Selected recorded public lectures
Colloquium lecture: "Megaconstellations are Ruining the Night Sky for Everyone"
Colloquium lecture: "Megaconstellations are About to Ruin the Night Sky for Everyone"
Interview and public lecture: "Blinded by the Light"
Video lesson+activity for kids: our solar system and exoplanets
Panelist for "Losing the Sky" International Event
Lecture for amateur astronomers in Edinburgh, UK about Planet 9
Lecture for physics undergraduates: "Planet 9 or Planet Nein?"
Podcast interviews
Dr. Samantha Lawler - CRASH Clock: Northern Latitudes, May 2026
Why Elon's million satellites could spell disaster: 7am Podcast, Feb 2026
Protecting Our Dark Skies: Supermassive Podcast, Nov 2025
Prof. Sam Lawler - Astronomy & Goats!: Fireside Fedi Podcast, Sep 2025
The Astronomical Problem of Space Junk: Smithsonian Podcast, Aug 2025
Astronomer Samantha Lawler on Space Junk: Techtonic Podcast, Nov 2024
How Much of a Risk is Space Junk: BBC Inside Science Podcast, Aug 2024
A Close Encounter with SpaceX Debris: Scientific American Science Quickly Podcast, Aug 2024
The Troublesome Hunt for Planet 9: Starts with a Bang Podcast, June 2024
The dangers of Starlink satellites: Techtonic Podcast, Feb 2024
Astronomy, Starlink, light pollution and Planet Nine: Distributed Future Podcast, Apr 2023
"Go Far, Together" Podcast for University of Regina, Mar 2023
Why can't we find Planet Nine: SpacePod Podcast, Jul 2022
Documentary Film
Selected press related to my research
Satellite Pollution/Space Environmentalism
The Narwhal, Apr 2026
Mongabay, Feb 2026
Radio New Zealand, Feb 2026
Starts With A Bang, Jan 2026
New York Times, Jan 2026
IEEE Spectrum, Jan 2026
Scientific American, Jan 2026
Scientific American, Nov 2025
Smithsonian Magazine, Oct 2025
The Guardian, Aug 2025
New Scientist, May 2025
Science News, May 2025
2024 SpaceX Debris Falls in Saskatchewan
New Scientist, Mar 2025
CBC Saskatchewan Blue Sky, Feb 2025
The Financial Times, Jan 2025
The Washington Post, Nov 2024
CBC National News, June 2024
Global News (National), June 2024
The Canadian Press, May 2024
The Western Producer, May 2024
Global News (National), May 2024
CBC National News, May 2024
CTV National News, May 2024
Satellite pollution
CBC Radio (National), Jan 2024
New York Times Magazine, Nov 2023
New York Times, Oct 2023
MIT Tech Review, Oct 2023
CBC Saskatchewan, Jun 2023
CBC Saskatchewan The Afternoon Edition, Jun 2023
MIT Tech Review, Mar 2023
Newsweek, Feb 2023
Scientific American, Jun 2022
Today FM radio (New Zealand), May 2022
CTV Regina, May 2022
Dubai Eye radio (Dubai), Apr 2022
CNN, Apr 2022
Yale Scientific Magazine, Mar 2022
Physics Today, Feb 2022
Scientific American, Feb 2022
CBC national science news, Feb 2022
New York Times, Feb 2022
Busan Morning Wave Radio (South Korea), Dec 2021
Wired Magazine, Dec 2021
CBC As It Happens (with Carol Off!), Dec 2021
EarthSky, Sep 2021
New Scientist, Sep 2021
CBC Saskatchewan radio, Sep 2021
Science News, Aug 2021
New Scientist, Aug 2021
Scientific American, Jun 2021
SkyNews, Mar 2021
NPR All Things Considered, Feb 2021
NPR Great Plains (Kansas), Feb 2021
CBC The National, Dec 2020
CBC Saskatchewan radio, Nov 2020
Planet 9, the Kuiper Belt, and the Outer Solar System
National Geographic, Mar 2025
CBC National News, Mar 2025
Nature, Mar 2025
Science Magazine, Apr 2025
Scientific American, Jan 2025 (Cover article!)
Physics Today, Nov 2024
Physics World, Sep 2023
New Scientist, Nov 2021
Science News, Feb 2021
Nature News, Feb 2021
Science Magazine, Feb 2021
Axios Magazine, Jul 2020
U. Regina's Discourse Research Magazine, May 2020
Prairie Dog Magazine, October 2019
Scientific American, June 2017
Scientific American, October 2016
Nature News, March 2016
Fomalhaut
National Geographic, May 2023
Sky & Telescope, May 2023
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein
Mashable, Jun 2021
Gizmodo Magazine, Jun 2021
New Scientist, Jun 2021
Night sky viewing and recent space news for the general public
CBC Saskatchwan Blue Sky, April 2024
CBC Saskatchwan Blue Sky, Feb 2024
CBC Saskatchwan Blue Sky, Mar 2023
CBC Saskatchwan, Jan 2023
CTV Regina, Jan 2023
CBC Saskatchewan The Morning Edition, Sept 2022
CBC Saskatchewan The Afternoon Edition, Dec 2021
CTV Regina, Nov 2021
CBC (TV), Aug 2021
CBC Saskatchewan The Morning Edition, Jan 2021
CBC Saskatchewan The Morning Edition, Aug 2020
CBC Saskatchewan The Morning Edition, Jul 2020
Campion
CBC Saskatchewan, March 2019
tau Ceti
Scientific American, January 2015