John Michael Godier

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

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Author and futurist John Michael Godier explores the universe with video essays and as host of John Michael Godier's Event Horizon. Event Horizon is a Science and space focused narrative driven show featuring special guests covering science, astronomy, space science, futurism, technology, astrophysics, history, news and more. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/john-michael-godier/subscribe

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John Michael Godier

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Science

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Latest episode

Jun 26, 2026

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Episodes

10 of the Worst Extinction Events on Planet Earth 14.11.2025

An exploration of ten of the worst extinction events in our planet's history.https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMusic:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Crea...

What Lies Beneath Ceres | Dr. Samuel Courville 09.11.2025

New evidence suggests that Ceres may still harbor subsurface brine, cryovolcanic activity, and internal heat sources capable of sustaining habitable environments. The discussion explores how radioactive decay, methanogenesis, and chemical energy could support life beneath its surface, what salt deposits reveal about ancient liquid water, and whether asteroids like Ceres could have delivered Earth’...

10 Ways We Might Detect Alien Life Other Than Radio 09.11.2025

10 Ways We Might Detect Alien Life Other Than Radio. Interview with Fraser Cainhttps://youtu.be/TJo6MV5Vu6wPapers:Orbiting Rainbows. https://www.nasa.gov/content/orbiting-rainbows-phase-ii/_test"Transit Lightcurve Signatures of Artificial Objects", Arnold, 2005https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0503580Music:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution li...

Unsettling Ways Aliens Could Understand the Universe | Daniel Whiteson 07.11.2025

Physicist Daniel Whiteson joins John Michael Godier to explore whether alien civilizations might perceive and understand the universe through entirely different physics—asking if math, logic, and even the laws of nature are truly universal or just human. YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz3qvETKooktNgCvvheuQDw/joinPodcast: hhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/john-michael-god...

10 Reasons Aliens Won't Invade Earth 05.11.2025

An exploration into the concept of alien invasion and reasons why aliens would not attempt to invade earth.https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMusic:Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100783Artist: http://incompetech.com/Cyl...

10 Reasons Aliens Might Invade Earth 05.11.2025

An exploration of scenarios within scientific possibility of why aliens might choose to invade earth. https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMusic:Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/Cylinder Seven by Chris Zabriskie is...

Fermi Paradox: Imperial Pragmatism 03.11.2025

An exploration of whether galaxy spanning empires are feasible or not as a solution to the Fermi Paradox.https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMusic:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie...

Phineas Gage's Brain and Other Oddities with Joe Scott 02.11.2025

Joining John this week is YouTuber Joe Scott, host of Answers with Joe where they discuss a variety of topics including space science, future technology and its effects, and some of the odder cases Joe has covered on his channel, such as the case of Phineas Gage, who survived having an iron tamping bar pass through his skull, revealing to science clues about the structure and function of the brain...

10 SETI Messages That We May Not Want to Receive 31.10.2025

An exploration of alternative SETI messages that may not say hello. https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierPapers:"Searching for Interstellar Communications" Cocconi and Morrison, 1959http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/interste.htm"Intelligent life in the Universe" By Carl Sagan and Iosef Shklovski, 1962MusicCylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons At...

10 Spooky Things the Universe Does that are Invisible 30.10.2025

An exploration of 10 Spooky Things the Universe Does that are Invisible in celebration of Halloween. My Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Talk Show Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshowMusic:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders...

The 3I/ATLAS Mystery: What Scientists Discovered 29.10.2025

For the first time, five hours of interviews with real scientists examining 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever discovered passing through our solar system. Featuring leading astronomers and astrophysicists, this collection explores what makes 3I/ATLAS unique. From its hyperbolic trajectory and ancient composition to whether it could represent interstellar technology or a natural relic ol...

10 Unsettling Artificial Intelligence Scenarios 28.10.2025

10 Unsettling Artificial intelligence scenarios.https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMusic:Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license...

10 Interesting Scientific Discoveries for October 2025 27.10.2025

10 Interesting Scientific Discoveries for October 2025My Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Music:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: https://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is li...

The Wow! Signal with Discoverer Dr. Jerry Ehman 26.10.2025

The Wow! Signal re-examined, examining overlooked aspects leads to a new understanding of the unexplained SETI signal from 1977 with Discoverer Dr. Jerry Ehman. The Mystery of the Wow! Signalhttps://youtu.be/aseyBWZa3pYThe Big Ear Wow! Signal(30th Anniversary Report)http://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/wow30th.htmSETI in the 1970shttp://www.bigear.org/oldseti.htmBig Ear Hot Spotshttp://www.bigear.org/hot...

Is Contacting Aliens Safe? With Dr. David Grinspoon 24.10.2025

Should we contact aliens? Should SETI conduct METI, Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence? Does Intelligent life exist? Are aliens hidden in the universe for some reason. Dr. David Grinspoon is an Astrobiologist, author, and Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. Link:David GrinspoonWebsite: http://funkyscience.net/David's twitter: https://twitter.com/DrFunkySpoonWant to suppor...

Why Pluto is a Planet with Dr. Alan Stern 22.10.2025

A discussion with New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern of the mission to explore Pluto and if Pluto can support life. As well as his thoughts on NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine’s recent statement that Pluto is a planet. John Michael Godlier spoke to Alan Stern about his recent book Chasing New Horizons Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, coauthored with David Grinspoon. https://tw...

10 Bizarre Deep Space Astronomical Objects 21.10.2025

An exploration of ten bizarre astronomical objects either confirmed to exist by scientists, or are hypothesized to likely exist. My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier My Talk Show Channel: https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Music: Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Sourc...

10 Places in the Solar System Where Alien Life is Possible 20.10.2025

An exploration of the other bodies in the solar system other than earth that might be habitable for some forms of alien life.https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMusic:Light Awash by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100175Artist: http://inc...

The Knowledge of the First Civilizations | Dr. Irving Finkel 19.10.2025

Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum joins John Michael Godier to discuss the origins of ancient Sumerian writing, the development of cuneiform tablets, and the early flood myths that shaped the world’s oldest known stories. Finkel explains how the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh and the Babylonian Flood Tablet predate the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark, revealing how ideas about divine floods, su...

Are Wormholes Real? With Dr. Dejan Stojkovic 17.10.2025

Wormholes are theoretical structures linking together two points in spacetime. Dr. Dejan Stojkovic and De-Chang Dai paper, Observing a wormhole, theorizes that by observing the motions of stars around a supermassive blackhole it can be determined if a traversable wormhole exists in our universe. Can we travel through wormholes? "Observing a wormhole", Dai and Stojkovic, 2019https://arxiv...

3I/ATLAS Update: What Makes It So Strange | with Prof. Darryl Seligman 15.10.2025

3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object ever detected, is now being studied in detail by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), revealing new insights into its composition, behavior, and possible origin beyond our solar system. In this interview, John Michael Godier speaks with Professor Darryl Seligman, about what makes 3I/ATLAS so unusual, how astronomers are tracking its movement through...

Spooky Space Facts to Fall Asleep To 12.10.2025

Uncover the eerie beauty of the cosmos in this immersive compilation of spooky space and science facts, narrated by John Michael Godier. Journey through mysterious astronomical discoveries, haunting cosmic phenomena, and the unexplained wonders that lie beyond our solar system all designed to help you relax, unwind, and drift into peaceful sleep. Whether you’re a space enthusiast or simply seeking...

10 Obscure Unexplained Mysteries of the Universe 11.10.2025

An exploration of ten of the oddest, but lesser known unsolved mysteries of space and the universe in general. My Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy talk show channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshowMusic:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriski...

Are These the First Images of UAP in Orbit? With Dr. Beatriz Villarroel 08.10.2025

This is a compilation of interviews with Dr. Beatriz Villarroel, astrophysicist and lead researcher behind a series of studies on unexplained transients found in historic Palomar Observatory plates. Full interviews:https://youtu.be/DcuSNnuv4RIhttps://youtu.be/yLpy-ZFQSf8https://youtu.be/EvPrvB72uMwhttps://youtu.be/MsV9wI4J2ichttps://youtu.be/azW33jxaHPsVillarroel, Beatriz, et al. Aligned, Multiple...

Potential Biosignature on Mars: NASA’s Kevin Hand Explains 07.10.2025

Potential biosignature on Mars — NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected organics and unusual mineral structures in Jezero Crater that could represent evidence of ancient microbial life. In this interview, John Michael Godier speaks with NASA astrobiologist Kevin Hand about the discovery of reduced iron and phosphorus-rich “leopard spots” in the Bright Angel formation. NASA Says Mars Rover Discover...

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