Episode #304: Airbursts and Cratering Impacts

In this episode, we read from the five papers recently published by the Comet Research Group in their new journal, about evidence for an airburst that destroyed Abu Hureyra ~12,800 years ago, and comparisons of impact proxies at Meteor Crater to materials found at known nuclear test sites.  There is also a paper about a possible impact or airburst much more recently, around 700BC, over Kansas, that was witnessed by the native american Pawnee.

We also discuss the new paper about Gunung Padang, a megalithic mound in Indonesia that has evidence it's earliest building phase may be as much as 24,000 years old.

The Cosmic Tusk post on the new CRG Journal:
https://cosmictusk.com/airbursts-and-cratering-impacts/

"Airbursts and Cratering Impacts" Journal
https://www.scienceopen.com

Gunung Padang paper
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arp.1912

Thanks to Troy for the amazing episode art!

Episode #303: Listener Communications - Live

We read and respond to listener emails in this episode, which was live streamed to YouTube. Thank you all so much for the great emails, and the support for the show!

 

Executive Producers:
LalaC
Philip Baklamov
Matt Shy
Peter Shell
Zachariah Baker

Associate Executive Producers:
Edfu_TextYa_Later
Jim Niggles
Captain River Rat
Chris James
Daniel Gandy
Dave Cortes
Patrick Hicks

Episode #302: Tales of the Little People - Part 4

Drew joins us for the final episode on his collection of tales about little people, fae folk, and pygmies, this time from the Americas. It is amazing to hear the striking similarities with stories from the other side of the world.

 

Thanks to Troy for the episode art!