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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
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
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.
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Beginning of Winter
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about what causes the seasons.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Kim Schulam
On this episode, host Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association speaks with Kim Schulam, Stranding Coordinator for the Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Geminid Meteor Shower
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about what a meteor shower is and how to see it.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Jascin Finger
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche, Executive Director of the Maria Mitchell Association, sits down with Jascin Finger, Deputy Director, curator…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Cosmic Rays
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about Cosmic Rays and how they affect the Earth.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Interstellar Comet
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the interstellar comet which is flying past the Earth and then…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Dr. Jackie Milingo Part 2
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche, Executive Director of the Maria Mitchell Association, welcomes back Dr. Jackie Milingo, the MMA’s Director of…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Dr. Jackie Milingo
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche, Executive Director of the Maria Mitchell Association, welcomes back Dr. Jackie Milingo, the MMA’s Director of…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Celestial Navigation
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about how Nantucket’s Whaleships navigated the oceans.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Nikoline Bohr
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche sits down with Nikoline Bohr who is an artist, treasure hunter, and program assistant at the Maria Mitchell…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Astronomical Observatories
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about how astronomers get their data at Observatories.
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Fly Me to the Moon
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about how astronauts may soon return to the Moon.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – John Barentine
This week on the show, host Joanna Roche sits down with John Barentine, Principal Consultant and Expert at Dark Sky Consulting, for an engaging conversation…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Daylight Savings Time
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about Daylight Savings Time and why we have it.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Elisa Kermani
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche, Executive Director of the Maria Mitchell Association, welcomes Elisa Kermani who is the MMA’s Natural Science…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Dark Skies on Nantucket
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about some threats to Nantucket’s dark skies.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Dr. Jackie Milingo
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche, Executive Director of the Maria Mitchell Association, sits down with Dr. Jackie Milingo, the new Director of…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Exoplanets
Geoff Clayton is an Astronomer at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about planets orbiting other stars.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – RJ Turcotte - PFAS
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association continues her conversation with RJ Turcotte, Nantucket’s Water Keeper, exploring…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Stardust
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about what interests him most in astronomy: dust in…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – RJ Turcotte
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association sits down with RJ Turcotte, Nantucket’s Water Keeper, to hear his inspiring…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Craters on the Moon
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about what caused all the craters on the Moon and…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Silas Gilbert
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche sits down with Silas Gilbert, Head Brewer at Cisco Brewers for the past eight and a half years. Silas and Joanna…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Gravitational Waves
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about gravitational waves produced by two black…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – John Barentine
This week on the show, host Joanna Roche sits down with John Barentine, Principal Consultant and Expert at Dark Sky Consulting, for an engaging conversation…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Life on Mars
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about new evidence for Life on Mars.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Ginger Andrews – Field Trip
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche welcomes Ginger Andrews, Field Ornithologist for the Maria Mitchell Association. They dive into the details of the…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Precession of the Earth
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about precession and the big effects it has on the…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – James Currie
On this episode, host Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association welcomes James Currie, National Geographic TV host, author, and passionate…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Saturn
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about what’s going with Saturn, the second largest…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Elizabeth “Betsy” Sherman
Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association sits down with Elizabeth “Betsy” Sherman, Professor Emerita of Biology at Bennington College in Vermont, to…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Strange Clouds In The Sky
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about strange clouds produced by rocket launches.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Jeannie Esti
Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association sits down with Jeannie Esti, CEO of Compagna Enterprises, whose name—meaning “partner” in Italian—reflects her…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Life On Other Planets
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell…
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Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Kimberly Schulam
This week, host Joanna Roche sits down with Kimbery Schulam, the Stranding Coordinator for Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket. Kimberly takes us on her journey…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Meteorites
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about a new meteorite that crashed into a house and…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Christina Norman - Green Crab Week
On this week’s episode of “The Nature of Nantucket,” host Joanna Roche welcomes Christina Norman, Aquarium Director at the Maria Mitchell Association, for a…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Perseid Meteor Shower
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about how and when to view the Perseid Meteor…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Anya Freeman
This week on the podcast, host Joanna Roche welcomes Anya Freeman, founder and CEO of Kind Designs, a groundbreaking company using 3D printing to create living…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Satellites
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about seeing satellites in the night sky.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Kike Calvo
On this episode of the Maria Mitchell Association’s podcast, host Joanna Roche speaks with renowned photographer, author, and National Geographic Explorer Kike…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – Black Hole Mergers
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the merger of two giant black holes.
- The Nature of Nantucket
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…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – A New Interstellar Comet
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the recent discovery of a comet which comes…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Ben Allen of the Ben Allen Band
On this episode of The Nature of Nantucket, host Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association chats with country music artist Ben Allen of the Ben Allen…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – What causes the seasons
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about why it is Summer even though the Earth is at…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Denice Kronau
In this episode of the Maria Mitchell Association podcast The Nature of Nantucket, host Joanna Roche sits down with beloved Nantucket personality and author…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – What is a Black Hole?
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about black holes and how they form.
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Geoff Clayton of the Maria Mitchell Association – The Rubin Observatory First Images
Geoff Clayton is the Interim Director of Astronomy at the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Geoff talks about the release of the first amazing images of…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Christina Norman
In this episode of the Maria Mitchell Association podcast Nature of Nantucket, host Joanna Roche is joined by Christina Norman, Aquarium Manager at MMA, for a…