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Last Update:  5-3-2008

TV Programs

TV channels are those in the local Central Coast / Southern California area

Discovery Channel - Daily Schedule   Channel 29    Show times are Eastern and Pacific

Discovery Science Channel - Daily ScheduleWeekly Schedule   Channel 120   Show times are Eastern

History Channel - Daily Schedule  Channel 31   Select Pacific time zone.  You can also select Full Day Schedule
History Channel Space 
 

National Geographic Channel - Daily Schedule  Channel 71   Select PT for Pacific time zone show times 
National Geographic Channel - This Week 

NASA TV  available only via satellite TV or webcast, not on cable TV
NASA TV Program Schedule  /  NASA TV Special Programs 

NOVA   airs on PBS, see KCET below
NOVA - TV Schedule  /  NOVA - Program Archive  /  NOVA - Space  /  NOVA - Origins 

PBS KCET - Daily Schedule  Channel 8
PBS KCET - Science & Nature 
PBS KCET - NOVA Programming  

Science, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Exploration Internet Audio & Video Programs

Astronomy Media Player
A listing of the best astronomy-related podcasts from around the world covering general topics,
observing, on-line courses, and observatory podcasts, some of which are listed below.

Arizona Almanac Radio Show     
Ask an Astronomer   excellent free download of informational videos by Cool Cosmos
Astronomy 161:  Lectures  /  Podcasts    Ohio State University lecture series by Richard Pogge  
Astronomy 162:  Lectures  /  Podcasts    Ohio State University lecture series by Richard Pogge
Astronomy a Go Go    monthly sky tour audio program
Astronomy Cast Podcasts   weekly programs by Universe Today's Fraser Cain and Univ. of Southern Illinois Dr. Pamela Gay
Astronomy Magazine Podcasts  
BBC Science  
British Broadcasting Company
Blushift / Episode Listing   NASA Goddard Space Flight Center     Monthly audio programs about astrophysics
Challenger Center Webcasts, Podcasts and Vodcasts  
Chandra X-ray Observatory Podcasts 
Earth & Sky Radio  
European Space Agency Podcasts 
Hubble Space Telescope:  Hubble's Universe Video Podcasts  /  ESA Hubblecast 
Introduction to General Astronomy by Josh Bloom  
Jodcast   Jodrell Band Observatory in England    twice monthly podcasts
JPL Presentation Webcasts   also click link to Webcast Archives     wonderful free videos of JPL presentations
JPL Podcast Archive 
JPL CHARM Cassini-Huygens Saturn Mission   free downloads of fantastic training session materials
Keck Observatory Podcasts    W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii
MIT Presentation Videos    free videos of presentations and lectures for download
NASAcast Podcasts  
NASA Podcasts   audio and video programs
NASA PlanetQuest Podcasts 
NASA Astrobiology Magazine Podcasts  
National Academies - Sounds of Science Podcasts 
National Academy of Engineering WTOP Radio Series    scroll to the bottom of the page for subject categories
National Academy of Sciences - Audio Interviews  / 
National Academy of Sciences - Webcasts  
National Geographic Podcasts 
National Geographic Video Archive  
NOVA Science Now  
free video programs for download 
PlanetQuest  
see NASA PlanetQuest Podcasts above
Planetary Society Radio 
Quirks & Quarks  
CBC Radio
Science@NASA  
Science Friday  
National Public Radio
Science Podcasts 
SETI Radio Program - Are We Alone? 
 archive of past shows for free replay
SkyWatch   audio astro news clips from the Hubble Space Telescope team
Slacker Astronomy Podcasts
  weekly show covering recent astro events accompanied with some humor  
Spitzer Space Telescope Podcasts  
Starizona's Let's Talk Stars   
presentations by David and Wendee Levy 
Sun-Earth Connection Podcasts
The Mechanical Universe  
52 half-hour shows about physics and our Universe by Caltech     free video download & play
The Science Show  
Australia ABC Radio National
The Skies Above Podcasts  
The Space Show   
Universe Today Podcasts  
Why? Science Show for Kids Podcasts  


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