Black holes in the lab and meeting Ryan Gosling
The Supermassive Podcast
Izzie Clarke
4.6 • 556 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
It’s a massive bonus episode this month with both listener questions and an extended interview with the producer/directors of the new Ryan Gosling film: Project Hail Mary.
Dr Becky and Dr Robert are joined by editor Richard to tackle questions on creating a black hole in the lab, how long a planet lasts and the size of the biggest black hole. Guest reporter, Sue Nelson, chats to Phil Lord and Chris Miller about Project Hail Mary and Becky reveals what she chatted about with Ryan Gosling.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another bonus episode of the Supermassive podcast from the Royal Astronomical Society, with me, astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smeatherst, the Society's deputy director, Dr Robert Massey, and for one week only, because he is away, our editor, science journalist Richard Hollingham. |
| 0:21.9 | Hello. |
| 0:22.2 | Hello. It's very exciting. This is a special bonus episode. Yes, we will be answering |
| 0:29.2 | your questions, but there's something else. Now, you all know how much we loved Andy Weir's |
| 0:34.1 | novel Project Hail Mary. I raved about it so many times on this podcast. |
| 0:39.3 | It has now been turned into a film. |
| 0:41.4 | It's out now and we have an interview with the films, producers and directors. |
| 0:46.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:47.6 | And I also met Ryan Gosling. |
| 0:49.3 | Yeah, well, we'll be talking about that later. |
| 0:51.6 | Because I asked to meet Ryan Gosley and I was rejected. |
| 0:54.6 | So you got it. |
| 0:56.2 | I really want to hear about this. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, he was lovely. |
| 0:59.0 | Well, I would hope so. |
| 1:00.7 | Also, rather appropriately, we've had a message from a space-loving musician. |
| 1:06.2 | And it reads, my name is Logan, part of the Denver band Moonshake. |
| 1:11.8 | Love the podcast. |
| 1:12.7 | I mean, that's all you have to say. |
| 1:14.0 | If you want to get on the podcast, just say, love the podcast. |
| 1:17.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:18.5 | I recently composed this piece, Solar Dron for an art show and thought you'd be interested in hearing it. |
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