Our position inside the Milky Way doesn't give us an advantageous view of our galaxy. But that doesn't mean we haven't found a way around it. Joined by Dr GyuChul Myeong, we explore how we make sense of the Milky Way and its past collision with the Gaia-Sausage galaxy. If you are interested in my book, here is a link to the crowdfunding page.…

In the last episode, we looked at how stars end up dead. So Chris has an important follow-up: can you find a way to heal and save a dying star? #InvisibleRainbows

Our Sun and many other stars will become larger later in life. But is this a condition common to all stars? Guest questioner Francis wonders about the future of stars and their ultimate demise!

Join me fresh off the back of my adventure across Mexico, as I explore how accurate Tomb Raider's presentation of Mexico, Aztec, and Maya civilisation is ingame vs reality. --- 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭:https://twitter.com/RaidercastPod​​https://twitter.com/chriscarpinetihttps://www.instagram.com/raidercast​​https://www.instagram.com/chriscarpinetihttps…

In this episode, we tackle the peculiar carbonado diamond, a black diamond that looks very different from the glittering gems we might be more familiar with. And we will discover that its origin might be out of this world! Carbonado Diamond going on auction Invisible Rainbows

Planets in sci-fi are often portrayed as having a single climate, but how truthful is that idea? This audience question gets the full treatment from Alfredo & Chris as they deal with the tatooines, hoths, risas, synnaxes of the real universe!

Join us in this unplanned video & audio diary as we go after the April 8 total solar eclipse in Mexico. For the video version: https://youtu.be/SR00jigmgR0?si=LKLYaoqvq_YaUo6V For #InvisibleRainbows: https://unbound.com/books/invisible-rainbows

Guests Laurie and Steve return to Raidercast in a special sequel to Season 2's Remakes and Ports episode - as the stars aligned, we now actually have remasters! Here are our breakdowns of things we love, things we don't, and things we'd love to see.

Marine Conservation and Tomb Raider Lara Croft faces many underwater beasties during her quests, however are these marine menaces actually misunderstood? I spoke to Tomb Raider fan and activist Bernardo Hautenne from Blue Religion, a marine conservation group based in Mexico, and asked how the game's creatures measure up to their real-life counterp…

In this episode, I speak to clinical psychologist and Tomb Raider Dr Amy Goodrum about the positive benefits video games can have on players, and how the media's portrayal of video games as the cause of violent and aggressive behavior isn't as clear cut as they'd have us believe. -------Follow Amy on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/arkraiderms-------…

Well, we made it at last. Alfredo's TR3 journey has concluded, but you had many questions for him. We gathered a big bunch of them, combined some, and I fired them at him for a special episode. ---- If you'd like to support Alfredo's book crowdfund, check it out here: https://unbound.com/books/invisible-rainbows ---- Follow Alf at: https://twitter.…

The Astroholic Explains Xmas Special is inspired by Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics on the 100th anniversary of the author's birth. Join us for an imaginative tale, not fantasy nor sci-fi, but one based on science facts: the formation of elements in stars and how they spread across the universe. ✨ And if you are interested in my book, here is a link to…

I'm writing a book all about the astronomy we do with the light we cannot see with our own eyes. It's called Invisible Rainbows and features astronomers from all around the world. If you are interested in finding out more and maybe pledge for a copy, click on this link.

Join special guest Nina as she recalls her top five most terrifying Tomb Raider moments for this Raidercast Halloween episode! 👻Follow Nina at: https://twitter.com/theneensspeechFollow Chris at:https://twitter.com/RaidercastPod​​https://twitter.com/chriscarpinetihttps://www.instagram.com/raidercast​​https://www.instagram.com/chriscarpinetiRaidercas…

Can you believe it? CAN YOU? It's finally actually happening, after all this time. What a time to be a Tomb Raider fan! Music by: https://www.youtube.com/@Ambyion Nathan McCree Peter Connelly Follow along: https://www.youtube.com/@raidercast https://instagram.com/raidercast https://Twitter.com/raidercastpod https://www.threads.net/@raidercast https…

Should Lara have a team of Raiders in future Tomb Raider games? Our thought experiment dives into this controversial hypothetical scenario. Follow Hedi over on Twitter @Hedteur Got an idea for a future episode? Want to become a guest? Or even just for feedback, contact me here:https://raidercast.co/get-in-touch/-------------------------------------…

In this episode, Alfredo and Chris are joined by cosmologist Professor Peter Coles. Together they explore the limits of the visible universe, whether finite or infinite, why there is no center, and what might be beyond the most distant region we can see.

We don't know and will likely never know what happened before the Big Bang, but Chris is curious about it, so we take a journey in the land before time and space!

Join me and Jonathon in the latest Tomb Raider podcast as we go back into the closet. More specifically, Lara's closet at Croft Manor! We take the deepest of dives into Lara's eclectic fashion, analysing her impact during 90s girl power up to her present incarnation, and ask ourselves: what IS Lara's look? Follow Jonathon here: https://twitter.com/…

Conspiracy theories and misconceptions about the Moon extend far beyond the Moon-landing! In this episode, we take a trip 4.5 billion years into the past to witness how Luna came to be.

We sat down with KeShawn Ivory to talk about satellite galaxies, something weird happening around the Milky Way, and how it feels to win a major award from the Royal Astronomical Society!

In another Angel of Darkness special, I speak to celebrated Tomb Raider fan and author Jenni Milward about her creation of 'Path of the Black Alchemist' - the sequel to 2003's AOD. Release date: July 1st, 2023 www.jrmilward.com

Happy twenty years of the Angel of Darkness! Lara's sixth outing is the focus of June's Raidercast, and there's no better way to celebrate than by inviting the legend behind it all to talk to us about the dark and twisted legacy that hides behind that story. Please welcome Murti Schofield. Visit Murti's website here: www.murtischofield.com#TombRaid…

This episode starts with a whimsical question of what could we grow on Mars that we could use in a cocktail or mocktail, but we quickly expand on some important topics like what future space travelers might need in order to survive and ways to make agriculture on Earth more sustainable. And it all starts with a delicious cocktail designed by a team…

When we think of asteroid impacts, we often just picture Chicxulub and the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, 66 million years ago. But asteroid impacts can be less impactful to life, like the Popigai and Chesapeake impactors - not as big as Chicxulub but still big enough to create craters of over 80 kilomet…

We talk about everything, everywhere all at once as we enter the multiverse! In this episode, we describe some ideas that scientists have proposed to explain things we see in the universe with no explanation, or simply to indulge in the idea of parallel dimensions.

In this episode, we focus on alternative energy approaches for future missions to Mars. NASA Ames' Dr Victoria Hartwick has recently published research about utilizing wind power on Mars, showing that it is not all solar or nuclear when it comes to exploring other worlds in the Solar System.

In this episode, we talk all about JUICE, the European Space Agency mission that launches today April 13 to study the Icy moons of Jupiter (Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) and the Jovian system - and also why I am in Germany to make a mocktail!

Not every Tomb Raider game wraps up everything in a neat little package, and over the years we've accumulated many unfinished story threads. Join me as I explore which elements across the series might pop up again in the future! Links to explore: Murti's Website and AOD Archive: https://murtischofield.com/ The Myth of El Hawa: https://youtu.be/ti2n…

Happy birthday Lara! It's been three years since I started Raidercast, and to mark the occasion, I wanted to share something old I found. ----------------------------------------------- Got an idea for a future episode? Want to become a guest? Or even just for feedback, contact me here: https://raidercast.co/get-in-touch/ --------------------------…

Welcome back to a new series of Raidercast, a podcast all about the myths, monsters, and adventures of Lara Croft's world. In this episode I fire up Chatgpt - a new AI chat bot - to test its knowledge of Tomb Raider in the form of short stories, movie scripts, and even poems. Check it for yourself here: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ ------------…

Our Christmas Special this year is a little tale of realistic sci-fi, set just a few years from now. An astronaut is being interrogated about the events that took place in a space station around the Moon: The Gateway. Playing the characters are Chris and Alfredo, with a cameo from the ever-wonderful Katy Evans.…

Alfredo, star of First Time Tomb Raider 1 and also coincidentally my husband, recently finished his first playthrough for Tomb Raider 2 for the game's 25th anniversary. It was a hell of a journey, and if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend checking it out! This episode highlights his thoughts and feelings about Lara's adventure to swipe the fab…

Measuring the length of a day on Earth is relatively easy thanks to the Sun and stars. But it isn't as easy on some of the other planets, and astronomers had to get pretty clever to actually achieve those measurements. We spoke to Dr Chris Mankovich who was able to measure the length of a day on Saturn via an ingenious method.…

We got to play with a Unistellar telescope and even collect data about an exoplanet, to learn we talked with Unistellar Chief Scientific Officer Dr Franck Marchis

In the zone of avoidance, far from us, something is pulling the Milky Way and so many other galaxies. It is time to meet The Great Attractor, a fascinating gravitational object.

In this episode, we turn back time to the moment known as cosmic dawn ready to understand the first stars and how they changed the Universe. A guiding light in this journey is Dr Emma Chapman, author of the book First Light.

On Earth, quakes are caused by the motion of the tectonic plates. Quakes also happen on the Moon and Mars without them, and Chris is curious to find out how they occur as well as to listen to one of these outer-world quakes.

In this episode, Chris is curious about a particular technique that allows building virtual radio telescopes the size of our planet, like the Event Horizon Telescope. So we invited an expert to tell us about radio interferometry and the Square Kilometer Array, the project that will push radio astronomy to new heights.…

There is something wrong with our model of the Universe. New data suggests that our assumptions about the cosmos are not all correct. Join us as we unravel the tension in the expansion rate of the Universe.

Pulsars are the focus of this episode and we speak to radio astronomer Rami Mandow over in Australia to discuss how precise measurements of these fascinating objects have been used as a galaxy-spanning gravitational wave observatory.

I sat down with archaeology lecturer and big Tomb Raider fan Dr Christopher Lowman to chat about the "do's and definitely don'ts" of Lara Croft's specific brand of archaeology! In this episode we cover the first three games, but don't fret - Chris will return for a future episode to explore the histories behind The Last Revelation, Chronicles, and …

Chris' gym workout on a machine he erroneously called "the booty blaster" inspired this episode where we discuss if it's possible to create something that will last as long as the universe. And that led us to a question for you, dear listener.

Strength, courage, confidence, support. These are just some of the words used by Tomb Raider's LGBTQIA community to describe their connection to Lara Croft, and how she empowers us in day-to-day life. Sit back and experience the stories of the people whose lives were changed, and even saved, because of Lara Croft. Happy Pride, everyone! -----------…

Join special guest Keaton and me as we embark on a melodic journey through some of our favourite pieces of Tomb Raider music from across the whole series! Got an idea for a future episode? Want to become a guest? Or even just for feedback, contact me here: https://raidercast.co/get-in-touch/ Follow Keaton: https://twitter.com/KeatonDJohns ---------…

Tomb Raider has a stellar lineup of diabolical villains. In this episode, myself and a special guest discuss a handful of the series ne'er-do-wells, and ask the question: 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭? Billy's Instagram: https://instagram.com/geek_raider Got an idea for a future episode? Want to become a guest? Or even just for feedback, contact me her…

Since the burning issue was so popular, I really wanted to share what was sent to me because a LOT of people had very strong opinions, some raise great points, and some are particularly entertaining! Thanks to everyone who contributed via Instagram. Follow Raidercast behind the scenes at: https://twitter.com/RaidercastPod https://www.instagram.com/…

Back in October and November 2021, in the spirit of the 25th anniversary of TR1, I introduced my husband to Tomb Raider. Here's how he got on, and answers your questions! (And yes, he'll be playing Tomb Raider 2 this year.) This episode went out earlier on the Raidercast Youtube channel, so some of you may have heard it before. Follow Alf at: https…

Welcome to the third Raidercast In Partnership with TombRaider! I sat down with Kam Yu, Sze Jones, and Rob Cheng from Crystal Dynamics to talk about the development of 2008's Tomb Raider Underworld. ---------------------------------------------------- Follow along behind the scenes: https://twitter.com/Raidercastpod…

From tombs and skeletal remains to ghosts and everlasting life, Lara's world presents a mixed view of what happens when we die. But while the topic might seem grim, the series presents a surprisingly hopeful view on it: this is Death In Tomb Raider. Follow Simply Brit: https://twitter.com/imSimplyBritt https://www.twitch.tv/simplybrit/ Follow Truly…