The Cosmic Controversy Podcast
Cosmic Controversy covers past and present issues in aerospace and astronomy with your host --- science journalist, Forbes contributor and ”Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System” author Bruce Dorminey.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 67
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Episode 7 --- After Pearl Harbor, Were the Japanese Planning to Strike the U.S. West Coast?
Guest Michel Paradis on his fascinating new book "Last Mission To Tokyo" and how the ingenuity and success of Doolittle's raid marked a crucial turning point in America's war in the Pacific. Paradis…
Episode 6 --- The Evolution of Intelligence on Earth and Beyond
We hear a lot of talk about the possibility of intelligent E.T.s, but in this episode, neuroscientist Lori Marino gives us the nuts and bolts of what intelligence really is; how it manifests itself o…
Episode 5 --- The Trouble with Dark Matter
Episode 5 --- The Trouble with Dark Matter. This important hour-long interview with astronomer and dark matter expert Stacy McGaugh, Chair of the Dept. of Astronomy at Case Western Reserve Universit…
Episode 4 --- Is the Sun an Oddball Star?
Is the Sun an Oddball Star? A fascinating conversation with Kepler and TESS astronomer Travis Metcalfe, of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo., about how our Sun stacks up against other su…
Episode 3 ---- Will We Get Back to the Moon By 2024?
Episode 3’s special guest is John Logsdon, the founder of George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, author and celebrated space analyst. We discuss everything from how the pandemic is i…
Episode 2 --- The Mysteries of Our Planet Venus
In this wide-ranging interview, planetary scientist Stephen Kane of the University of California, Riverside, delves into the mysteries of our neighbor planet Venus. We discuss how Venus went wrong a…
Episode 1 --- How to Find Microfossils on Mars
A conversation with astrobiologist Lara Maldanis about how to identify very ancient microfossils here on Earth and the potential for detecting them on Mars.