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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
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Dr Rich Blundell
This week host Joanna Roche talks with Dr. Rich Blundell of the Maria Mitchell Association. Joanna has Rich tell us about his second year here on Nantucket and…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association
Join Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses Spica, a bright, binary star system in the constellation Virgo. To find Spica…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Henry Michaelis
This week host Joanna Roche talks with photographer Henry Michaelis. Joanna finds out how Henry got to Nantucket and what sparked his interest in photography…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association - Arcturus
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the star Arcturus. Arcturus is a red giant star in the constellation Boötes. This…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association - The Hercules Constellation
Join Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the Hercules constellation. To see Hercules, you will need to head outside after…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Susie Tapley - MAST
This week host Joanna Roche talks with Susie Tapley the founder of MAST. Joanna talks with Susie about how she came up with the idea of MAST and what the…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association - The Constellation Gemini
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the constellation Gemini. Gemini is visible high in the Western Skies after sunset…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Dr. Nia Imara
This week host Joanna Roche talks with Dr. Nia Imara an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at UC Santa Cruz specializing in the study of stars and how they were…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Gordon Jones
This week host Joanna Roche talks with Gordon Jones a Stone Professor of Physics at Hamilton College. Joanna talks with Gordon about his journey to becoming a…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association - The Constellation Draco
Join Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the constellation Draco. The constellation Draco, meaning “dragon” in Latin, is one…
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The Nature of Nantucket with Photographer Bill Hoenk
This week we are speaking with one of Nantucket’s premier photographers, Bill Hoenk. You can see Bill’s fantastic images at…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the constellation Leo. Leo the Lion is best viewed during April and May. Rising…
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Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Jed Williams
This week host Joanna Roche talks with Nantucket High School math teacher Jed Williams. Jed is a Nantucket native who enjoys helping mold the minds of our…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association
Join Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses their Astronomical Observing Experience using the Keck Telescope on top of Mauna…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Jed Williams
This week host Joanna Roche talks with Nantucket High School math teacher Jed Williams. Jed is a Nantucket native who enjoys helping mold the minds of our…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association – The Lyrid Meteor Shower
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the Lyrid Meteor shower. The Lyrid Meteor Shower will last from approximately April…
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Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Izzy Gaw
This week host Joanna Roche talks with Izzy Gaw the Director of the Natural Science Museum for the Maria Mitchell Association. This week Joanna and Izzy…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyrut of Maria Mitchell Association – Exoplanets and the Killing of Star Trek’s Vulcan
Join Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses Exoplanets and the killing of Star Trek’s Vulcan. Exoplanets are planets orbiting…
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Dr. Ursula Goodenough and the Sacred Depths of Nature
In this and the next two episodes of the Nature of Nantucket Podcast we’ll meet an extraordinary scientist. Dr. Ursula Goodenough is a biologist whose many…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association – Planetary Alignment
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she talk planetary alignment. This week the planets Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Venus and Mars will be…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association - The Spring Equinox
Join Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the Spring Equinox. 5:24 pm on March 20th marked the Spring Equinox, also known as…
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Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket – Dr. Amy Hinson
Join Joanna Roche as she speaks with Dr. Amy Hinson about the Science behind Forensics and her experience teaching at Nantucket High School. Dr. Hinson will be…
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Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association – Zodiacal Light
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the zodiacal light. The zodiacal light is a cone of light in the sky visible after…
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Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Dr. Regina Jorgenson
Joanna Roache and Dr. Regina Jorgenson sit and talk about Dr. Jorgenson’s role with the Maria Mitchell Association as the Director of Astronomy. Dr Jorgenson…
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Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association - Charles Messier and the Messier Marathon
Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association discusses Charles Messier and the world-wide Messier Marathon at night the weekend before the new moon…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Let's Botanize with Jacob and Benjamin
This week host Joanna Roche talks with PhD botanists Jacob Suissa and Benjamin Edward Goulet-Scott of Let's Botanize, democratizing the study of plant biology…
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Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association – Asteroid 2011 AG5
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the asteroid 2011 AG5. A few weeks ago asteroid 2011 AG5 came within 1.1 million miles…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Dr. Blundell
Joanna Roche and Dr. Rich Blundell Sit talk and talk about Dr. Blundell's first six months on Nantucket, the life of Maria Mitchell, and his Earth Walk & Talk…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Art and Science Storytelling with Dakota Lacroix Part 3
Listeners may know that Maria Mitchell was an advocate for bringing more imagination, beauty and poetry (also known as art) into the sciences. Her perspective…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association – Sirius
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses the star Sirius. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, can currently be seen…
The Nature of NantucketMaria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Captain Daniel Bursch
Join Joanna Roche on this week’s episode of the Nature of Nantucket podcast as she sits down with former NASA astronaut and US Navy Captain (Ret.), Daniel…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association - JWST Image Release of Pandora's Cluster
Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association discusses the new NASA James Webb Space Telescope image of the region known as Pandora’s Cluster, located…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Art and Science Storytelling with Dakota Lacroix Part 2
Listeners may know that Maria Mitchell was an advocate for bringing more imagination, beauty and poetry (also known as art) into the sciences. Her perspective…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association – Sunspots
Join Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association as she discusses Sunspots. Sunspots are areas of the surface of the Sun that appear darker than the…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Maria Mitchell Assoc – The Nature of Nantucket - Art and Science Storytelling with Dakota Lacroix Part 1
Listeners may know that Maria Mitchell was an advocate for bringing more imagination, beauty and poetry (also known as art) into the sciences. Her perspective…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association - Canis Major and Canis Minor
Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association discusses the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor. To see the constellations, head outside after…
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The Nature of Nantucket with Samantha Denette and Emily Molden
Joanna Roche, Samantha Denette and Emily Molden chat about their roll's here on the island and the projects they are currently focused on. Samantha is with the…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association - Light Pollution
Michele Woodland of the Maria Mitchell Association discusses A new study, released just last week, has shown that over the past decade, the brightness of the…
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The Nature of Nantucket with Joanna Roche and Julia Blyth
Julia Blyth, Maria Mitchell Associations Biological Collection Manager, sits down with host Joanna Roche to talk about the MMA collections and why it serves as…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association - Green Comet
Fiona Powers Ozyurt of the Maria Mitchell Association discusses a rare green comet named “Comet 2022 E3 ZTF.” To see the comet, grab some binoculars or a small…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association
In Seattle, Washington the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society is being held. The Maria Mitchell Association sent its six summer astronomy…
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Ginger Andrews on Nantucket's Christmas Bird Count
This week we speak with our favorite birder and Nantucket Native Ginger Andrews about the Annual Christmas Bird Count and her philosophies on science, art and…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Dena Haden on Art and the Nature of Nantucket - Part 2
The Maria Mitchell Association is committed not only to good science, but also, in the words of Maria Mitchell herself, to infuse science with a bit more…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Dena Haden on Art and the Nature of Nantucket
The Maria Mitchell Association is committed not only to good science, but also, in the words of Maria Mitchell herself, to infuse science with a bit more…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Dr. Ursula Goodenough and the Sacred Depths of Nature - Part Three
This is the third and final part of our conversation with the molecular biologist, Dr. Ursula Goodenough, where we explore the human dimensions of the story of…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association - Orion
To see the Orion constellation, head outside around 9:00pm and look to the eastern sky. You’ll notice the bright and reddish colored planet Mars located just…
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Dr. Ursula Goodenough and the Sacred Depths of Nature - Part Two
In this part-two of three we continue our conversation with Dr. Ursula Goodenough. Dr. Goodenough is a molecular biologist whose many distinctions include…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association - Saturn
Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, can currently be seen looking southwest after sunset. The planet can be seen with the naked eye, but with a small…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Dr. Ursula Goodenough and the Sacred Depths of Nature
In this and the next two episodes of the Nature of Nantucket Podcast we’ll meet an extraordinary scientist. Dr. Ursula Goodenough is a biologist whose many…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association
In this week’s star report, Fiona Powers Ozyurt discusses The Geminid meteor shower and how it will be visible December 13-14. To catch a glimpse of some…
- The Nature of Nantucket
The Nature of Nantucket with Photographer Bill Hoenk
This week we are speaking with one of Nantucket’s premier photographers, Bill Hoenk. You can see Bill’s fantastic images at…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, is currently visible low in the Eastern sky after sunset. Mars appears red even to the naked eye due to the large amounts…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Nature of Nantucket with Dan Drake
Join Joanna Roche and Dan Drake, former MMA Board President and current president of The Linda Loring Foundation as they talk about Dan’s relationship to Maria…
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Art, Science, Culture and the Nature of Nantucket with Rita Leduc Part 2
This week Dr. Blundell continues his conversation with the Visual Artist, Rita Leduc. In part one we explored the under-acknowledged artistic and imaginative…
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Star Report with Fiona Powers Ozyurt of Maria Mitchell Association
Fiona Powers Ozyurt from the Maria Mitchell Association tells us all about the Pleiades star cluter located in the constellation Taurus the bull. The Pleiades…
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Art, Science, Culture and the Nature of Nantucket with the Visual Artist, Rita Leduc
In part one of this two-part episode, Dr. Rich Blundell speaks with the visual artist Rita Leduc. Rita and Dr. Blundell have been collaborating on a series of…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association
Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association talks about Jupiter, the 5th planet from our Sun, and how it can be seen shining brightly in the Southern sky…
- The Nature of Nantucket
The Nature of Nantucket with Dr. Blundell
Joanna Roache and Dr. Rich Blundell Sit and talk about Dr. Blundell's first six months on Nantucket, the life of Maria Mitchell, and his Earth Walk & Talk…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Star Report with Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association
Michele Woodland of Maria Mitchell Association talks about how on Tuesday, November 8th, a total lunar eclipse will be visible from Nantucket. The maximum…
- The Nature of Nantucket
Nantucket Creature Feature: Field Crickets and Eastern Towhees with Dr. Rich Blundell
This week, Dr. Rich Blundell brings you a special, creature double feature edition of the Nature of Nantucket podcast. This episode serves as a fond farewell…