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| Paper: |
Astro[sound]bites: Five Years of Bite-Sized Astronomy Insights for a Wide Audience |
| Volume: |
539, ASP 2024: Astronomy Across the Spectrum |
| Page: |
234 |
| Authors: |
Meldorf, C.; Larkin, C. J. K.; Berger, S. |
| Abstract: |
Astro[sound]bites (a[s]b) is a biweekly podcast hosted by four astronomy graduate students from academic institutions around the world. A[s]b brings cutting edge research normally hidden behind advanced concepts and specialized language to early-career scientists and the public. Each episode involves the co-hosts diving into two articles from our sister site, \url{http://astrobites.org}---a group of roughly 100 graduate students who publish daily articles on modern astrophysics research. The podcast also tackles Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion issues in our “Beyond” episodes, which help highlight marginalized communities in astronomy. Each episode contains a “space sound” segment where the co-hosts examine (and guess the source of) a sonification of astrophysical data, advancing the cause of alternate methods of analysis for visually impaired astronomers. Now running over 100 episodes, over 28,000 downloads, and entering its third generation of co-hosts, astro[sound]bites provides a crucial resource for auditory STEM learning that is freely accessible around the world. We introduce the podcast and our mission as well as how the program has expanded over five years and will continue to develop in years to come. |
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