Podcasts by Off-Nominal
Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.
Further podcasts by Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo
Podcast on the topic Naturwissenschaften
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01 - You can’t go to space in pajamas from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.193559
Anthony and Jake unpack the National Space Council’s inaugural meeting, SpaceX’s BFR update from IAC, and the future of Falcon Heavy.
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02 - Interstellar Rock (and Roll) from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.188545
Anthony and Jake dive into Gravitational Wave astronomy, salute a passing interstellar traveler, and pour one out for a lost rock legend.
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03 - Don’t Fail Me Now, Twitter Translate! from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.182812
Jake tells us the story of Chinese spaceflight, and Anthony gets us ready for their future in space.
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03b - From Tahiti to Hawai'i (post-Episode 3 Bonus Content) from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.177600
Note: Please listen to Episode 3 before listening to this podcast!
A companion podcast to follow Episode 3. Jake tells the story of Polynesian Celestial Navigation. Originally produced fo...
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04 - In The Year of Our Lord Steve Squyres from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.172393
Jake and Anthony drink a beer that has been to space, discuss the recently-announced New Frontiers finalists, and propose their own flagship-class missions.
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06 - I’ve Got Like 35 Loons from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.163261
Brendan Bryne joins Jake and Anthony to discuss the National Space Council, the 2019 NASA Budget Request, and the wonders of Jai Alai.
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11 - That’s a Peach from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.145420
Eric Berger joins Jake and Anthony to talk about his recent trip to Kourou, the European launch sector, Commercial Crew announcements, and the social eating segment of JAXA launch streams.
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22 - The Dark Lord from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.107260
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Listen
Meet us at IAC 2019! from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.098759
Jake predictably apologizes for Canadian Thanksgiving, and we’ve got some IAC business to discuss.
Upcoming meetup! Hang out with Jake, Anthony, and other fellow Anomalies in Washington, D...
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24 - Jim-Adjacent from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.093442
Jake and Anthony tell the tale of IAC 2019—meetups, making...
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39 - Europe Saved Cassini’s Ass from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.037412
Leo Enright, the guy from Irish TV, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about covering space...
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41 - Roscosmos Shoulda Bought Bitcoin from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.028847
This month, Anthony and Jake are taking it bit easier. It’s summer, everyone is excited about getting back in to the world again, and space news will be winding down a bit.
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43 - Aggressively Undocking from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.020911
Jake and Anthony are joined by Chelsea Gohd from Space.com to talk about the rarest of spac...
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44 - Jeff Bezos’ OnlyFans from 2023-12-12T16:57:09.015511
Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard of BPS.Space to talk about Listen
48 - The Abort Motor DLC from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.998060
Jake and Anthony are joined by Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO of Voyager Space Holdings, founder of Listen
51 - Hubbles In Reverse from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.983389
Scott Tilley, an amateur satellite tracker, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about tracking Chang’e-5 back to the Moon and into a Distant Retrograde Orbit, how he and the wider community of amateu...
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55 - I’ve Slept on a Torpedo from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.966444
Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about how he got into space, his background in engineering, the shift from engineering to management, and the future of ...
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56 - Export Control is Like Fight Club from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.961122
Philip Sloss of NASASpaceflight joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the rollout and wet dress rehearsal for Artemis 1, and to go behind-the-scenes on how he does his incredibly-in-depth reporti...
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60 - Soviets Invented the Boostback from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.946352
Jake and Anthony talk about the best/worst/most cursed rockets of all time, why they love them so much, and why you should, too.
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64 - In Between is Hot Topic from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.932010
Engineer, Consultant and STEM evangelist Lauren Lyons joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her diverse career at SpaceX, Blue Origin and Firefly, and the unique and interesting paths the space i...
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68 - Pop It Back Up There from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.918013
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins Jake and Anthony to discuss Administrator Bill Nelson a year into his tenure and whether he’s been good or bad for NASA.
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69 - Was That NASA or MythBusters? from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.912639
Anthony is joined by Joe Barnard of BPS.Space and Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut!) to talk about how to cook meat with a very fast rocket, what life is like in Boca Chica lately, and…what has ...
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72 - Our Interest in Trash from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.900565
Dr. Justin Walsh, co-PI of the International Space Station Archaeological Project, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about how to do archaeology on a space station and what they’re up to on the ISS...
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75 - Four of Us Married Each Other from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.889331
Jake and Anthony are joined by Emily Calandrelli, speaker, writer, and Emmy-Nominated Host of Emily's Wonder Lab, to talk about the Brooke Owens Fellowship, which is just about to start recruiti...
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76 - Walter Cronkite was Faking It from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.882350
Jake and Anthony are joined by Rae Paoletta, Editorial Director at The Planetary Society, to tell some stories from their trip to Artemis 1, the Off-Nominal meetups, and Rae’s encounter with a s...
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79 - A Wake of Creative Destruction from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.869380
Anthony took a trip to Pittsburgh to visit Astrobotic this week, and he’s back to talk about it with Jake.
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83 - Bubba the Rocket Scientist from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.854535
Photographer Roland Miller returns to the show to talk to Jake and Anthony about his newest book, The Space Shuttle: A Mission-by-Mission Celebration of NASA's Extraordinary Spaceflight Progr...
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86 - Is That Callisto? from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.842669
Jake and Anthony catch up on Artemis I and everything else going on in space news lately.
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87 - Grippy Socks from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.837203
Marina Koren of The Atlantic joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her recent viewing and reviewing of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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89 - The Final Year from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.828498
Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about and predict what’s to come in space this year.
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93 - Go Touch Some Grass from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.814137
Jake and Anthony talk about Jake’s decision to end WeMartians, and what goes on behind the scenes of Making Stuff™.
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97 - Figure This One Out, Howard! from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.800128
Jake and Anthony are joined by Howard Mostrom, Audio Director for Kerbal Space Program 2, to talk about how he recorded audio for the latest in the hit franchise of space video games.
102 - Does Anyone Need SRBs? from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.781047
Anthony is joined by Eric Berger of Ars Technica and Matthew Russell of the The Interplanetary Podcast to talk about Starship, the future of European spaceflight, and the Artemis II crew.
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106 - Main Menu from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.767421
Jake and Anthony are joined by Sarah Al-Ahmed, host and producer of Planetary Radio, to talk about her new gig running one of the longest-tenured space podcasts.
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110 - Big “I Made It in Blender” Energy from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.754618
Jake and Anthony are joined by Joe Barnard to talk about what he’s up to and to engage in some alt-history what-ifs.
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111 - Extended Warranty, New Fairings from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.748424
Jake and Anthony are joined by Joey Roulette of Reuters to talk about the state of NASA’s fixed-price contracts in the face of the Starliner situation and lunar lander awards.
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114 - Starship Blue from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.737146
Jake and Anthony are joined by Adrian Beil of NASASpaceFlight.com (and a long-tim...
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118 - Experienced Drunk Idiots from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.724104
Anthony is joined by Jonathan Vaughters, Founder and CEO of EF Education-EasyPost, and Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about space and cycling, who knows in what amount...
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122 - Space.com Bubble from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.711347
Jake and Anthony talk about recent financial news in the world of spaceflight and add some predictions to the 2023 list.
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123 - An Exciting Time from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.707470
Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush of Bloomberg to talk about her new book, The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts.
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130 - Crossfire Between Scientists and Engineers from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.691724
Planetary Scientist Stefano Nerozzi joins Jake and Anthony to talk about science on Mars, from Sample Return to mapping Mars’ Ice!
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134 - Artemis II.5 from 2023-12-12T16:57:08.681744
Jake and Anthony check in on Starship, Artemis, spreadsheets, and a lost tomato on the ISS.
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133 - I’m an Adult with a Job from 2023-11-30T22:58:05
Jake and Anthony are joined by photographer Andrew McCarthy to talk about his journey into astrophotography, his process, and let’s be real, to gawk at his work. And also to convince Jake to buy...
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132 - Boneless Skineater from 2023-11-17T02:57:48
Jake and Anthony are joined by Tom Mueller, founder, CEO, and CTO of Impulse Space and former Propulsion CTO at SpaceX. We’ll talk about what Impulse Space is up to, including their literally-ju...
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131 - AAA for Science from 2023-11-10T00:07:25
Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Tanya Harrison to talk about the Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada that she—along with very-recent guest, Dr. Gordon Osinski!—founded and announced just ...
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129 - Tier 1 Gifts from 2023-10-27T01:10:25
Jake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Gordon Osinski from the University of Western Ontario and member of the Artemis 3 Geology team which will develop surface science plans for the first lunar EVA...
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128 - These Were Bad Movies from 2023-10-20T01:44:45
Jake and Anthony are joined by Stephen Hackett, co-founder of Relay FM and fellow space nerd, to talk about the ever-pres...
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127 - Hot Moon Takes from 2023-10-13T02:43:18
Jason Davis of The Planetary Society makes his long-awaited return, to hang out with Jake and Anthony and talk about Psyche, OSIRIS-REx, solar eclipses, and surely a bunch of other stuff, too. Listen
126 - Whatever, Russell from 2023-09-29T02:18:43
Jake and Anthony are joined by Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, to talk about watching spaceships return to Earth, talking to astronauts, a change of leadership at Blue Origin, and ...
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125 - The Ball Pit from 2023-09-22T00:54:59
Jake and Anthony are joined by Alec Maestas, OSIRIS-REx Systems Engineer and Real-Time Operations, to talk about the asteroid sample return mission on the eve(ish) of sample arrival.
124 - Accidental Cadence from 2023-09-15T01:09:37
Jake and Anthony check in on human spaceflight with a bit of a roundup—Axiom-3, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and more.
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121 - Status: Future from 2023-08-25T00:26:49
Jake and Anthony are joined by Mark Panning from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and PI of the Farside Seismic Suite to talk about the Chandrayaan-3 and Luna-25 Moon landings and what we can lo...
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120 - Big Dumb Satellites from 2023-08-17T17:47:50
Jake and Anthony are joined by Karan Kunjur, Co-Founder of K2 Space, to talk about what they’re building, and what it means to build for a post-Starship future.
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119 - Don’t Train for the Nominal Shit from 2023-08-11T02:41:24
Jake and Anthony are joined by space artist and illustrator Paul Fjeld to talk about his career and to hear some stories from interesting projects and programs he’s worked on.
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116 - Hot NSSL Summer from 2023-07-21T02:03:39
Jake is back, so Anthony will help get him caught up on the news, including the Mars Sample Return Hot Drama.
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115 - I’m Getting a Twinkie Vibe from 2023-07-14T01:37:26
Anthony is joined by Loren Grush (Bloomberg) and Rachael Zisk (Payload), to talk about Loren’s recent trip to see Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight, to catch up on some news, and to do a...
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113 - AutoNav Road Rage from 2023-06-23T02:53:23
Jake and Anthony check in on the ongoing planetary missions around the solar system.
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112 - Big Microgravity from 2023-06-16T02:05:56
Jake and Anthony are joined by Grant Bonin to talk about his new venture, gravityLab, focused on partial gravity research.
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109 - Boil-off Truther from 2023-05-26T01:18:51
Jake and Anthony catch up on the news, including Blue Origin’s Lunar Lander award!
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108 - Super Secret about Plutonium from 2023-05-19T01:01:05
Jake and guest host Casey Dreier are joined by Paul Byrne to talk about NASA’s planetary science budget and the trials and tribulations that it is experiencing today.
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107 - He's Got a Butt from 2023-05-12T02:29:50
Jake and guest host Debarati Das are joined by Jaime Green, author of the new book The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
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105 - There and Beck Again from 2023-04-28T00:41:56
Jake and Anthony are joined by Ashlee Vance of Bloomberg to talk about his new book, When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach.
104 - Ricky Bobby Goes to the Moon (Live from Space Symposium 2023) from 2023-04-21T15:16:54
Anthony cracks open a beer and talks about the news from Space Symposium with Jacqueline Feldscher of Payload and Jeff Foust of SpaceNews.
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103 - Same Ice Cream Man from 2023-04-14T02:59:54
Anthony is joined by Caleb Henry of Quilty Analytics to talk about his recent trip to India for a OneWeb launch, and to talk about all the acquisitions and mergers going on in the satellite comm...
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101 - Tastes Like Fish from 2023-03-31T02:12:42
Anthony is joined by Chris Carberry and Dr. Tanya Harrison to discuss Chris’ upcoming documentary version of his Alcohol in Space book, the upcoming Humans to Mars summit, and the state of human...
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100 - Astronaut Astronaut from 2023-03-24T02:31:29
Jake and Anthony are joined by Christian Davenport of The Washington Post to catch up on all the space news, and to celebrate 100 episodes of Off-Nominal.
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99 - Open-Box Protons from 2023-03-17T01:33:10
Jake and Anthony are joined by Mark Albrecht, executive secretary of the National Space Council from 1989 to 1992, and President of International Launch Services from 1999 to 2006, to talk about...
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98 - Bing It with ChatGPT from 2023-03-10T02:44:25
Jake and Anthony are joined by Michael Sheetz, space journalist from CNBC, to talk about recent earnings calls, ULA for sale, and other space business!
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96 - Lori’s Mom’s Favorite from 2023-02-24T03:46:59
Jake and Anthony are joined once again by Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, to talk about the newest class of Brooke Owens fellows, what she’s been up to lately, and who knows, mayb...
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95 - Horsesh from 2023-02-17T02:49:07
Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, to talk about Super Heavy’s static fire, Progress doing its best Soyuz, and to somewhat randomly argue about Comm...
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94 - Let’s Do Some UFO Shit from 2023-02-10T00:36:22
Jake and Anthony talk about the Chinese balloons that floated over the Americas in the last few weeks, balloons in space history, UFO shit, and do a random follow-up news segment.
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92 - We Should Buy a Bar from 2023-01-27T01:50:10
Jake and Anthony talk about the state of smallsat launch and tell some stories from Anthony’s trip to Virginia to see an Electron launch.
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91 - The 240-Hour Cut from 2023-01-19T22:25:43
Jake and Anthony are joined by Ben Feist, Data Visualization & Informatics Software Engineer and Historian at NASA Johnson Space Center, to talk about his work, including the amazing Apollo in R...
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90 - This is a Complete Conspiracy from 2023-01-13T01:51:17
Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, hosts the first edition of The Off-Nominallyweds, a game to find out if Jake or Anthony knows the other one better.
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88 - But, Nonetheless from 2022-12-16T00:29:29
Jake and Anthony are joined by Miriam Kramer of Axios to talk about the weirdest and funniest space news of the year, to announce the Off-Nominees, and to crown the winner of the 2022 Off-Nomina...
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85 - The Highest I’ve Been from 2022-11-18T01:21:45
Mat Kaplan, host of Planetary Radio for The Planetary Society, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the 20th anniversary of the show, his upcoming retirement, and what it’s been like to cover sp...
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84 - JPL Christmas Party from 2022-11-11T01:04:30
Somehow, it’s almost time for Artemis I. Again. Yes, again. And then we break down some hot planetary drama from this week.
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82 - Gatekeeping Hubble from 2022-10-27T23:32:59
With Jake away, Swapna Krishna and Caleb Henry join Anthony for a very Philadelphia-themed episode.
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81 - Foot Bits from 2022-10-20T20:00
Elizabeth Howell of Space.com joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her new book, Why Am I Taller, with astronaut Dave Williams.
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80 - Vaguely a Mutiny from 2022-10-14T01:44:52
Ben Brockert joins Jake and Anthony to tell stories from his various adventures in the space industry.
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78 - John Grunsfeld’s Babysitter from 2022-09-30T01:53:38
Jake and Anthony are joined by Kristin Fisher of CNN to talk about Artemis I, and the coverage out there in the world in all the places us space nerds aren’t.
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77 - Accidental Shareholder from 2022-09-16T00:30:55
Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Russell of the The Interplanetary Podcast to talk about his trip to French Guiana to commentate the first launch of Vega C.
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74 - All the Garys We Know from 2022-08-26T00:48:31
With just a single weekend remaining between us and Artemis 1, Jake and Anthony pregame the launch, mission, and meetups, and talk about the Artemis program overall.
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73 - Podcast is Not an Option from 2022-08-12T01:01:27
Jake and Anthony are joined by Gary Jordan, NASA Public Affairs Officer and host of the official podcast of Johnson Space Center, “Houston We Have a Podcast.”
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71 - Full-On Frenemy Territory from 2022-07-28T21:46:41
Anthony is joined by Christian Davenport of The Washington Post and Loren Grush of The Verge to talk about Loren’s JWST birthday present, Artemis 1 getting its initial launch dates, the occasion...
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70 - Send Jupes from 2022-07-15T00:56:45
Nadia Drake joins Jake and Anthony to obsess over the JWST images released this week and to talk about the telescope’s first few months of operation.
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67 - Eating The Pie All The Way Through from 2022-06-24T00:44:56
Chris Gebhardt from NASA Spaceflight.com joins Jake to talk about the FAA’s approval of the Boca Chica launch site.
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66 - My Next One is “Fiction” from 2022-06-16T21:40:16
Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, champion of commercial spaceflight, and longtime space pirate, joins Jake and Anthony to discuss her upcoming book “Escaping Gravity” and to tell s...
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65 - Star-Lionel Richie from 2022-06-10T01:45:53
Jake and Anthony catch up on the news, from Starliner’s flight to NASA’s announcement of new spacesuit contracts for ISS and lunar missions.
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63 - Something Philosophical About Croissants from 2022-05-26T22:58:30
Space potter Amy Rae Hill joins Jake and guest host Debarati Das for a discussion on space and art.
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62 - Anime Princess Telescope from 2022-05-20T00:51:15
Pamela Gay, astronomer and podcasters, joins Jake and guest host Anna from But It Is Rocket Science to talk about black holes, making space podcasts, and more.
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61 - Santa Claus is Hypersonic from 2022-05-13T00:52:06
Brian Weeden, Director of Program Planning for Secure World Foundation, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the recent ASAT testing ban announced by Vice President Harris, and the effects the s...
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59 - Make it Rain in Alabama (with Casey Dreier) from 2022-04-29T00:44:48
Casey Dreier, Chief Advocate and Senior Space Policy Adviser at The Planetary Society, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about the NASA budget, the recently-released decadal survey, and other space...
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58 - Wet Dress Rehearsal Dinner from 2022-04-22T01:18:02
Brendan Byrne, of WMFE and Are We There Yet?, joins Jake and Anthony talk about Artemis 1 and its “Wet” Dress Rehearsal, Axiom-1 on the ISS, and other goings-on in space.
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57 - Ford Taurus-Littrow from 2022-04-15T01:39:56
Caleb Henry of Quilty Analytics joins Jake and Anthony to talk about Amazon’s Kuipermania launch contract, and what it was like to moderate panels at the 2022 Space Symposium.
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54 - A Really Long Dog on Mars from 2022-03-25T00:28:09
Matt Brealey joins Jake and Anthony to talk about martian terrain data and imagery, and to go behind the scenes on his incredible creation, AreoBrowser.
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53 - Venereal is Taken from 2022-03-18T00:19:54
Jake returns from LPSC 2022 and shares some stories with Anthony. #TacoGate2022
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52 - We Have All of Them from 2022-03-11T02:31:31
Anthony is joined by Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, and Roland Miller, a photographer who has spent years documenting space hardware of all varieties. We’ll talk about Roland’s work, and go b...
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50 - Was That a Bake Sale? from 2022-02-25T02:08:17
Michael Sheetz of CNBC and Eric Berger of Ars Technica join Anthony to talk about the latest in the finance side of space—what’s up in the world of funding, which businesses look steady and whic...
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49 - Spacewalk Chaperone from 2022-02-18T01:45:14
Jake and Anthony talk about some (really good) changes coming to the show, Jared Isaacman’s privately-funded Gemini program, and SpaceX’s Listen
47 - The Birdy in French Guiana from 2021-12-19T14:25:37
Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Russell of the The Interplanetary Podcast to talk about ...
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46 - Anti-Satellite Own Goal from 2021-11-23T14:00
Jake and Anthony are joined by Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian to talk about Russia’s latest...
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45 - Nauka Got Milkshake Ducked from 2021-10-12T13:00
Jake and Anthony are joined by two returning favorites, Loren Grush and Miriam Kramer, to talk about Lor...
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42 - Bullish on the Moon from 2021-06-29T11:00
Jake is moving, and has left Anthony alone with the keys to the show. Chris Gebhardt of NASASpaceflight an...
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40 - SpaceX Play Place from 2021-04-27T11:00
Miriam Kramer joins Jake and Anthony to talk about space tourism. From Inspiration4, to Listen
38 - Sorry, I Got Too Itemized from 2021-01-26T11:00
With our beloved JB on his way out, Jake and Anthony have been appointed NASA autocrats for five years with $25 billio...
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37 - Go Behind Wendy’s from 2020-12-22T11:00
Jake and Anthony are joined by Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, to talk about Stars...
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36 - December Hurricanes from 2020-11-24T11:00
Jake and Anthony are joined by Eric Berger of Ars Technica to talk about the Listen
35 - The 2 Mile of the Space Industry from 2020-10-27T10:00
Jake and Anthony are joined by Caleb Henry, formerly of SpaceNews and now of Listen
34 - Repeatedly Googling Area 51 from 2020-09-22T07:05:03
With Anthony off on parental leave, Jake is joined by guest host Emilee Speck and guests Anna and Henna from But It Is Rocket Science to talk about making space podcasts and Life on Venus?!
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33 - Regular-Ass Fishing Boat from 2020-08-18T10:00:14
Jake and Anthony are joined by Loren Grush to catch up on a wild few weeks—from Listen
32 - Well Within the Kill Zone from 2020-07-28T10:00:04
Jake and Anthony are joined by Lord British himself, Richard Garriott de Cayeux. Richard is a storied video game designer/developer, an entrepre...
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31 - OG LIGO from 2020-06-30T09:00:12
Jake and Anthony are joined by John Johnson. John is an expert on exoplanet research at Listen
Origins: Jim Bridenstine from 2020-06-15T13:00:25
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine joins Jake and Anthony for the first episode of Off-Nominal Origins. We talk about how he got interested in sp...
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Donation Campaign Update! from 2020-06-14T20:45:26
Jake and Anthony stop by with a quick update on our donation campaign to help two wonderful organizations, Listen
Let’s Make Space Better. from 2020-06-10T10:00:08
Here at Off-Nominal, we've been following the demonstrations against racial inequality and police violence in the United States, Canada, and around the wor...
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30 - There’s Always Money in the VAB from 2020-05-19T09:00:02
Jake and Anthony are joined by Jason Davis of The Planetary Society to talk about Listen
29 - Go Full Goldin from 2020-04-14T11:00:03
Jake and Anthony take on a long-standing debate: worm or meatball? The NASA Worm is back, so in honor of that, we talk about our Listen
28 - Don’t Sneeze in Their Mouths! from 2020-03-17T09:00:08
Jake and Anthony are joined by fellow space podcaster Brendan Bryne for a self-quarantine edition of the show. Jake developed a new bit for this gr...
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27 - Space Policy Fugue State from 2020-02-11T10:00:01
Jake and Anthony are joined by Laura Forczyk to talk about all the drama, from the NASA Authorization bill Listen
26 - Hungover on Reentry from 2020-01-14T10:00:14
Jake and Anthony are joined by Chris Carberry of Explore Mars to discuss his new book Listen
25 - SpaceX Cinematic Universe from 2019-12-10T05:00:12
Jake and Anthony are joined by Marina Koren of The Atlantic to discuss Listen
23 - What is the protocol for this? from 2019-09-17T05:00:15
Jake and Anthony talk about their plans for IAC 2019, Chandrayaan-2, Starhopper, KSP 2, and the special place that Jake secretly holds in your space-loving heart.
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21 - Carpet Bombing Venus from 2019-07-16T05:00:10
On the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Jake and Anthony talk about the aftermath of Apollo and alternate histories we could have seen—the Apollo Applications Program, a crewed Venus flyby, and mo...
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20 - People Doin’ It, Right? from 2019-06-18T04:00:02
Chris Gebhardt of NASASpaceflight joins Jake and Anthony to talk about space media in modern pop cultu...
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19 - Space Traffic Cones from 2019-05-20T14:00:44
Jake and Anthony try and figure out what’s going on with all this Artemis talk and where we’re headed.
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18 - Autogenously Pressurized Double Double from 2019-04-17T14:00
Kate Howells of the Planetary Society joins Jake and Anthony to talk all things Canadian space policy.
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17 - Larry from Boeing from 2019-03-12T09:00
Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, joins Jake and Anthony to talk about DM-1, the future of the ISS, Shuttle and Starship aborts, and imagine what Boeing livestreams will look like.
16 - Imaginated Soap Buckets from 2019-01-22T10:00
Jake and Anthony talk about New Horizons’ recent flyby, Chang’e 4, and take on a handful of questions from listeners.
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15 - +1 Space Dagger from 2018-12-19T10:00
Jake and Anthony discuss what 2018 will mean to future space historians, and announce the winner of The 2018 Off-Nominal Award.
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14 - Gary from Lockheed (really this time) from 2018-11-12T10:00
Gary Napier joins Jake and Anthony to discuss doing communications for Lockheed Martin, dodging flat-earthers, and Dean Martin.
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13 - Bad Looking Unmixed Nuts from 2018-10-18T11:00
Elizabeth Howell joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her trip to Baikonur, the recent Soyuz situations, the politics of the ISS, and Canadian space.
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12 - Gary from Lockheed from 2018-09-17T09:00
Loren Grush joins Jake and Anthony to talk about whatever the hell SpaceX is going to announce, Opportunity’s troubles, the masterpiece that is Space Craft, and why you never start in Mexico. Listen
10 - A Cafe in Milan from 2018-07-10T09:00
Shannon Stirone joins Jake and Anthony for a deep dive into the history, present, and future of the Deep Space Network.
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09 - Randomly Throwing Money Out Into the Cosmos from 2018-06-12T09:00
Jason Davis joins Jake and Anthony to discuss when and why—but not how—humanity will go to the Moon and Mars. Okay, maybe a little how. And also some space policy talk.
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08 - God Save The Queen from 2018-05-15T09:00
While Anthony is away in Europe, Jake is joined by fellow space podcasters Matt and Jamie from the Interplanetary Podcast to discuss Jake's trip to California to see InSight and what's going on ...
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07 - FLying Around Mars Imaging aNd Geography Observatory from 2018-04-10T09:00
Tanya Harrison joins Jake and Anthony to discuss the James Webb Space Telescope delays, planetary missions and their ability to stay under budget and on time, and the benefits and drawbacks of d...
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05 - The Volume of Anti-Starmanism from 2018-02-13T10:00
Jake and Anthony discuss the few days they spent together in Florida last week to see Falcon Heavy launch, tell a few stories, and work through their feelings on Starman.
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