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ntarctic Blasts and Economic Shifts in the Australian Winter Guest: Jeremy Zakis Summary: Jeremy Zakis describes a harsh onset of winter in Sydney, driven by cold Antarctic air funneled through a high-pressure corridor,. While Sydney faces near-freezing o
Season 8 Episode 820
Cntarctic Blasts and Economic Shifts in the Australian Winter
Guest: Jeremy Zakis Summary: Jeremy Zakis describes a harsh onset of winter in Sydney, d…
2 days, 6 hours ago
Legacy, Nobel Snubs, and the Fringes of Science Following the confirmation of the Big Bang theory, the cosmic microwave background was measured at approximately 2.73 degrees Kelvin, a discovery that George Gamow spent his final years advocating
Season 8 Episode 819
Legacy, Nobel Snubs, and the Fringes of Science Following the confirmation of the Big Bang theory, the cosmic microwave background was measured at ap…
2 days, 7 hours ago
Continuous Creation and the Discovery of the Hiss The "Steady State" theory was famously conceptualized after Fred Hoyle and his colleagues, Thomas Gold and Hermann Bondi, watched the looping narrative of the horror film Dead of Night, leading them to pro
Season 8 Episode 819
Continuous Creation and the Discovery of the Hiss The "Steady State" theory was famously conceptualized after Fred Hoyle and his colleagues, Thomas …
2 days, 7 hours ago
From Radar Research to Stellar Nucleosynthesis Fred Hoyle, born in West Yorkshire in 1915, spent his childhood immersed in the cinema where his mother worked as a pianist, performing classical music for silent films and providing the environment where Hoy
Season 8 Episode 819
From Radar Research to Stellar Nucleosynthesis Fred Hoyle, born in West Yorkshire in 1915, spent his childhood immersed in the cinema where his moth…
2 days, 7 hours ago
The Origins of Two Cosmological Giants George Gamow was born in Odessa in 1904 to a schoolteacher father who had once taught Leon Trotsky, leading to a notable incident where Trotsky attempted to organize a student coup in the classroom by having every st
Season 8 Episode 819
The Origins of Two Cosmological Giants George Gamow was born in Odessa in 1904 to a schoolteacher father who had once taught Leon Trotsky, leading t…
2 days, 7 hours ago
The Final Years and the Rock of Sydney Chaplin Chaplin's final project, A Countess from Hong Kong, suffered from a mechanical performance by Marlon Brando, who clashed with Chaplin's physical, hands-on directing style. The film's dated 1930s-style roma
Season 8 Episode 818
The Final Years and the Rock of Sydney Chaplin
Chaplin's final project, A Countess from Hong Kong, suffered from a mechanical performance by Marlon B…
2 days, 8 hours ago
Exile to Switzerland and the Loss of Autonomy In 1952, while sailing to Europe, Chaplin learned his U.S. re-entry permit had been revoked by Attorney General James McGranery on moral and political grounds. This forced Chaplin into a permanent exile in Swi
Season 8 Episode 818
Exile to Switzerland and the Loss of Autonomy
In 1952, while sailing to Europe, Chaplin learned his U.S. re-entry permit had been revoked by Attorney…
2 days, 8 hours ago
Recapitulating Life Through Limelight and Keaton Chaplin's film Limelight served as an atmospheric memoir of his Edwardian theater roots and a creative attempt to process his inability to save his mentally ill mother. The story features an aging music hal
Season 8 Episode 818
Recapitulating Life Through Limelight and Keaton
Chaplin's film Limelight served as an atmospheric memoir of his Edwardian theater roots and a creati…
2 days, 8 hours ago
Professional Failure and the HUAC Assault After purchasing a story idea about a serial killer from Orson Welles, Chaplin produced Monsieur Verdoux, which became his first major professional flop in America. The film's failure coincided with a massive assa
Season 8 Episode 818
Professional Failure and the HUAC Assault
After purchasing a story idea about a serial killer from Orson Welles, Chaplin produced Monsieur Verdoux, w…
2 days, 8 hours ago
The Joan Barry Scandal and FBI Orchestration Chaplin's life took a tragic turn during a volatile relationship with an aspiring actress named Joan Barry, who once held him at gunpoint. Barry later claimed Chaplin was the father of her child, leading to a h
Season 8 Episode 818
The Joan Barry Scandal and FBI Orchestration
Chaplin's life took a tragic turn during a volatile relationship with an aspiring actress named Joan Bar…
2 days, 8 hours ago