Auroral Zone

An interview with David Sibeck, a heliophysicist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. We talk about his work on the magnetosheath, the region around Earth's magnetic bubble where the supersonic solar wind slows down, diverts around Earth, and then speeds back up again. And garlic, because he loves to cook.

Just me this time, talking about why I wanted to start this podcast about solar and space physics and its research community. I also tackle the pressing question of...why banjo music.

An interview with Kat Davidson, a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University, about...well...the auroral zone! And roller coasters. And being a first-gen scientist.

An interview with Robert Allen, a space scientist at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. He tells us about leading a survey of early career researchers in the field, including the recommendations they derived from the findings. He also tells us about being a dad of a toddler.

An interview with Michael Rycroft, who is retired from his career as a space scientist working at several places around England and is now living in Cambridge, England. He talks about his recently-published paper highlighting some major moments in his work life. He also mentions his fun encounter with David Attenborough, on a trip way down south near Antarctica.

An interview with Gwen Hanley, a research scientist at the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley. She talks about her new paper on a very peculiar space environment day...at Mars. And she reveals the answer to that pressing question of whether she would take the one-way trip to the Red Planet.

Welcome to Auroral Zone, a podcast about solar and space physics and its research community.