by cameron | Dec 22, 2006 | Podcast
Dec 20, 2006, was Carl Sagan Day, the 10th anniversary of the death of one of history’s great scientists and communicators. He touched hundreds of millions of people with his work, his books and his TV series “Cosmos”. Joel Schlosberg organised the Sagan Blogathon and many people wrote about the impact Sagan had on their lives. On this podcast my co-host Hugo Sharp and I discuss Sagan’s life, work and read out some of the blog posts, from his widow, his son and bloggers whose lives he touched.
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Wikipedia entry on Carl Sagan
Ann Druyan’s blog
Fermi’s Paradox
The Drake Equation aka The Green Bank Equation
Nick Sagan’s blog
Halfway There’s blog
The Whatever blog
National Geographic article “Was Darwin Wrong?”
Richard Dawkins video:
The Root of All Evil
Sam Harris: (a younger Dawkins)
A great email debate he had with a christian. Well worth reading each of the emails.
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by cameron | Dec 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
As yesterday (Dec 20) was the anniversary of Carl Sagan‘s death, I think it’s fitting that tonight we discuss his life and contributions to humanity. If you want to join me on the show, then let me know in the comments section below. We’ll kick-off about 9.30pm AEDT. Check out the shownotes here. I remember visiting Ithaca, NY, a few years ago and doing the tour of the “Pace The Space” monument.
I was ten when Sagan’s TV show “Cosmos” came out in 1980 and I remember watching it in awe. His ability to communicate how mind-boggling yet logical the processes of evolution and the creation of the universe were/are, helped destroy the last vestiges of my Catholic upbringing, far more than anything I was taught at school. Ah, the power of television used for good and not evil!
Watch Carl explain 4 Billion years of evolution.
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And remember Fat Boy Slim’s version?
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by cameron | Dec 20, 2006 | Podcast
Ewan has the news:
A massive big congrats to Thom Allen, host of The Podcast Network’s Jazz Show. It’s just been listed as one of the Best Podcasts of 2006 by the Staff at iTunes:
Just glancing at the other nominated podcasts, the list includes This American Life (NPR), The South Bank Show podcast and The National Geographics World Music Profiles. That’s a great list to be in, and it’s notable that a lot of the picks are from media such as the BBC, the Guardian and other established printed media going audio.
Want to know what you’re missing? Well you could visit The Jazz Show in iTunes, or just hit play for the latest show.
Congrats Thom! I think it’s a great show as well. In fact I’m listening to it right now. Very smooth. I guess that makes it my TPN Random Feed of the Day!
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by cameron | Dec 20, 2006 | Uncategorized
I’m introducing my kids to Season One of Get Smart this morning before school because I figured it’s about time they understood why I always say “Good thinking 99”. Reading up on this history of the series on Wikipedia I learned about a new movie version due to go into production in early 2007 which will star Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway. Carl Birkmeyer from the WouldYouBelieve.com Get Smart site has written a pretty disparaging review of the movie script and his criticisms sound valid. I can imagine Carell playing Max but, as Carl says, they need to get the character right. And to do that the producers need to get Mel Brooks involved. How can you possibly make Get Smart without Mel Brooks? Unfortunately Don Adams passed away last year so he won’t be providing a cameo. Here’s an interesting obituary about him.
by cameron | Dec 18, 2006 | Podcast
Ross Dawson is a strategy consultant, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. He runs a company called Future Exploration Network, a global events and consulting firm specializing in the future of business.
Earlier in 2006 he ran the The Future Of Media Summit and we chatted for a while last week about the future of media and the future of innovation in business.
You can read his Future Of Media report here.
Keep up to date with his views of the world from his blog.
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