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Thanks for your support! Our program: “Your Online Coffee Break” is a Top 10 Finalist in the ENTERTAINMENT category of the 2020 People's Choice Podcast Awards and runner-up for PopCon!



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Welcome to “Your Online Coffee Break” podcast with episodes that inspire, educate and entertain with your host Chuck Fields.
Join us each week as we interview amazing go-getters around (and above) the world on a variety of topics that include new movies and music, to space, science, Christian topics and much more–all in bite-sized episodes.
End of Season Three (Recap)
I’m taking the holidays off but we’ve added another 50 episodes this year, so there are plenty of amazing guests to...
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149. Planetary Scientist Alan Stern talks Virgin Galactic, New Horizons & Pluto
Planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern has been chosen to be the first to conduct NASA-funded science experiments while flying aboard a...
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148. OSIRIS-REx Asteroid “Smash & Grab” – Mission Update
Interview with OSIRIS-REx Project Scientist Dr. Jason P. Dworkin On October 20th, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made history as it collected...
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147. Water Discovered on the Sunlit Surface of the Moon – Lunar Geologist Sarah Noble
Water on the Moon – Sunny side up! NASA’s aircraft SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) has confirmed for the first...
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Show Host



Chuck Fields
Software innovator, award-winning marketer and astronomy buff.
I’m Chuck Fields, the host of Your Online Coffee Break.
I have more than 20 years of experience in application development, business analysis, marketing and project leadership.
I fell in love with astronomy at a young age, where I ventured into astrophotography and had my first photo published internationally at the age of 15. I started my career as a marketing director, where I did some pretty wacky PR stunts like having a dinosaur run lose through a city before we cornered it (with the help of local police) on the roof of a downtown building.
I also fell in love with technology and computer programming, eventually starting my own web/software development consulting company in 2006 (SpaceTechCorp.com). It’s here where I found that sometimes you need to take a break from the busyness of life in order to see clearly. Hence came the birth of Your Online Coffee Break.
So step back, sip that coffee, and browse through our podcasts that will hopefully inspire you, educate you, or entertain you (maybe all three!).
End of Season Three (Recap)
I’m taking the holidays off but we’ve added another 50 episodes this year, so there are plenty of amazing guests to keep you going during this break. This past...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:31 — 1.9MB)
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149. Planetary Scientist Alan Stern talks Virgin Galactic, New Horizons & Pluto
Planetary scientist Dr. Alan Stern has been chosen to be the first to conduct NASA-funded science experiments while flying aboard a commercial spacecraft. In this interview Dr. Stern discusses...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:08 — 18.3MB)
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148. OSIRIS-REx Asteroid “Smash & Grab” – Mission Update
Interview with OSIRIS-REx Project Scientist Dr. Jason P. Dworkin On October 20th, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made history as it collected samples from asteroid Bennu, which are expected to...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:04 — 15.0MB)
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147. Water Discovered on the Sunlit Surface of the Moon – Lunar Geologist Sarah Noble
Water on the Moon – Sunny side up! NASA’s aircraft SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) has confirmed for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:37 — 12.5MB)
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146. CREATED EQUAL: Clarence Thomas in his own words, featuring filmmaker Michael Pack
CREATED EQUAL is a new two-hour documentary film about the life of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. With unprecedented access, producers interview Justice Thomas and his wife Virginia, letting...
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145. Interview with 11-year-old Guitar Prodigy TAJ FARRANT!
Taj Farrant is an amazing 11-year-old guitarist from Long Jetty, Australia. Taj has appeared on ELLEN and performed around the world with Carlos Santana, KISS and orianthi. He just...
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144. SpaceX Crew-1: Interview with Commander Mike Hopkins
In this interview, recorded via phone on September 29, 2020, I speak with Commander Mike Hopkins about this mission, his training and the challenges (and thrills) of commanding the...
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143. FEE WAYBILL RIDES AGAIN (The Tubes)
Interview with Fee Waybill! Since 1972 Fee Waybill has been the lead singer of the legendary rock band THE TUBES, and a driving force behind the classic rock hits...
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142. JESSE COLIN YOUNG: “Get Together”, “Dreamers” & Coffee!
Jesse Colin Young recently collaborated with the legendary Steve Miller on a new version “Get Together” in celebration of the song’s 50th Anniversary of The Youngbloods’ version hitting #1...
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141. CINDY BLACKMAN SANTANA: “Give the Drummer Some”
Interview with Cindy Blackman Santana about her new album “Give the Drummer Some” Cindy Blackman Santana is a virtuoso drummer whose artistry spans the realms of jazz and rock....
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140. ‘Young Sheldon’ mom ZOE PERRY & Everyday Miracles
Interview with Young Sheldon's mom Zoe Perry! Zoe Perry is best known for portraying Mary Cooper in Young Sheldon, one of the most watched comedies on network television. Previously,...
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139. Gospel Artist CHRIS BENDER is “Glad In It”
Interview with Gospel Artist Chris Bender Chris Bender is a top 25 Billboard Gospel artist from Massachusetts. Chris won the “Artist of the Year” Angelic Award in 2014 and...
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138. THE B-52’S – Kate Pierson – the World's Greatest Party Band!
Interview with Kate Pierson of The B-52's! The B-52’s are the world’s greatest party band, with amazing chart-topics hits including “Love Shack” and “Roam” plus groundbreaking songs like “Rock...
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137. Jake Shimabukuro – Rockin' the Ukulele
Jake Shimabukuro first stunned the world nearly 15 years ago with his amazing ukulele rendition of George Harrison’s ballad “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, recorded while he sat at...
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136. ESA – Solar Orbiter, ExoMars & more
We continue our series with countries around the world in this episode as we feature the European Space Agency (ESA). Joining us for this interview is Günther Hasinger,...
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135. THE GO-GO’S – Jane Wiedlin talks Club Zero, punk rock, Star Trek & Showtime documentary
Interview with Jane Wiedlin about the Go-Go's New Song Club Zero & Showtime Documentary As the first multi-platinum-selling, all-female band to play their own instruments, write their own songs,...
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134. HANNAH BAIARDI – Jazz/Soul crossover composer & musician
Hannah Baiardi advocates for youth in her new single, “What will our children say?” In this episode we interview Hannah Baiardi, a jazz/soul crossover composer and musician. She first...
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133. JAXA – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency with astronaut Dr. Koichi Wakata
We continue our series with countries around the world in this episode as we feature JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Joining us to discuss JAXA is astronaut Dr....
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132. Ricky Nye – Blues, Boogie Woogie & New Orleans Piano!
In today's episode we interview Ricky Nye. Ricky was born in Cincinnati and was bitten by the music bug at the age of five. Ricky began his performing career...
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131. Emirates Mars Mission – Hope Probe to study Martian atmosphere
The United Arab Emirates are just a few days away (July 15, 2020) from launching the Hope Probe to Mars. The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) – Hope Probe will...
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