{"id":522,"date":"2018-08-16T22:50:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T21:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2019-06-05T19:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:03:18","slug":"extra-chewin-the-fat-with-a-nobel-laureate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/16\/extra-chewin-the-fat-with-a-nobel-laureate\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra: Chewin&#8217; the fat with a Nobel Laureate"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6936150\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/20180820--Awesome-Astronomy-Podcast-Extra--Barry-Barish-Interview.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>In this podcast extra episode, Jeni teams up with our good friend Dr Chris North from the Pythagoras Trousers podcast to speak to Caltech\u2019s Linde Professor of Physics and Nobel Laureate Barry Barish. 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