Demystify Science has just released a new podcast interview with LPPFusion Chief Scientist Eric Lerner on the history of the plasma physics that underlies fusion energy work and the nature of the scientific method. The conversation dives deeply (three hours) into the history and foundations of plasma science, from early Birkeland current experiments in the Arctic that revealed the electrical nature of the aurora, to the role of plasma dynamics in the shape and behavior of galaxies-- the electromagnetic forces often overlooked in mainstream cosmology, to the filamentary plasma structures and cosmic-scale currents that contradict the standard Big Bang model. This is a deep exploration of plasma cosmology theories, and the scientists behind them — from Birkeland and Alfven — who pioneered plasma physics by looking at the universe.