Descent into the Maelstrom. In the show this time, Prof. Tetsuo Hatsuda talks to us about quarks and neutron stars [33:1.84 - 55:48.4], Dr. Mitch Mickaliger describes his efforts to search for fast radio transients [01:10.3 - 32:54.5] and your astronomical questions are answered by Dr Iain McDonald in Ask an Astronomer [01:17:44.7 - 01:26:9.7].