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Episode 2: Space Junk - Humanity Star! With Dr Ben Pope
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Part 2 of my conversation with visiting NASA Sagan Fellow and exoplanet-studying astrophysicist Dr Ben Pope is a lot like a Jane Austen novel. We unpack our prejudice against the Humanity Star and Musk's space Tesla, we spend a lot of time talking about money and the elite, and ultimately find common ground in our mutual embarrassment about Australia's obsession with STEM.
We hope you enjoy this wild ride through politics, philosophy, sociology and stolen biccies.
Ben did his undergraduate degree in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Sydney. He then completed a PhD at Balliol College, Oxford, where he most notably competed on the winning team in University Challenge, 2017. Ben currently lives in the USA where he researches exoplanets.
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49 episoade
Manage episode 216875198 series 2441389
Part 2 of my conversation with visiting NASA Sagan Fellow and exoplanet-studying astrophysicist Dr Ben Pope is a lot like a Jane Austen novel. We unpack our prejudice against the Humanity Star and Musk's space Tesla, we spend a lot of time talking about money and the elite, and ultimately find common ground in our mutual embarrassment about Australia's obsession with STEM.
We hope you enjoy this wild ride through politics, philosophy, sociology and stolen biccies.
Ben did his undergraduate degree in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Sydney. He then completed a PhD at Balliol College, Oxford, where he most notably competed on the winning team in University Challenge, 2017. Ben currently lives in the USA where he researches exoplanets.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/space-junk-podcast.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/space-junk-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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