Just me this time, talking about why I wanted to start this podcast about solar and space physics and its research community. I also tackle the pressing question of...why banjo music.

An interview with Kat Davidson, a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University, about...well...the auroral zone! And roller coasters. And being a first-gen scientist.

An interview with Robert Allen, a space scientist at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. He tells us about leading a survey of early career researchers in the field, including the recommendations they derived from the findings. He also tells us about being a dad of a toddler.

An interview with Michael Rycroft, who is retired from his career as a space scientist working at several places around England and is now living in Cambridge, England. He talks about his recently-published paper highlighting some major moments in his work life. He also mentions his fun encounter with David Attenborough, on a trip way down south near Antarctica.

An interview with Gwen Hanley, a research scientist at the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley. She talks about her new paper on a very peculiar space environment day...at Mars. And she reveals the answer to that pressing question of whether she would take the one-way trip to the Red Planet.

Welcome to Auroral Zone, a podcast about solar and space physics and its research community.