He lives in Courtenay on Vancouver Island with his wife and two children. He has always been an avid amateur astronomer and built on his passion for Astronomy when starting Universe Today. Within a few years, traffic on the site had grown to the point that heĀ was able to do it full-time. He wanted to do an astronomy-related podcast, and was fortunate enough to meet Dr. Pamela Gay in 2006, and they created Astronomy Cast.