Bar at the Edge of the Universe: Recent Episodes
Adrian D. Maddox
Maybe things are just as they seem. Maybe, humans are completely and utterly alone, floating aimlessly in a desolate universe. Join me as we explore the Rare Earth Hypothesis, perhaps the most unsettling answer to the Great Silence.
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Welcome to another Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to the 1956 radio play The Last Martian by Fredric Brown.
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Is it possible that Earth has been visited by one or more extraterrestrial civilizations sometime in humanity's ancient past? Join us as we discuss the Ancient Astronaut Scenario, an idea all but completely dismissed by academics.
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Welcome to another Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to two radio plays: Courtesy by Clifford D. Simak and Bad Medicine by Finn O'Donnevan.
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What if humans aren't alone at all? What if we are trapped within some kind of "nature preserve" or "zoo" by intelligences far greater than our own? Join us as we learn about the Zoo Hypothesis; one of the leading hypothetical answers to the Fermi Paradox.
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Works Cited
Ball, John A. “The Zoo Hypothesis.” Icarus, vol. 19, no. 3, 1973, pp. 347–49. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(73)90111-5.
Clarke, Arthur. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey Series). Reissue, Ace, 2000.
Hair, Thomas W. “Temporal Dispersion of the Emergence of Intelligence: An Inter-Arrival Time Analysis.” International Journal of Astrobiology, vol. 10, no. 2, 2011, pp. 131–35. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.1017/s1473550411000024.
Webb, Stephen. If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life (Science and Fiction). 2nd ed. 2015, Springer, 2015.
Wikipedia contributors. “Kardashev Scale.” Wikipedia, 29 Jan. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale.
---. “Zoo Hypothesis.” Wikipedia, 17 Dec. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_hypothesis.
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Welcome to another Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to two radio plays: Hostess by Isaac Asimov and Mars is Heaven by Ray Bradbury.
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Join me as we examine the possibility of life on other planets, and ponder our place in the universe.
This is a remake of my very first upload, which was scripted. I 've taken to a more off-the-cuff style and I thought my audience would appreciate a more personal conversation about the subject.
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Works Cited
Akins, Alex B., et al. “Complications in the ALMA Detection of Phosphine at Venus.” The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 907, no. 2, 2021, p. L27. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abd56a.
Carroll-Nellenback, Jonathan, et al. “The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: Exo-Civilization Settlement, Expansion, and Steady States.” The Astronomical Journal, vol. 158, no. 3, 2019, p. 117. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab31a3.
Greaves, Jane S., et al. “Phosphine Gas in the Cloud Decks of Venus.” Nature Astronomy, vol. 5, no. 7, 2020, pp. 655–64. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1174-4.
Scharf, Caleb. “The First Alien.” Scientific American Blog Network, 23 Nov. 2019, blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/the-first-alien.
“A True Story, by Lucian of Samosata; Parallel English/Greek: Book I.” Internet Sacred Text Archive, www.sacred-texts.com/cla/luc/true/tru01.htm. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
Webb, Stephen. If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life (Science and Fiction). 2nd ed. 2015, Springer, 2015.
History of the SETI Institute. SETI Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://www.seti.org/history-seti-institute
“Drake Equation.” Wikipedia, 15 Jan. 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation.
“Fermi Paradox.” Wikipedia, 3 Dec. 2001, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox.
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Welcome to another Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to two 1955 radio plays: The Man in the Moon by George Lefferts and Junkyard by Clifford D. Simak.
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Welcome to another Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to two 1955 radio plays: Almost Human by Robert Bloch and Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury.
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Welcome to another Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to two 1955 radio plays: First Contact by Murray Leinster and Nightmare by Stephen Vincent Benet.
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Welcome to Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to the 1956 radio play A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber.
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Welcome to Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to the 1956 radio play A Gun for Dinosaurby L. Sprague de Camp.
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Welcome to Retro Sci-Fi Night! In this episode we listen to the 1957 radio play A Saucer of Loneliness based on the short story by Theodore Sturgeon.
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Out of the billions of planets in the cosmos, how many have the potential to support life? Is the earth merely a small apartment situated in a huge cosmic city? Or does it sit alone in a desolate universe; a single shiny needle buried in an unfathomably large haystack? For centuries humans have looked up in wonder, contemplating our place amongst the stars.
Now, we might be closer than ever to finding the truth.
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References:
Universe is Teeming with Aliens, where is Everyone? 75 Solutions to the Fermi Paradox by Stephen Webb
https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/08/when-did-humans-first-consider-the-possibility-of-alien-life.html
https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/luc/true/tru01.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_True_Story
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/the-first-alien/
https://www.seti.org/drake-equation-index
War of the Worlds Remastered 1938 Radio Broadcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7tN7MhQ4I&t=125s
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