Christina Koch Podcasts

Christina Koch receives sparse coverage, split along sharp lines. One show puts her name, experience and destination at the centre. Almost everywhere else, she appears as part of a wider Artemis II story: launch coverage, mission updates, splashdown analysis and the occasional media-side look at how the event was reported.

The clear first listen

Wild Ideas Worth Living has the only episode here explicitly built around Koch. RERELEASE: Becoming the First Woman to Travel Around the Moon with Christina Koch promises a personal, interview-led route into the subject. The show’s measured pace and short, concrete questions leave room for the guest to speak at length, while the host supplies definitions and connective context. Start with this episode to keep Koch as the focus rather than one name within a mission briefing.

Following the mission

For sustained Artemis II coverage, 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is the most tightly focused option. Artemis II: 11. Science surprises and Artemis II: 13. Splashdown follow distinct stages of the mission. Koch is mentioned within that larger story, so this is better suited to listeners seeking mission context than a standalone profile.

Science Friction (ABC) covers similar ground with a warmer two-host exchange. 07 | Artemis Explained: Moon flyby success and 11 | Artemis Explained: Mission accomplished frame the material as accessible science conversation. Its hosts move patiently from human interest into technical explanation; listeners seeking orbital mechanics and mission detail without a formal lecture will find that approach useful.

The brisker alternative is Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates. Artemis II: Homeward Bound and The Lost Mars Mission places the return journey beside another space story, while 'We Came Back as Best Friends' — Artemis II Speaks | Blue Origin Sunday | FYST Opens folds the crew’s reflections into a wider news roundup. Koch is present, but the format keeps moving.

When Koch is part of the news cycle

Broader news shows tend to treat her as one element of the Artemis II event. Today in Focus offers a serious, correspondent-led account in Blast off! Nasa goes back to the moon. Its style is calm and explanatory, with room for longer answers after direct questions.

Kate Delaney Radio w/Extra Sauce moves much faster. ATN Extra Sauce 04-02-26 | Artemis II headed to the moon, Trump addresses the nation, Gas soars w/more war bundles the mission with politics and rising fuel prices, while ATN Extra Sauce 04-05-26 | President on Iran, Artemis launches to the Moon, April Fools jokes mixes it into an even broader radio rundown. These are passing-mention listens, useful mainly if you enjoy headline variety.

There is also a media-industry angle. The Media Show includes BBC job cuts, Journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market, Reporting the Artemis II launch. Here the attraction is the reporting around the launch, not extended treatment of Koch herself.

Where to start

Wild Ideas Worth Living is the starting point for the one clearly Koch-centred conversation. Move to 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II for mission chronology, or Science Friction (ABC) for an unhurried scientific explanation. Choose The Media Show if your interest is how the launch became a broadcast story.

Featured shows below are part of the PlayNext catalog. Updated weekly.