Off-Nominal

Laura Forczyk joins Jake and Anthony to talk about her new book, Becoming Off-Worldly: Learning from Astronauts to Prepare for Your Spaceflight Journey.

Marina Koren of The Atlantic joins Anthony and Jake to talk about the James Webb Space Telescope and her coverage of it from development through deployment.

Jake and Anthony are joined by Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO of Voyager Space Holdings, founder of Space for Humanity, and commercial astronaut on Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-19.

Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, joins Anthony and Jake to talk about the making of his epic Soviet rocket engine video.

Jeff Foust of SpaceNews joins Anthony and Jake to talk about 2021 in space and what is coming our way in 2022. We may even make some predictions that you can call us on next year.

Jake and Anthony are joined by Matthew Russell of the The Interplanetary Podcast to unveil the 2021 Off-Nominees.

Anthony is leaving his full-time job and is going the independent route, just as Jake did 2 years ago. We’ll talk about Anthony’s decision, what Jake has learned after 2 years of independence, and what both of us are planning for 2022.

Anthony has an exciting life update to announce, and we are joined by the wonderful John Kraus, official photographer of Inspiration4 and all around good taker of pictures, to talk about his process and work.

Come hang out with us for our inaugural Off-Nominal Happy Hour!

Jake and Anthony are joined by Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. We’ll be talking about Russia’s latest endangerment to the ISS—their anti-satellite operation that resulted in a huge debris field—and about how Jonathan does all the excellent work he does tracking launches, satellites, and where everything in space is going.

Jake and Anthony are joined by two returning favorites, Loren Grush and Miriam Kramer, to talk about Loren’s time away from the space news grind, and Miriam’s excellent podcast following Inspiration4.