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Where do you go to let your curiosity fly? The backyard, of course. The setting for this audio original program is the backyard of William Shatner’s Los Angeles home, where he and Neil deGrasse Tyson enjoy a powerful, open-hearted conversation steeped in wonder. Having become fast friends and verbal sparring partners, the two men discuss the quest for knowledge that has driven human exploration and discovery over centuries, drawing from historical and contemporary examples.

A "pacy, smartly reported" (Financial Times) account of the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rival billionaires The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of...

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In Conversations With Cosmo, Dr. Betty Jean Craige tells how her female African Grey Parrot learned to talk and developed a terrific sense of humor. In this very entertaining audiobook, Cosmo herself contributes to the narration of her astonishing story.

An irresistible new volume of missives about outer space, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections In Letters of Note: Outer Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, containing hopeful thoughts about the future of...

A few million years ago, our ancestors came down from the trees and began to stand upright, freeing our hands to create tools and our minds to grapple with the world around us. Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a passionate and inspiring tour through the exciting history of human progress and the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual superstar’s final thoughts on the cosmos—a dramatic revision of the theory he put forward in A Brief History of Time. “This superbly written book offers insight into an extraordinary individual...

There is no doubt that America has changed and evolved considerably since the 1950s. The post-war years when the middle class found a haven in the manicured lawns of suburban homes quickly gave way to social unrest in the 1960s and '70s. This was followed by the "Decade of Greed" in the 1980s, disillusion at the turn of a century, and the sea change caused by the internet, social media, and threats (perceived or real) to the American way of life.

I have resume podcasting on spotify. My podcasts were interrupted when Spotify took over anchor and discontinued supporting word press. you can find them under the name the world according to cosmos

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Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution. My Brief...

This book restores the name of Felix Le Dantec—a scientist, philosopher, and heretic of his age—to the living current of thought. At the dawn of the twentieth century, he dared to proclaim that life is not a riddle imposed by spirit upon matter, but that matter itself is spirit—learning, feeling, and recognizing itself through the processes of biology. He saw the organism not as a mechanism steered by circumstance, but as a meaning-making machine: life as an act of self-comprehension, matter awakening to its own awareness.

Dive into the cosmic riddles with me on ‘Echoes Through the Cosmos’: a weekly blog + podcast where life's wild complexities are laid bare. Expect a rollercoaster of humor, charm, and raw honesty. Each offering - a brushstroke on the canvas of existence we're all navigating.

Cosmo's and Convo's is a place for people to share their experiences, hopes and dreams. We have fun, we laugh, we cry and we reminiscence. From conversations with like-minded individuals, to conversations with people that live a totally different lifestyle - there is no topic we won't discuss and we will always find a common ground.

Killer Cosmos delves into the dark side of the human experience with incisive astrology, uncovering the mysterious influence of the cosmos on some of the most infamous figures and events in human history.

Born and raised in remote Broken Hill, Trevor Barry left school after year ten to work in the mines. Years later, a single glimpse of Saturn through a colleague's telescope knocked Trevor's world completely off its axis, turning his whole life upside down. With his newfound passion and armed with decades of outback know-how, Trevor set about building an observatory in his backyard using bits and pieces from his shed, a second-hand washing machine motor, rainwater tank parts and an old catamaran wire.

Trained as a musician, amateur scientist William Herschel found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. Though he is still best known for this finding, his partnership with his sister Caroline yielded groundbreaking work, including techniques that remain in use today. The duo pioneered comprehensive surveys of the night sky, carefully categorizing every visible object in the void. Caroline wrote an influential catalogue of nebulae, and William discovered infrared radiation.

It was a normal day in high school, until one of my instructors began to lecture. That day, he used an inane theory to teach classrooms of students, most of whom were white, to believe that people of African descent were intellectually inferior. I didn’t believe him...Why, I wondered, were lies told about their intellectualism? I realized that these were the culprits and forerunners to intellectual colonialism which still exists in today’s academic environments and subsequent social cultures.

In this audio compilation of "The Black Man: The Father of Civilization, Proven by Biblical History", the narrator offers a compilation about James Morris Webb, a Christian Preacher from the USA in the early 1900’s. Here, we focus on how the story delves into how James Morris Webb was one of several preachers from this denomination who agitated for black nationalism which highlighted African Americans' role in history. Stating that he "loves his race," James Morris Webb is a true advocate for the African American community found in biblical times to present.