Jax and Phoebe Make a Planet

Everything starts with a big ball of gooey rock and one giant planetary collision. Join Jax and Phoebe with guests Anat Shahar and Miki Namajima as they discuss how Earth first formed over 4.5 billion years ago and how it became the setting for the evolution of life. The beautiful pedal steel music you hear in this episode comes from the album Diaspora Urkontinent by Barry Walker, Jr., and is used with permission. Additional music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. You can find alternate versions of this episode at the following links: Free from music: https://soundcloud.com/makeaplanetpod/the-formation-of-the-earth-1/s-F5VM3kuVMJp?si=2722402c23d548539b816cfeb878cc3f Transcript version on YouTube (coming soon!) For more information about this episode, check out the episode page on our website: https://www.makeaplanetpod.earth/ep1

Hi! We're Jax (Jacquelyn Gill) and Phoebe (Phoebe Cohen), and we’re baking an apple pie. But first, we have to make a planet — and not just any planet, but the best planet: Earth! It's a project that's been 4.56 billion years in the making, and we've got all the ingredients right here: Comets! Asteroids! Volcanoes! Oxygen! Water! Carbon! Now we just need a few billion years. Better preheat those ovens … ! Jax and Phoebe Make a Planet is a limited-run podcast airing in 2024 that will explore all the major chance events in Earth history that needed to take place to get to the moment where two humans (us!) are able to hang out and bake an apple pie together. Along the way, our listeners will learn about why Earth is such an incredibly special place — and one worth protecting. Each episode will focus on an important moment that changed the trajectory of our planet, and life itself—the formation of the moon, the evolution of the oxygen-producing bacteria that created our breathable atmosphere, how plants made it onto land, the asteroid impact that ushered in the Age of Mammals, and more. Along the way, we’ll explore the origins of all the ingredients needed to make an apple pie (Sugar! Butter! Apples!). The show will include a blend of scripted essays, conversation, and interviews with the diverse scientists helping us understand how we got here, and why it matters. For more information, visit our website at https://makeaplanetpod.earth/ For a version of this trailer with no music, visit https://soundcloud.com/makeaplanetpod/introducing-jax-and-phoebe-make-a-planet-no-music.