with the Public meeting, May 2010
- News: May 2010
- News: April 2010 (Spring 1990)
- News: March 2010
- News: February 2010
- Presenter: January 2010 Extra
- News & presenter: January 2010
- Presenter: December 2009 Extra (Live!)
- News & presenter: December 2009 (Live!)
- Presenter: November 2009 Extra
- News: November 2009
- News: October 2009
- Presenter & interview: Rob Hollow, Outreach and Education Officer for the Australia Telescope National Facility, talking about the PULSE@Parkes project, September 2009 Extra
- News: September 2009
- News: August 2009
- News: July 2009
- Presenter: June 2009 Extra
- News: June 2009
- News & presenter: May 2009
- News: April 2009
- News: March 2009
- News: February 2008
- News: January 2009
- News: December 2008
- News: November 2008
- News: October 2008
- News: September 2008
- News: August 2008
- News: July 2008
- News: June 2008
- News: May 2008
- News & presenter: April 2008
- News: March 2008
- News: February 2008
- News: January 2008
- News: December 2007
- News: November 2007
- News: October 2007
- News: September 2007
- News: August 2007
- News: July 2007
- News: June 2007
- News: May 2007
- News: April 2007
- News: March 2007
- News: February 2007
- News: January 2007
- News: December 2006
- News: November 2006
- Interview: Mark Roberts, telescope controller at Jodrell Bank Obesrvatory, talking about the job of looking after the operation of radio telescopes, September 2006
- News: September 2006
- News: August 2006
- Interview: Andrew Greenwood, chairman of Macclesfield Astronomical Society, talking about the society and his astronomical interests, July 2006
- News: July 2006
- News: June 2006
- News: May 2006
- News: April 2006
- News: March 2006
- News: February 2006
Librivox
In August 2009 I began recording audio books for Librivox, a volunteer project to create audio recordings of public domain texts (mainly from Project Gutenberg). Below is a list of my contributions with links to the audio. As this page might not always be updated straight away, you can find an up to date list on my Librivox catalogue page.
- Dramatic and full-cast productions:
- The Tragedy of Macbeth by Shakespeare: Lady Macduff.
- Danger In Deep Space by Carey Rockwell: Astro. Not yet catalogued.
- Book chapters:
- The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 4: Editor for and reader of Eiros in 22 - The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (audio 12:31)
- The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 4: Editor for and reader of Agathos in 20 - The Power of Words (audio 8:18)
- The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 4: 01 - The Devil in the Belfry (audio 17:42)
- Armageddon-2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan: Foreword (audio 7.9MB)
- Armageddon-2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan: Chapter Five (audio 10.7MB)
- Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge: Lecture IV - Galileo and the invention of the telescope (audio 39MB)
- Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge: Lecture V - Galileo and the Inquisition (audio 40MB)
- Regular collections:
- Short ghost and horror collection 007: The Signal-man by Charles Dickens (audio 27.7MB)
- Short Sci-fi collection 32: Vanishing Point by C. C. Beck (audio 9.0MB)
- Short Sci-fi collection 30: The Hour of Battle by Robert Sheckley (audio 13.7MB)
- Short Sci-fi collection 28: Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley (audio 36.8MB)
- Short Sci-fi collection 27: Keep Out by Frederic Brown (audio 7.8MB)
- Short Sci-fi collection 26: The End of Time by Wallace West (audio 52.5MB)
- Short Sci-fi collection 25: No Moving Parts by Murray F. Yaco (audio 35.6MB)
- Short Sci-fi collection 24: The Defenders by Philip K. Dick (audio 47.4MB)
Other podcasts
From time to time I record other random things and contribute to other podcasts, and here they are.
- Explained in 60 seconds: White hole in StarShipSofa No. 174
- Explained in 60 seconds: Tachyon in StarShipSofa No. 171
- Explained in 60 seconds: Light speed in Aural Delights No. 167
- Explained in 60 seconds: Quasar in Aural Delights No. 137
- Explained in 60 seconds: Black Hole in Aural Delights No. 123
- Explained in 60 seconds: Red Dwarf in Aural Delights No. 118
- July 6th 2011: Impact (another Doctor Who short story)
- June 2nd 2010: The Journey of Astronomy, Prof Peter Quinn (editor)
- May 13th 2010: The Square Kilometre Array (interviewer and co-editor)
- March 31st 2010: Doctor Who and the Silver Spiral
- January 21st 2010: Ilgarijiri - Aboriginal art meets modern astronomy
- August 1st 2009: contribution to "How I got into astronomy" by Robert Simpson
Immersive Theatres Night Sky podcast
- Guest presenter on the February 2014 night sky podcast.
- Guest presenter on the October 2013 night sky podcast.
- Guest presenter on the March 2013 night sky podcast.
Random recordings and one-off contributions to other podcasts
- The Naked Scientists: Interviewed about wide field imaging and the SKA by Chris Smith on August 19th 2010.
- Profs and Pints: a series of science-in-the-pub events run by Scitech in Perth in 2010. I was a "Prof" in the final of the series, titled "Astronomical Awesomeness". Media: ABC podcast here, UStream video here, my recordings of the speeches and the debate.
- Darker Projects Doctor Who: Feb 2010, the DP team produced a dramatic (and totally awesome) version of Silver Spiral
- DWO WhoCast: Feb 2010, talking supernovae and the science behind Silver Spiral
- ABC's StarStuff podcast: 3rd February 2010, talking supernovae and GRBs (audio)
- Doctor Who and the Silver Spiral: my own fictional short story explaining the science behind a Nature paper (read the original, and the reason for writing it)
Last updated: Tuesday, 20-Jan-2015 12:47:17 GMT