Hi Friends,

New episode just released on the Cosmic Background of Hercules!

Here are some of the sources we mentioned in the episode: 

• Video on the The Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall can be found here
• To see the Arecibo Message see here
• Dr. Kaler's website on Iota Herculis can be found here 

Thank you so much for listening!

​With Love,
Kit & jordan

Hi Friends, 

I'm sorry to say there will be no episode this week. The episode has been recorded, but the computer we use for editing decided to go on vacation early. 

We're working on fixing the computer, and we plan to use some of our upcoming vacation time to get ahead on our recording to avoid this in the future. We appreciate your patience and understanding. 

In the meantime, since we can't release our episode this week, we want to let you know what's coming next week. We'll be doing a review (and ret-cons, of course) of the pilot episode of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda -- a space opera that aired from 2000 to 2005. And, yeah, we had *thoughts* a lot of them.

So, if you want to prepare for this next episode, the pilot tiled "Under the Night," is available for free (with ads) on various streaming platforms (YouTube, PlutoTv, Tubi, and Amazon). 

We apologize again for the delay, and we thank you for continuing to support and listen to the pod!

With love,
Kit & Jordan

Hi Friends,

Here are two of the outside sources we mentioned in today's episode!

• Judy Volker's summary of myths related to this part of this night sky:
  • http://judy-volker.com/StarLore/Myths/Andromeda.html
    
• For more on the feminist analysis of Andromeda we mentioned check out: Andromeda's Chains: Gender and Interpretation in Victorian Literature and Art by Dr. Adrienne Munich

With Love,
Kit & Jordan

Hi Friends,

Our episode on the astronomy of the constellation Andromeda is now available! 

As mentioned in the episode, there is a lot of info out there on our galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy, so if you want to deep-dive here are some more sources we enjoyed: 

• Dr. Moiya McTier's Autobiography of our Galaxy: The Milky Way 
  • Highly recommend! Here's a link: https://www.moiyamctier.com/the-milky-way
• A couple NASA links: 
  • https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/andromeda-galaxy-vibaj/
  • https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-catalog/messier-31/
• Zoomable ESA picture: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/
• PBS feature: https://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/astronomy-topics/andromeda-galaxy.html

Also, an audio note, the first minute or so of this episode Jordan sounds like she's underwater... was she underwater? UNCLEAR. It does clear up after the 1-2 min mark, and we appreciate your understanding that we're definitely (obviously?) not audio engineering/production experts. We'll keep trying our best to prevent such snafus :)

 
With love,
​Kit & Jordan
 

Hi Friends,

Our Asterism episode on the Nereids in mythology and astronomy is now live! 

Here is a link to the family tree of the Greek Gods we mentioned in the episode: 

• https://www.theoi.com/Tree0Latin.html

Hope you enjoy the Nep-toots pun as much as I did!

With love,
Kit and Jordan

Hi Friends!

Our episodes on the constellation Cassiopeia will be releasing every Saturday beginning... RIGHT NOW! Woohoo!

Here is a link to Judy Volker's (who Kit accidently called "Jody") website with lots of additional myths about the constellation Cassiopeia (which we'll discuss in the second episode on Cassiopeia): 

• http://judy-volker.com/StarLore/Myths/Cassiopeia.htm

​​All music and images we use are either our own or free for commercial use. We have included links or attribution in prior show notes.

​With Love,
Kit and Jordan

Hi Friends!

Our episodes on the constellation Corona Australis have been releasing for the last couple of weeks -- we hope you have enjoyed the new format so far!

No major notes for this one, so just the usual note that all music and images we use are either our own or free for commercial use. We have included links or attribution in prior show notes.

You can keep up to date with our releases by following us Mastodon (https://universeodon.com/@starrytimepod)!

Love,
Kit & Jordan

Hello friends,

It's been a minute, so I wanted to write a quick update!

Back in the spring, Jordan and I had a meeting (whilst sitting poolside at a Theme Park hotel) and decided on our Season 2 line-up and theme. Drumroll, please -- our season 2 theme will be QUESTS & CURSES. 

We had wanted to start releasing in June, but life happened. Also, we're going to be switching up our release schedule and format. Here's a run down for Season 2:

• We're moving to a weekly format with shorter episodes. Don't worry, all your favorite segments will still exist! We've basically taken our usual template and broken it up into chunks. 
• Each month, we'll focus on one constellation and release:
  
  • a Cosmic Background episode (all things astronomy),
    
  • a Myths & Ret-Constellations episode (all things mythology),
    
  • a Pop Culture Super Star episode (all things silly), and 
    
  • an Asterism episode -- maybe Creature Corner or Archaeology Attic, maybe a discussion of an astronomer or historical figure, maybe a mythology deep-dive... it'll be a grab bag of fun :)
    

We've been recording and banking episodes so that we can release on a consistent schedule, which took a little time. But, I am happy to announce we'll be returning with Season 2 on August 5th!

In the meantime, we hope you'll tell a friend about season 1. 

You can stay up-to-date on our socials (which I run):
Mastodon (https://universeodon.com/@starrytimepod)
Tumblr (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/starrytimepod)
Twitter (https://twitter.com/starrytimepod) -- I'm here a less these days & tend to be more active on Mastodon :)

With Love,
Kit and Jordan

Hi Friends! The final episode of Season 1: The Zodiac will be posted soon. We had a blast with this one, and hope you'll enjoy it.  

All music and images we use are either our own or free for commercial use. We have included links or attribution in prior show notes.

After Episode 13 is posted, we'll be taking a brief break to go on vacation & start planning Season 2. We're hoping to release some short asterisms between Season 1 and Season 2. If you have thoughts or suggestions for next season, let us know!

You can stay up-to-date on our socials:
Mastodon (https://universeodon.com/@starrytimepod)
Tumblr (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/starrytimepod)
Twitter (https://twitter.com/starrytimepod)

With Love,
Kit and Jordan