Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Exoplanet discovery and research • Astronomy and astrophysics experts • Exoplanetary observation techniques • Instrumentation advancements • Astrobiology and habitability discussions • Latest exoplanet news and papers
The podcast "Exocast" explores the fascinating world of exoplanets, with a focus on expanding listeners' understanding of these distant celestial bodies. Hosted by exoplanet astronomers, the podcast delves into a wide array of topics related to exoplanetary science, often featuring in-depth interviews with experts in the field. Recurring themes include the detection and characterization of exoplanets using various methods such as gravitational microlensing, direct imaging, and radial velocity surveys. Episodes often highlight groundbreaking research and technological advancements connected to missions like NASA's TESS and ESA's CHEOPS.
Notably, the podcast frequently discusses the role of instruments like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope in exoplanet science, emphasizing their contributions to the discovery of new worlds. Another recurring theme is the examination of exoplanetary atmospheres, interiors, and orbits to better understand their physical and chemical properties. The podcast also covers the broader implications of these discoveries, pondering questions about habitability and the potential for life beyond our solar system.
In addition to scientific discussions, "Exocast" provides insights into the careers and personal journeys of astronomers, highlighting the interconnectedness of science and technology with the human elements of curiosity and exploration. Episodes occasionally address the challenges of scientific collaborations and conferences, and engage in friendly debates on topics such as the relative importance of observational versus theoretical approaches in astronomy. This podcast serves as a comprehensive audio companion for anyone interested in the dynamic and evolving field of exoplanet research.
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    |  Exocast-79b: Observing odd exoplanet orbits with Dr. Malena Rice 2025-Mar-02
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    |  Exocast-78 b: Finding the most distant exoplanets with Dr Eamonn Kerins 2025-Feb-02
 44 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-77b: Exoplanet Instrumentation with Dr Ben Pope 2025-Jan-16
 40 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-76b: Exoplanet Interiors with Professor Caroline Dorn 2024-Nov-08
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-75b: Radial Velocity Surveys of Young Planets with Dr. Louise Nielsen 2024-Oct-21
 40 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-74b: Exoplanet Characterisation and HST/JWST Mission Support with Dr. Néstor Espinoza 2024-Sep-05
 46 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-73b: Using Adaptive Optics to Find Exoplanets with Jules Fowler 2024-Aug-05
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-72b: Directly Imaging Exoplanetary Motion with Dr Jason Wang 2024-Jul-08
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    |  Exocast-71c: Exoplanet News & the 100th episode 2023-Dec-06
 32 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-71b: Do All Planets Orbit Stars? 2023-Nov-13
 36 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-70c: Exoplanet news 2023-Oct-15
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-70b: Dr. Max Günther talks transits, CHEOPS & chemistry in zero-g 2023-Oct-02
 48 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-69b: Surviving Scientific Conferences 2023-Aug-16
 46 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-68c: Latest Exoplanet News 2023-Jul-26
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    |  Exocast-68b: Interview with Nikole Lewis 2023-Jun-27
 38 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-67 c: Latest exoplanetary news 2023-Jun-02
 29 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-67b: Catching up with the Exocast team 2023-May-16
 54 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-66c: Exoplanet News 2023-Mar-21
 29 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-66b: Interview with Georgina Dransfield 2023-Mar-03
 42 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-65 b: Launching #ExoCup2022 2022-Oct-31
 38 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-64c: Exoplanet News 2022-Oct-19
 32 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-64b: Interview with Dr Naomi Rowe-Gurney 2022-Oct-11
 43 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-63 c: Exoplanet news 2022-Sep-23
 49 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-63b: How do planets form? 2022-Sep-08
 50 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-62c: Exoplanet News 2022-Aug-26
 38 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-62 b: Interview with Dr. Knicole Colón 2022-Aug-11
 48 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-61c: Exoplanet News 2022-Jul-20
 53 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-61 b: Observation vs Theory, which is more important? 2022-Jul-13
 48 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-60c: Exoplanet News 2022-Jun-21
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-60b: Interview with Dr Jennifer Burt 2022-Jun-07
 47 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-59c: Exoplanet News 2022-May-24
 37 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-59b: What are planetary atmospheres made of? 2022-May-06
 51 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-58c: Exoplanet News 2022-Apr-22
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-58b: Interview with Dr Megan Schwamb 2022-Apr-12
 50 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-57c: Exoplanet News 2022-Mar-15
 48 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-57b: How big can an exoplanet be? 2022-Mar-03
 45 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-56b: Interview with Mark McCaughrean about JWST 2022-Feb-03
 70 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-55b: ExoCup2021 2021-Oct-27
 53 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-54c – Exoplanet News 2021-Oct-08
 48 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-54b: Observing Exoplanets from the Ground 2021-Sep-29
 56 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-53 c – Exoplanet News 2021-Aug-05
 40 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-53b: Interview with Elizabeth Tasker 2021-Jul-29
 53 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-52c: Exoplanet Paper News & Reviews 2021-Jun-28
 38 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-52b: Why is Venus important for exoplanets? 2021-Jun-21
 50 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-51b: Interview with Mark Marley 2021-May-04
 52 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-50c: Monthly Exoplanet News 2021-Apr-18
 43 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-50b: Why do we study exoplanets? 2021-Apr-05
 48 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-49c: Monthly Exoplanet News 2021-Mar-08
 44 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-49b: Interview with Diana Powell 2021-Mar-05
 42 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-48c: Monthly Exoplanet News 2021-Jan-29
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-48b: What is the point of the Habitable Zone!? 2021-Jan-25
 40 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-47c: #ExoCup2020 the Summary 2020-Dec-13
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-47 b: The #Exocup2020 live draw! 2020-Oct-26
 24 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-46b: Interview with Moiya McTier 2020-Jul-20
 44 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-46 d: Exoplanet News from May & June 2020 2020-Jul-09
 36 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-45c: how many exoplanets are there? 2020-Jun-12
 47 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-45b: Special Guest Dr Baptiste Journaux 2020-Jun-02
 45 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-45d – Exoplanet News: new discoveries, characterisations, and formation research 2020-May-26
 35 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-44c: Can we ever image the surface of an exoplanet? 2020-May-07
 47 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-44 d – April 2020’s exoplanet news 2020-May-01
 33 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-44b: Special Guest Dr Sarah Casewell 2020-Apr-22
 55 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-43 d: Exoplanet news 2020-Mar-30
 38 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-43c: Can we ever travel to an exoplanet? 2020-Mar-23
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    |  Exocast-43b: Special Guest Natalia Guerrero 2020-Mar-16
 40 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-42b: Special Guest Dr Stephen Kane 2020-Feb-21
 45 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-42c – Water in the Universe 2020-Feb-12
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    |  Exocast-42 d – Exoplanet news 2020-Feb-05
 37 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-41b: Erin May from observing to theoretical GCMs, Strange stars, #ExoCup2019 and the News 2019-Dec-14
 81 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-40b: Brett Morris talks starspots & astrobiology, the #ExoCup2019 is underway, plus exoplanet news 2019-Nov-19
 77 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-39b: Paul Robertson talks RVs, the #ExoCup2019 live draw, plus the 2019 Nobel Prize 2019-Oct-18
 66 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-38b: Exoclimes V voxbox, NASA’s Flagship mission concepts, and exoplanet news 2019-Sep-13
 60 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-37b: Live at TESScon, an intro to planetary protection, & the month in exoplanet news 2019-Aug-12
 63 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-36b: Live at AbSciCon, plus Spectroscopy 101, and the Exoplanet News 2019-Jul-08
 64 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-35b: Special guest Tom Haworth, plus Exoplanet Direct Imaging 2019-May-28
 71 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-34b: with special guest Raphaëlle Haywood, plus Isotope Geochronometers 2019-May-07
 67 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-33b: with special guest Jessie Dotson, plus Ice Giants 2019-Apr-02
 67 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-32b: featuring special guest Dr Jo Barstow, plus detecting the solar system from TRAPPIST-1 2019-Feb-26
 57 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-31b: with special guest Lee Billings, plus Waterworlds and exoplanet news 2019-Jan-25
 60 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-30b: with special guest Jessie Christiansen, plus ExoCup2018 analysis 2018-Dec-13
 56 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-29b: with special guest Sarah Hörst, Exomoons, News, and Exocup2018 2018-Oct-28
 67 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-28b: Special guest Daniel Angerhausen, SOFIA, technosignatures, news, HD 209458b 2018-Oct-05
 69 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-27b: special guest Michael Gully-Santiago, K2, Exoplanet meetings, news, HAT-P-11b 2018-Aug-02
 62 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-26b with Natasha Batalha, PandExo, RVs, and HAT-P-26b 2018-Jul-02
 66 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-25b: Exoplanetary Helium (with guest Jess Spake), plus the “Shadow Biosphere” 2018-May-28
 57 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-24b: Special guest Rus Belikov, direct imaging, Alpha Can, Titan, news, Ross-128b 2018-Apr-30
 68 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-23b: special guest Jayne Birkby, UKExoM, Gaia, news, WTS-2b 2018-Apr-01
 51 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-22b: panspermia, exoplanet phases, news, Kepler-167e 2018-Feb-28
 47 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-21b: planet formation, habitability of eccentric planets, news, Kepler-21b 2018-Jan-30
 59 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-20b: The ExoCup 2017-Dec-09
 60 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-19b: origins of life part 2, software and machine learning, news, Proxima b 2017-Oct-30
 56 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-18b – Direct Imaging Special with special guest Sasha Hinkley 2017-Oct-07
 30 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-17b: origins of life part 1, global circulation models, news, GJ 667Cc 2017-Sep-16
 57 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-16b: ELTs, JWST, news, 51 Eri b, newly minted Dr Osborn 2017-Aug-08
 54 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-15b: biosignatures, TESS, news, Kepler-37b 2017-Jul-06
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-14b 2017-Jun-12
 43 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-13b 2017-Apr-28
 55 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-12b 2017-Apr-07
 48 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-11b 2017-Mar-03
 49 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-10b 2017-Jan-28
 41 minutes
 
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    |  Exocast-9b SETI special 2016-Dec-30
 61 minutes
 
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