Who needs another mytho-poetic sci fi adventure anyway?

This was an experiment to give my son some sound editing practice. I'd long wanted to read this poem since being introduced to it through Jeff Wright's Trojan War Podcast on the Odyssey. I am at a pla

The podcasts, anyway.

Storyteller Jeff Wright talks about 3,000 years of appreciation for Homer and Christopher Nolan's new cinematic interpretation of The Odyssey

Carney's announcement is the equivalent of 19 Hoover Dams, while Trump spends billions taking America back to the fossil-fuel Stone Age.

A fun and educational interview with a modern Homeric storyteller

A little spot of joy in a recent day

Let's put ourselves in Ling Chen's slippers for a minute

Let's put ourselves in Ling Chen's slippers for a minute

Objective: Cannabis use has increased among older adults, yet the neurocognitive effects in this demographic remain unclear. Prior work has suggested cannabis may increase brain volume in areas rich i...

From divine plan, to existential freedom, to what?

A personal philosophical slant on the last post

What if intelligence isn’t confined to individuals, but is something that can emerge at the scale of a planet?

What if intelligence isn’t confined to individuals, but is something that can emerge at the scale of a planet?

Listen now (106 mins) | A conversation on Asimov and Foundation on and off the page.

Listen now (63 mins) | In this episode of Seldon Crisis,host Joel McKinnon is joined by voice actor Amanda Kreitler, the talent behind Bayta Darell and several other key characters in the Foundation p...

Why a decades-old sci-fi epic still helps us think about collapse, intelligence, and human futures

The complete story of the Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov, told as narrative, audio drama, commentary and analysis.

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

Song · 1985 · Duration 5:40

YouTube video by Joel McKinnon