The Nature of Nantucket
Join hosts Dr. Rich Blundell and Joanna Roche on "The Nature of Nantucket," The Maria Mitchell Association’s new podcast. They will focus on the history of Maria, the natural world of Nantucket and the dark skies above us. Learn from the talented staff, experts, and special guests who will share their stories and wisdom.
Episodes
382 episodes
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Larry Tsai & Moon Tsai Winery
Host Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association sits down with Larry Tsai, Co-Founder and Proprietor of Moon Tsai Winery, ahead of the winery’s special visit to Nantucket for an upcoming wine dinner celebrating t...
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Near-Earth Asteroids
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about asteroids that might crash into the Earth.
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Heather Packard
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association sits down with Heather Packard from Mass Audubon for an important conversation about the growing movement to ban anticoagulant...
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – UFO’s
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about UFOs and what they might really be.
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Jascin Finger
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche sits down with Jascin Finger, Deputy Director of the Maria Mitchell Association and Curator of the Mitchell House archives and special collections, for a fascinating conver...
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Alien Comet
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the alien comet and how it got here.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Pluto
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about why Pluto should be a planet again.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Southern Sky
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the difference between how the sky looks when you are in Australia rather than Nantucket.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Far Side of the Moon
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the difference between the far side of the Moon and the dark side of the Moon.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – International Dark Sky Week
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about Nantucket’s Dark Skies.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Space Travel
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about NASA’s return to the Moon and the movie Project Hail Mary.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Robert Goddard
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about how Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket one hundred years ago.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Satellites and more Satellites
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about plans to launch a million satellites into orbit around the Earth.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Center of our galaxy
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the center of our Milky Way galaxy and its supermassive black hole.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Little Red Dots
Geoff Clayton is an astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about Little Red Dots which have been discovered at the edge of the Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Planetary Alignments
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about how six of the planets are lining up in the sky at the end of February.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Solar Flares
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about how the Sun’s high activity is continuing to produce Solar Flares, Coronal Mass Ejections, and Aurorae.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Jupiter
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about how Jupiter is visible in the night sky these cold nights.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Artemis II Moon Rocket
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the Artemis II mission to the moon the will launch in February.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Wendy Schmidt and the Lazuli Space Observatory
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the plans of Schmidt Sciences, run by our own Wendy Schmidt, to build a new space telescope.
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The International Space Station
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the 25th anniversary of the launch of the International Space Station.
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Holly Greenberg
On this week’s episode of the Maria Mitchell Association podcast The Nature of Nantucket, host Joanna Roche speaks with Holly Greenberg—professor at Syracuse University and Director of Bird Collisions in...
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Dr. Jackie Milingo - Reflect Orbital
On this episode, host Joanna Roche sits down with Dr. Jackie Milingo, Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association, to examine the controversial space startup Reflect Orbital. The company proposes launchin...