Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast

In Episode 28, Michael and Elise use TOS: "The Devil in the Dark" and "The Tholian Web" to spark a discussion about Earth's subsurface biosphere and silicon-based life. Cosmic Motivations, by Michael and Prof. Katie Mack (@AstroKatie): https://www.redbubble.com/people/astrokatie/collections/835103-cosmic-motivations?asc=u Follow us on Twitter! Elise: @emcuttsy Michael: @Miquai

Guest: Dr. Peter Gao In Episode 27, Michael opens a subspace channel to Dr. Peter Gao, who recently gave a talk at the 38th New Horizons Science Team Meeting. Follow us on Twitter! Peter: @PlanetaryGao Michael: @Miquai

In Episode 26, Michael and Elise rewatch VOY: "Future's End" and discuss the Drake equation and SETI as they appear in Star Trek and in reality. Mike & Denise Okuda's article: http://1701news.com/node/939/drake-equation-shaped-star-trek-universe.html Follow us on Twitter! Elise: @emcuttsy Michael: @miquai

In Episode 25, Michael is rejoined by Elise Cutts to talk about Mars: Astronomy & Culture, an exhibition at ArtCenter College of Design. Did you know that Mars has already made an appearance in Star Trek: Discovery? Visit Mars: Astronomy & Culture: http://www.artcenter.edu/connect/events/mars-astronomy-and-culture.html Follow us on Twitter! Elise: @emcuttsy Michael: @Miquai

Guest: Dr. Peter Gao In Episode 24, Michael catches up with Dr. Peter Gao at the AGU Fall Meeting to recap the conference and the first nine episodes of Star Trek: Discovery. Michael was recently on two trek.fm podcasts: The Edge, Episode 23: http://trek.fm/the-edge/23 Warp Five, Episode 128: http://trek.fm/warp-five/128 Follow us on Twitter! Peter: @PlanetaryGao Michael: @Miquai

Guest: Qicheng Zhang In Episode 23 of Strange New Worlds, Michael chats with Qicheng Zhang about ʻOumuamua, the first interstellar asteroid ever detected. Follow us on Twitter! Michael: @Miquai

Guests: Dr. Sarah Brothers & Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman In Episode 20, Michael sits down with Dr. Sarah Brothers & Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman at the Habitable Worlds conference to discuss what makes a planet habitable, what Star Trek's "M-class" designation means, and how to search for life in the cosmos. Follow us on Twitter: Shawn: @shawndgoldman Mike: @Miquai

Guest: Cecilia Leung For Halloween, Cecilia Leung dressed up as Captain Phillipa Georgiou: https://twitter.com/CelestialCess/status/925787276587679744. In Episode 21, Michael asks her about making that costume, her thoughts on Star Trek: Discovery, and her PhD thesis about water in Mars's atmosphere. Follow us on Twitter: Cecilia: @CelestialCess Michael: @Miquai

Guests: Nathan Stein & Alistair Hayden In Episode 20, Michael sits down with Nathan Stein and Alistair Hayden to hear the true tale of their geologic survey of Little Ambergris—an adventure sandwiched between two monstrous hurricanes.

Guest: Professor Jonathan Fortney In Episode 19, Michael interviews Professor Jonathan Fortney about how we know what's inside of giant planets both within and beyond our Solar System. Follow us on Twitter! Jonathan: @jjfplanet Michael: @Miquai

Guests: Maria Steinrück & Peter Gao At the 2017 Division for Planetary Sciences meeting in Provo Utah, Michael interviews Maria Steinrück & Peter Gao about their research on hot Jupiter atmospheres and their thoughts on Star Trek: Discovery so far. Follow us on Twitter! Maria: @MariaSteinrueck Peter: @PlanetaryGao Michael: @Miquai

Guest: Elise Cutts In Episode 17, Michael opens a channel to Edinburgh to discuss the first three episodes of Star Trek: Discovery with Elise Cutts. Follow us on Twitter: Elise: @emcuttsy Michael: @miquai

Guest: Jamie Sue Rankin In Episode 16, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of NASA's Voyager mission to the outer Solar System and beyond with a chat with Jamie Sue Rankin, who studies the radiation environment outside the heliopause...where no spacecraft has gone before.

Guests: Peter Gao, Desun Oka, Aida Behmard, Shreyas Vissapragada, and Cecilia Sanders Our minute-old thoughts on the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery!

Guests: James Keane & Peter Gao In Episode 14, we talk about The Art of Planetary Science, what gives planets their colors, and offer our final thoughts on what we hope to see in Star Trek: Discovery. The Art of Planetary Science: https://www.sites.google.com/site/lpltaps/ Follow us on Twitter: James: @jtuttlekeane Peter: @PlanetaryGao Michael: @Miquai

Guests: James Keane & Peter Gao In Episode 13, Michael sits down with James Keane and Peter Gao to talk about the quickly rotating planet in VOY: "Blink of An Eye" and how a glacier reoriented Pluto over millions of years.

In this bonus episode of Strange New Worlds, Michael recaps his experience seeing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan during its 35th-anniversary screening and shares some new science-related tidbits that he noticed in the end credits of the movie. Phil Plait's "Wrath of Khan at 35: Entering the Mutara Nebula": http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/wrath-khan-35-entering-mutara-nebula

Guest: Nathan Stein In Episode 12, Mike and Elise interview Nathan Stein about his adventure to a remote Caribbean island to study microbial mats using a drone outfitted for science.

Guests: Mari-Liis Aru, Philippe Nauny, Umesh Bhat, Aswin Manohar In Episode 11, Michael brings back stories and clips from his recent trip to Estonia for an astrobiology conference. You can follow Mari-Liis on Tumblr (http://sci-universe.tumblr.com/) and Instagram (@aspacecolonizer). And you can find Michael on Twitter (@miquai) and Instagram (@miquai).

In Episode 10, Mike and Elise speak to Jane Liu about her master's thesis on the role of emotions in science and science communication.