So I do a podcast (fully independent one-person job) on things that interest me. Currently I’m releasing a series called *Ultima Thule: Unraveling the Unknown* where I focus on how space has influenced both the Earth and humans (including climate change, human migration and tool use, and how we interact with each other). I’ve just started releasing the first of several episodes related to meteorites, which I think is one of the most fun parts of this series.
In this episode I explore the three main types of meteorites: chondrite, achondrite, and iron and what each tells us about our solar system’s past. I discuss the birth of our solar system melting all rock within a couple of astronomical units, world-ending cataclysmic impacts, and even the meteorite that got even Carl Sagan to wonder whether there was life on Mars. And this is just the introduction into my deep dive on meteorites. In future episodes I discuss how they influence our faith throughout history, their allure to peddlers of pseudoscience, meteor storms that made people think the world was ending, our space missions to comets, and even the eccentric world of buying and selling meteorites.
I put a lot of work into my episodes and all of my episodes have a “Sources” page for you to verify the information I share for yourself. I’m always looking for feedback especially for future episodes where I discuss all the feedback I received from my series.
[If you’d like to listen to my episode you can find it (and my sources) here](https://nocharacterlimit.captivate.fm/episode/ultima-thule-episode-18-the-making-of-a-meteorite-chondrite-achondrite-and-iron).
by NoCharacterLmt