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The comet that Edmond Halley had calculated to return appeared as in the night sky as predicted on this day in 1758. / On this day in 1831, the Baptist War, also known as the Christmas Rebellion, began in Jamaica. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

What do you do when a comet comes? Find out how many reacted when Halley's Comet made a visit in 1910. Image courtesy of Buddy_Nath at Pixabay. Theme music is, as always, courtesy of JJStiano at Looperman.

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Remember that one time when a Frenchmen convinced the entire World that Halley's Comet was going to kill us all? It's tail would saturate the Earth in cyanide? You know when every built shelters in mines and people burned all their possessions? No? Well come along with the lads and hear how in 1910, the wheels fell off and people stopped listening to science...Almost like today!

On the early morning of May 5, Halley's Comet will help to light up our night sky to let us see the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower! The shower will be viewable all week! If you are interested in seeing how Halley's Comet travels through our galaxy, please visit me at www.MathScienceHistory.com !  And while you're there, please feel free to buy me a cup of coffee, because every cup of coffee keeps my podcast up and running!  Until next week, Carpe Diem!! Gabrielle

All right, welcome back. If you're still around in the year 2061, two things will be true. You'll enjoy seeing the next passing of Halley's Comet, and your life insurance company will enjoy having collected four more decades of your life insurance premiums, without a payout. Standing there that day you and your insurance company can be grateful for the work of one man, the exact same man that comet is named for. The English astronomer, mathematician and physicist, Edmond Halley. Why you ask? Well, not only did Halley develop the calculations to predict the comet's periodicity, he is also developed the early mathematical tools for predicting human longevity, known very well to your insurance company as actuarial science. Today's guest, like Halley is also a physicist, a theoretical physicist to be exact. And like Halley he sees no need to limit his research interests to one academic domain. Laurence Jacobs began is career at MIT pursuing some of the broader mysteries of our universe. Today he's pursuing another ambitious project, quantifying all of the measures, signs, risk models, data sets, bio-wearable monitoring outputs, health history, genomics and more into (perhaps) one single accessible number. Something you may have heard called a health score. Something that promises to refine our ability to predict longevity, and even improve it. This was an amazing conversation and not a short one. The potential benefits of developing these tools are huge, but so are the challenges and dizzying complexities. Many of the answers will likely come from surprising and unexpected places. To quote one of our past guests, Dr. Robert Gale, the American physician at Chernobyl, “Progress is often made by those who investigate the boundaries of several areas, instead of having laser-like focus on a single discipline. That’s where many of the answers in science reside.” That's exactly where we find Laurence Jacobs today, in Zurich Switzerland where he continues to develop the main concepts and the risk models that underlie the Dacadoo Health Score and the remote disease monitoring and management system, remsmed / EMMA Care. With that said, let's get started..

Halley's Comet comes around once every 76 years. You might have missed its last visit in 1986, but it'll be back in around 40 years...What is a comet? Why do a lot of people really only know about Halley's? and how did we learn a whole lot more about another comet a few years ago. Who remembers the gutsy little comet lander called Philae?Get comfy, grab a coffee in your favourite reusable cup, and check it out.Follow Cosmic Coffee Time on Twitter for some special content twitter.com/CosmicCoffTime You can request a topic for the show! Email it to cosmiccoffeetime@gmail.com

This week Alexandria recounts one of history's many theories about the apocalypse. Halley's Comet from 1910 and how the world reacted to it's passing. Elizabeth discusses the important issue of why there are protests around the country in support of the Wet'suwet'en people and their land. Follow us @thetipsyteapodcast Email us at thetipsyteapodcast@gmail.com

Dan returns with guests Steve Appleman and Bobby Thomas to talk Frost's demotion, horrible west coast trip, potential fixes, James Van Riemsdyk, more!

The comet that Edmond Halley had calculated to return appeared as in the night sky as predicted on this day in 1758. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

LAURA DEMARCO makes her debut with us to discuss her just published and wonderful biography "Mark Twain's America:  Then and Now."  She uses photos of places where Twain visited and how the same place looks today.  During a time when most people did not travel too far from home, Twain visited Hawaii to Italy, often for long periods of time.  How did these adventures shape the man who gave America and the world some of the greatest literature?  Laura is also the arts and culture reporter for the "Cleveland Plain Dealer."  One of her annual stories is covering "The Christmas Story" house.  We'll find out if the leg lamp is in the window.  And if there is time, Laura might provide us with some Cleveland ghost stories.  Don't be fragile.  This one is going to be fun and informative.   

It was another solo live QA this week and I did my best to answer as many audience questions as I could do, closing in on 60 questions during the hour. Needless to say it was a wide-ranging conversation with questions about where I think rovers should go, what do I think about time travel, and whether we should do more SETI or build more space telescopes. The thumbnail is for a Greenland rover called Grover. Here's an article about it: https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/grover.html 01:28 Updates 05:58 Has Canada got an exoplanet? 06:10 Thoughts on Hygiea? 07:00 Where would I send a rover? 07:79 Has NASA done sex studies in space? 08:05 How can black holes ever merge? 09:55 What does a rocket push against? 11:05 What do I think of metallic hydrogen? 12:50 What's my most memorable space event? 15:36 Have I seen any time travel videos? 16:00 Could Valles Marineris caused by a scraping asteroid 17:13 Why doesn't JWST's Ariane rocket have an abort system? 18:14 What would happen if a comet passed through the atmosphere? 18:39 Is Mercury tidally locked? 19:03 What will the do about food on Mars? 19:43 Do I believe in ancient aliens 19:56 How do we measure the expansion of the Universe? 21:18 Happy Halloween 21:39 What about Nibiru? 23:12 Do different worlds experience different time dilation? 24:50 Can you brew beer in microgravity? 25:20 Any relativistic calculators? 25:45 Could we see Earth in the past with a black hole? 27:45 Could we blow up asteroids? 29:00 Will SpaceX be violating the Outerspace Treaty? 31:29 Super spiral galaxies 32:35 Europa lander keep from getting fried 33:42 What do I read in my spare time? 35:05 Have they found the bolts in James Webb? 35:27 Are aliens too different? 37:00 Any breakthroughs in propulsion? 38:18 Did I see Halley's Comet? 38:30 Are there any bright comets coming? 39:37 How frequent were meteor impacts in the Late Heavy Bombardment? 40:15 Will the Moon landings actually happen? 41:30 Will there be version of Starship that could service satellites? 42:50 Space Telescopes versus SETI 43:55 Will CRISPR help modify humans to travel in space? 44:39 Collaboration with Joe Scott 45:00 Can we terraform Venus? 45:30 Live telescope streaming? 45:54 Upcoming astronomy events? 46:07 Why grow plants in regolith? 46:56 Why do we only see photons when they hit a thing? 48:04 Could we move a pole faster than the speed of light 48:55 Could they make an anti-asteroid version of Starship? 49:58 Where did Theia come from? 50:50 What if a star made a direct hit on a black hole? 51:37 Could we terraform Mars if we set up factories on it? 52:56 Is the Sun part of Alpha Centauri? 53:29 What does the X-37B 55:00 Does it make sense to send a new Voyager? 55:39 Could there be infinite Earths? 56:00 Most realistic space movie? 57:38 When will we live off fusion energy? 59:20 What's SpaceX's plan to get through the Van Allen Belts? 59:40 How did X-37B launch? Our Book is out! https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Today-Ultimate-Viewing-Cosmos/dp/1624145442/ Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: https://www.universetoday.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Instagram - https://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.com

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Some countries have strict laws about naming babies. New Zealand authorities, for example, denied a request to name some twins Fish and Chips.  Plus, Halley's Comet seen centuries before English astronomer Edmund Halley ever spotted it. That's an example of Stigler's Law, which says no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. Funny thing is, Stigler didn't come up with that idea. Finally, anagrams formed by rearranging the letters of another word. But what do you call anagrams that are synonyms, like "enraged" and "angered"? There's a word for that, too. Also, flip side, over yonder, kyarn, old-fashioned script, avoiding adverbs, and another country heard from. Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. Our listener phone line 1 (877) 929-9673 is toll-free in the United States and Canada. Elsewhere in the world, call +1 (619) 800-4443; charges may apply. From anywhere, text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation.

Why is my instinct to hug my dogs too hard? If you had to move to Sesame Street, who would you want to be your neighbor? How do you know when the story you've written is done? Why was Halley's Comet selected for The Anthropocene Reviewed? How does one properly celebrate the removal of orthodontia? Am I causing defective elevators? What do I do if my boyfriend is the speedo guy? Is it okay if I wear my wedding band before I get married? John Green and Hank Green give advice! If you're in need of dubious advice, email us at hankandjohn@gmail.com. Join us for monthly livestreams and an exclusive weekly podcast at patreon.com/dearhankandjohn. Follow us on Twitter! twitter.com/dearhankandjohn Subscribe to the Nerdfighteria newsletter! https://nerdfighteria.com/nerdfighteria-newsletter

No matter what you think, there are documented stories of catastrophe each time that Halley's Comet has come whizzing by. In this episode, Robin tells you the history of this visitor and the panic it caused the good citizens of Earth in 1910.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's up in the May sky? A meteor shower produced by debris from Halley's Comet, asteroids named after dinosaurs and a "blue moon" on May 18th.

What's up in the May sky? A meteor shower produced by debris from Halley's Comet, asteroids named after dinosaurs and a "blue moon" on May 18th.

Since 1985 was a fantastic year for horror we decided to capitalize off the coincidence that this was our 85th episode and focus on another film from that year. it wasn't easy to pick which movie we wanted to cover. In the end we decided to continue on the Tobe Hooper Vampire Train. We're jumping from 1979's Salem Lot to another film about life suckers and giving the Horror 101 treatment to Hooper's Lifeforce. We'll talk about the recent loss of Joe Pilato and Larry Cohen and introduce you to an ambitious Metal/Horror project thats in the making. Join us! Show Highlights: 01:00 Prelude to Terror... 04:00 RIP Joe Pilato... 06:00 RIP Larry Cohen... 07:50 Mike Schiff's Metal/Horror project... 09:30 Introducing Lifeforce... 13:35 Finding life in Halley's Comet... 15:15 Mathilda May as Space Girl... 17:00 They have to feed... 21:10 Vampires of legend... 24:30 Chaos in London... 27:43 The death of Dr. Death... 29:50 The Web of Destiny and finale... 34:25 Scoring the film... 38:50 Conclusion and thanks for listening!

The Neon Clubhouse experiences two monumental occasions in the same night. 1. They get a glimpse of Halley's Comet. AND, 2. Mary Jo gets her period! Listen as Virginia (Danielle), Susan, and Jessie celebrate the Womanhood of Jo.

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In this episode we try to give a little workshop on thinking for yourself about a thorny passage in the Bible, specifically what we are to make of this star that supposedly influenced the Magi (wizards? astrologers?) from "the east" to come to Jerusalem looking for Jesus.  ----more---- Skype had some audio problems for the first few minutes, but it corrected itself after that. Sorry for the poor sound quality there at the beginning.   Our first step is to engage in a little exploration of a common English translation of the Bible, the RSV, specifically its text of Matthew 2:1-12 where the story of the Magi is told, versus the Vulgate Latin text. This is a toy exploration... obviously, if you wanted to come to the best possible answers, you would bone up on koine Greek and read the best critical treatments of the text of Matthew directly. Still, even just comparing the English to another ancient language, Latin, that had a great deal more in common with ancient Greek, is I think very instructive.   The star makes its first appearance in verse 2:   vidimus enim stellam ejus in oriente we have seen his star in the East   Immediately we already have an ambiguity. The Latin "in oriente" will bear the translation "in the East" but also "in [its] rising". Whether or not ancient Greek has the same ambiguity, I don't know, but I'd bet on it. And, of course, it's ambiguous for a very good reason. The Sun, the Moon, and the individual stars (which formed a far larger share of humanity's entertainment in ancient times) all rise in the east. In verse 1, the magi came "ab oriente," and of course this cannot be ambiguous: they came from east of Jerusalem, so somewhere in what is now Jordan, northern Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, or etc. (At that time those regions were called Arabia, Mesopotamia, or Persia.) The saw the star while they were in the East, but the passage likely means that they saw the star rise for the first time.   Stars (the fixed stars, in ancient parlance) rise all night, on a fixed schedule, based on the time of year, that was already known in Mesopotamia centuries before the birth of Christ. That begs the question why the rising of this particular star was considered significant. (The further question of how someone in one of those countries could link this particular significant star specifically to Judea is also begged in this passage, but we are going to run out of time and material to work with before we can even start on that one, alas.) Presumably it was a star "out of place," not part of the constant yearly pattern.   The planets (which means "wanderers") shamble about the sky at different rates. They are in nearly the same place relative to the fixed stars from one night to the next and can therefore be tracked, but their differential rates of motion, and the fact that they all stick to the same track across the sky that the Sun and the Moon use, means that from time to time pairs, and occasionally even triplets, of them draw very close to one another to form a conjunction. These are rare enough events that they have been used for millennia in astrology to predict supposed significant events. It's conceivable that a conjunction of planets was what the magi saw and interpreted as meaning the birth of a king was imminent. The text doesn't really suggest that, but ancient writers could be so maddeningly vague (certainly to our minds) that it's not out of the question.   Still, we might consider other options. If we take "stella" to mean a single light in the sky, we can consider it to have been in one of three places: In the atmosphere In the Solar System Outside the Solar System That should exhaust the possibilities.   If the light were in the atmosphere, it would not rise in the east like stars do unless it was being rather tricky indeed. We will drop that possibility for this exercise.   In the Solar System, we do have occasional bodies that get bright enough to see: comets. (The asteroid Vesta is also bright enough to see on rare occasions with the naked eye, and in fact was this past summer. I am not aware of ancient astronomers making records of it or Uranus either for that matter, so a brief sighting would be unexpected.) Comets do not always have long visible tails; sometimes they are just points of light. Some comet--one we know about, like Halley's Comet, or one we don't--could have approached the Sun, become visible, and been noted by the magi. A comet moves as the planets do, shifting just a bit from night to night relative to the fixed stars.   Outside the Solar System, there are dozens or hundreds of transient phenomena that could have produced an unusual star in the sky for a while and been noted by the magi. Star explosions, novae and supernovae, are perhaps the most common reasons why a star might temporarily appear to our eyes in the night sky. In any case, whatever the source of the light, a source outside the Solar System would move in lockstep with the other fixed stars. Its sudden appearance would be the only distinguishing feature.   To have any hope of distinguishing the likelihood of these various possibilities, we will need to sift the text for any additional clues.   The text of Matthew does not actually mention the star very much. There is a longish interlude where the magi hang about Jerusalem waiting for the local experts to tell them where to expect a king of the Jews to be born--one important enough to have his own special star, and therefore probably the Messiah. Matthew reports that the words of the prophet Micah were used to direct them to David's home of Bethlehem. Thus, we see that the star was not somehow leading the magi around, not on their journey from the East to Jerusalem. They noticed a distinctive star rise, linked it to Judea somehow, and went to Judea to investigate. It's only when they follow the Jewish sages' advice and leave on the *extremely short* journey to the little village of Bethlehem that the star does anything all that strange:   abierunt et ecce stella quam viderant in oriente antecedebat eos usque dum veniens staret supra ubi erat puer   they went their way; and lo, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the child was   I stuck "usque dum veniens staret supra" into a translator app and got back "until it stopped over," but that leaves two words out. Dum--usque dum seems more wordy than needed to convey "until," but I struggle with conjunctions, so I won't say more about that. Veniens--this is the word that seems completely left out of the translation. It means "coming," and it's singular, so the star is what's coming or approaching, not the magi. The RSV translation does seem to contain this word: "came" to rest, but I wouldn't translate the Latin that way. I would render this line   they went their way; and lo, the star which they had seen at its rising was in motion in front of them until, as it was coming on, it stood over the place where the child was   Here I have stuck in "as" to translate "dum", put in an understood "esset" to get "veniens esset = it was coming on" (and yes, dropping a form of "to be" or "is" or "was" is something Latin writers did), and switched to the other meaning of "staret," not "to stop" but "to stand."   Obviously, this is the strange part. Stars and planets and comets never, or almost never, move that fast so as to be able to say "it went before them" (antecedebat) or it "stopped" or "came to rest" over a specific place. How would anything above Earth's atmosphere appear to do that? It would have to be very nearby. Something too far away would have to be moving faster than the speed of light (a common constraint when interpreting motions of heavenly bodies). I have sat and puzzled over what these words might mean, and I think that my alternative translation of the Latin (which I did on the grounds of what seemed to make better sense of the words, in my own admittedly very limited grasp of Latin usage) is actually a little easier to envision as an astronomical phenomenon.   Planets and comets move across the sky at different rates given their position relative to Earth. Further, comets move at different rates in the absolute sense because, as they approach the Sun, gravity accelerates them. A comet near the Sun is at its brightest and also at its fastest. A comet that happened to pass rather close to Earth, traveling in the right direction, might be moving fast enough to note a difference in its position over the course of the few hours' walk from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, and be visibly close to the zenith as they reached their destination. I softened "antecedebat" even further to "was in motion in front of them" in order to reach a final picture of a comet near perihelion and near Earth that happened to be moving north in the sky so that it "came" toward them as they walked south, and just happened to be straight overhead when, probably after asking at a few houses, they found the one with the boy child born near the night they first noted the comet (or whatever other criterion they had in mind). The comet didn't stop, and would have kept right on moving as the night progressed.   This would be even easier to envision if the magi were traveling eastward and the star, migrating westward with the perpetual motion of the night sky, were simply coming toward the zenith according to its ordinary motion. Then again, there would have been nothing unusual about that, and it would have been considerably less likely to have registered with them as an event worthy of the great rejoicing they do in v. 10.   The star, a comet on this interpretation, was very possibly not all that bright. To my knowledge it is not mentioned in secular history (although I think Fr. Longenecker alludes to possible records of it in China or India). It would have been these magi's little secret, almost; they were among the few, or were the only, people to notice its passing.   It goes without saying that this is not an authoritative treatment of the question in any way. It was meant just as a demonstration of how cautious we ought to be before decided we know what the Bible (or any other ancient text, for that matter) says about event X and either take it on faith in despite of science or use it as a stick with which to beat the text in question and decry it as unreliable.   Credit is due to Jimmy Akin at his blog on the National Catholic Register (in particular for providing the text of the RSV for the passage in question). Fr. Dwight Longenecker has written a book, Mystery of the Magi, dealing with these issues and Bill forwarded me a five minute extract of an interview dealing with the issues around the star and how it would have been interpreted in the ancient Near East.

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The ANA boys come back strong this week to discuss Awkwafina’s appearance on SNL, the term “yellow”, and finish it out with an all new Asian Yelpers! #AsianNotAsiansWe finally launched a PATREON page! Please support us in exchange for some fun rewards from Fumi & Mic.https://www.patreon.com/asiannotasianpodEmail us: AsianNotAsianPod@gmail.comInstagram: @asiannotasianpodTwitter/Instagram Fumi: @TheFumiAbeInstagram Mic: @nicepantsbro

About as common as Halley's Comet these days, it's another episode of useless debates!  The boys are down a man this week but the show must go on!  Right?  Join Dennis and Paul and a special guest star...lil' Phil...as they discuss the most realistic sports movie!

Cameron, Isaac and some special guests yell the word Caps a bunch and give you full world cup breakdown. Segments include trending, a baseball check in, a list of important triples, and this or that between Justify and Halley's Comet.

Episode 024 - December 2017 Set 1ACDC Bag-> (1997-12-07) Pyscho Killer[1]-> (1997-12-07) Jesus Left Chicago (1997-12-07) Mellow Mood[1] (2010-10-26) The Curtain With (2000-07-12) Thunderhead[1]> (2003-12-01) Sparkle (2003-12-01) Cities (2011-12-28) Halley's Comet> (2012-12-29) Limb By Limb (2012-12-29) Wolfman's Brother[1] (2012-12-28) Possum (1994-12-29) Spock's Brain[1]> (1995-06-14) Split Open And Melt (1995-06-14) [1] Phish Phantasy Debut

Episode 019 - September 2017 Set 2The Oh Kee Pah Ceremony[1] > ACDC Bag -> Buried Alive[1] -> Take the 'A' Train[1] > Sparks[1] (1990-09-13) Ya Mar (1988-05-24) Suzy Greenberg[1] (1989-05-06) The Price of Love[1] (1989-03-30) Dazed and Confused[1] (1989-05-21) Bold As Love[1] (1989-04-14) McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters (1989-05-05) You Enjoy Myself (1990-11-26) Contact (1989-05-20) Halley's Comet (1989-08-17) Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues (1989-01-26) Minute By Minute[1] (1990-09-13) Run Like An Antelope (1989-05-26) Icculus[1] (1989-08-12) If I Only Had a Brain (1990-03-12) Harpua (1989-03-14) David Bowie (1989-02-06) [1] Phish Phantasy Debut

Giotto, the painter who made the crucial change from the Medieval style thus beginning the Renaissance in art, painted a picture of the Star of Bethlehem which is an image of Halley's comet!

This week, on CFC Radio... Wooly and Farnz, in their penultimate episode, talk the pros and cons of going pro and divulge who knows the secret entrance to Southside Social with CFC GM Sean McDaniel, CFC assistant coach James Weekley tells us where to get the best pizza in town, and they all weigh in as to whether or not the US men's national team will win a World Cup before the next time Halley's Comet passes by Earth (hint, it's a long time, but the answers will surprise you!)

We've been talking a lot about the survey we put out there to all of you, about how Phish has impacted your life. This is the first look at those results, including an interview with Julie about her journey, and a longer conversation and some music with Zac, who has been on the show before and helped us put this survey together. We play some music (selections below), and we hope you enjoy. We encourage you to check out HF Pod Plus, we appreciate your support. And take the survey if you haven't yet, it'll be an ongoing thing. You can subscribe and review us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter. Also like us on Facebook. And check out CashorTrade for face value tickets to shows across the country. -- Phish, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 7.18.16 Martian Monster > Halley's Comet > 46 Days 7.19.16 Theme From the Bottom > Cities > Maze 7.20.16 Demand, Curtain With, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Fuck Your Face, David Bowie Intro/Outro Music: Fare Thee Well, Scarlet Begonias See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 008 - April 2017 Set 2Drowned-> Prince Caspian (1999-12-12)Waves (2004-06-20)Seven Below (2003-07-13)Scents and Subtle Sounds (2003-07-30)Halley's Comet (2000-09-18)

Meet Lainie Love Dalby who calls herself a misfit minister (she is ordained) and a sacred artist. She exemplifies living colorfully and passionately in her truth. Inspirational speaker and best-selling author, Mal Duane invites women to embrace their divine wildness. Listen in and learn how to move from pain and heartache to forgiveness and freedom so you can live the radiant life you deserve. Learn more at www.malduanecoach.com.

Yes, OK, it's been a little while. Alright a big while. Other podcasts have come and gone. World leaders have come and gone. But wait patiently enough, resist the urge to unsubscribe on iTunes, and when you least expect it there we suddenly are, streaking across your downloads like "dirty snowball" Halley's Comet, grit, chocolate [...]

David talks about how 106 years ago today the Earth passed through the tail of Halley's Comet and how Republicans have rallied around a SCOTUS short list, but from Trump, not Obama.

David talks about how 106 years ago today the Earth passed through the tail of Halley's Comet and how Republicans have rallied around a SCOTUS short list, but from Trump, not Obama.

Have you ever wondered how do I create a life that would have me feel more  bliss, passion, energy, and health resulting from a huge love with a special someone?  If I could only get my Love life in shape I would be in heaven. Or do you wonder is it even possible to fall in Love and maintain and grow a Love in a relationship that will last forever? Well if you been praying, seeking and searching for answers to these and more questions NEWSFLASH!  YOUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED! Our Angel today on our show is Dr. Bruce Lipton PH.d. best selling author of the Revolutionary and mind expanding book The Biology of Belief who will share with us The Honeymoon Effect (newest book) is not just an accident or like a chance viewing of Halley's Comet but it IS something you can personally create! And that my friend is good news for you! Bruce will explain how you can manifest and create this for yourself and with absolute transparency he will share his own personal life experience which I am sure you will be able to relate with and how he created this for himself. He will also share the scientific back up information that will blow your mind. All of this from one of the worlds leading scientists who started off an atheist 30 years ago and through his medical/scientific career embraced and confirmed spirituality and the most powerful realm. The realm that cannot be seen with the naked eye. You are guaranteed to get some good vibrations during this broadcast and I bet at least one "AHA".  Relax, let your concious mind enjoy some of the best auditory vitamins on the planet and tune in, tap in and turn on TheBottomLineShowLive.com (to access recorded show archive player anytime). This is a pre-broadcasted show. No callers into the studio at this time. AND Do go to G+ and +1 us and forward this show to a friend! Spread the Love, Peace and Love Always-P.a.L.a™ 

This week we have a long overdue guest, CJ, who is a longtime fan of the podcast and Mainer exiled in London. But we'll have him back for this Summer Tour, which we discuss on this show, along with lots of other things. The timing of this pick was stellar -- we'll be discussing and listening to the first day of the first Phish festival, the Clifford Ball, from 1996. This discussion comes just days after the latest festival announcement, Magnaball, coming in August 2015. Set 1 this week, chapter markers below. And please review us on iTunes and send comments and feedback to helpingfriendlypodcast at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter. And check out CashorTrade.org for face value tickets to shows across the country. If you are on Stitcher, give us a review! Chapter 1 0:00 Chat w/CJ Chapter 2 27:38 Phish 8.16.96 Set 1 Chapter 3 1:50:03 Set 1 Breakdown -- Phish 8.16.96, The Clifford Ball, Plattsburgh, NY Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag > Esther > Divided Sky, Halley's Comet > David Bowie See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Food writer Ashlee Clark Thompson's new book is all about Louisville Diners (the places, not the people). She joins us this week to dish about some of Louisville's most iconic eateries - trendy brunch places, soul food spots, and a certain streetcar-shaped establishment in Old Louisville, whose quirkiness is part of its charm. "It's almost like Halley's Comet to catch Ollie's Trolley open," she says (the walk-up-style lunch counter is open 11-5, only operates on weekdays, and only accepts cash). "It started out as a chain, and Ollie's was supposed to be the next KFC." Thompson says diners started out as, essentially, food trucks, where hungry third-shift workers could stop by and pick up a bite on the way home. They were seen as men's establishments, prone to trouble, either with no seating, or later, maybe a row of stools at a countertop. Eventually, proprietors realized they were missing out on revenue by only catering to men. "They tried to attract women by adding flower boxes outside of windows, and adding tables and booths," Thompson explains. "Because ladies did not like to sit on stools in the early 1900s." It would take much longer for diners' race politics to catch up with their gender politics. "Diners in the 1900s weren't the most inclusive places," she says. "In fact, they were segregated." In researching the book, she found resources that focused on the diners of post-WWII, which were white, and suburban. "And so my question was, where did black people like me go to eat at this same time?" The answer, she found, was soul food. So the book includes the soul food restaurants that co-evolved with diners and catered to African Americans. In our Juicy Fruit segment this week, Jaison joins us from the Big Apple, fresh from a taping of The View. And the timing is appropriate, given our lead story. After Univision host Rodner Figueroa was fired for saying Michelle Obama, "looks like she's part of the cast of 'Planet of the Apes.'" Raven Symone was guest-hosting The View earlier this week and defended Figueroa, saying, "Some people just look like animals." Doc wonders, "Are her and Don Lemon brother and sister maybe, and we didn't know it?" We talk about black and queer celebrities whose work or aesthetic suggest an edginess that is not reflected in their politics, and whether it stings more when racism, sexism or homophobia come from someone inside the affected group.

This week we're happy to be joined by two of our good friends from the Twitter universe, Josh & Jonathan. We discuss and play a show that has one of our favorite jams of all time, 12.29.94 from Providence, RI. Josh & Jonathan were both there, so there's a lof of fun reflection from them. The setlist is at the bottom of the page, and the chapter markers are below. Please review us on iTunes, and send comments and feedback to helpingfriendlypodcast at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter @hfpod. And check out CashorTrade.org for face value tickets to shows across the country. Chapter 1 0:00 Chat w/Josh & Jonathan Chapter 2 36:35 Set 1 Phish 12.29.94 Chapter 3 1:41:28 Set 1 Breakdown Chapter 4 1:51:45 Set 2 Phish 12.29.94 Chapter 5 3:17:12 Set 2 Breakdown -- Phish 12.29.94, Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI Set 1: Runaway Jim -> Foam, If I Could, Split Open and Melt, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Uncle Pen, I Didn't Know, Possum Set 2: Guyute, Digital Delay Loop Jam -> David Bowie, Halley's Comet > The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Good Times Bad Times E: My Long Journey Home, Sleeping Monkey See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What to look out, and up, for in May. We start with the constellation of Hercules in our beginner’s and young observer’s guide. Next up is the moon and our round up of the craters and interesting lunar features you can explore with a small telescope. Halley's Comet brings us the peak of the Eta Aquarids on the night of 5th/6th May while Comet LINEAR has the potential to deliver a meteor storm on the night of 23rd/24th May. Mars, Saturn & Jupiter feature in the planetary round up for Northern Hemisphere observers this month and we finish off by galaxy hunting around the Virgo Cluster.

This week we're happy to be joined by Steve Judd, a great guy and a big fan who picked an absolutely epic show, the second night of the Island Tour, 4.3.98, from Uniondale, NY. The setlist is at the bottom of the page, and the chapter markers are below. Please review us on iTunes, and send comments and feedback to helpingfriendlypodcast at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter @hfpod. And check out CashorTrade.org for face value tickets to shows across the country. Chapter 1 0:00 Chat w/Steve Judd Chapter 2 22:38 Set 1 Phish 4.3.98 Chapter 3 1:40:56 Set 1 Breakdown Chapter 4 1:57:11 Set 2 Phish 4.3.98 Chapter 5 3:20:14 Set 2 Breakdown -- Phish 4.3.98, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY Set 1: Mike's Song -> The Old Home Place > Weekapaug Groove, Train Song > Billy Breathes, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things > Reba, My Soul Set 2: Roses Are Free > Piper > Loving Cup > Run Like an Antelope E: Carini > Halley's Comet > Tweezer Reprise See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1986, two Soviet space probes intercepted Halley's Comet during its first visit to Earth since 1910. But the mission had some covert American help. Hear from the man in charge, Russian physicist Roald Sagdeev. (Photo: Halley's Comet during its 1986 visit to the centre of the solar system. Credit: Science Photo Library)

It's a cosmic collision of contemporary and antiquity on the Ancient Art Podcast! The prophesied comet of the century, Comet ISON, may have bit the dust, but that's no reason to pile dirt on our exploration of comets of past and present in the world of art. In two rare examples of auspicious comets in antiquity, Augustus Caesar and Mithridates VI of Pontus exploit coinage as vehicle for propaganda. We discuss the cameo of Halley's Comet on the Bayeux Tapestry capturing the Battle of Hastings in AD 1066, then trace Halley's Comet's apparitions back to 87 BC, 164 BC, ... no wait, 240 BC. Holy smokes ... 466 BC!? Chinese observers take the cake with the Comet Atlas of Mawangdui. And does the ancient, sacred, and much-maligned symbol of the swastika owe its origin to ancient comets? Lastly, has the ancient Egyptian demon serpent of chaos, Apophis, set his sights on Earth with a firestorm from above in 2036? Transcript, Credits, Photo Gallery and more at http://ancientartpodcast.org/60. Connect at http://facebook.com/ancientartpodcast and http://twitter.com/lucaslivingston.

Happy Holidays everyone! For our last episode of 2013, we were approached by our friends Tom and Matt to play 12.31.93 from Worcester, Mass. It's funny because Brad and I actually discussed playing this show, and then we heard from these guys. Serendipity! It's a great 3 set show, of course, and we hope you enjoy. The show's setlist is below, and visit http://hfpod.blogspot.com/ for our Listener Notes and for more information. One quick appeal: Please review us on iTunes! -- Phish 12.31.93, Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba, Peaches en Regalia, I Didn't Know, Run Like an Antelope Set 2: Tweezer > Halley's Comet > Poor Heart > It's Ice > Fee > Possum, Lawn Boy, You Enjoy Myself Set 3: Auld Lang Syne > Down with Disease Jam > Split Open and Melt, The Lizards, Sparkle > Suzy Greenberg > Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise E: Golgi Apparatus, Amazing Grace See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

この番組「異文化ディスカッション」では、広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について英語で話してもらいます。 ミネソタ出身のセイディーと、フロリダ出身のマシューによるトークの最終回です。今回のテーマは「宇宙」。科学技術の進歩により、ひょっとしたら、気軽に宇宙旅行を楽しめるようになる日も、そう遠くないのかも知れません。皆さんは、太陽系とそれを取り巻く宇宙についてどのぐらいご存知でしょうか・・・。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikipedia Download MP3 （19:00　11MB　中級～上級）+++この番組で使われている主な表現（Space and Life Beyond the Earth）+++ space = 宇宙 the million dollar question = the most important question like = um, ah. (Note: a way to say that you are thinking a bit and not finished talking.) way = much (Note: often used in comparisons. Examples: way worse than, way farther than, way hotter than) to be superior to = to be better than to be worth it = to have value (Note: "think that we're not worth it" ) = I hope that aliens will think that humans are not important enough to make efforts to conquer the Earth.) to be screwed = to be in a terrible situation (Note: Young people often say this. Example: "I got a bad test score. I'm really screwed now.") in peace = not for war theory = idea, 理論 astrology = 占星術 an aspect = a part, a viewpoint to fulfill a requirement = to finish a required course at college mythology = 神話学 a tale = a story a horoscope = 星占い Pisces = 魚座 to get = to understand the Yin-Yang sign = the symbol related to the Chinese idea of opposites, such as male-female and light-dark a sign =星占いの「宮」 the solar system = 太陽系 the moon is made out of cheese = (Note: This is a very old belief in many cultures, and it is now a part of stories for children.) a crater = クレーター E.T. on the bike = Note: refers to the movie E.T. See this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVoFCP1BLg the Apollo landings = the six NASA missions in the 1960s and 1970s when people walked on the moon a conspiracy = a false story made by a group of people for a reason, 陰謀 an important step for mankind = (Note: This is an expression used by Neil Armstrong when he first walked on the moon.) to be disputed = to be argued against or debated to back (someone up) = to support someone the diameter = the distance across a circle 1.4 million = 1,400,000 a solar flare = a sudden burst of energy from the sun to mess up = to damage to be visible = can be seen a telescope = 望遠鏡 acid rain = 酸性雨 a big deal = an important thing a rover = an exploration vehicle which can move similar to a car a billion dollars = $1,000,000,000 an eruption of glee = an explosion of happiness, cheering the asteroid belt = 小惑星帯 to be made up of = to be composed of trash = meaningless pieces, garbage leftovers = 残り物 gravity = 引力 Jupiter = 木星 to float = 浮かぶ Saturn = 土星 to get (something) and (something) mixed up = 区別が分からなくなる Titan = the second largest moon in the Solar System, around Saturn. (Note: Actually, Matthew is mistaken: Ganymede, a moon around Jupiter, is slightly larger than Titan. Titan is 50% larger than Earth's moon.) to sustain = 支える、続ける、養う to rotate = to spin, 回転する Uranus = 天王星 (Note = the English pronunciation is similar to "your anus" 肛門.) Neptune = 海王星 to kick (something) out = to reject (something) Pluto = 冥王星 (Note: Pluto used to be a planet, but a few years ago scientists decided that it was just "a dwarf planet.") a dwarf planet = 準惑星 an orbit = 軌道 oval = 楕円型の Pluto and Neptune crossed paths  = (Note: Actually, Sadie is not correct here. Neptune and Uranus are the two planets whose paths cross.) the Disney Pluto = the Disneyland dog character wealth = being rich the Kuiper Belt = カイパーベルト   debris = 破壊物の破片 (Note: The pronunciation has a silent s.) a comet = 彗星 a shooting star = a meteor = 流星 to blow up = to explode for amusement = for fun, for jokes to make sense = to sound logical and correct a tail = 尾 Halley's Comet = probably the most famous comet, which passes by earth every 75 years. The last time it passed near the earth was in 1986. astronomy = 天文学 a constellation = 星座 the Big Dipper = 北斗七星 Orion = オリオン座 (Note: The 3 bright stars in the center of the constellation are known as "Orion's belt".) a hemisphere = 半球 to invest = 投資する exploration = 探検 the final frontier = the last unexplored place (Note: this is a famous line from the American "Star Trek" TV series.) to breed = to develop, to foster, to promote to run an experiment = to conduct or to perform or to do an experiment the Hubble Space Telescope = a NASA telescope in orbit. It has made many discoveries for almost 25 years. Voyager = two NASA ships which explored the outer planets and are now leaving the solar system Hayakawa = (Note: Actually, Joe made an error: The name of the asteroid was Itokawa, and the spaceship was called Hayabusa.) dust = 塵 What do you think the future holds? = What will happen in the future? to bring back = to make alive again, to support more financially Apollo 13 = a space mission in 1969 which almost ended with deaths. The story was made into a famous movie starring Tom Hanks. every once in a while = sometimes, occasionally, from time to time all over again = one more time, repeated

この番組「異文化ディスカッション」では、広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について英語で話してもらいます。 ミネソタ出身のセイディーと、フロリダ出身のマシューによるトークの最終回です。今回のテーマは「宇宙」。科学技術の進歩により、ひょっとしたら、気軽に宇宙旅行を楽しめるようになる日も、そう遠くないのかも知れません。皆さんは、太陽系とそれを取り巻く宇宙についてどのぐらいご存知でしょうか・・・。 聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―） ＊毎月第１週は「異文化ディスカッション」をお届けします。 ＊エントリーの「スクリプトを見る」をクリックすると、番組内で使われている表現を見ることができます（スクリプトは表示されません）。 今回お借りした素材 画像：Wikipedia Download MP3 （19:00　11MB　中級～上級）+++この番組で使われている主な表現（Space and Life Beyond the Earth）+++ space = 宇宙 the million dollar question = the most important question like = um, ah. (Note: a way to say that you are thinking a bit and not finished talking.) way = much (Note: often used in comparisons. Examples: way worse than, way farther than, way hotter than) to be superior to = to be better than to be worth it = to have value (Note: "think that we're not worth it" ) = I hope that aliens will think that humans are not important enough to make efforts to conquer the Earth.) to be screwed = to be in a terrible situation (Note: Young people often say this. Example: "I got a bad test score. I'm really screwed now.") in peace = not for war theory = idea, 理論 astrology = 占星術 an aspect = a part, a viewpoint to fulfill a requirement = to finish a required course at college mythology = 神話学 a tale = a story a horoscope = 星占い Pisces = 魚座 to get = to understand the Yin-Yang sign = the symbol related to the Chinese idea of opposites, such as male-female and light-dark a sign =星占いの「宮」 the solar system = 太陽系 the moon is made out of cheese = (Note: This is a very old belief in many cultures, and it is now a part of stories for children.) a crater = クレーター E.T. on the bike = Note: refers to the movie E.T. See this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVoFCP1BLg the Apollo landings = the six NASA missions in the 1960s and 1970s when people walked on the moon a conspiracy = a false story made by a group of people for a reason, 陰謀 an important step for mankind = (Note: This is an expression used by Neil Armstrong when he first walked on the moon.) to be disputed = to be argued against or debated to back (someone up) = to support someone the diameter = the distance across a circle 1.4 million = 1,400,000 a solar flare = a sudden burst of energy from the sun to mess up = to damage to be visible = can be seen a telescope = 望遠鏡 acid rain = 酸性雨 a big deal = an important thing a rover = an exploration vehicle which can move similar to a car a billion dollars = $1,000,000,000 an eruption of glee = an explosion of happiness, cheering the asteroid belt = 小惑星帯 to be made up of = to be composed of trash = meaningless pieces, garbage leftovers = 残り物 gravity = 引力 Jupiter = 木星 to float = 浮かぶ Saturn = 土星 to get (something) and (something) mixed up = 区別が分からなくなる Titan = the second largest moon in the Solar System, around Saturn. (Note: Actually, Matthew is mistaken: Ganymede, a moon around Jupiter, is slightly larger than Titan. Titan is 50% larger than Earth's moon.) to sustain = 支える、続ける、養う to rotate = to spin, 回転する Uranus = 天王星 (Note = the English pronunciation is similar to "your anus" 肛門.) Neptune = 海王星 to kick (something) out = to reject (something) Pluto = 冥王星 (Note: Pluto used to be a planet, but a few years ago scientists decided that it was just "a dwarf planet.") a dwarf planet = 準惑星 an orbit = 軌道 oval = 楕円型の Pluto and Neptune crossed paths  = (Note: Actually, Sadie is not correct here. Neptune and Uranus are the two planets whose paths cross.) the Disney Pluto = the Disneyland dog character wealth = being rich the Kuiper Belt = カイパーベルト   debris = 破壊物の破片 (Note: The pronunciation has a silent s.) a comet = 彗星 a shooting star = a meteor = 流星 to blow up = to explode for amusement = for fun, for jokes to make sense = to sound logical and correct a tail = 尾 Halley's Comet = probably the most famous comet, which passes by earth every 75 years. The last time it passed near the earth was in 1986. astronomy = 天文学 a constellation = 星座 the Big Dipper = 北斗七星 Orion = オリオン座 (Note: The 3 bright stars in the center of the constellation are known as "Orion's belt".) a hemisphere = 半球 to invest = 投資する exploration = 探検 the final frontier = the last unexplored place (Note: this is a famous line from the American "Star Trek" TV series.) to breed = to develop, to foster, to promote to run an experiment = to conduct or to perform or to do an experiment the Hubble Space Telescope = a NASA telescope in orbit. It has made many discoveries for almost 25 years. Voyager = two NASA ships which explored the outer planets and are now leaving the solar system Hayakawa = (Note: Actually, Joe made an error: The name of the asteroid was Itokawa, and the spaceship was called Hayabusa.) dust = 塵 What do you think the future holds? = What will happen in the future? to bring back = to make alive again, to support more financially Apollo 13 = a space mission in 1969 which almost ended with deaths. The story was made into a famous movie starring Tom Hanks. every once in a while = sometimes, occasionally, from time to time all over again = one more time, repeated

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss comets, the 'dirty snowballs' of the Solar System. In the early 18th century the Astronomer Royal Sir Edmond Halley compiled a list of appearances of comets, bright objects like stars with long tails which are occasionally visible in the night sky. He concluded that many of these apparitions were in fact the same comet, which returns to our skies around every 75 years, and whose reappearance he correctly predicted. Halley's Comet is today the best known example of a comet, a body of ice and dust which orbits the Sun. Since they contain materials from the time when the Solar System was formed, comets are regarded by scientists as frozen time capsules, with the potential to reveal important information about the early history of our planet and others. With: Monica Grady Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University Paul Murdin Senior Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge Don Pollacco Professor of Astronomy at the University of Warwick Producer: Thomas Morris.

Happenings in and around Cement,Oklahoma. Cement, This Week http://cementthisweek.podomatic.com CementOklaFolks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CementOklaFolks/ Buddy Burner BudinOK1@hotmail.com In this podcast I start with Mark Twain and Halley's Comet. Give my appreciation for "likes" and comments. Laverty Church Benefit for Gary Cottrell coming up. Cement Bulldogs big win. Scores from around the area. 5th & 6th Grade Basketball. FFA and Tulsa State Fair. Cement High School Academic Team meet. News involving Cyril Oklahoma. Domestic Violence. National Domestic Violence Hotline Caddo County News. Annual Fall and Christmas Bazaar with the Fletcher United Methodist Church in Fletcher. Rubberbands, yes rubberbands. Announcement of 90th Birthday of former Cement resident. Birth of a brother. Obituaries.

In this classic episode, former hosts Candace and Jane explain how the Mayan long count calendar works. We also discuss some other doomsday prophesies from 1666 and 1910, when people feared Halley's Comet would poison them with gasses from its tail. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

How do tornadoes form on the Sun? Why does Jupiter enhance our Meteor showers? And how can pulsars be used as a deep space positioning system? This month's Naked Astronomy comes from the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting, held this year at the University of Manchester. We'll hear how Juno hopes to probe beneath the surface of Jupiter, find out how a cloud of carbon gives us clues about star formation in the early universe, and explore how astronomers have helped archaeologists to understand a standing stone over 4000 years old... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Transcript: The life story of comets begins 4.6 billion years ago in the outer regions of the solar system as ice crystal and carbon rich dust grains aggregate into the nuclei of comets. Comets mostly exist beyond the orbit of Pluto and formed in the plane of the solar system. Many comets, however, were flung into the Oort cloud due to interactions with giant planets. Comets therefore are stored in the Oort cloud spending most of there time at huge distances from the orbits of the planets in a spherical swarm around the mostly planar orientation of the inner solar system. They are in complex interaction with planets as they come in the inner solar system, and many of these orbits modify to form short period comets. Halley's Comet is one example. In general, the life of a comet is a complex gravitational ballet involving interactions with planets in the solar system. The other thing that happens for comets that penetrate to the inner solar system is the gradual removal of icy materials or volatiles due to interaction with the radiation of the Sun, turning a comet from an icy ball of rock into a situation more like pure rock.

Transcript: English astronomer Edmond Halley was the first person to show that comets are repeatable astronomical phenomena. Halley was a friend of Newton, the man to persuaded Newton to publish his master work on gravity, The Principia. Halley paid the publication costs himself and personally sent copies of the book to scientists around Europe. Halley made careful observations of comets himself, and he identified four consecutive sightings with one single visitor and predicted the return for the comet that would bare his name. In 1758 it appeared on Christmas day as predicted. Halley's Comet has appeared most recently in 1910 in a spectacular visit when we passed through its tail and less spectacularly in 1986.

Transcript: In ancient times, before science explained the phenomenon, comets were interpreted as evil omens. The appearance of Halley's Comet in 66 AD heralded the destruction of Jerusalem. Five orbits later it was said to mark the defeat of Attila the Hun in 451. In 1066 it presided over the Norman conquest of England. And in 1456 its appearance coincided with the threat of invasion of Europe by the Turks, and Pope Callixtus III prayed for deliverance from the devil, the Turk, and the comet.

Annabel Meikle does double duty...serving as a sensory whisky expert and educator for Glenmorangie and also serving as a member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society's tasting panel. We'll discuss everything from training one's nose to the role of women in the whisky industry in this week's episode. In the news, Supernova comes around faster than Halley's Comet, Forty Creek will release a rarity...a Canadian whisky using Canadian Oak, and a question about WhiskyCast advertising and conflicts of interest.