Coming Up on the Cosmic Companion - Artificial Intelligence, Jupiter, and Foods of the Future - Oh My! - The Cosmic Companion VIP Newsletter 13 August 2022

Over the next five weeks, The Cosmic Companion explores artificial intelligence, mysteries of Jupiter, plus oceans, and what makes Earth so very weird!

A look ahead to the next five weeks on The Cosmic Companion - plus a special bonus announcement for VIP subscribers!

Hello everyone!

I can’t tell you how excited I am about our show for the next few weeks - but let me try anyway!

Here’s a look forward to the next five weeks on The Cosmic Companion!

16 August (s6/e26): Artificial Intelligence Explores the Universe with Yosuke Kobayashi, Stewart Observatory, University of Arizona!

For his first interview anywhere in English, Yosuke Kobayashi talks about his new virtual emulator, exploring secrets of ancient galaxies.

23 August (s6/e27): Exploring Ocean Floors with Catherine Musemeche, author of Lethal Tides!

Ocean moons are among the most likely places for us to find life elsewhere in the Solar System. We talk with Catherine Musemeche about her new biography of pioneering oceanographer and feminist Mary Sears.

30 August (s6/e28): Earth – What a Weird Planet! with Kathryn Williams, editor of Weird but True! World 2023 from National Geographic!

Sure, there are lava planets, gas giants, and the occasional planet with dazzling rings. But one of the weirdest planets of all is the one we live on! Nat Geo’s Kathryn Williams will join us, talking about some of the wacky antics of the humans which populate our planet!

6 September (s6/e29): Jupiter: King of the Planets! with astrophysicist Stephen Kane from UC Riverside!

Did someone say RINGS? Have you ever wondered why Jupiter - the largest planet in the Solar System - doesn’t have a dazzling display of rings? Astrophysicist Stephen Kane HAS wondered just that - and we welcome him back to the show, giving us details on his new findings, answering that very question!

13 September (s6/e30): Food in the Final Frontier! with Lenore Newman and Evan D.G. Fraser, authors of Dinner on Mars!

How will cooking, eating, and food evolve as the human race moves out into space? We talk with Evan Fraser (Director of the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph) and Lenore Newman (Canada Research Chair in Food Security and the Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley) about the future of food in the final frontier of space!

We look forward to seeing you here at The Cosmic Companion!

Clear Skies!

James

VIP Subscribers: We have an extra special duo of guests - only confirmed Thursday - that we will tell you about below. One of these guests is among my favorite science writers, and the other is an astronaut! This announcement is just for VIP subscribers - almost a week before being released to the general public!