Moiya is joined by astrochemist Ashley Walker and together they imagine life on Saturn's moon Titan! Titan's thick atmosphere, ice caps, and methane lakes inspire them to imagine two related species who value family and HATE Martians.

HOSTED by Dr. Moiya McTier (@GoAstroMo), astrophysicist and folklorist

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• Ashley Walker is an astrochemist getting her PhD at Howard University studying gas giant atmospheres. You can follow her on twitter at @that_astro_chic.

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CREDITS

• Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Cover art: Stephen J. Reisig, http://stephenjreisig.com/

Editing: Mischa Stanton, https://www.mischastanton.com/ 

ABOUT US

How would you like to swim in an ocean ruled by matriarchal squid, or fly over a planet as it rotates with a swarm of migrating wasps? No, it's not the latest VR craze (... yet); it's Exolore! Exolore helps you imagine other worlds with the help of facts and science. Every other week, host Dr. Moiya McTier invites experts to build a world from scratch or sits down with a fiction fan to dive deep into their favorite worlds. Every episode will make you laugh, go "huh?" and appreciate how special our world really is.

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