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Plateau Astro
A weekly 15-minute podcast about what will be visible in the sky for the week, plus interviews with Montréal artists, astronomers, and scientists about space.
Oct 28: Astronomy + Urban Landscapes
Talking with AJ Korkidakis about how he got his shot of the Moon rising over the abandoned Canada Malting Silos in St Henri in September 2021.
Oct 28, 2021
15 min
Aug 25, 2021: La Fontaine Lobsters
There's a mystery in the water's of Parc La Fontaine: head to the waters there at night in the summertime, and you'll see lobster-like creatures along the shore. Master's student at McGill, Noemie Sheppard, tells us why.
Aug 25, 2021
15 min
Apr 26, 2021: Les Microcosmes
In 2017, Daphnée Côté-Hallé began 'Les Microcosmes', space-inspired art collages with vintage flair. We talk about her inspirations and how the New Space era we're in might be influencing the art market.
Apr 26, 2021
11 min
Mar 29, 2021: Next Gen RASC
In June 2020, during the peak of the Black Lives Matter protests, it felt like our institutions had to have internal reflections on what they wanted to be and represent. Emilie Laflèche, along with others, has helped create a committee inside of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada to address the changing demographics of amateur astronomy in Canada.
Mar 29, 2021
14 min
Mar 22, 2021: Finding Exoplanets in Montréal
Lisa Dang is a PhD student at McGill University and uses a really unique method of finding planets outside of our solar system. It sounds like science fiction, but the process uses Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to get it done.
Mar 22, 2021
15 min
Mar 8, 2021: Urban Astro-Photography
When you think of astrophotography, you typically imagine heading outside of the city to take photos in dark skies. And Samer Hobeika does this! But with his company, Zenderfull, he does a lot more. We talk about taking space photos in an urban environment and the experiences he wants to show people beyond nice photos on social media.
Mar 8, 2021
14 min
Feb 22, 2021: Re-Entry
The day NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18th, 2021, Montréal animator Ita Sonnenschein uploaded a wonderful animation of its entry through the Martian atmosphere. We talk about her work, vaporwave, and how the exciting space era we currently live in will affect her art in the future.
Feb 22, 2021
15 min
Feb 15, 2021: Mars Time
NASA's Perseverance rover is landing Thursday, February 18th. Erin Gibbons is a scientist living here in Montréal who will be studying data from the rover and looking for signs of life. In order for Erin to do this, she must adapt to "Mars Time".
Feb 15, 2021
18 min