Episode #029: Impactor Diversity - Fingerprints of Catastrophe

Summary

Randall Carlson discusses evidence of cosmic impacts and their catastrophic effects on Earth, particularly focusing on events like the Tunguska event and the Younger Dryas Boundary. He presents a comparison of various geological indicators across multiple continents that suggest a higher frequency of such cosmic encounters than previously estimated. Through detailed analysis, Carlson aims to uncover crucial details that explain the profound mysteries surrounding these historical events.

Key takeaways

• 1Footprints and fingerprints as types of evidence for cosmic events
• 2Comparison of Tunguska, Younger Dryas Boundary (YDB), and K-T events
• 3Evidence retrieved from ice cores exhibiting microspherules
• 4Events capable of creating temperatures high enough to boil quartz
• 5Estimates of geocosmic encounters are considered too low by Carlson
• 6Collaboration with the Snake Brothers in the episode

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Transcript excerpt

That's ancientnutrition.com, code protein. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to the Cosmographia Podcast with Randall Carlson. Once again, we are joined by everybody that you usually see. Bradley, how are you doing this week, sir? I'm a normal suspect here, or the usual suspect. I guess we'll let Mike be the normal suspect. He's the normal. I'm good. I'm really good, though. We just had the first case in my county a couple days ago, so that was newsworthy. But everybody's still milling around, and it seems pretty normal around here. Oh, that's good. Mike, how are you doing, sir? Everything's fine here. Thank you. So everything's normal in your world, Mike? Yes, everything is normal in normal world. Good. We're right. Very reassuring. It's always comforting to know that. Yeah. That's right. We can all proceed comfortably. Somewhere out there is normality. I'm not sure where. Normal, of course, is a relative term. I'm just normal compared to you guys. Yeah, I realize that, Mike. There are other people in the world who are even more normal than you. There you go. No doubt. That's one of those words like reality that always has to be in quotes. Normal. Abnormal. Next to whom, Mike, you would look positively abnormal. I've been told that, yes. So, hey, you know what? We got one of those people on the show sometime. That might be interesting. For a very short period, though. For a very, very short period. Somebody really normal? Yeah. I mean, yeah, not a faux normal like you, Mike. A real normal. Right. The problem with that kind of normality is that it slowly degrades the longer they're on the show. Right? That's the point. ...

Excerpt from Kosmographia, May 5, 2020. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.