The PAM Talks
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The PAM Talks
@thepamtalks.bsky.social
The PAM Talks is a podcast featuring researchers who are a part of traditionally underrepresented groups in Physics and Astronomy, including women and other gender minorities. https://thepamtalks.podbean.com
Pooja’s PhD, titled ‘First Measurement of Antihydrogen Free Fall Using a Radial Time Projection Chamber’, is explored in episode 1.5.1. ⚛️

Pamela’s PhD, the ‘Chemical Diversity in High-Mass Star-Forming Regions, is for a future episode; for more radio astronomy, see Dr. Anna Ordog’s episode 1.0.1. 📡
July 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
With a bonus topic: why this podcast is named the PAM Talks!

thepamtalks.podbean.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Pooja and Pamela chat about their thesis research, the opportunities for international collaboration, their personal journeys through university, and the community they had at the University of Calgary (maybe the real research was the friends they made along the way).
July 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In this epsiode of the PAM Talks, mathematics PhD student, E, interviews Kaleigh Beer, President of CalgaryToSpace, and Aarti Chandiramani, Orbit Lead. The first CalgaryToSpace CubeSat, FrontierSat, is scheduled for launch in Fall 2025, in partnership with Exolaunch.
May 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We also shared trading cards of our mentors — let us know if you’d like one!
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
PHAS CHOICE, a program led by Dr. Laura Mazzino that is now in its third year, empowers Grade 6 girls and gender minorities to explore careers in physics and astronomy. 🔭🧲🐈‍⬛🔬

In parallel, a new program EDU CHOICE introduces boys and gender minorities to careers in education.
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here are a few of their answers!
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
April 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Photos:
Aurora over the RAO: Nick Kuzmin
The Pleiades: NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar Observatory
UCalgary Grad students visit the RAO: Pooja Woosaree
Aurora over the Canadian Rockies: Pamela Freeman
Episode edited by Josué Ibarra Molinas and produced by Becky Booth
April 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Any @UCalgary alumni out there? We need your help! If we can get 25 alumni to donate, an extra $2500 will be unlocked for the PAM Talks fund. More importantly, for every alumni donation, the @UCalgaryAlumni board will give $50 to the Student Food Security Fund while matching funds last.
March 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM