{"podcast":{"title":"PBS Space Time","slug":"pbs-space-time-7778773","podcast_index_feed_id":7778773,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG4094887262","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f982ec76-1991-11f1-8531-1763dcadb313/image/9a88c1c5ae91e65f64e0c1324090ebb9.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"PBS","episode_count":188,"summary":"Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth with our astrophysicist host: Matthew O’Dowd. For all business inquiries and sponsorship opportunities please reach out to: pbsspacetime@lighthouseagents.com Matt O'Dowd spends his time studying the universe, especially really far-away things like quasars, super-massive black holes, and evolving galaxies. He uses telescopes in space to do it. Matt completed his Ph.D. at NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute, followed by work at the University of Melbourne and Columbia University. He's now a professor at the City University of New York's Lehman College and an Associate at the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium. Previous host Gabe Perez-Giz is an astrophysicist who studies black hole physics. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and also hosted PBS Infinite Series. patreon.com/pbsspacetime","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:17:15.545680+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pbs-space-time-7778773"},"episode":{"title":"The Science of the James Webb Telescope Explained!","slug":"the-science-of-the-james-webb-telescope-explained","published_at":"2026-07-12T22:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pbs-space-time-7778773/the-science-of-the-james-webb-telescope-explained","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pbs-space-time-7778773","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG3857589823.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG3857589823.mp3","summary":"Learn More About Henson Shaving: https://hensonshaving.com/PBS PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime You’ve probably heard about the James Webb Space Telescope and seen some cool pictures. But why should astronomers have all the fun? How do we get to use this new toy ourselves? JWST Links: Galactic Hunter JWST image processing guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkdf-LhldPU MAST space telescope archive: https://archive.stsci.edu/ STScI Data Analysis Toolbox: https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/data-analysis-toolbox Anton Petrov: https://youtu.be/w7-2F5ixznM & https://youtu.be/TYxf3W2M7c4 How To Process JWST Images: https://youtu.be/DVuonz26P0w If you're a Space Time fan and you use the JWST (whether it's using the data, colorizing photos or using it in some other interesting way) send us an email @ pbsspacetime@gmail.com with the Subject Line \"Using the JWST\" and we'll try to find a way to shout you out! Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://mailchi.mp/1a6eb8f2717d/spacetime Search the Entire Space Time Library Here: https://search.pbsspacetime.com/ Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Matt O'Dowd Post Production by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini, Pedro Osinski, Caique Oliveira, Adriano Leal & Stephanie Faria GFX Visualizations: Ajay Manuel Directed by Andrew Kornhaber Associate Producer: Bahar Gholipour Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Direct…","meta_description":"Learn More About Henson Shaving: https://hensonshaving.com/PBS PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1488,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pbs-space-time-7778773/episodes/the-science-of-the-james-webb-telescope-explained/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pbs-space-time-7778773/the-science-of-the-james-webb-telescope-explained.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}