Media
Below is a selection of interviews, feature articles, or mentions of my work. Please contact me with media requests. I am happy to give interviews on topics ranging from earthquakes and natural hazards to astronauts and space exploration.
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2021
- 2021-10-15: Popular Science: How to study a volcano when it destroys your lab
- 2021-06-30: Eos: American Geophysical Union: In Appreciation of AGU’s Outstanding Reviewers of 2020
- 2021-05-12: SciTech Daily: Forecasting a Volcano’s Eruption Style Using Early Indicators of Magma Viscosity
- 2021-04-08: Big Island Video News: Magma Viscosity Indicator Forecasts Volcanic Eruptions
- 2021-04-07: Phys.org: Early indicators of magma viscosity could help forecast a volcano's eruption style
- 2021-04-07: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Measuring magma viscosity early could forecast volcanic eruptions
2020
- 2020-12-09: Seismological Society of America: Hawai’i Researchers Kept the Data Flowing During Crisis Response on Kīlauea
- 2020-02-03: Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Mild shaking felt across Hawaii island likely an aftershock of 2018’s large Kilauea quake
- 2020-01-28: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Living with Earthquakes in Hawaii (video recording of public lecture)
- 2020-01-08: USGS: Living with Earthquakes in Hawaii (audio recording of public lecture)
2019
- 2019-10-10: Big Island Video News: Deep Pahala Earthquake Swarms Examined
- 2019-08-22: Big Island Now: No Tsunami Threat From 4.2-M Loihi Seamount Quake
- 2019-07-24: Hawaii Public Radio: California Quakes and Hawaiʻi
- 2019-07-23: KWXX Island Conversations Podcast: Episode 21: California and Hawaii earthquakes, and Mauna Loa update
- 2019-06-25: Weser-Kurier: Hawaii nach dem Vulkanausbruch ganz anders erleben (German)
- 2019-06-01: The Nib: The Kīlauea Eruption is Still Being Felt
- 2019-05-08: Big Island Now: Is Hilo Earthquake Ready?
- 2019-04-16: AP: Scientists say Hawaii earthquake unrelated to volcano
- 2019-04-15: Hawaii News Now: HVO: Quake that rocked Big Island wasn’t caused by magma moving underground
- 2019-04-15: West Hawaii Today: Earthquake unrelated to volcanic activity, scientists say
- 2019-04-13: Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Moderate quake strikes coast of Big Island; no tsunami generated
- 2019-04-13: Big Island Now: Aftershocks Expected After Hualālai Quake
- 2019-04-13: Big Island Video News: Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Hits Hawaii Island
- 2019-03-14: Maui News: 5.5 quake at Kilauea felt in Maui County
- 2019-03-13: Hawaii News Now: No tsunami threat after 5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Big Island
- 2019-02-01: Popular Mechanics: 8 Essential Tips from 'Arctic,' the Best Survival Movie in Years
- 2019-01-23: PBS NOVA: Kīlauea: Hawaiʻi on Fire (watch on YouTube here)
- 2019-01: Tokyo Broadcasting System TBS: Japanese documentary about HI-SEAS
2018
- 2018-12-04: Korean Broadcasting System: We Go to Space (documentary in Korean)
- 2018-10-14: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Volcano Watch: Aftershocks of the magnitude-6.9 quake in May expected to continue
- 2018-08-21: The Epoch Times: Kilauea Volcano Calming Down, USGS Reports
- 2018-07-06: Daily Express: Hawaii volcano ERUPTION causes 'EARTHQUAKE' from Kilauea 'collapse explosion'
- 2018-06-22: The Atlantic: When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong
- 2018-06-14: Hawaii Public Radio: Non-Traditional Earthquakes on Hawai‘I Island
- 2018-06-13: Daily Express: Hawaii volcano eruption: 482 earthquakes in 24 hours MAPPED - Tremors rock Kilauea
- 2018-06-12: Hawaii News Now: How big does a Hawaii quake have to be to trigger a dangerous tsunami? It depends
- 2018-06-12: Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Another quake, explosive eruption shake Kilauea summit
- 2018-06-07: Daily Express: Hawaii volcano eruption LATEST: Hawaii ROCKED by 12,000 EARTHQUAKES in past 30 days
- 2018-06-05: Eos: Huge Spike in Quakes Badly Damages Kīlauea Observatory
- 2018-06-05: Daily Express: Hawaii volcano eruption so fierce it causes 5.5m EARTHQUAKE as ash spews 8,000 feet
- 2018-06-03: Big Island Video News: VIDEO: 500 Earthquakes In 24 Hours, Most Ever Recorded At Kilauea Summit
- 2018-06-01: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Volcano Watch: What causes the collapse/explosion events at Kilauea’s summit?
- 2018-05-29: Forbes: What's Happening At Kīlauea In Hawaii? 16 Questions With A Front-Line USGS Scientist
- 2018-05-22: University of Hawaii News: SOEST volcanologists, past and present, play a major direct role in Kīlauea science response
- 2018-05-05: West Hawaii Today: ‘Just rocking and rolling’: ‘Quake felt out west, too
- 2018-05-05: Maui Now: Hawai‘i Volcano Eruption Update: Fuming, Rumbling Precedes Large Quake
- 2018-04-18: Gimlet Media: The Habitat (podcast)
- 2018-04-17: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Kilauea summit lava lake rises
- 2018-04-08: National Geographic: One Strange Rock, S1E3: Shield
- 2018-03-15: Grenzenlos - Die Welt entdecken (Boundless - Discovering the World): auf Hawaii Teil 1 (in Hawaii Part 1) (documentary in German)
2017
- 2017-09-15: Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Magnitude 4.2 quake strikes off Kaneohe
- 2017-09-13: KHON2 News: New sensors will help monitor activity as scientists say Mauna Loa ‘will erupt again’
- 2017-06-21: Maui Now: 4.5 Hawai‘i Quake Caused by Bending of Oceanic Plate From Weight of Island
- 2017-06-21: Big Island Video News: 4.5 Earthquake Rumbles Off Hawaii Near South Point
- 2017-04-06: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Wave of information
- 2017-03-24: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Shake, shake, shake: Earthquakes focus of HVO scientist’s talk at Lyman Museum
- 2017-03-15: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Learning to live on Mars — on Mauna Loa: ‘Imiloa hosting presentation by HI-SEAS geologist
- 2017-03-13: Big Island Now: Learning to Live on Mars… on Mauna Loa
- 2017-03-05: KITV4 News: 31 earthquakes reported on Big Island
- 2017-02-22: Learn & Burn Episode #3: Brian Shiro an American Scientist
- 2017-02-18: The Maui News: Quake shakes the islands
- 2017-02-17: The Maui News: Earthquake triggers widespread reports of shaking
- 2017-02-17: Big Island Video News: Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Rumbles Between Hawaii, Maui
- 2017-02-17: KHON2 News: 4.6M earthquake recorded off Hawaii Island
- 2017-02-17: Hawaii 24/7: Light 4.6M quake strikes off Kawaihae Friday morning (Feb 17)
- 2017-01-09: National Geographic: Fly Through a Huge Volcanic Cave With These Stunning 3-D Scans
- 2016-12-18: KITV4 News: Big Island Earthquake
- 2016-12-18: Maui Now: Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake South of Island of Hawaiʻi
- 2016-12-12: National Geographic: Mars, Season 1 Episode 5: Darkest Days (also in Episode 4)
- 2016-11-15: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: BASALT project paves way for future mission on Mars
- 2016-11-11: Slate: The United States of Debt, Episode 5: The Collapse of the American Dream
- 2016-11-08: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park News Release: Centennial Events for November 2016 (view video here)
- 2016-11-01: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: Seismic presentation, Hawaiian cultural practices among centennial events for November
- 2016-10-28: Big Island Now: Volcanoes Park Centennial November Events
- 2016-10-07: Big Island Now: Why Do Earthquake Magnitudes Sometimes Change?
- 2016-10-07: Hawaii 24/7: Volcano Watch: How big is that earthquake? Why magnitudes sometimes change
- 2016-09-16: WIRED: How a Champion Powerlifter Became an Astronaut Guinea Pig
- 2016-09-12: Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Magnitude 3.4 earthquake strikes near Mauna Loa
- 2016-08-24: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Earthquake rocks Kilauea summit; lava lake within view
- 2016-07-26: West Hawaii Today: Small earthquake strikes Big Island's west coast
- 2016-04-24: The Quint: Feeling More Earthquakes Nowadays? Scientists Say No Need to Worry
- 2016-04-05: West Hawaii Today: VOLCANO WATCH: HVO welcomes a new seismic network manager
- 2016-04-03: Hawaii Tribune-Herald: HVO welcomes new seismic network manager
- 2016-04-01: Big Island Video News: Earthquake, Tsunami Specialist Starts Job At HVO
- 2016-03-31: Hawaii 24/7: Volcano Watch: HVO Welcomes a New Seismic Network Manager
- 2015-12-15: Forbes: The Astronaut Hopeful's Manifesto (guest author)
- 2015-12-01: Physics Today: NASA Mars mockup explores team cohesion and performance (pdf)
- 2015-11-29: ISOPTWPO Today: Special Issue on Mars Analog Missions
- 2015-10-05: Lateral Magazine, Issue 3: Humans to Mars: A giant leap for a giant team
- 2015-09-14: Mother Nature Network: Devon Island is as close to Mars as you may get
- 2015-08-29: BBC: Nasa starts year-long isolation to simulate life on Mars
- 2015-08-29: News.com.au: Six NASA recruits are simulating life on planet Mars by living for a year in a dome in Hawaii
- 2015-08-15: Stop, Think, Science! Podcast: Episode 007 – Geophysics, Astronauts, and Space! (mp3)
- 2015-08-14: Motherboard Podcast: When NASA Won't Hire You, Become a Freelance Astronaut (soundcloud)
- 2015-07-24: Motherboard: The Would-Be Astronaut
2014
- 2014-10-20: New York Times: In a Dome in Hawaii, a Mission to Mars
- 2014-05-23: TechNewsWorld: NASA Gives Space Archeologists OK to Put Old Craft Back to Work
- 2014-04-02: ABC News Australia: Chile earthquake: At least five dead as president declares northern disaster zone
- 2014-03-25: KHON2 News Wake Up 2day: HI-SEAS – Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation
- 2014-02-17: Ithaca Week: Cornell grad’s micro-satellites scheduled to launch next month
- 2014-01-06: Think Tech Hawaii: HI-SEAS at UH Manoa
2013
- 2013-11-01: Hawaii Business Magazine: Mission to Mars via Mauna Loa
- 2013-09-11: Bytemarks Cafe on Hawaii Public Radio - Episode 265: HI-SEAS (mp3)
- 2013-06-03: The Space Show - Broadcast 2022: Astronauts for Hire (mp3, TSS blog)
- 2013-03-02: Ignite STEM Hawaii - Life on Mars in Hawaii
- 2013-02-10: NPR All Things Considered - To Infinity And Beyond: Would-Be Astronauts Keep Faith In Uncertain Era (mp3)
- 2013-02-07: Radio Australia - Solomon Islands tsunami toll expected to rise
- 2013-02-06: CNN - Powerful quake strikes off Solomon Islands
- 2013-02-06: Reuters - Tsunami kills at least five in Solomons after big Pacific quake
- 2013-02-06: Radio Australia - Solomons quake triggers tsunami, destroys villages
- 2013-02-06: Daily Mail - Massive 8.0 quake strikes South pacific and triggers tsunami warnings
- 2013-02-02: Astronauts4Hire - Promotional Video (YouTube)
2012
- 2012-12-18: Moonandback - The Business of Choosing NASA’s 21st Astronaut Class
- 2012-11-23: Moonandback - Enabling Sustainable Planetary Surface Exploration | Report from the 2012 PISCES Forum
- 2012-06-11: The Madeleine Brand Show on Southern California Public Radio - Dream jobs: What's it like to be an astronaut? (mp3)
- 2012-06-11: Moonandback - One Person’s First Zero Gravity Experience
- 2012-06-05: The Space Show - Broadcast 1788: Earthquake Forecasting (mp3, TSS blog)
- 2012-04-07: Moonandback - Interview With Brian Shiro, part 4: Bettering The Long Odds
- 2012-04-06: Moonandback - Interview With Brian Shiro, part 3: One Astronaut’s Path
- 2012-04-05: Moonandback - Interview With Brian Shiro, part 2: The Right Stuff
- 2012-04-04: Moonandback - Interview With Brian Shiro, part 1: Astronauts4Hire
- 2012-03-28: Ignite STEM Hawaii - Astronauts4Hire
- 2012-03-21: Bytemarks Cafe on Hawaii Public Radio - Episode 188: Mealtime on Mars (mp3)
- 2012-03-09: Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - ASMSA grad meets space legend (full text)
- 2012-03-02: The Space Show - Broadcast 1725: NSRC (mp3, TSS blog)
2011
- 2011-12-04: The Daily - OFFICE SPACE: If becoming an astronaut is still your dream, NASA’s hiring
- 2011-10-01: The II-I- Blog - Interview with Brian Shiro (CEO of Astronauts4Hire)
- 2011-09-19: Kalamalama - Ewa Beach center always on guard for tsunamis
- 2011-08-24: Nature - Commercial space flight: Scientists in space (pdf)
- 2011-07-22: Moonandback - ‘Astronaut For Hire’ Experiences Suborbital Scientist Training
- 2011-07-21: BrandeisNOW - Graybiel Lab poised for next chapter of space exploration
- 2011-07-20: Airtalk on Southern California Public Radio - Space tourists and researchers race to the ignorosphere and beyond! (mp3)
- 2011-07-12: Honolulu Star-Advertiser - End of space shuttle creates opening for Hawaii
- 2011-07-10: Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - Reaching for the stars (pdf)
- 2011-07-01: The Mars Quarterly (Vol 3, Issue 1) - Astronauts for Hire, Inc. A Discussion with Brian Shiro, CEO (pdf, see pages 24-25)
- 2011-06-01: Earth Magazine - Demystifying "The Power of the Sea" (pdf)
- 2011-06-01: Discover Magazine - After the Shuttle: Astronauts for Hire (pdf), published online 2011-07-19 as "We're Looking for a Few Good Astronauts"
- 2011-05: Computer Magazine - Forecasting in Geologic Time: The Tohoku Quake and Tsunami (pdf)
- 2011-04-12: Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Size of isle volcanoes factors into severity of potential quake
- 2011-03-16: Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Twestival encourages tweeting for a cause
- 2011-03-15: ManyMedia - Social Media, Tsunamis and Crisis Management in Hawaii
- 2011-03-13: Public Radio International - Japan begins slow earthquake recovery (mp3)
- 2011-03-12: Hot Sprints Sentinel-Record - ASMSA grads no stranger to disasters
- 2011-03-12: Mail Online - Tsunami wreaks millions of dollars of damage on Californian harbours as giant waves smash U.S. west coast
- 2011-03-11: Boing Boing - How earthquakes work, and how science makes us safer
- 2011-03-11: ABC - Good Morning America - U.S. Breathes Sigh of Relief As Tsunami Soaks West Coast But Causes Little Damage (video1, video2)
- 2011-03-11: Public Radio International PRI's The World: Tsunami hits Japan after quake
- 2011-03-11: Popular Mechanics - Expert Q&A: How Tsunami Warnings Work
- 2011-02-03: Huffington Post - Learning To Walk: Fear, Shame And Your Underwater Mortgage
- 2011-01-19: Neon Tommy - Astronauts4Hire: Opening Up Space For Fleet Of Commercial Astronauts
2010
- 2010-12-07: UND Discovery - Spotlight on Students
- 2010-12-06: Space Business Blog - Interview with the (Co)-Founder of Astronauts4Hire
- 2010-10-07: Sheridan Sun Online - Drinking our way into the future
- 2010-10-02: Physics Today - Suborbital research to hitch a ride on commercial space cruisers (pdf)
- 2010-10-01: BBC The World Today - interview about Astronauts4Hire and Space Beer (mp3)
- 2010-09-30: Popular Science - First Beer Brewed For Drinking in Space Will Undergo Testing in Low-Gravity Pub
- 2010-09-28: Time - One Giant Leap For Mankind: First Beer Brewed For Space
- 2010-09-28: Discovery News - On Tap: Space Beer Testing
- 2010-09-27: SPACE.com - Space Beer Headed for Zero Gravity Bar
- 2010-08-13: Pars3c Blog - High 5: Brian Shiro, Astronauts4Hire
- 2010-07-17: New Scientist - Astronaut for hire: Space tourism will help science (pdf, DOI link)
- 2001-06-24: AGU Videos - Scientists at work: Brian Shiro
- 2010-06-14: Popular Mechanics - NASA Scientists Develop New Way to Accurately Predict Tsunami Size
- 2010-06-02: Bytemarks Cafe on Hawaii Public Radio - Episode 94: Hawaii Spaceflight (mp3)
- 2010-05-17: LRO Live! - Research Profile: Brian Shiro
- 2010-04-12: Astronauts4Hire Launches, Selects Initial Candidates for Commercial Scientist Astronauts
- 2010-04-12: ABC Radio Australia - No tsunami generated by Solomons' earthquake (wmv)
- 2010-04-07: Bytemarks Cafe on Hawaii Public Radio - Episode 86: Tsunami Awareness Month mention in news segment
- 2010-03-27: Talking Space - Episode 212: Talking Shakes (mp3)
- 2010-03-09: Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - Tsunami puts math, science school alum in spotlight (pdf)
- 2010-03-02: AGU Geohazards Blog - A hectic weekend at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
- 2010-03-01: NPR Morning Edition - Sizing Up The Tsunami: Why It Wasn't So Big (mp3)
- 2010-03-01: Honolulu Advertiser - Tweets aided evacuation
- 2010-03-01: ABC News - Social Media Helped With Hawaii Tsunami Evacuation
- 2010-02-28: BBC Breakfast (morning news show in the UK)
- 2010-02-27: Huffington Post - Hawaii Tsunami Evacuation Zones: Emergency Plans Underway Due To 2010 Hawaii Tsunami Warning
- 2010-02-27: New York Times - Hawaii Exhales as Tsunami Warning Is Canceled
- 2010-02-27: NPR Weekend Edition - Tsunami Warnings Sound Around Pacific (mp3)
- 2010-02-27: Los Angeles Times - Tsunami watch: High waves spare Hawaii
- 2010-02-27: Examiner.com - Massive earthquake rocks Chile; tsunami warnings in Pacific
- 2010-02-27: Telegraph.co.uk - Chile earthquake: centuries of strain released in a fraction of a second
- 2010-02-11: The Mars Society - MDRS Crew 89 Final Mission Summary Report
- 2010-02-11: Spacepirations - A Short Visit to (Analog) Mars
- 2010-02-10: The State News - Red planet resident
- 2010-02-09: SpSt News - Student Shiro "returns" from Mars
2009
- 2009-12-28: Discovery News - Tsunamis from Space
- 2009-11-19: Northwestern Magazine - Man on Mars (pdf, vimeo video, youtube video)
- 2009-11-01: WideWorld Magazine - Life on Mars: FMARS: Bringing the Red Planet to the Arctic (pdf)
- 2009-10-15: ASMSA Tangents Magazine - Flashline Mars (pdf)
- 2009-10-01: CNN.com - They have just minutes to issue tsunami warning
- 2009-10-01: Grand Forks Herald - UND Engineering is Rocket Science!, center spread (pdf)
- 2009-09-06: The Space Show - Broadcast 1218: FMARS (mp3)
- 2009-08-01: NOAA World - Brian Shiro’s Pseudo-Planetary Adventure (pdf)
- 2009-07-29: The Mars Society - FMARS 2009 Simulated Mars Mission Reaches Successful Conclusion
- 2009-07-15: The Mars Society - Mars Simulation Begins on Devon Island, FMARS Crew Explores Mars on Earth
- 2009-07-06: The Mars Society - FMARS Crew Lands on Devon Island
- 2009-06-30: Honolulu Star Advertiser - Ewa man gives life on Mars a try (pdf)
- 2009-06-24: Bytemarks Cafe on Hawaii Public Radio - Episode 45: FMARS mention in news segment (mp3)
- 2009-06-23: The Mars Society - FMARS 2009 Crew Attends Pre-Mission Briefing At Pioneer Astronautics
- 2009-05-31: ISU*USA Alumni Association - May 2009 Newsletter: ISU SSP05 Alum Brian Shiro Selected as a Crewmember for 2009 FMARS Expedition
- 2009-05-21: SpSt News - SpSt student Brian Shiro selected for Mars simulation mission
- 2009-05-18: The Mars Society - Return To FMARS: Crew Selected For Mars Society Expedition To Devon Island
- 2009-05-01: The Space Buff - Help Brian get to Mars
- 2009-01-23: The Space Show - Broadcast 1094: ISU vs. UND (mp3)
2008
- 2008-02-25: Nature News - Seismic stations could help catch tsunami waves
- 2008-02-01: NPR Science Friday - Name Your Issue: Science in the 2008 Election
- 2008-11-12: The Space Buff - Brian Shiro is Highly Qualified to Become An Astronaut.
2007
- 2007-10-16: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Scientists push for quicker data gathering in quakes
- 2007-09-12: CNN American Morning
- 2007-07-07: Current TV - Watching for Killer Waves
- 2007-04-25: Hawaii News Now - Tsunami Prediction Technology
- 2007-04-01: Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Dodging disaster
- 2007-01-21: USA Today - Earthquake rattles northeastern Indonesia
- 2007-01-21: MSNBC - Major earthquake hits northeastern Indonesia
- 2007-01-21: CBS News - Earthquakes Strike Indonesia, Turkey
2006
- 2006-11-27: KITV4 News - Officials Investigate Quake Hoax Origins
- 2006-11-27: Honolulu Advertiser - Earthquake, tsunami hoax alarms hundreds on O'ahu (and elsewhere)
- 2006-11-17: FOX News - Tsunamis Slap Hawaii, Calif. North Coast
- 2006-11-16: Discovery News - Tiny Tsunami Slaps Hawaii
- 2006-10-26: Blue Dolphin Kids - Episode 8: Tsunami Warning Center
- 2006-10-16: New York Times - Tsunamis offer a valuable test of global alert system
- 2006-06-28: Nature News - Science on the Solstice
- 2006-05-03: Honolulu Advertiser - Tsunami advisory cancelled
- 2006-02-23: United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Wildland Fire Forecasting Using Space Technologies (pdf)
2005
- 2010-08-23: ISU - A retrospective on SSP 2005: a two-month Space Program held in Vancouver, BC, Canada (pdf)
2003
- 2010-07-07: WashU Record - Unexpected Pacific isle volcanic eruption recorded by scientists
- 2010-06-11: Washington University - Seismologists record unexpected volcanic eruption on Pacific isle
2001
- 2001-01-02: NASA CONNECT - 2000-01 Season Episode 3: Wired for Space (electricity & magnetism segment from 23-26 minutes)