Bang! Goes the Universe

Bang! Goes the Universe Interview with John Mulchaey

A 45-minutes discussion with the director of the Carnegie Observatories about his journey as an astronomy, the state of research, new technologies and the development of

Bang! Goes the Universe Interview with Alan Friedman

Alan Friedman is an award winning amateur solar photographer whose work and techniques have been the subject of lectures, articles and interviews.  He has appeared on NBC

Season 1 Recap and a Preview of Season 2

A quick review of some of the names and events we discussed in season 1 and a short preview of what's coming up in season 2 of the show. It's been a hoot so far

The Bang! Goes the Universe Interview with Daniel Lewis

Daniel Lewis is the Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science and Technology at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in Pasadena, California.

Aristarchus Updates Anaxagoras

This Ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician built upon the suppositions of his predecessor creating a heliocentric model of the universe with the earth, moon and plan

Eratosthenes Measures the Earth, Sun and Moon

One of the most brilliant men of science in the ancient world, Eratosthenes was best known as a scholar and librarian in his day, But he made his greatest contribution to

Leucippus and Democritus Derive the Atom!

In this episode we discuss a pair of ancient Greek philosophers whose relationship was akin to that of Socrates and Plato, but whose insights on the microcosmic nature of

Philolaus: Geocentrism Denier

Philolaus was a unique figure in the era of Greek metaphysics who bridged the gap between the Milesians, the Presocratics and the Pythagoreans to form a theory of univers

The Rebel Anaxagoras

Anaxagoras was a maverick who lived in Ancient Greece in the 5th century BCE. He was schooled in the Milesian and Eleatic philosophical traditions and was especially inte

The Milesians

In this episode we’ll go back to Ancient Greece to review the lives of three members of the first Western school of thought who, through a century of discourse and debate

The Presocratics: Philosophy in the Wild West

In this episode we’ll continue our discussion of the presocratic philosophers with a group of four thinkers who interpreted the work of their predecessors, the Milesians,

Pythagoras: The Mathematics of Reason

In this episode we’ll discuss the life and work of the best known member of the Presocratics and one of the best known figures in all of antiquity. But what you may not k

Bang! Goes the Universe Interview with Deborah Shapley

Deborah Shapley had a distinguished 30-year career as a journalist, serving as a reporter for the weekly journal, Science, and as the Washington Bureau Chief for Nature.

Ancient Stories of Creation

Take a tour 100,000 years back in time to discover one of the great under appreciated inventions in human history: the invention of myth. In this episode we'll discu

One Mississippi, Two Mississippi...

In this series opening episode, we'll take a look at the timeline from the very beginning to the present state of play in the known universe according to the consens