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“Weekly Space Hangout.
Hosted by Fraser Cain of AstronomyCast, this hour long magazine-style show takes listeners through the previous week’s space news. Each episode has an assortment of guests who take it in turns to present, each with their own topic, and with Fraser asking the questions and expanding the stories. Each week a cast of regular voices tend to appear, and there’s a wider community of more infrequent guests.
The Weekly Space Hangout is available to download as either an audio or a video recording. The recordings are from a Google Hangout session. It is possible to get involved with these hangouts: to watch them live and ask questions or suggest topics. This review is of the audio podcast.
Because the podcast is a recording of a live video session, rather than an edited podcast, the show has a rambling, somewhat unpolished quality. This annoyed me at first, but now I find it charming and refreshing; you don’t have to listen to a prerecorded introduction or any ads. It gives the impression of listening-in on the private chat of a few space nerds. Particularly amusing is waiting for Fraser Cain’s voice to kick in at the start of the show, “alll-riighhht…”.
The show does an amazing job of bringing to the foreground stories that don’t make the headlines. If you’re interested in the harder science stories or the more incremental developments in space technology, this is a good place to get a weekly rundown. The show also discusses stories that do make the headlines, and the guests discuss how well the mainstream media dealt with the stories.
Fraser has an affable, enthusiastic, skeptical, distinctly Canadian voice and presence. Entertainingly, he isn’t afraid to speculate about all sorts of ventures for the future of space, astronomy and human exploration. But, like the best speculation, it is done with a healthy dollop of skepticism.
The Weekly Space Hangout is a fun, informative show. If you’re a space nerd or would like to be, you owe it yourself to give it a go.
Highly recommended.
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