TV & Webcasts


TV Programs (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 Schedule Weekly 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   check the upper right corner for selected Time Zone (PT)
National Geographic – Science

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
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Podcasts
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