{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a66c2987-b281-546d-88ef-0238e370a61d/fa0f2a7a-5263-4634-8132-44a11730176b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 2: Space Junk - Humanity Star! With Dr Ben Pope","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/610bf47e74807530859721f6/610bf49bfbf8e200123fff46.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Part 2 of my conversation with visiting NASA Sagan Fellow and exoplanet-studying astrophysicist Dr Ben Pope is a lot like a Jane Austen novel. We unpack our prejudice against the Humanity Star and Musk&#39;s space Tesla, we spend a lot of time talking about money and the elite, and ultimately find common ground in our mutual embarrassment about Australia&#39;s obsession with STEM. <br>\nWe hope you enjoy this wild ride through politics, philosophy, sociology and stolen biccies. </p>\n\n<p>Ben did his undergraduate degree in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Sydney. He then completed a PhD at Balliol College, Oxford, where he most notably competed on the winning team in University Challenge, 2017. Ben currently lives in the USA where he researches exoplanets.</p>\n       <p>Support this show <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"payment\" href=\"http://supporter.acast.com/space-junk-podcast\">http://supporter.acast.com/space-junk-podcast</a>.</p> ","author_name":"That's Not Canon Productions"}