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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2025. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts!

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Special guests Alana Nisperos and Elettra Piacentino.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:35 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Alana

10:30 - Advert: Hot Drinks at Starducks

11:36 - Grab & Go Papers

26:10 - Advert: TangleTamer

27:14 - Single-Origin Brew: Gabi + Elettra

39:57 - Percolator: How old is astrochemistry?

52:03 - Chalkboard

Elettra's paper: https://arxiv.o...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2025.

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Special guests Patrick Sheehan and Jane Huang.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

2:18 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Patrick

13:12 - Advert: Thanksgiving at Starducks

14:27 - Grab & Go Papers

27:16 - Advert: GobbleStopper

28:21 - Single-Origin Brew: Brett + Jane

41:20 - Percolator: Publicly Available Datasets

49:19 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2025.

Ilsa Cooke co-hosts.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Coffee Chat: Brett + Ilsa

38:22 - Advert: Fall Flavors at Starducks

39:19 - Grab & Go Papers

51:31 - Advert: LeafBeGone 3000

52:28 - Percolator: Publicly Available Datasets

58:51 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Papers and Links from the Percolator:

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2025.

Guests this month are Jenny Calahan and Martin Cordiner. Gabi Wenzel co-hosts.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Coffee Chat: Gabi + Jenny

16:25 - Advert: Last Rays Latte from Starducks

17:25 - Grab & Go Papers

30:29 - Advert: SunSlinger

31:45 - Single-Origin Brew: Martin + Brett

59:40 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Jenny's Paper: https://ar...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of July 2025.

Guests this month are Becky Rapf and Stephen Kocheril. Ilsa Cooke co-hosts.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Coffee Chat: Becky + Brett

12:20 - Advert: Nebula Freeze from Starducks

13:21 - Grab & Go Papers

32:47 - Advert: Solar Eclipse Grilling

33:39 - Single-Origin Brew: Ilsa Cooke + Stephen Kocheril

54:14 - Percolator: The first interstellar comet

1:01 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on ou...

Hello Everyone! Just a quick note here to let you all know that Astrochem Coffee for July of this year will be delayed just a bit due to summer holidays (the Dougs have collectively decided to take a vacation to Menorca for the next couple of weeks). This month's episode will come out mid-August, and then we'll back to regularly scheduled episode drops in early September. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer holidays as well.

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Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2025.

Guests this month are Izaskun Jimenez-Serra and Bernadette Broderick. Franciele Kruczkiewicz and Gabi Wenzel co-host.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Coffee Chat: Franciele + Izaskun

19:34 - Advert: Celestial Cold Brew from Starducks

21:36 - Grab & Go Papers

40:28 - Advert: AstroSnipper 3000

42:08 - Single-Origin Brew: Gabi Wenzel + Bernadette Broderick

1:02:00 - Barista Bootcamp: Desorption from ices

1:27:00 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week ar...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2025.

Guests this month are Ugo Jacovella and Marten Raaphorst. Alex Byrne and Divita Gupta co-host.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:37 - Coffee Chat: Divita Gupta + Ugo Jacovella

19:34 - Advert: Solar Sips from Starducks

21:36 - Grab & Go Papers

40:28 - Advert: Sprout-Slinger 360

42:08 - Single-Origin Brew: Alex Byrne + Marten Raaphorst

1:02:00 - Special: AI Podcast Discussion

1:27:00 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week ar...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2025.

Guests this month are Julia Santos and Hayley Bunn. Alex Byrne and Divita Gupta co-host.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Advert: Mother's Day at Starducks

3:05 - Grab & Go Papers

20:55 - Advert: The Multi Matic

22:49 - Double Shot (Alex Byrne + Julia Santos, Divita Gupta with Hayley Bunn)

54:47 - Percolator: The discovery of exoplanets and our ability to probe their atmospheres

1:04:05 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2025.

Guests this month are Munan Gong and Wonju Kim. Divita Gupta co-hosts.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:11 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Munan Gong)

9:29 - Advert: Easter at Starducks

10:25 - Grab & Go Papers

28:05 - Advert: BasketBamboozler 3000

30:15 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita Gupta with Wonju Kim)

47:19 - Percolator: The first detection of a molecule in another galaxy

56:05 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you th...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2025.

Guests this month are Sean Dougherty and Karina Sogomonyan.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sean Dougherty)

12:13 - Advert: Ides of March at Starducks

13:29 - Grab & Go Papers

29:18 - Advert: Prunus Maximus 3000

31:12 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Karina Sogomonyan)

45:04 - Barista Bootcamp: D/H Ratios and Temperature

52:27 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on ou...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2025.

Guests this month are Laura Busch and Rachel Gross.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:17 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Laura Busch)

8:43 - Advert: Valentine's Day at Starducks

9:49 - Grab & Go Papers

25:43 - Advert: Idiorama’s Snowomatic 5000

26:59 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Rachel Gross)

42:06 - Percolator: The Discovery of Interstellar Deuterium

51:33 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our webs...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2024.

Guests this month are Paola Caselli and Chiara Schleif.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Paola Caselli)

15:12 - Advert: Midnight Manny’s Confetti Disposal Service

16:24 - Grab & Go Papers

29:40 - Advert: Starducks’ Resolution Roast

30:47 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Chiara Schleif)

39:53 - Percolator: The Discovery of H 21cm Line

50:18 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2024.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Ilse Cleeves and Shreya Kakkenpara Suresh.

Shreya's Paper: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/02/aa45775-22/aa45775-22.html

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:40 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilse Cleeves)

16:23 - Advert: Perky Pilgrim Gobble-Gobble Grind

17:24 - Grab & Go Papers

33:46 - Advert: Pilgrim Pete's Pumpkin Catapults

35:24 - Single-Origin Brew (Divita with S...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2024.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Divita Gupta with special guests Sommer Johansen and Gabi Wenzel.

Sommer's Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00120

Gabi's Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq6391

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:44 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Sommer)

19:47 - Advert: Starducks Turducken Latte

20:58 - Grab & Go Papers

35:28 - Advert: Leaf Me Alone Autumn Parasol

36:52...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2024.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke with special guest Samantha Scibelli.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:48 - Coffee Chat (Brett + Ilsa)

20:10 - Advert: Starducks Sweet Potato Hand Pies

21:26 - Grab & Go Papers

34:20 - Advert: LeafCrusher 3000

35:55 - Single-Origin Brew (Brett with Samantha Scibelli)

55:40 - Percolator: Amino Acids in Meteorites

1:01:30 - Chalkboard

Grab & Go summaries for you this week ar...

It's our 1 year anniversary, and of course our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2024.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Thanja Lamberts, and Alex Byrne with special guests Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, Vincent Esposito, and Valentine Wakelam.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:39 - Coffee Chat (Thanja with Floris van der Tak, Maëva Louis, Arun Subramani, Tobias Dijkhuis, Adibah Nur Zainol Abidin, and Vincent Esposito)

20:19 - Advert: SipTek Fire & Ice Tumbl...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2024.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire, Ilsa Cooke, and Alex Byrne with special guests Jessica Perrero, Divita Gupta, and Théo Guillame.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Jessica's Paper: Binding energies of ethanol and ethylamine on interstellar water ices: synergy between theory and experiments

https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16952

Chemical Kinetics Papers from Divita and Théo:

Product-specific reaction kinetics in c...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of June 2024.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Albert Rimola and Will Styers.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Albert's Quantum Grain Website: https://www.quantumgrain.eu/

Will's Paper on 3-Furonitrile: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03093

The History of Cosmic Rays in this month's Percolator.

Chalkboard this month has Open Pos...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2024.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Rebecca Firth and Harshal Gupta.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Rebecca's Paper on AlO, AlOH, and Al(OH)3: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00335

Harshal's paper on the laboratory spectroscopy and astronomical discovery of CaC2: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad3336 

Barista Bootcamp on Cosmic Rays...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of April 2024.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Adam Ginsburg and Bryan Changala.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Adam's paper on the discovery of the MUBLO: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07808

Adam's Research Website: https://www.adamgginsburg.com/

Bryan's Paper on the laboratory spectroscopy of MgC4H and MgC3N: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of March 2024.

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Cecilia Ceccarelli and Zach Fried.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net. Curated and summarized for you in part this month by Alex Byrne.

Zach's Methoxyethanol Detection Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17341

In the Percolator, we take a look back at the first assignment of a carrier of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: C60+

Cam...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of February 2024.

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Todd Hunter and Martin Cordiner.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Cole's ALMA 10 Yrs Poster: https://zenodo.org/records/10246916

In the Percolator, we take a look back at the detection of ethanol in space for the first time.

First Detection of C60 in Space

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of January 2024.

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Cole Wampler and Stefanie Milam.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Cole's ALMA 10 Yrs Poster: https://zenodo.org/records/10250161

In the Percolator, we take a look back at the detection of ethanol in space for the first time.

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of December 2023.

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Abby Waggoner and Moungi Bawendi.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot: 2023 Nobel Laureate Moungi Bawendi

Moungi's Nobel Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUmnviaMkrw

In the new Barista Bootcamp, we learn the ba...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of November 2023.

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Jenny Bergner and Tom Millar.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot:

The UMIST Database for Astrochemistry 2022

Millar et al. arXiv

https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03936

Our percolator brought us up t...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of October 2023.

Your host this week is Brett McGuire, with special guests Thanja Lamberts and Brandt Gaches.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Our espresso machine is down, so we’ve got single-origin brew for you rather than a double shot:

The Astrochemistry Low-energy Electron Cross-Section (ALeCS) database I. Semi-empirical electron-impact ionization cross-section calculations and ionization rates

Gaches et al. arXiv

https...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of September 2023, recorded live at the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, WV.

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke.

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.

Our Double Shot features two more in-depth recaps of papers from this last month:

First Glycine Isomer Detected in the Interstellar Medium: Glycolamide (NH2COCH2OH)

Rivilla et al.  2023 ApJL 953, L20

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041...

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of August 2023.

We've got 14 Grab & Go summaries for you this week (full list on our website: coffee.astrochem.net).

Our Double Shot features two more in-depth recaps of papers from this last month:

Water in the terrestrial planet-forming zone of the PDS 70 disk

Perotti et al. (Nature)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06317-9

Cracking the Puzzle of CO2 Formation on Interstellar Ices. Quantum Chemical and Kinetic Study of the CO + O...