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Latest episodes of the podcast The Cosmic Cast

• S2E38: What inspired us growing up?
• S2E37: How to explore lava tubes on the Moon (Just the Hosts)
• S2E36: How old is the solar system? (Tim Gregory)
• S2E35: Will ExoMars find life on Mars? (Elliot Sefton-Nash)
• S2E34: Can Biomarkers Survive Impacts? (Zoe Morland & Sam Halim)
• S2E33: How to do Sedimentology on Mars (Candice Bedford)
• S2E32: What are the atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune like? (Naomi Rowe Gurney)
• S2E31: The Moon: a shocking development? (Lee White)
• S2E30: What are micro-meteorite (Martin Suttle)
• S2E29: Making the Moon in the lab (Josh Snape)
• S2E28: Where does water come from? (Tara Hayden & Tom Barrett)
• S2E27: What is Mars like in 3D? (Divya Persaud)
• S2E26: The Glaciers of Mars (Frances Butcher)
• S2E25: Organic compounds on Mars? (Áine O'Brien)
• S2E24: Papua New Guinea volcanoes don't like cockerels! (Brendan Mccormick Kilbride)
• S2E23: Why Carbonaceous Chondrites are important (Ashley King)
• S2E22: How to write a paper (Hosts)
• S2E21: The LPSC that never was!
• S2E20: The Lost Meteroties of Antarctica Update (Katie Joy)
• S2E19: Understanding metal from across the Solar System (Tom Harvey)
• S2E18: From Red Giants to Chondrites? (Helen Grant)
• S2E17: How did continents form? (Marc Alban Millet)
• S2E16: International Women in Science Special
• S2E15: Understanding Solar Wind (Mark Nottingham)
• S2E14: Giving our first conference talks! (Hosts)
• S2E13: Q&A Christmas special (Just the Hosts)
• S2E12: The stories museum collections tell (David Gelsthorpe)
• S2E11: Crystal Size Distribution!!! (Sam Bell)
• S2E10: Ocean crust on land!? (Elliot Carter)
• S2E9: Meteorite hunting in the Atacama desert (Romain Tartèse)
• S2E8: Watching volcanoes from space (Cat Hayer)
• S2E7: Exploring Exoplanets (Amaury Triaud)
• S2E6: Hunting ancient magnetic fields (Rich Taylor)
• S2E5: Volcano Gas (Matt Varnam)
• S2E4: The Rivers of Mars
• S2E3: Tracking volcanic ash around the world (Ben Esse)
• S2E2: How to make a planet in the lab (Eleanor Jennings)
• S2E1: Space Bubbles (Just the Hosts)
• S1E23: Q&A Spicy Edition
• S1E22: The lost meteorites of Antarctica (Geoff Evatt & Andy Smedley)
• S1E21: Living on the Moon? (Just the Hosts)
• S1E20: Rock Squashing (Dr. David Neave)
• S1E19: Why are noble gases SO great? (with Prof. Fin Stuart)
• S1E18: Recent water on Mars? (Just the Hosts)
• S1E17: Making Moon rocks in the lab!? (with Dayl Martin)
• S1E16: Don't look behind the rocks at Meteor Crater! (with Fran McDonald)
• S1E15: Opening the secret stash of Moon rocks (with Nat Curran)
• S1E14: Digging on the Moon (with Gunter Just)
• S1E13: Q&A Special (Just the Hosts)
• S1E12: Were we all wrong!? Rethinking the Moon's crust (Just the Hosts)
• S1E11: Hot magmas in cold Iceland (with Emma Waters)
• S1E10: How to find life on Mars (with Alastair Tait)
• S1E9: Getting to the bottom of the Canary Islands (with Zoltán Taracsák)
• S1E8: Relaxing in the early Solar System (with Prof. Jamie Gilmour)
• S1E7: Moon Volcanoes? (with Marissa Lo)
• E1S6: We went to a conference! (with Dr. Sarah Crowther)
• S1E5: Measuring the Martian Atmosphere (Dr. Elliot Sefton-Nash & Dr. Manish Patel)
• S1E4: Solar System Births (with Dr. Richard Parker)
• S1E3: Ancient water in the Solar System (with Dr. Romain Tartèse)
• S1E2: Meteorite hunting in Antarctica (with Dr. Katie Joy)
• S1E1: Meet the Hosts