The MeidasTouch Podcast
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by Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo
Today: #177 in Science, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #142 in Science, Ireland on our combined chart.
Chart positions today · Ireland
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Ranking history · Ireland
History builds daily. We started tracking this show on the Science, Ireland chart recently, so the trend line appears after a second day of data.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 | #142 | #143 |
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260 - Launching on Thursday (with Scott Edwards)
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259 - Overhead (with Chris Kemp)
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258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew)
September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minJake and Anthony are joined by Daniel Drew of the University of Hawaiʻi to talk about SPARK, his concept for exploring Titan’s caves with aerobots powered by solid-state atmospheric ion thrusters. Seriously. Topics Off-Nominal…
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257 - Can You Fix Our RV? (with Nick Cialdella)
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256 - The Ellis Number
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255 - Sorry, Reno (with Matt Gjertsen)
September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minJake and Anthony are joined by Matt Gjertsen, Founder of BUILT, to talk about his book, Minimum Viable Manager: Three Essential Skills for Leading Technical Teams That Solve Big Problems, the recovery of Starship at Christmas Island, and…
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254 - An Advocate of Crazy (with Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen)
August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minJake and Anthony are joined by Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Former Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and leader of ETH Zurich Space, to talk about the state of science missions at NASA. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube…
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253 - Dome is Your Strategy
August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minIt’s time for actual stock tips. Jake and Anthony draft competing $100,000 space portfolios and lock them in for a year. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube 253 - Dome is Your Strategy - YouTube Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show!…
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252 - Paying Now and Later (with Eric Berger and Joe Barnard)
August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minAnthony is joined by Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, and Joe Barnard to talk about crewed spaceflight in the 2030s, what options exist if and when Dragon stops flying, and what we should do about it. Topics Off-Nominal…
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251 - Yada Yada Yada (with Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda)
August 6, 2026 · 60 minJake and Anthony are joined by Dan Rasky, Charles Miller, and Charlie Camarda—the sources of the heat shield discourse!—to talk about Starship Flight 13 and thermal protection systems overall. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 251…
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250 - Tile Enthusiast
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249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer)
July 24, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minJake and Anthony are joined by Ethan Barajas and Jamie Palmer, co-founders of Icarus Robotics, to talk about—what else?—robots in space! Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 249 - Peeing Out Your Bones (with Ethan Barajas and Jamie…
About the show
Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.