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Support Space Nuts & Astronomy Daily the Podcast and Help Us Reach Our Goals
Space Nuts and Astronomy Daily are independently produced podcasts (we’re not funded by any government grants, big organisations or companies) and we’re working towards becoming completely listener supported shows...meaning we can do away with the commercials and sponsors. We figure the time can be much better spent on researching and producing stories for you, rather than having to chase sponsors to help us pay the bills and keep the lights on.
By signing up and becoming a supporter, not only do you get to join our vibrant listener community straightaway (and you will make life-long friends) you get immediate access to our extended double episodes of Space Nuts, commercial-free editions of Space Nuts plus Astronomy Daily the Podcast with six commercial-free episodes a week...plus bonus content from time to time. And the satisfaction of knowing you're helping keep the podcasts alive.
You can help us reach our first goal of 1,000 subscribers...at which point the shows becomes financially viable.
Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at Patreon www.patreon.com/spacenuts or Supercast - https://bitesznetwork.supercast.tech/ (Psst: we have bundle options available here)
Or, you may like to get your podcasts via Apple Podcasts, we have a subscription option available there as well.
Thank you....every little bit helps and your support is appreciated. We look forward to welcoming you into the family
Your Podcast Hosts:
Professor Fred Watson
Professor Fred Watson is Australia’s first Astronomer-at-Large, an outreach and advocacy role within the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. He recently relinquished that role but still proudly reminds you that he was 'Australia's first Astronomer at Large'. Fred has now returned to University leturing. You can call him whatever you like now...
He is a graduate of the universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh and worked at both of Britain’s Royal Observatories before joining the Australian Astronomical Observatory as Astronomer-in-Charge in 1995.
Recognised internationally for helping to pioneer the use of fibre optics in astronomy during the 1980s, Fred is best known today for his award-winning radio and TV broadcasts, books, music, dark-sky advocacy and co-hosting the SpaceNuts podcast with Andrew Dunkley.
He holds adjunct professorships in several Australian universities and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010.
He has an asteroid named after him (5691 Fredwatson), but says that if it hits the Earth, it won't be his fault.
Fred's latest book, Exploding Stars and Invisible Planets, was published by Columbia University Press in January 2020.
Andrew Dunkley
Andrew has been a radio broadcaster/journalist since 1984.
He has worked for several Australian radio stations including the ABC (22 years) and these days co-hosts the Space Nuts podcast with Professor Fred Watson discussing astronomy.
Andrew has now retired from fulltime work and it seems he's spending too much time (at least according to his wife, Judy) chasing small white balls around golf courses. And indulging his passion for travel.
His writing started later in life and was prompted by what he learned about his Grandfather's service in WW1, which lead to the publishing of All I See Is Mud. That was followed by a golf book called 5 Irons Don't Float as well as two sci-fi novels, Parallax and The Terranian Enigma.
Andrew lives in Dubbo NSW Australia; is married to Judy with three grown children and is now a Grandfather.
Andrew went through a series of treatments for prostate cancer in 2024 and is keen to get his message out to all men. You can find his inspiring story and message here:
Visit Andrew's Book Shop
Buy any of Andrew's book directly from him with the option for an autograph or whatever you want written in the cover. So make it creative!