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Dean Regas

Booking Overview

This is a science interview show focused on astronomy, space exploration, and major discoveries, regularly featuring NASA leaders, astronauts, observatory scientists, astronomers, and science writers. PR agencies could credibly pitch space scientists, mission and observatory leaders, astronauts, astronomers, and authors with strong public-education expertise; booking is likely high difficulty because recent guests include prominent institutional experts and a NASA astronaut.

Metrics

Episodes: 62

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 1.8k subscribers

Instagram: 11.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

rsalerno@cinradio.org

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Host

Dean Regas - Astronomer, author, and space expert who was the longtime host of PBS's Stargazers television program. He is the author of How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto and 100 Things to See in the Night Sky.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Astronauts, NASA or other space-agency leaders, observatory and mission scientists, established astronomers, and science writers with specialized expertise and the ability to explain complex subjects to a general audience.

Required Achievements:

Leadership roles at NASA or major observatories, Participation in significant space missions or astronaut programs, Published scientific or popular science writing, Expertise in major astronomical discoveries or institutional decisions

Recent Guest Discussions

Joe Westlake - The Parker Solar Probe, The Sun's Corona, Heliophysics, And What Space Missions Are Revealing About How Stars Work.

Mario Juri - The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Large-scale Mapping Of The Universe, And The Discovery Of Near-earth Asteroids.

Dava Sobel - The History And Impact Of Pluto's Reclassification And The Events Surrounding The 2006 Vote.

Bob Stencel - The 2006 Vote That Reclassified Pluto And The Scientific Debate Surrounding Its Status.

Tracy Dyson - The Astronaut's View Of Earth, Human Spaceflight, And Perspectives From Orbit Prompted By The Artemis II Mission.

Recent Topics

Science, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Nasa, Telescopes

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

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Turning the Milky Way into Music (with Mara Helmuth)

September 25, 2026

When NASA and other space agencies release sounds from space, what are we actually hearing? The answer: data sonifications. Scientists take data from telescopes, often across multiple wavelengths of light, and translate them into audible soundscapes. Host Dean Regas talks with Mara Helmuth, a composer and professor of music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, about how researchers turn cosmic data into music.

Launching a Probe into the Sun (with Dr. Joe Westlake)

September 11, 2026

The sun is our closest laboratory for understanding how stars work. Decades of space missions have studied the sun, yet its outer atmosphere, the corona, remains a mystery. NASA's Parker Solar Probe was built to change that. Dean Regas talks with Dr. Joe Westlake, heliophysics division director at NASA Headquarters, about what we're learning from humanity's closest approach to a star.

Downloading the Universe (with Dr. Mario Jurić)

August 28, 2026

Astronomers say the shiny new Vera C. Rubin Telescope will be able to map the entire universe with remarkable precision in no time. Already, it has located tens of thousands of asteroids close to home. Dean Regas chats with Dr. Mario Jurić, the solar system lead scientist for the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, to find out more.

Publicly listed emails

rsalerno@cinradio.org

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