{"podcast":{"title":"Looking Up","slug":"looking-up-176431","podcast_index_feed_id":176431,"rss_url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/11dda1d/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/1400x1400!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2F48%2F121aeafe472697daabb8ce926f4b%2Flookingupnewcover.png","author":"Dean Regas (rsalerno@cinradio.org)","episode_count":20,"summary":"Join Dean Regas, astronomer, author, and space expert on a journey through the stars! Guests from all over the globe bring their knowledge and passion about today’s latest scientific discoveries and advancements. From eclipses to supernovas, from rockets to rovers; there’s a whole universe to explore! Dean is the author of “How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto” and “100 Things to See in the Night Sky” and was the longtime host of PBS' Stargazers television program. Looking Up is a production of Cincinnati Public Radio.Subscribe:AppleSpotifyNPRiHeartRadioAmazonPocket CastsRSS Feed","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:17:05.319388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431"},"episode":{"title":"Bringing the universe down to Earth (with Kat Troche)","slug":"bringing-the-universe-down-to-earth-with-kat-troche","published_at":"2026-06-19T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431/bringing-the-universe-down-to-earth-with-kat-troche","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431","url":"https://www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up/2026-06-19/bringing-the-universe-down-to-earth-with-kat-troche","audio_url":"https://cpr-od.streamguys1.com/Podcasts/20260618163301-KatTrocheMixV2.mp3?show=lookingup&srcid=wvxu-website%20","summary":"How do you feel about the universe? Is it scary, you know with how large it is? How far way everything is? Is it intimidating when astronomers talk about time in millions and billions of years? Okay, on the surface it’s intimidating. But there are lots of people out there who have made it their mission, sometimes dedicating years to volunteering, and a few well-paying careers, just to bring the universe down to Earth. Dean Regas chats with Kat Troche, project coordinator for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, to learn more.","meta_description":"How do you feel about the universe? Is it scary, you know with how large it is? How far way everything is? Is it intimidating when astronomers talk about…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1020,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/looking-up-176431/episodes/bringing-the-universe-down-to-earth-with-kat-troche/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/looking-up-176431/bringing-the-universe-down-to-earth-with-kat-troche.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}