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Bang! Goes the Universe

Ron Voller

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Bang! Goes the Universe is a walking, talking, four-dimensional tour of the history, the people, and the science behind one of the greatest discoveries of all time: the Big Bang. This podcast is an attempt to demystify the science behind big bang cosmology, by working through the developments in modern thought that slowly led us to our current state of play. I’ll hold interviews and labs to help you visualize various concepts along the way. And we’ll visit some of the people and places who a ...
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Something Something Podcast - A Creative Podcast

Something Something Podcast

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The Something Something Podcast is a creative podcast hosted by filmmakers Larry Sands (@larrysands2) and Erick Kaslov(@whoiserickkaslov). They interview the best independent artist from all forms of the creative world; actors, directors, screenwriters, authors, musicians and more. Keep up-to-date with the Something Something Podcast on Facebook/SomethingSomethingPodcast and Instagram @somethingsomethingpodcast Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/somethingsomethingp ...
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The Company Doctors – Business Exam Room Podcast focuses on inspiring and motivating leaders and business families by interviewing entrepreneurs, business owners, non-profit founders and people of interest. We share their successes, failures, different approaches, practical tips and provide insight into what guides them, to help you in your journey to find success, professionally and personally. Hosted by business turn-around guru, Randy McKinley and Eileen Frere-McKinley, a veteran broadcas ...
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Ron Voller is the author of The Muleskinner and the Stars (Springer 2015), and Hubble, Humason and the Big Bang (Springer Praxis 2021). He has contributed articles to Astronomy Magazine, chronicling the extraordinary life of the astronomer Milton Humason, a tribute to the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson - the telescope that led us beyond …
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Jonathan Lash is a former Peace Corps volunteer, federal prosecutor, and environmental litigator. He has served as Vermont Secretary of Natural Resources, a law professor, and president of a college. For over a decade, he led the World Resources Institute, an international organization dedicated to transforming ideas into action to address global e…
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Dr. Lesk has been a practicing, board-certified psychiatrist since 1984, treating thousands of adult patients while researching, writing articles and mentoring students. He served as chairman of psychiatry at a large VA hospital in New York and assistant professor at the affiliated medical school. He is pioneering new theories in hopes of improving…
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ABOUT DYLAN At just 15, Dylan Rhys is already making waves as a standout in the next generation of Texas musicians. Embracing his musical passion from an early age, Dylan picked up guitar at nine, seamlessly integrating vocals shortly thereafter. It was during the early days of COVID-19 quarantine that he created his first stage by streaming his “C…
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Patricia Canton, a proud mother of three from Southern California, with a Latin heritage, is a passionate entrepreneur committed to building legacies and wealth through financial literacy and planning. With a background in psychology, she approaches her work with compassion and finds joy in positively impacting others. As a fully bilingual English …
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Marcus Pittman is the founder and CEO of LOOR.tv ( L O O R) a streaming platform that allows monthly subscribers to spend their monthly subscription funding movies and TV shows from new independent artists. He headed up video digital advertising for the agency that did all of Pure Flix's online marketing, is a documentary filmmaker of two notable p…
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The age-old saying, “It Takes A Village,” is what New Life Village lives by, and they should know. Founded and headed up by husband and wife duo Isamarie (Isa) Banks Nieves and James Banks, New Life Village exists to bridge the very wide gap between the foster care of our youth who are about to age out of the foster care system at the age of 18 or …
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Born in England and raised in Canada, Michael has spent his adult life in Europe and South Africa. Michael’s father was a Canadian soldier who met his wife, an English girl, in Croydon, south of London during World War II. Michael emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, with his mother when the war ended, and there he grew up. After a stint in the military …
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Toronto-based actor Siddharth Sharma, represented by Noble Caplan Abrams, boasts over half a decade of experience in the industry. Known for his versatility and captivating performances, Siddharth has become a sought-after talent. In addition to his acting prowess, he co-founded HoldTheSauceFilms, dedicated to independent filmmaking, producing shor…
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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 the Giant Magellan Telescope at Las Campanas, Chile. John is renowned for his research on dark matter in galaxy groups. As observatory director he has spearheaded outreach programs…
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Anthony Schembri is a distinguished former police commissioner who brings a wealth of expertise to his thrilling crime novels. With a background in the Homicide Bureau, forensic evidence, and leadership positions in law enforcement, Schembri’s dynamic career and accolades, including an Innovations in Government award from Harvard, shape his captiva…
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P.D. Blackwell is known for his amazing stories that take readers on thrilling adventures while also exploring deep themes. His latest book, "Chaos Rising," is out just in time for National Reading Month. It's a must-read that shows off his incredible talent for storytelling.To celebrate National Reading Month, P.D. Blackwell is taking a break from…
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Tom Harrison is an author with a passion for weaving captivating narratives. Born and raised amidst the vibrant rhythms of Memphis, his deep-rooted connection to the South shapes his unique storytelling style. Tom claims his soul is majestically linked to that of his hometown: its music, its people, its challenges, and its triumphs. As evidenced by…
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In “The Next Run,” a 60s UC Berkeley student who brings some pot back from Mexico on a lark and ends up heading a Colombian operation with a cargo plane dropping bales to waiting speedboats off the coast of Florida—plus . . . a Mexican operation with six tons at a time crossing the border in semis past a bribed customs officer! Some of this while m…
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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's Today Show and offered a TEDx Talk on solar photography. The impending solar eclipse convinced me that this would be an ideal time to talk with Alan about solar astronomy and pho…
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Beverley Blass is a highly sought after integrative intuitive healer, with over 35-years of experience helping thousands of celebrities, athletes, executives, and health-conscious individuals and providers to achieve optimal health and well-being. Offering Body-Centered Psychotherapy, Soul-Centered Hypnotherapy, and Professional Colon Hydrotherapy,…
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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! Hope you've enjoyed it. Season 2 is coming soon! Don't forget to check out my website for details on upcoming events or scroll through the Bang! blog page for more information on the peopl…
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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. A native of Hawaii, he's an environmental historian and author whose latest book, Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future, is due to be released in March of 2024. The library ha…
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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 science in the realms of geometry and astronomy fueled by his curiosity, ingenuity and reason. From his home in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, he used a chance reading from a bo…
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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 planets orbiting the Sun during the 3rd century BCE. Using an observation from Anaxagoras about the cause of eclipses, some geometry and some clever thinking, he devised a method of de…
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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 nature was so prescient that it would ultimately be passed over for hundreds of years. Due to a lack of surviving work from Leucippus the episode is focused largely on Democritus …
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Kataem Enoth-Luwunzu O’Connor was born and raised in the Toronto area but has always remained close to his Ugandan and Trinidadian roots. He started acting and modelling at the age of 10 with the support of his family, and his career has skyrocketed from there. He attended high school at Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts, where he was able to …
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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 universal origins that included the first suggestion that Earth was not at its center. Although his theory was not widely accepted in his day, he would influence astronomers and philosoph…
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In a world where we all get caught up in our typical 9-5 jobs, we tend to forget about how important it is to foster our souls and find room in our daily lives to find our personal potential and increase self-improvement.In Jo-Ann's new book, Soulful Work 2.0: Powered by Inner-Person Potential, Jo-ann calls for a radical rethink of the age-old empl…
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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 interested in celestial mechanics. Chiefly, solar and lunar eclipses. His answers to Parmenides' thoughts on reality and the Milesian forms of arche as well as his insights on the caus…
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Mark David Gerson, an award-winning author with a global readership, has penned over twenty books that traverse the realms of spellbinding fiction, insightful personal development, and self-help guides, as well as riveting memoirs and enduring classics for writers. Beyond his novel, Gerson has adapted his work as a screenplay. Readers can soon hope…
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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. She is the author of four books, the best known of which is Promise and Power: the Life and Times of Robert McNamara, published on Little Brown in 1993. She is the granddaughter of…
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the wilds of India to the banks of the River Kwai. Included are tales from the jails of Madrid to the jungles of Fiji and the cold war streets of Budapest. The work seamlessly connects the Golden Age of Hollywood to the highly successful premium television of today. Make or break creative battles, Hollywood intrigues, unpredictable studio executive…
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Just like her books, Kay Oliver is uplifting, direct, and easy to connect with. Having had a successful career as a writer and editor in the entertainment industry, from working with Speilberg to Saban Entertainment, Oliver has made a seamless transition into writing novels. The changeover was so seamless, in fact, that her colleagues were incredul…
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This weeks guest is Michael Tedder Michael Tedder has written about music, film, the entertainment industry, television, health, and masculinity for Esquire, Playboy, Money, The Street, the New Republic, Stereogum, Vulture, Variety, the Daily Beast, The Ringer, the Village Voice, and MEL. He is the former managing editor of the music magazine CMJ a…
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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 discuss how myth evolved and aided in the development in human culture leading to the advent of science and philosophy. We encourage comments, likes and subscribers to our series so feel fre…
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Sonia was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She went to school at Western in London, Ontario and graduated from Dentistry in '93 and Orthodontics in '99. She pioneered the use of digital orthodontics in practice and has lectured all over the world to share her knowledge with others.Sonia has written the Leave the Little Light On series, …
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Steve Bates is a science fiction writer. His new novel, "Castle of Sand," is now available on Amazon. His first novel, "Back to You," is also available on Amazon. Steve's short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including Kzine and Perihelion. Before turning to fiction, he was a reporter and editor for The Washington Post as well as fo…
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Alex Hook is an emerging artist who has been acting since the age of seven. Alex made her mark in the Nickelodeon series “I Am Frankie” playing the lead role of Frankie for two seasons. When starting out, she booked many commercials as a young performer winning a Joey Award in 2015 for ‘Best Actress in a Commercial (ages 13-18)’ Canadian national a…
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