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| July 2024 | 06 Aug 2024 | 01:07:56 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2024.
Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Ilsa Cooke, and Alex Byrne with special guests Jessica Perrero, Divita Gupta, and Théo Guillame.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Jessica's Paper: Binding energies of ethanol and ethylamine on interstellar water ices: synergy between theory and experiments https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16952 Chemical Kinetics Papers from Divita and Théo: Product-specific reaction kinetics in continuous uniform supersonic flows probed by chirped-pulse microwave spectroscopy Design and Implementation of a New Apparatus for Astrochemistry: Kinetic Measurements of the CH + OCS Reaction and Frequency Comb Spectroscopy in a Cold Uniform Supersonic Flow https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18814 The History of Cavity-Enhanced Fourier-Transform Microwave Spectroscopy in this month's Percolator and Barista Bootcamp. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Interstitial clips feature audio from the French Chef. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| June 2024 | 02 Jul 2024 | 00:57:36 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2024.
Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Albert Rimola and Will Styers.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Albert's Quantum Grain Website: https://www.quantumgrain.eu/ Will's Paper on 3-Furonitrile: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03093
The History of Cosmic Rays in this month's Percolator. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Special thanks this month to David Neufeld for the impetus to look into the history of cosmic rays. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| September 2023 | 07 Oct 2023 | 00:53:23 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2023, recorded live at the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, WV. Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke. Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Our Double Shot features two more in-depth recaps of papers from this last month: First Glycine Isomer Detected in the Interstellar Medium: Glycolamide (NH2COCH2OH) Rivilla et al. 2023 ApJL 953, L20 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ace977 Formation of the Methyl Cation by Photochemistry in a Protoplanetary Disk Berné et al. 2023 Nature 621, 56 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06307-x We have an interview with Green Bank Observatory Scientist Will Armentrout about the 20-m telescope on site and how you can use it for science or education. Finally, we take a look back at the first interstellar detection of methanol this month. Check out the ACS Astrocheminar Webseries, restarting this fall (http://astro.phys-acs.org/AstroCheminar.html). Visit Green Bank for a wonderful tourist experience (https://greenbankobservatory.org/visit/) or propose to use their Open Skies telescopes (https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/gbt-observers/proposals/) Special thanks to the Green Bank Observatory Staff this month and to Haley Scolati, for provided a Grab & Go summary of her recently published article. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| August 2023 | 04 Sep 2023 | 00:31:37 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2023. We've got 14 Grab & Go summaries for you this week (full list on our website: coffee.astrochem.net). Our Double Shot features two more in-depth recaps of papers from this last month: Water in the terrestrial planet-forming zone of the PDS 70 disk Perotti et al. (Nature) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06317-9 Cracking the Puzzle of CO2 Formation on Interstellar Ices. Quantum Chemical and Kinetic Study of the CO + OH -> CO2 + H Reaction Molpeceres et al. arXiv (A&A) https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04088 Special thanks to Giulia Perotti and Thanja Lamberts for authoring these summaries. Finally, we take a look back at the first interstellar detection of formaldehyde (H2CO), the precedents it established that we still use today, and the press stories that surrounded it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| May 2024 | 05 Jun 2024 | 01:08:03 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2024.
Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Rebecca Firth and Harshal Gupta.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Rebecca's Paper on AlO, AlOH, and Al(OH)3: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00335 Harshal's paper on the laboratory spectroscopy and astronomical discovery of CaC2: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad3336
Barista Bootcamp on Cosmic Rays this month! Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Special thanks this month to ChatGPT. Interstitial clips feature audio from the movie Thor and from the French Chef. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| April 2024 | 05 May 2024 | 01:16:24 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2024.
Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Adam Ginsburg and Bryan Changala.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Adam's paper on the discovery of the MUBLO: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07808 Adam's Research Website: https://www.adamgginsburg.com/ Bryan's Paper on the laboratory spectroscopy of MgC4H and MgC3N: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022285224000316?dgcid=rss_sd_all
In the French Press, we took a look back at the earliest identification of VY Canis Majoris. Jerome Lalande Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Lalande Histoire Celeste Francaise Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_c%C3%A9leste_fran%C3%A7aise
Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Special thanks this month to ChatGPT. An interstitial clip features audio from the movie Thor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| March 2024 | 05 Apr 2024 | 01:06:17 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2024.
Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Cecilia Ceccarelli and Zach Fried.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Curated and summarized for you in part this month by Alex Byrne. Zach's Methoxyethanol Detection Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17341
In the Percolator, we take a look back at the first assignment of a carrier of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: C60+ Campbell et al. 2015: http://www.nature.com/articles/nature14566
Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Special thanks this month to ChatGPT and our talented voice cast of Rebecca Charbonneau, Camille Lipnicky, and Andy Lipnicky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| February 2024 | 06 Mar 2024 | 01:01:00 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2024.
Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Todd Hunter and Martin Cordiner.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Cole's ALMA 10 Yrs Poster: https://zenodo.org/records/10246916
In the Percolator, we take a look back at the detection of ethanol in space for the first time. First Detection of C60 in Space
First Detection of C60 in the Lab Kroto et al. 1985: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985Natur.318..162K
Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Special thanks this month to ChatGPT! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| January 2024 | 04 Feb 2024 | 00:47:47 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2024.
Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Cole Wampler and Stefanie Milam.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Cole's ALMA 10 Yrs Poster: https://zenodo.org/records/10250161
In the Percolator, we take a look back at the detection of ethanol in space for the first time.
Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Special thanks this month to ChatGPT and Booze. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| December 2023 | 01 Jan 2024 | 00:58:29 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2023.
Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Abby Waggoner and Moungi Bawendi.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.
Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot: 2023 Nobel Laureate Moungi Bawendi Moungi's Nobel Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUmnviaMkrw
In the new Barista Bootcamp, we learn the basic recipe for SiO production in Shocks.
Chalkboard this month has Awards, Open Positions, and Conferences. Special thanks this month to Adam Ginsburg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| November 2023 | 02 Dec 2023 | 00:57:40 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2023.
Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Jenny Bergner and Tom Millar.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.
Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot:
The UMIST Database for Astrochemistry 2022 Millar et al. arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03936
Our percolator brought us up to speed on the journey to the discovery of interstellar H3+.
Chalkboard this month has Awards, Open Positions, and Conferences. Special thanks this month to Camille Lipnicky and Andy Lipnicky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| October 2023 | 04 Nov 2023 | 00:38:32 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2023.
Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Thanja Lamberts and Brandt Gaches.
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.
Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot:
The Astrochemistry Low-energy Electron Cross-Section (ALeCS) database I. Semi-empirical electron-impact ionization cross-section calculations and ionization rates Gaches et al. arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.10739 https://alecs.brandt-gaches.space/ https://github.com/AstroBrandt/ALeCS
Our percolator also acted up a bit this month, and is giving us a look back at the first detections of interstellar molecules in space at all … viewed through the lens of newspaper articles from the years 1937-1941.
Check out the ACS Astrocheminar Webseries, restarting this fall (http://astro.phys-acs.org/AstroCheminar.html). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| August 2024 | 08 Sep 2024 | 01:02:39 | |
It's our 1 year anniversary, and of course our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2024.
Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Thanja Lamberts, and Alex Byrne with special guests Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, Vincent Esposito, and Valentine Wakelam. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:39 - Coffee Chat (Thanja with Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, and Vincent Esposito) 20:19 - Advert: SipTek Fire & Ice Tumbler 21:44 - Grab & Go Papers 34:05 - Advert: Starducks Caprese Panini 35:23 - Single-Origin Brew (Alex with Valentine Wakelam) 53:27 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Meteorites 59:49 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The History of Amino Acid detections in meteorites in this month's Percolator. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| September 2024 - Isotopes, Isotopes Everywhere | 08 Oct 2024 | 01:07:40 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2024.
Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke with special guest Samantha Scibelli. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:48 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilsa) 20:10 - Advert: Starducks Sweet Potato Hand Pies 21:26 - Grab & Go Papers 34:20 - Advert: LeafCrusher 3000 35:55 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Samantha Scibelli) 55:40 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Meteorites 1:01:30 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The History of Amino Acid detections in meteorites in this month's Percolator. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| October 2024 - Dusty Snowballs | 01 Nov 2024 | 01:19:14 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2024.
Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Sommer Johansen and Gabi Wenzel. Sommer's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00120 Gabi's Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq6391 Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sommer) 19:47 - Advert: Starducks Turducken Latte 20:58 - Grab & Go Papers 35:28 - Advert: Leaf Me Alone Autumn Parasol 36:52 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita with Gabi Wenzel) 1:05:35 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Comets 1:16:55 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The History of Amino Acid detections in comets in this month's Percolator. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| November 2024 - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | 02 Dec 2024 | 01:09:13 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2024.
Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Ilse Cleeves and Shreya Kakkenpara Suresh. Shreya's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/02/aa45775-22/aa45775-22.html Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilse Cleeves) 16:23 - Advert: Perky Pilgrim Gobble-Gobble Grind 17:24 - Grab & Go Papers 33:46 - Advert: Pilgrim Pete's Pumpkin Catapults 35:24 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita with Shreya Kakkenpara Sursesh) 52:40 - Barista Bootcamp: Protoplanetary Disks 1:02:30 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The basics of protoplanetary disks in the Barista Bootcamp.
Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| December 2024 - Merry Christmas from Garching | 04 Jan 2025 | 00:53:25 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2024.
Guests this month are Paola Caselli and Chiara Schleif. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Paola Caselli) 15:12 - Advert: Midnight Manny’s Confetti Disposal Service 16:24 - Grab & Go Papers 29:40 - Advert: Starducks’ Resolution Roast 30:47 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Chiara Schleif) 39:53 - Percolator: The Discovery of H 21cm Line 50:18 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. The history of the 21 cm detection of hydrogen in space. Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| January 2025 - It's a Sulfurous Universe, Man | 08 Feb 2025 | 00:57:30 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2025.
Guests this month are Laura Busch and Rachel Gross. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Laura Busch) 8:43 - Advert: Valentine's Day at Starducks 9:49 - Grab & Go Papers 25:43 - Advert: Idiorama’s Snowomatic 5000 26:59 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Rachel Gross) 42:06 - Percolator: The Discovery of Interstellar Deuterium 51:33 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Rachel's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06156 Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| February 2025 - If I Had a Nickel for Every Cyanate Ion | 08 Mar 2025 | 00:54:54 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2025.
Guests this month are Sean Dougherty and Karina Sogomonyan. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sean Dougherty) 12:13 - Advert: Ides of March at Starducks 13:29 - Grab & Go Papers 29:18 - Advert: Prunus Maximus 3000 31:12 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Karina Sogomonyan) 45:04 - Barista Bootcamp: D/H Ratios and Temperature 52:27 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Karina's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00387 Chalkboard this month has Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| March 2025 - Apparently Nobel Prizes are Hereditary? | 08 Apr 2025 | 01:02:02 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2025.
Guests this month are Munan Gong and Wonju Kim. Divita Gupta co-hosts. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:11 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Munan Gong) 9:29 - Advert: Easter at Starducks 10:25 - Grab & Go Papers 28:05 - Advert: BasketBamboozler 3000 30:15 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita Gupta with Wonju Kim) 47:19 - Percolator: The first detection of a molecule in another galaxy 56:05 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Wonju's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/02/aa51998-24/aa51998-24.html Percolator Paper: https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1971ApJ...167L..47W Chalkboard this month has Jobs + Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| May 2025 - Sens-oars | 02 Jun 2025 | 01:29:13 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2025.
Guests this month are Ugo Jacovella and Marten Raaphorst. Alex Byrne and Divita Gupta co-host. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Coffee Chat: Divita Gupta + Ugo Jacovella 19:34 - Advert: Solar Sips from Starducks 21:36 - Grab & Go Papers 40:28 - Advert: Sprout-Slinger 360 42:08 - Single-Origin Brew: Alex Byrne + Marten Raaphorst 1:02:00 - Special: AI Podcast Discussion 1:27:00 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Ugo's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00323 Marten's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.5c0002 Chalkboard this month has Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| April 2025 - Sulfur Here, Sulfur There, Sulfur Everywhere! | 04 May 2025 | 01:09:25 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2025.
Guests this month are Julia Santos and Hayley Bunn. Alex Byrne and Divita Gupta co-host. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Advert: Mother's Day at Starducks 3:05 - Grab & Go Papers 20:55 - Advert: The Multi Matic 22:49 - Double Shot (Alex Byrne + Julia Santos, Divita Gupta with Hayley Bunn) 54:47 - Percolator: The discovery of exoplanets and our ability to probe their atmospheres 1:04:05 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Julia's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14010 Hayley's Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adacea/meta Chalkboard this month has Jobs + Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| June 2025 - Would you like some ice with that? | 06 Jul 2025 | 00:55:55 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2025.
Guests this month are Izaskun Jimenez-Serra and Bernadette Broderick. Franciele Kruczkiewicz and Gabi Wenzel co-host. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Coffee Chat: Franciele + Izaskun 19:34 - Advert: Celestial Cold Brew from Starducks 21:36 - Grab & Go Papers 40:28 - Advert: AstroSnipper 3000 42:08 - Single-Origin Brew: Gabi Wenzel + Bernadette Broderick 1:02:00 - Barista Bootcamp: Desorption from ices 1:27:00 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Izaskun's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2025/03/aa52389-24/aa52389-24.html Bernadette's Website: https://brodericklab.org/ Bernadette's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09888 Chalkboard this month has Jobs and Conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 2025 Summer Holidays | 30 Jul 2025 | 00:00:45 | |
Hello Everyone! Just a quick note here to let you all know that Astrochem Coffee for July of this year will be delayed just a bit due to summer holidays (the Dougs have collectively decided to take a vacation to Menorca for the next couple of weeks). This month's episode will come out mid-August, and then we'll back to regularly scheduled episode drops in early September. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer holidays as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| July 2025 - Carbon and Oxygen Grapple for Supremacy | 17 Aug 2025 | 01:03:08 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of July 2025.
Guests this month are Becky Rapf and Stephen Kocheril. Ilsa Cooke co-hosts. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:19 - Coffee Chat: Becky + Brett 12:20 - Advert: Nebula Freeze from Starducks 13:21 - Grab & Go Papers 32:47 - Advert: Solar Eclipse Grilling 33:39 - Single-Origin Brew: Ilsa Cooke + Stephen Kocheril 54:14 - Percolator: The first interstellar comet 1:01 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Stephen's Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02504-y Chalkboard this month has Jobs, but nothing new. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| August 2025 - AstrochemCoffee Begins its Terrible Twos! | 07 Sep 2025 | 01:01:38 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2025.
Guests this month are Jenny Calahan and Martin Cordiner. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - Coffee Chat: Gabi + Jenny 16:25 - Advert: Last Rays Latte from Starducks 17:25 - Grab & Go Papers 30:29 - Advert: SunSlinger 31:45 - Single-Origin Brew: Martin + Brett 59:40 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Jenny's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06613 Martin's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18209 Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| September 2025 - Open Data Live From Green Bank | 08 Oct 2025 | 01:03:15 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2025.
Ilsa Cooke co-hosts. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:19 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ilsa 38:22 - Advert: Fall Flavors at Starducks 39:19 - Grab & Go Papers 51:31 - Advert: LeafBeGone 3000 52:28 - Percolator: Publicly Available Datasets 58:51 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Papers and Links from the Percolator:
Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| October 2025 - What's That Noise? | 10 Nov 2025 | 00:53:35 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2025. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social
Special guests Patrick Sheehan and Jane Huang. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:18 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Patrick 13:12 - Advert: Thanksgiving at Starducks 14:27 - Grab & Go Papers 27:16 - Advert: GobbleStopper 28:21 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Jane 41:20 - Percolator: Publicly Available Datasets 49:19 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| November 2025 - How Old Did You Say You Were? | 13 Dec 2025 | 00:59:15 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2025. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts! Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social
Special guests Alana Nisperos and Elettra Piacentino. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:35 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Alana 10:30 - Advert: Hot Drinks at Starducks 11:36 - Grab & Go Papers 26:10 - Advert: TangleTamer 27:14 - Single-Origin Brew: Gabi + Elettra 39:57 - Percolator: How old is astrochemistry? 52:03 - Chalkboard Elettra's paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09797v1
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| December 2025 - Surprise! Four New Telescopes! | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:40:47 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2025. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social
Special guests Brenne Gregory and Suchitra Narayanan. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:32 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Brenne 7:42 - Advert: January Drinks at Starducks 8:44 - Grab & Go Papers 20:44 - Advert: ResolutionKeeper 21:44 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Suchitra 29:48 - Percolator: New Telescopes! 35:00 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| January 2026 - History, Huh? | 09 Feb 2026 | 00:56:44 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social
Special guests Ken Kellerman and Rebecca Charbonneau. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ken 7:45 - Advert: February Drinks at Starducks 8:45 - Grab & Go Papers 23:11 - Advert: HeartHelper 24:04 - Percolated Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Rebecca 53:41 - Chalkboard
Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| February 2026 - Anyone Fancy a Space Soda? | 11 Mar 2026 | 00:55:41 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social
Special guests Ken Kellerman and Miguel Sanz-Novo with co-host Alana Nisperos. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ken 6:38 - Advert: March Drinks at Starducks 7:43 - Grab & Go Papers 24:08 - Advert: ForecastFooler 25:11 - Single-Origin Brew: Alana + Miguel 40:45 - Barista Bootcamp: Optical Depth 53:11 - Chalkboard Miguel's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07365 Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| March 2026 - Dude, That Thing is SO OLD | 08 Apr 2026 | 01:06:20 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social
Special guests Sergio Ioppolo and Ryan Fortenberry. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Sergio 10:16 - Advert: April Drinks at Starducks 11:17 - Grab & Go Papers 26:16 - Advert: BunnyBouncer 3000 27:20 - Percolated Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Ryan 1:02:00 - Chalkboard Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| April 2026 - Wait, We're How Far Away? | 14 May 2026 | 00:59:47 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social
Alex Byrne co-hosts. Special guests Jenny Bergner, Tobias Dijkhuis, and Stefanie Milam. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:41 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Jenny 8:31 - Advert: May Drinks at Starducks 9:19 - Grab & Go Papers 26:09 - Advert: GrillGuard 360 27:16 - Single-Origin Brew: Alex + Tobias 47:27 - Percolator: Brett + Stefanie 57:44 - Chalkboard Jenny's Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5961 Tobias's Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01042 Stefanie's Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/497123 Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Chalkboard this month has Jobs and save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| May 2026 - A Percolating Holiday | 18 Jun 2026 | 00:39:10 | |
Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2026. Follow us on Bluesky; we're at astrochemcoffee.bsky.social
Special guests Zak Smith and Alfred Hopkinson. The Percolator is on holiday! Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:13 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Zak 11:03 - Advert: June Drinks at Starducks 12:05 - Grab & Go Papers 26:48 - Advert: ShadeMatic 28:34 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Alfred 36:47 - Chalkboard Alfred's Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02765-7 Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Chalkboard this month has save-the-dates for conferences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||