Episode #060: Relict Appalachian Megaflood Phenomena

Summary

The podcast dives deep into the Megaflood features found in the Appalachians and the geological forces behind them. It discusses the historical debates between gradualist and catastrophist theories in geology and revisits the unresolved Energy Paradox. With visual aids and maps, RC highlights the significant impact of past cataclysmic events on the region's landscape.

Key takeaways

• 1The Megaflood features studied by geologists across the Appalachians.
• 2The historical conflict between gradualist and catastrophist geological theories.
• 3The unresolved Energy Paradox explored in the context of geological events.
• 4RC's presentation of terrain maps and boulder deposits revealing massive ancient flows.
• 5The impact of the Younger Dryas period on geological formations.

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Transcript excerpt

That's the number 3, D-A-Y blinds.com slash Chicago50. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. And welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. I think we're on episode 60. That's right. Episode 60. Made it. That's right. Hard to believe. And many more in the future. No plans to stop. Right, guys? At least 100 more. Yeah, at least. What do you think, Randall? You got maybe another 7,000 shows in the hopper? Well, I was actually thinking this would be our concluding show. Of course. Yeah, we're going to shut it down after this. No, 7,000. That sounds about right. I'm thinking 7,200. Because that's twice 3,600. Of course. And 3,600 is the square of 60. Right. 72. Yeah, that's very predictable logic there. So 7,200 episodes would be. Let's see. So if we did 7,200 episodes. We're not quite 1%. At one a week, right? Yeah. Right. Okay. So that's, well, that's 138 years worth of shows. I think we're going to have to pick up the pace a little bit. Testing somebody's longevity there. I think we can do that. I can do this for 130 years. 138 years. 138 years. Yeah. I can do that. That's a good goal. Yeah. Yeah. So we'll still be podcasting in 2,200 something. What did we say? 138? So 2021. Yeah. 21,58. Yeah. Yeah. 21, yeah. 59, maybe. Yeah. I think we can do that. Right. Well, there you go. 21, almost to 2160. 2160. Come on. Just round it off. Okay. We'll just round it up. We got to allow that. We're going to take a few weeks off. So we'll probably finish in 2160. Okay. Oh, yeah. There we go. Done. Well, I think last week's episode with Ben and George was fantastic. ...

Excerpt from Kosmographia, Feb 19, 2021. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.