Night Sky Tourist

At a time when social media stories and reels are a few seconds long and pull us away from what’s happening in the real world around us, storytelling is more important than ever. Chris Salisbury joins us to explore his book Folk Tales of the Night: Stories for Campfires, Bedtime and Nocturnal Adventures. Ancient cultures connected the pictures they saw in the stars to the land where they lived through storytelling, many of which are still told today.LINKS FROM EPISODE 131:2025 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ WildWise: https://wildwise.co.uk/Folk Tales of the Night- book: https://prologuebookshop.com/book/9781803990392Wild Nights Out- book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801097/wild-nights-out-by-christopher-salisbury/ VISIT OUR WEBSITEVisit the Night Sky Tourist website to book private stargazing experiences, read inspiring articles, and find resources to take your stargazing to the next level. You can find us at: https://nightskytourist.com/ FOLLOW & SUPPORTRate us: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify and Apple PodcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTouristNewsletter: Sign up at NightSkyTourist.com for exclusive content and updatesQuestions? Email [email protected]

You’ve heard the media hype up Supermoons, Blood Moons, and Blue Moons, but what the heck are they, and are they worth the effort to see them? In this episode, our Night Sky Tourist Star Dude, Ken Cotter, joins us to answer your questions about these intriguing lunar phenomena. LINKS FROM EPISODE 130:2026 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ Book the Star Dudes: https://nightskytourist.com/stardudes/ Subscribe to our newsletter: https://nightskytourist.com/ Night Sky Tourist themed events: https://nightskytourist.com/events/ VISIT OUR WEBSITEVisit the Night Sky Tourist website to book private stargazing experiences, read inspiring articles, and find resources to take your stargazing to the next level. You can find us at: https://nightskytourist.com/ FOLLOW & SUPPORTRate us: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify and Apple PodcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTouristNewsletter: Sign up at NightSkyTourist.com for exclusive content and updatesQuestions? Email [email protected]

Night Sky Tourist partners with many organizations and venues, but Taliesin West is definitely the most unique. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taliesin West was the winter home of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. This UNESCO World Heritage Site offers self-guided tours during the day and occasionally hosts stargazing experiences at night. Aija Cave joins us for a behind-the-scenes look at this incredible site and shares details about the upcoming Sunset & Sips event in November 2025, which will feature stargazing with the Night Sky Tourist Star Dudes.LINKS FROM EPISODE 129:2025 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ Taliesin West & Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation: https://franklloydwright.org/ Sunset & Sips (link good through the end of November 2025): https://franklloydwright.org/event/sunsets-sips-1120/ Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/wrighttaliesin Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wrighttaliesin/ VISIT OUR WEBSITEVisit the Night Sky Tourist website to book private stargazing experiences, read inspiring articles, and find resources to take your stargazing to the next level. You can find us at: https://nightskytourist.com/ FOLLOW & SUPPORTRate us: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify and Apple PodcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTouristNewsletter: Sign up at NightSkyTourist.com for exclusive content and updatesQuestions? Email [email protected]

Night Sky Tourist is more than just this podcast. We are also a stargazing business based in Fountain Hills, Arizona, on the edge of the Phoenix Metro Area. Being in a certified International Dark Sky Community means that we have something special to offer when it comes to seeing the stars. Through themed events, corporate and private stargazing experiences, and community events, we have the privilege of introducing thousands of people to the beautiful cosmos through our telescopes. In this episode, you’ll hear the stories of each of our Star Dudes as we show you what it’s like to fall in love with the dark.LINKS FROM EPISODE 128:2025 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ Book the Star Dudes: https://nightskytourist.com/stardudes/ Subscribe to our newsletter: https://nightskytourist.com/ Night Sky Tourist themed events: https://nightskytourist.com/events/ VISIT OUR WEBSITEVisit the Night Sky Tourist website to book private stargazing experiences, read inspiring articles, and find resources to take your stargazing to the next level. You can find us at: https://nightskytourist.com/ FOLLOW & SUPPORTRate us: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTouristNewsletter: Sign up at NightSkyTourist.com for exclusive content and updatesQuestions? Email [email protected]

Award-winning author Craig Childs joins me to chat about his brand new book, The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light. We talk about his adventure of biking across the Bortle Scale from the blindingly bright Las Vegas Strip to the darkest night of the Great Basin of Nevada. He shares his thoughts about what the night would look like if we inhabited a lone solar system floating between galaxies, how ancient cultures anchored the night sky to their local landscape, and why light at night is so seductive.LINKS FROM EPISODE 127:2025 Stargazing Guide (FREE download): https://nightskytourist.com/guide/ Order The Wild Dark book here: https://www.torreyhouse.org/the-wild-dark Craig Childs: http://www.houseofrain.com/index.cfm The Bortle Scale: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/light-pollution-and-astronomy-the-bortle-dark-sky-scale/ Night Sky Tourist events: https://nightskytourist.com/events/ VISIT OUR WEBSITEVisit the Night Sky Tourist website to book private stargazing experiences, read inspiring articles, and find resources to take your stargazing to the next level. You can find us at: https://nightskytourist.com/ FOLLOW & SUPPORTRate us: Leave a 5-star review on Spotify and Apple PodcastsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTouristNewsletter: Sign up at NightSkyTourist.com for exclusive content and updatesQuestions? Email [email protected]