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<title>Bad Astronomy: Q &#38; BA (q and ba)</title>
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<description>Q and BA is the videoblog from Bad Astronomy (www.badastronomy.com), where every week astronomer Phil Plait answers reader questions. Got a cosmic question you want answered? The sky's the limit!</description>
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<itunes:subtitle>Cosmic Q and A with a professional astronomer!</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Astronomer Phil Plait from www.badastronomy.com answers questions submitted by readers of his blog. Funny, informative, and entertaining. Hey-- science can be cool!</itunes:summary>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q &amp; BA Episode 7.5: Suspended Animation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Q and BA Episode 7.5: Suspended Animation<br/><br/>The show is going on hiatus for a while so I can get my schedule under control. For complete notes, please see the Bad Astronomy Blog. (http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/03/25/q-and-ba-episode-75-suspended-animation/).<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 7: By Any Other Name</title>
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<description><![CDATA[What's in a name? That depends on the catalog you're looking at!<br/><br/>Show notes are available on the Bad Astronomy Blog.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>The Bad Astronomer</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 6: I Am Your Density</title>
<link>http://badastronomy.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=191190#</link>
<description><![CDATA[Space is&nbsp; vacuum? That sucks!<br/><br/>For show notes, go to the&nbsp;Bad Astronomy Blog: http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/03/11/q-and-ba-episode-6-i-am-your-density/.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>Q and BA Episode 6: I Am Your Density</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 5: Spin Doctor</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Let's take the Moon out for a spin! <br/><br/>Shownotes are on my blog at: http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/03/04/q-ba-episode-5-spin-doctor/<br/><br/><br type="_moz"/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 4 Mar 2007 23:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:duration>00:06:19</itunes:duration>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q &amp; BA Episode 4a: The Gravity of the Situation (audio)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the audio-only version of Q &amp; BA Episode 4: The Gravity of the Situation.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q &amp; BA Episode 4: The Gravity of the Situation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ah, the feel of someone in your arms. You're so close, you can swear you feel their gravity drawing the two of you together... or could it be from something else? <br/><br/>Plus, I screwed up last week, and I admit it.<br/><br/>For show notes, go to http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/?p=1232.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 3a : The Farthest Star (audio only)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the audio only version of Q and BA Episode 3: The Farthest Star.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>How far away can you see?</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 3: The Farthest Star</title>
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<description><![CDATA[What's the farthest star you can see with your naked eye? Turns out it's quite a blockbuster! Yet we only see a tiny fraction of our Galaxy. What else is out there to surprise us?<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>How far away can you see?</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 2a: Journey to the Center of the Sun (audio only)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the audio only version of Q and BA Episode 2: Journey to the Center of the Sun. For more information, see the blog entry for Episode 2:<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 1a: Galaxies (audio only)</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 2: Journey to the Center of the Sun</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Episode 2 of Q and BA answers the question, &quot;How dense is the center of the Sun?&quot; Turns out it's pretty frakkin' dense. After that, I go on a bit of a free-style discussion of how the Sun makes energy, and just how much it makes (hint: a LOT). Oh yeah-- there are marshmallows, too.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Q and BA Episode 1: Galaxies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Q and BA Episode 2: Galaxies<br/><br/>The very first episode of Q and BA deals with galaxies, those pretty and pretty weird island universes of gas, dust, and billions of stars. What shapes do they come in? What kind do we live in? Can you see 'em your very own self? All this and more is answered by me, Phil Plait, an astronomer and budding video star.<br/><br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 8 Feb 2007 21:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle>Q and BA Episode 1: Galaxies</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Introducing Q &#38; BA!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Introducing &quot;Q&amp;BA&quot;, the new feature of the <a href="http://www.badastronomy.com">Bad Astronomy Blog</a>! Every week, I'll make a new videoblog answering reader questions about astronomy. The first vid goes up on Monday, February 5, 2007. If you have a question for me, send it to thebadastronomer &quot;at&quot; gmail &quot;dot&quot; com or post it on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?t=53094">Bad Astronomy and Universe Today</a> forum.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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