About The Cosmic Companion

Friendly conversations with scientists, authors, developers, and more…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a friendly, casual conversation with some of the greatest scientists, authors, and developers around the globe advancing the human race? Have you ever wanted to learn about science in a friendly and informal way, without getting bogged down by technical jargon and complex equations? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should check out The Cosmic Companion.

Join James G. Maynard for our (nearly) weekly original full-length video and podcast show, The Cosmic Companion, featuring interviews with leading experts and celebrities in the field of astronomy and space exploration. Each episode of our show features a friendly “dinner table conversation” with one or more of the guests, where they share their insights, stories, and opinions on various topics related to the cosmos.

We also create and produce award-winning short films, including The AI Man, a redux of the Buster Keaton classic, The Cameraman, set in our age of generative artificial intelligence. Future films include our first feature-length film, Gaia Rising. And – just announced – the upcoming too-long-for-a-short-film-and-too-short-for-a-feature-film light-hearted Medieval murder mystery, The Wizard and the Scholar (or, a Rapscallion Runs Amok in Rye). Subscribe for updates as they happen!

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The sky is not the limit — the sky is just the just the beginning!

Creator/Producer James G. Maynard 

James grew up around the space program, and he has more than a decade of experience as an astronomy and space journalist. He has written for newspapers, radio, television, and several online outlets dedicated to science news. He is the author of three non-fiction books, as well as thousands of news stories. Read more about his story, from being a child of Apollo to transforming science education.