Patrick McNameeKing
Weekend Edition Host / ProducerPatrick has produced daily talk shows, mixed audio documentaries for the BBC, crafted sonic journeys through the wilderness of Colorado, and hiked mountains in southern Mexico to report on the psilocybin-industrial complex. His radio stories have aired on stations across the United States and in Europe, with select pieces available on the podcast Empty Clouds.
He currently hosts Weekend Edition on New Hampshire Public Radio, where he also produces local segments.
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On the latest episode of Cosmically Curious, host Patrick McNameeKing sits down with John Gianforte from UNH to discuss why a distant exoplanet is making headlines. -
NASA’s Voyager probes are 16 billion miles away in interstellar space. Learn what the two instruments are still measuring and why it matters for deep space exploration. -
Find out how a rare planetary alignment made a four-planet grand tour possible, and how nuclear technology keeps these aging probes running deep in the cosmos. -
In this segment of NHPR’s Cosmically Curious, host Patrick McNameeKing sits down with UNH astronomer John Gianforte to discuss an upcoming near-total lunar eclipse. -
In this edition of Cosmically Curious, we learn about the true source behind mysterious radio bursts.
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Learn the best viewing times, why a new moon makes this year special, and why you only need a lawn chair to watch. -
Jazz composer and bandleader Kamasi Washington is known for pushing the boundaries of contemporary music, and he’s one of the headliners at this year’s Newport Jazz Festival. -
In late 1572, long before the invention of the telescope, sky-watchers looking up at the night sky saw something impossible: a blazing new star where nothing had existed before.
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This week we dive deeper into the blank spaces of the universe, puzzling scientists for nearly 100 years. -
This week we explore why these collapsed stellar remnants are far more than just deep-space anomalies—they are actually some of the most powerful scientific instruments available to us.
