Before we talk about this week&rsquo;s podcast episode, don&rsquo;t forget to check out the Connors Institute&rsquo;s new documentary, <a href="https://connorsinstitute.substack.com/p/watch-our-new-documentary-the-poisoning">The Poisoning of the American Mind</a>, an illuminating film about how conservatives and liberals in America regularly fall for misinformation and disinformation.
On this week&rsquo;s episode of the&nbsp;<a href="https://connorsinstitute.org/podcast">Utterly Moderate Podcast</a>, we are joined by everyone&rsquo;s favorite astrophysicist, the <a href="https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Gorjian/">Jet Propulsion Laboratory&rsquo;s Dr. Varoujan Gorjian</a>, to discuss a number of science-related topics, including:
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li class="MsoNormal">The looming problem of space junk, man-made objects littering low-Earth orbit that are bound to cause problems in the future&mdash;like when one piece of space junk fell to Earth recently and <a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/object-that-slammed-into-florida-home-was-indeed-space-junk-from-iss-nasa-confirms">smashed through the roof of a home in Florida</a>.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">How freaked out&nbsp;Utterly Moderate host Lawrence Eppard was by an asteroid that <a style="text-indent: -0.25in;" href="https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/car-size-asteroid-discovered-2-days-ago-flies-30-times-closer-to-earth-than-the-moon">recently came too close to Earth</a> for Eppard&rsquo;s liking.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Whether&nbsp;<a style="text-indent: -0.25in;" href="https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Gorjian/">Dr. Gorjian</a> has seen any famous scientists get embarrassingly drunk at academic conferences (will he name names?).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">The ongoing search for&nbsp;<a style="text-indent: -0.25in;" href="https://www.livescience.com/strange-radio-signals-detected-from-earth-like-planet-could-be-a-magnetic-field-necessary-for-life">Earth-like planets</a>.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">The&nbsp;<a style="text-indent: -0.25in;" href="https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/">recent solar eclipse</a> that swept the nation and whether an esteemed astrophysicist like Dr. Gorjian gets excited by them anymore (spoiler: he really does!).</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">The awesome discoveries of the&nbsp;<a style="text-indent: -0.25in;" href="https://connorsinstitute.substack.com/p/podcast-1st-james-webb-space-telescope?utm_source=publication-search">James Webb Space Telescope</a>.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">The interesting scientific puzzle of the&nbsp;<a style="text-indent: -0.25in;" href="https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-hubble-telescopes-affirm-universes-expansion-rate-puzzle-persists/">Hubble Tension</a>.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">And of course, <a style="text-indent: -0.25in;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbenheimer">Barbenheimer</a>.</li>
</ul>
Enjoy, and thanks for listening!
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Episode Audio:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">"Air Background Corporate" by REDCVT (Free Music Archive)</li>
<li dir="ltr">"Please Listen Carefully" by Jahzzar (Free Music Archive)</li>
<li dir="ltr">"Last Dance" by Jahzzar (Free Music Archive)</li>
<li dir="ltr">&ldquo;Happy Trails (To You)&rdquo; by&nbsp;the Riders in the Sky&nbsp;(used with artist&rsquo;s permission)</li>
</ul>

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