Cool Worlds Podcast

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October 12 #36 Hal Triedman - Hugging Face Hack, AI Meltdowns, Poisoning AI
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In this week's episode, David is joined by Hal Triedman (https://haltriedman.com/), a PhD student at Cornell Tech researching why AI agents go rogue and how easily they can be poisoned.
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References:
- Jha et al. (2026): "Agent Meltdowns: The Road to Hell Is Paved with Helpful Agents": https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19149
- Zhang et al. (2026), "Deep-Research Agents Can Be Poisoned via User-Generated Content": https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24245
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1 hr 44 min
August 19 #35 Lee Cronin - Chemputation, Origin of Life, Assembly Theory
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In this week's episode, David is joined by Lee Cronin, Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Glasgow University, where he holds the Regius Chair. He is also the Founder and CEO of Chemify (https://www.chemify.io/).
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1 hr 44 min
August 07 #34 Solo Episode - We Need to Talk About That "First Exomoon" Discovery
Special solo episode about the recent news of the first exomoon discovery.
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REFERENCES
- Hoy et al. 2026, "Planetary-mass exosatellite detected around the substellar companion of a star": https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.05193 and https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10751-w#Bib1
- Kral et al. 2026, "Exomoon search with VLTI/GRAVITY around the substellar companion HD 206893 B": https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.20091
- Todorov et al. 2010, "Discovery of a Planetary-mass Companion to a Brown Dwarf in Taurus": https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0539
- Chauvin et al. 2004, "A Giant Planet Candidate near a Young Brown Dwarf": https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409323
- IAU Commission F2, "The IAU Working Definition of an Exoplanet": https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.09520
1 hr 6 min
June 27 #33 Sarah Rugheimer - LIFE Mission, Prebiosignatures, Mountains
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In this week's episode, David is joined by Sarah Rugheimer, Reader (Assoc Prof) at the Institute of Astronomy, Edinburgh University. Check out Sarah's new Great Courses series at https://shop.thegreatcourses.com/experiencing-james-webb-the-invisible-universe-revealed, her Audible Originals at https://www.audible.com/pd/Searching-for-Extraterrestrial-Life-Audiobook/B08N5CHQF8 and her fantastic TED talk at https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_rugheimer_the_search_for_microscopic_aliens
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1 hr 56 min
April 13 #32 Chris Lintott - Technosignatures, Citizen Science, Scicomm
In this week's episode, David is joined by Chris Lintott, Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University and presenter of BBC's "The Sky At Night".
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1 hr 37 min
February 12 #31 Joshua Winn - Exoplanet History, Discoveries and Future
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In this week's episode, David is joined by Joshua Winn, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University and author of "The Little Book of Exoplanets".
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1 hr 8 min
February 01 #30 Solo Episode - We Need To Talk About AI
This episode is a bit different in that it's a solo-episode! I spent this week visiting the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, and one meeting in particular shook me so much I felt compelled to make this special episode.
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1 hr 15 min
January 28 #29 Nick Bostrom - Simulation Theory, Anthropic Reasoning, Great Filters
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In this week's episode, David is joined by Nick Bostrom, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and author of several books including "Deep Utopia", "Superintelligence" and "Anthropic Reasoning".

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1 hr 6 min
December 05, 2025 #28 Néstor Espinoza - JWST, Exoplanet Atmospheres, Molecule Detection
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In this week's episode, David is joined by Néstor Espinoza - Associate Astronomer and Mission Scientist of Exoplanet Science at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. Néstor is a prolific researcher, developing state-of-the-art statistical tools and performing some of the most exciting analyses of exoplanets with JWST.
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1 hr 41 min
November 07, 2025 #27 Jason Steffen - Kepler Mission Legacy, Particle Physics, Optimal Plane Boarding
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In this week's episode, David is joined by Jason Steffen, Professor of Physics at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Jason is the author of the book "Hidden in the Heavens: How the Kepler Mission’s Quest for New Planets Changed How We View Our Own".
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1 hr 51 min

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Conversations between Professor David Kipping and guests, spanning astronomy, technology, science and engineering. This is the official podcast of the Cool Worlds Lab at Columbia University and their…