Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul Davies

The issue of “lowballing” cost estimates for major public projects is set to be examined by the new Dáil infrastructure committee, as concerns grow over declining public trust. We discuss this further with Paul Davies, Lecturer in Public Procurement at DCU.

The issue of “lowballing” cost estimates for major public projects is set to be examined by the new Dáil infrastructure committee, as concerns grow over declining public trust. We discuss this further with Paul Davies, Lecturer in Public Procurement at DCU.

While in London, Tonebenders was invited to Wave Studios in Soho, to talk to Johnnie Burn and Paul Davies. I brought them together, to talk about their varied approaches to finding the "sonic voice" of each project they work on. They discuss the importance of a good relationship with a director, spotting sessions, pouring over a script well in advance, identifying the ambitions of a film and lots more. SPONSOR: Big "thanks" to the Motion Picture Sound Editors, for sponsoring this series of episodes featuring the interviews I did while in England.  To learn more about the Motion Picture Sound Editors, you can go to www.MPSE.org.  They are doing great work to support and advocate for sound editors around the world. If you are in The Toronto area on June 13th, come out to the Back To The Future Screening screening with one of the original sound editors, Scott Hecker, in attendance for a Q&A about how they came up with all the iconic sounds in this classic film. If you are interested in going to this screening, to see a great film and find out what being a MPSE member is all about, go to https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vff-mpse-celebrates-back-to-the-futures-40th-anniversary-tickets-1258511534879?aff=oddtdtcreator to claim your ticket. Use the Code "VFFTONEBENDERS" for your free tickets. Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/308-mpse-presents-finding-a-films-sonic-voice-with-johnnie-burn-amp-paul-davies/ 
Podcast Homepage: www.tonebenderspodcast.com 
This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Could the universe have been any different, or were we destined for life by necessity? Join Jacob and Ankit as they unpack Stephen Hawking's insights into string theory, and the astonishing concept of a cosmic "landscape" with 10⁵⁰⁰ possible universes. Discover how the improbability multiplies, and why physicists argue the universe didn't have to be the way it is—raising profound questions about chance, necessity, and design.Links and citation: S. W. Hawking, “Cosmology from the Top Down,” paper presented at the Davis Cosmic Inflation Meeting, U. C. Davis, May 29, 2003.Paul Davies, The Mind of God (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), 169Record a question and stand a chance to be featured on SAFT Podcast: https://www.speakpipe.com/saftpodcast Natural Theology Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaYfapFz2p2UJKBOrNSfqJbegqZoRGTn- Check out William Lane Craig's book 'Reasonable Faith' for a thorough defense of all the major arguments for God's existence.Equipping the believer defend their faith anytime, anywhere. Our vision is to do so beyond all language barriers in India and beyond!SAFT Apologetics stands for Seeking Answers Finding Truth and was formed off inspiration from the late Nabeel Qureshi's autobiography that captured his life journey where he followed truth where it led him. We too aim to be a beacon emulating his life's commitment towards following truth wherever it leads us.Connect with us:WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va6l4ADEwEk07iZXzV1vWebsite: https://www.saftapologetics.comNewsletter: https://www.sendfox.com/saftapologeticsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/saftapologetics/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saftapologetics/X: https://www.twitter.com/saftapologetics SAFT Blog: https://blog.saftapologetics.com/YouVersion: https://www.bible.com/organizations/dcfc6f87-6f06-4205-82c1-bdc1d2415398 Is there a question that you would like to share with us?Send us your questions, suggestions and queries at: info@saftapologetics.com

A flash-fiction podcast where a handful of writers create an original story with a limited wordcount in a limited amount of time. In this episode we wish a happy birthday to Beowulf as we snork at the trough of words. The stories are: 'Cuddle Clone - Build Your Own,' by Amelia Armande, 'Zoo Kept,' by Joshua Crisp, 'The Voyage of USCSS The Sorcerer's Brain,' by Paul Davies, 'The Labours of Pigboy,' by Ella Brasington, 'The Queen of Infinite Growth,' by Tom McNally. Featuring listener submission: 'Coming Tomorrow' by Christopher T. Dubrowski. Visit us on our website, on Instagram, and send us a story on story@100wordsofastoundingbeauty.com. Created by Tom McNally, featuring Amelia Armande, Joshua Crisp, Paul Davies and Ella Brasington. Theme tune is Music For Jellyfish by Bell Lungs. Story music is by John Bartmann, released under a CC-BY license, featuring: Rocking the 90s Dorphed Up Dive Deeper Spice Trader Village Temple Romance Track art by Tom McNally. Support 100 Words of Astounding Beauty through our Ko-Fi.

New data suggests that more than two thirds of Generation X - those aged between 45 and 60 - are not on track to have enough money for retirement. In this episode Which? Money pensions expert Paul Davies and Director of Public Policy at AJ Bell, Tom Selby, discuss how much we need to put into our pensions each month, the importance of monitoring our pots, and how government contributions and tax relief boost our savings. Read more on how much you'll need to retire & sign up to our free weekly Money newsletter. Click here to send us an email. Become a Which? Money member. Get 50% off a Which? membership.

Builders of the New Children's Hospital want an extra 853 million euro in construction costs, according to the Irish Independent. It looks like the final bill of 2.24 billion could be more than a 100 million higher than figures estimated last autumn. We asked where has this increase come from with Paul Davies, Public Procurement Expert from DCU.

Builders of the New Children's Hospital want an extra 853 million euro in construction costs, according to the Irish Independent. It looks like the final bill of 2.24 billion could be more than a 100 million higher than figures estimated last autumn. We asked where has this increase come from with Paul Davies, Public Procurement Expert from DCU.

Voor aflevering #36 gaat Henri op zoek naar de herkomst van het biertype Mild. Hij ondervraagt de Engelse bierkenners Paul Davies en Matt Batham om meer te weten te komen over dit typische ‘Mild' bier. Kijk ook op https://bierradio.nl.

A flash-fiction podcast where a handful of writers create an original story with a limited wordcount in a limited amount of time. In this episode we put a hat on a hat and write sequels to each other's stories. The stories are: 'Changes' by Amelia Armande, a sequel to 'Raising a Child' by Joshua Crisp.  'Breathless' by Joshua Crisp, an homage to 'At the Office of the Second Specialist' by Paul Davies.  'And Her Decree' by Paul Davies, a sequel to 'The Consultation' by Ella Brasington.  'Amazon Cinematic Universe Episode Two: Echoes Rising' by Ella Brasington, a sequel to 'Amazon Cinematic Universe Episode One: Alexa Origins' by Tom McNally. 'The Moebius Marble Marvel of Monkwearmouth Glassworks' by Tom McNally, a sequel to 'Marble Run,' by Amelia Armande. Featuring listener submission: 'His Human's Muzzle' by Christopher T. Dubrowski Visit us on our website, on Instagram, or by mailing us on 100words@redbuttonaudio.org Created by Tom McNally, featuring Amelia Armande, Joshua Crisp, Paul Davies and Ella Brasington. Transcript and all story iterations are available here. Theme tune is Music For Jellyfish by Bell Lungs. Story music is by John Bartmann, released under a CC-BY license, featuring: Dungeon of Fear Sunlight Meditation Pure Consciousness Bad News Endless Seascape Submerged Music for 'Raising a Child,' 'The Amazon Cinematic Universe,' and 'At the office of the second specialist' was generated by the now-defunct Computoser. Rest in Peace, Computoser. Your strange auto-generated MIDI ditties were too beautiful for a world as cruel as this. Track art generated by Bing. Support 100 Words of Astounding Beauty through our Ko-Fi.

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with Austroads to help Australian and New Zealand transport agencies deliver efficient, reliable, and safe mobility to their customers? This webinar recording introduces new projects lined up for the 2024-25 financial year. Consultants interested in tendering for Austroads projects will find this session beneficial. The session covers the Austroads tendering process with presentations from Austroads program managers: Ross Guppy, Program Manager Transport Infrastructure Michael Nieuwesteeg, Program Manager Road Safety and Design Amy Naulls, Program Manager Transport Network Operations Joanne Vanselow, Program Manager Future Vehicles and Technology, and Environment and Sustainability. The webinar was moderated by Paul Davies, Austroads General Manager Programs.

Severnside Carbon Capture and Shipping Hub (7CO2) directors Paul Davies and Keith Birch tell the Burning Issue of the advantage of non-pipeline carbon capture and how it is developing.This episode focuses on:Advantages of flexible non-pipeline carbon capture As the EfW becomes “saturated, CCS is the big area for growth”Why energy recovery can put the ‘Net in Net Zero'Track 2 could see “some uptake of new emerging technologies”How EfW plants could become mini-hubs for CCSCombining SAF production with carbon captureGovernment needs to extend existing Track 1 provisions to Track 2 projects Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Marketing Week Podcast, hosts Charlotte Rogers, Lucy Tesseras and Molly Innes talk about all things marketing teams: how to build them, what the ideal team looks like and who needs to be included.   We also speak to our Marketing Team of the Year, the BBC, to find out how director of marketing and audiences Paul Davies transformed his team from an under-utilised, under-appreciated function to a high-performing one.  

Today we welcome Sound Designer Paul Davies who joins us to talk about their work on Love, Lies, Bleeding.  Paul will talk us through creating the sound scapes for the various scenes based in reality and fantasy. Love Lies Bleeding Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF_J3-DmiS0 Produced by Daniel Miller and Monika Ditton Artwork Designed by Piotr Motyka Music by ELPHNT Contact: creativeindustryinsight@gmail.com

Predigt von Gerhard Willems am Sonntag, den 20.10.2024: Kann es sein, dass das Universum wie für uns geschaffen worden ist? „Es ist faszinierend, dass das Universum… in vieler Hinsicht für das Leben »gerade richtig« konstruiert zu sein scheint… das Universum ist so verblüffend gut fürs Leben geeignet“, ein Zitat von Paul Davies (*1946), der bekannte Mathematiker und Physiker, „einer der führenden Wissenschaftsautoren diesseits und jenseits des Atlantiks“ (New York Times). Die Bibel sagt, Jawohl! Wie es in Jesaja 45,18 heißt: „Denn so spricht der HERR, der den Himmel geschaffen hat, der Gott, der die Erde gebildet hat und sie gemacht und gegründet- und sie nicht gemacht hat, damit sie leer soll sein, sondern sie bereitet hat, damit man darauf wohnen solle: Ich bin der HERR, und ist keiner mehr.“ Ich lade sie ein, mit mir zusammen zu staunen über das was und wie Gott es gemacht hat! Weitere Informationen: https://mb-bielefeld.de YouTube: MB Bielefeld oder https://www.youtube.com/@MBBielefeld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mbbielefeld/

In this ClimateGenn episode, Professor of Climate Risk at University of Newcastle, Hayley Fowler, and Professor Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist at the UK Met Office, explain how the mega storm events we are now seeing so frequently, are generated and why they are going to get more intense and more widespread. This was recorded just after the incredible central European flooding in the 1st half of September. Since then the media has been filled with images of Hurricane Milton and now we see the area around Valencia in Spain is lying in ruins.  With the UN Climate Summit only days away, we are witnessing a decisive US election where one of the nominees denies we have an existential climate problem in favour of taking money from the fossil fuel industry and enacting policies that amplify the impact. Will COP29 be another washout like COP22 in Morocco in 2016? Only time will tell. I will be reporting from the COP publishing a range of interviews across key topics.

This is episode 21 in our second season of The Directors Take Podcast. In this week's episode your hosts Marcus Anthony Thomas and Oz Arshad are joined by Paul Davies, the legendary Sound Designer who is best known for being one of Director Lynne Ramsay's closest collaborators, with their relationship spanning all the way back to her first feature film, Ratcatcher. He is exceptional in his own right however and his unique style has landed him work with directors such as Stephen Frears, Yann Demange, Rose Glass, Steve McQueen and Guillermo Del Toro amongst countless others.  Sound is as important if not more so than the image itself, so we are super excited to bring you a conversation with one of the absolute best in the business. This conversation covers:   -What is Sound Design? -What was his journey into the industry like?  -The importance of mentors?  -How did he come to meet Lynne Ramsay and build that relationship?  -Why do people keep coming back to him?  -How to sync up the process between sound and the edit?  -How does he approach character and perspective with sound?  -What are the mistakes that directors make when working with sound designers?    Our wonderful sponsor for this episode is THE NATIONAL FILM and TELEVISION SCHOOL. We've also partnered with SCRIPTATION to offer our listeners an EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT on their software, which you can find on the link below…  http://scriptation.com/thedirectorstake    Paul's Bio With a background in music recording and composition, Paul Davies graduated from the sound department at the National Film and Television School (UK) in 1993. After graduation Paul worked as a freelance sound record recordist, sound editor and re-recording mixer on a variety of feature, broadcast, and corporate projects. In 1995 Paul joined the sound post production company VideoSonics as a sound editor, rising to become head of the sound editorial department. Whilst with VideoSonics Paul continued to hone his craft on a large range of feature film and television dramas. In 2000 Paul left VideoSonics to become a freelance supervising sound editor and Sound Designer and continues to work in these roles to this day. Notable directors he has with with include Stephen Frears, John Hillcoat, Lynne Ramsay, Guillermo Del Toro, Steve McQueen, Hideo Nakata, Rose Glass, Bart Layton, Anton Corijn, Saul Dibb, Julian Jarrold, Nick Broomfield and Julien Temple amongst many others, on films such as The Queen, Kinky Boots, You Were Never Really HEre, American Animals, Hunger, Mrs HEnderson Presents, The American, The Proposition, We need to Talk about Kevin, Saint Maud and Mogul Mowgli.    In addition to his work in sound production, Paul is a regular visiting tutor at the National Film and Television School in the UK The Baltic Film School in Estonia and the IFS in Cologne. Paul has also held Sound Design workshops at the School of sound, BAFTA, CPH Dox Festival-Denmark and The Sound of Story in Brighton UK. Paul is a voting member of BAFTA and AMPAS and a past chair of AMPS the UK's film and television sound craft guild. Paul has received nominations from BAFTA and The Royal Television Society for his sound design work in 2018, and won a BIFA for his Sound Design in You Were Never Really Here.    Nugget of the week   Paul: Beth Gibbons - Portishead lead singer & the strength of performance. Oz: Godzilla Minus One Marcus: How Liquid Death's Founder Started a $700million Water Brand | Found Effect   Credits Music by Oliver Wegmüller   Socials Paul Davies: Twitter (X) & Instagram The Directors' Take: Twitter (X) & Instagram Marcus: Twitter (X) & Instagram Oz: Twitter (X) & Instagram   If you have any questions relating to the episode or have topics you would like covering in future releases, reach out to us at TheDirectorsTake@Outlook.com

In this ClimateGenn episode I am speaking with Extinction Rebellion cofounder, Gail Bradbrook, about the role of activism today and the inner world of those taking action that can and does result in severe imprisonment, and in some countries, even death. ORDER COPOUT BY NICK BREEZE: https://genn.cc/copout-nick-breeze/ GAILS LINKS: https://www.praler.net/ https://buymeacoffee.com/gailbradbrook/the-leadership-able-bring-just-transition Gail identifies her own position on taking risks and how, in her words, to "live an honourable life in these times.” Climate activists in the UK today risk prison sentences that we might expect to be handed out to people convicted of violent crimes, presenting a danger to society. But by silencing dissenting voices, the risk to society is that collective failings can be easily be swept under the carpet. During COP21 in Paris, Naomi Klein pointed out that the pressure of activists between the failed COP in Copenhagen 2009 and COP21 Paris 2015, created the momentum for countries to come together and sign the Paris Agreement. Since then the world has changed dramatically with climate impacts pushing the thresholds of safety for communities all around the world. The failure of countries to honour their Paris commitments is contributing to the severe climatic consequences we are seeing now. In a recent email I received, the case was put that activist calls for revolution are misplaced because we do not have time to restructure our society before large impacts overwhelm our ability to adapt. However, many activist calls - like Gail here - are for expanded democracy, such as the creation of civil assemblies, where citizens are given expert insights, allowing them to better inform policy. In this sense, the role of activism is to maintain momentum towards better policies that increase adaptation and resilience in as fair and equitable way as possible. Next ClimateGenn Episode With carbon emissions stubbornly high, we are seeing the rising trend of destruction. In the next ClimateGenn episode I speak with Climatologist, Professor Hayley Fowler from the University of Newcastle and Chief Meteorologist at the UK Met Office, Paul Davies. We discuss their work bridging the gap between meteorology and climatology to enhance severe storm warning systems in order to save lives. Whether in Europe, North Africa, the US, Philippines, the Himalayas, or beyond, severe life threatening storms are increasing in strength and frequency, in all cases posing an existential threat. Paul and Hayley discuss the intricacies of how these storms form and how they have found new ways to decipher critical signals within the expanse of noisy data. This episode will be available to subscribers very shortly and be public in a weeks time. Thank you to all subscribers and to everyone who has gotten in touch with feedback and episode suggestions. It is greatly appreciated. Remember you can support this channel by subscribing on Patreon or Youtube, as well as by ordering my book ‘COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate' which is available worldwide in paperback and audio. COPOUT is based on my UN COP reporting from Paris 2015 to Dubai 2023. I take the reader behind the scenes to witness first-hand how the failure of successive global climate summits has led us to this era of dangerous consequences. Thanks again for listening.

Intro with clips - Prof. Jason Box (Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland), Prof. Kevin Anderson (Tyndall Centre for Climate Research), Prof. Heidi Sevestre (AMAP, Arctic Council), Joshua Aponsem (Green Africa Youth Organization, Ghana), Anni Pokela (Operatatio Arktis, Finland) Lord Rowan Williams (Fmr. Archbishop of Canterbury). I started recording interviews on geoengineering over ten years ago and the thought back then that in the mid 2020's nothing would have been achieved in global emissions reduction, would have been too depressing to contemplate. Yet here we are. The Paris Agreement was meant to steer the world towards a cleaner brighter future but it has been ignored. Emissions from forest fires and melting permafrost are way beyond their thresholds and extreme weather impacts are testing infrastructure and ecosystems all over the planet.  Climate activists are even being locked up with cruel prison sentences for trying to act for the collective good. I discuss this in my next episode with XR cofounder, Gail Bradbrook. The UN Climate summit, COP29 will be held in one of the most significant cradles of the fossil fuel industry - Baku in Azerbaijan. There is no expressed intention to reduce emissions but instead the the COP29 President-Designate Mukhtar Babayev has a (quote) a 'vision to enhance ambition and enable action.' - whilst the widespread extraction of fossil fuels continues unabated. With all this in mind, the conversation of engineering interventions to try and delay the most destructive impacts of extreme climate, is moving along. It is controversial and divisive and yet voices from across the world, including in the Global South are saying that we need to take the research seriously.  In this interview with Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, Director of the Centre for Climate Repair at the University of Cambridge, we discuss the controversy and the viability of schemes. The news broke during our recording that the UK government agency, ARIA, have put out a call for proposals, offering £56.8m in grant funding for geoengineering projects. The largest government funding of it's kind. The failure of the global negotiations is discussed in my book COPOUT - How governments have failed the people on climate that is available worldwide in paperback and audiobook format. Sadly, the failure of the 3 decades of global climate summits means we are getting much deeper into the era of consequences. Central Europe is experiencing deathly storms and flooding while the smoke from Portugal's forest fires are spreading a toxic blanket over Spain and beyond. From the Amazon to Asia, ecosystems and infrastructure are being pummelled by natures response to carbon pollution. Next week I will be recording a 3 way interview with Dr Paul Davies from the UK Met Office and Dr Hayley Fowler from Newcastle University about their recent research paper titled 'A new conceptual model for understanding and predicting life-threatening rainfall extremes' - which is both important and fascinating. Thank you to all subscribers - there is extra content being uploaded for Patreon and Youtube subscribers.

Part 2 in a series about the work of researcher Charley Lineweaver. In this episode, a targeted focus on the one thing we did not discuss out of all of Charley's scientific interests in my interview with him in Ep 215: his recent work with Paul Davies on "The Atavistic Model" of Cancer. For the peer reviewed paper on The Atavistic Model by Lineweaver and Davies see: https://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~charley/papers/LineweaverDaviesVincent2014.pdf For more recent work on the theory see: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014APS..MARF14002L/abstract and https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017PNAS..114.6160B/abstract  

The following is a fascinating interview with Dr. Charley Lineweaver, who worked with Paul Davies on his work on cancer which we discuss. Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/clineweaver Topics include: - the evolutionary and atavistic theory of cancer - the incorrectness of the somatic mutation theory of cancer - a novel take on attacking the weakness of cancer - how embryogenesis could be viewed as cells reverting to old memory - the origins of multicellularity - “Cancer cannot do anything new” The atavistic theory of cancer states that cancer cells revert to an old memory they have from billions of years, but forget the new memory. The old memory pertains to constant cell proliferation, which happened as single-celled creatures, and in fact in embryogenesis as well. The new memory pertains to regulating cell proliferation and cells knowing when to stop cellular division. In cancer, it seems like cells forget this new memory and revert to the old memory. This theory has many interesting explanations and predictions which we dive into in the conversation. Enjoy! Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/clineweaver Find me: https://x.com/aasthajs TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Background in astrobiology 1:53 Evolutionary theory of cancer 6:22 Atavistic model: Cancer cells go back to “original state” 9:50 Atavistic theory vs. Cancer 14:44 Somatic Mutation Theory of Cancer is Wrong 22:36 Disagreement with Mike Levin's work 24:17 Attack the weakness of cancer 27:45 Vaccine for cancer 38:08 Wound healing and cancer 41:23 Why new genes are more susceptible to damage 45:26 Origins of multicellularity 48:49 Predictions of Atavistic model 53:45 Cancer cells spread 56:52 Cell proliferation, Cancer, Hayflick limit 58:54 Doctors are not trained in evolution AASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD: Twitter: https://x.com/aasthajs Newsletter: https://livelongerworld.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/ DR. CHARLEY LINEWEAVER: Website: https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/lineweaver-ch Papers referenced: - Cancer progression as a series of atavistic reversions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8860064/ - Targeting cancer's weaknesses, not its strengths: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4282648/

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A flash-fiction podcast where a handful of writers create an original story with a limited wordcount in a limited amount of time. In this episode we are split into hundreds of smaller pieces that gush into a cup. The stories are: 'The Price of a Ticket Home' by Amelia Armande 'Paradise Lost' by Joshua Crisp 'In 1994' by Paul Davies 'Splinters' by Colette McCormick 'Family Time at the Lido' by Tom McNally, Featuring listener submission: 'Memento Mori' by John Bartmann. Pour your love and scorn on Red Button Audio's twitter, our website, or by mailing us on 100words@redbuttonaudio.org Created by Tom McNally, featuring Amelia Armande, Joshua Crisp, Paul Davies and Colette McCormick. Transcript and all story iterations are available here. Theme tune is Music For Jellyfish by Bell Lungs. Story music is by John Bartmann, released under a CC-BY license, featuring: Hard Living Memory Fragments Anger Management Outer Scrolls Kiddie Thief Track art generated by Bing. Support 100 Words of Astounding Beauty through our Ko-Fi.

We get all the latest details on the raises to the rate of the state pension, as well as discussing the different options available to access your pension after you retire. Which? Money's Paul Davies joins us.Plus we're speak to Andy Hutchinson from Hub Financial Solutions to talk about whether equity release could help you retire if you haven't been able to save, but you own a property.For more information check out our guide on how to plan for retirement & find out where to access the best retirement & pension advice.Sign up now to our free weekly Money newsletter & click here to read the benefits of becoming a full Which? Money member.

The recent cancellation of the Splendour In The Grass music festival has a lot of people talking...not just music fans who'll miss the event...but the musicians themselves, who've lost another gig. In fact - musicians in Australia are saying it's very hard if not impossible to make a living these days. Paul Davies, the MEAA  (Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance) campaign director & Dave 'Wilko' Wilkins join Bill Woods to discuss the current state of the music scene. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A flash-fiction podcast where a handful of writers create an original story with a limited wordcount in a limited amount of time. In this episode we get to grips with life, death and the bell that tolls. The stories are: 'The Squeaky Wheel' by Amelia Armande 'Send in the clowns' by Joshua Crisp 'In the Bathyscaphe' by Paul Davies 'A Cautionary Tale for the Fearfully Flatulent' by Fran Bushe 'The Vortex' by Tom McNally, Featuring listener submissions: 'The Great Bell Master' by Mano Camatsos Pour your love and scorn on Red Button Audio's twitter, our website, or by mailing us on 100words@redbuttonaudio.org Created by Tom McNally, featuring Amelia Armande, Joshua Crisp, Paul Davies and Fran Bushe. Transcript and all story iterations are available here. Theme tune is Music For Jellyfish by Bell Lungs. Story music is by John Bartmann, featuring:       Cheeky Buggers from 'Hide and Sneak' Bad Broken Robot from 'Robot Space Rock' Depth of Flight from 'Underwater Wonders' Pepper the Pig from 'Royalty Free Soundtrack Music, Album Two' Down to Earth from '90s TV Sitcom Themes with Extra Cheese' Track art generated by Midjourney Support 100 Words of Astounding Beauty through our Ko-Fi.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comJustin is a writer and broadcaster who creates dialogue between Christians and non-Christians. He co-hosts the “Re-Enchanting” podcast for Seen & Unseen, and is a guest presenter for the “Maybe God” podcast. He also contributes to Premier Christianity magazine, where he used to be editor. His new book is The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, and he has a documentary podcast series of the same name.You can listen right away in the audio player above (or on the right side of the player, click “Listen On” to add the Dishcast feed to your favorite podcast app). For two clips of our convo — on what killed the New Atheist movement, and the infinitesimal odds that life ever emerged — pop over to our YouTube page.Other topics: his parents the “hippies who found Jesus” at Oxford; his early childhood in a Christian commune; the left and right brains of faith; conversion moments; Pascal; Augustine; the evolutionary need for religion; Hitchens and me debating the meaning of life; our disdain for proselytizing; Dawkins and the “mind virus”; atheism and why people “need more than a negative to live on”; my falling away from the Church after the sex-abuse crisis; the quasi-religious movement of BLM and wokeness; its need for purity without grace; the Trump cult; evangelicals drifting from the church-state divide; Christianism; my atheist ex-boyfriend; Ayaan's conversion; Tom Holland; Game of Thrones as medieval Europe without Christianity; how Jesus changed human consciousness forever; Bart Ehrman; debating the details of the Resurrection; the #MeToo movement and the dignity of women; monogamy as a way to protect women from polygamist men; Louise Perry's Case Against Sexual Revolution; how ISIS brought back crucifixion; the chasm between Christianity and its leaders; the many messiahs of the ancient world; psychedelics; sensing my friend Patrick after his death; scientific materialism; Alex Rosenberg's The Atheist's Guide to Reality; the problem of consciousness; panpsychism; Harari on human rights; Paul Davies and the “directionality of life”; logos as logic speaking into chaos; and why “Christianity has to stay weird.”Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Isikoff and Klaidman on Trump's trials; Christian Wiman on resisting despair as a Christian, Nate Silver on the 2024 race, Jeffrey Rosen on the pursuit of happiness, George Will on Trump and conservatism, and Abigail Shrier on why the cult of therapy harms children. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other pod comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.

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If you've ever entertained a visiting brewer from overseas, one of the first questions you are normally asked is - where can we go for a great pint of cask beer? As decorated author Des de Moor tells us in his new book, cask beer is a unique format of fresh, live draught beer that, at its best, delivers a taste experience unmatchable in any other way. But despite it being revered by fans across the globe, sales of cask beer in the UK continue to suffer.  In his latest article for The Brewers Journal, former Fuller's brewing director John Keeling observes that throughput is down, inspections are less rigorously enforced, and training is intermittent. He also asks how we can change this situation… In this week's podcast Paul Davies, the founder of AleHunters Brewery Tours, leads a panel discussion with a revered group that share their experiences and expertise working in and around cask beer. Recorded at our Brewers Congress event last month, he was joined by Alice Batham, the head brewer at Bathams in the West Midlands and also Janos De Baets, the co-founder and head brewer of Dok Brewing Company in Gent, Belgium.  Also on the panel was Rob Lovatt, the head brewer and production director at Thornbridge and Des de Moor, one of the UK's top beer experts, and author of the new book Cask: The real story of Britain's unique beer culture.In this episode, Paul leads a passionate and informed discussion about this beloved beer type featuring input from some of the people that know it best. Photo: Noelia Amado

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Do humans project mathematical order onto nature? Or was it there all along? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Dr. Melissa Cain Travis about her recent book Thinking God's Thoughts: Johannes Kepler and the Miracle of Cosmic Comprehensibility. In Part 3, we look at how Kepler's ideas and work can inform the scientific enterprise today. Many scientists recognize the mystery of cosmic comprehensibility, including such respected voices as Albert Einstein, Sir Roger Penrose, and Paul Davies. Materialists remain agnostic or put it down to chance. But there's a more satisfying explanation, says Travis. "Centuries ago, Kepler already held the trump card. Science itself...can't be explained within the framework of scientific materialism." Genuine human rationality - the very thinking that helped fuel the enormous success of the natural sciences - would not exist if a naturalistic account of the human mind were correct. To get an intellectually satisfying answer for the cosmic comprehensibility we enjoy as humans, we have to think outside the materialist box. Travis explains how we can do that using Kepler's tripartite harmony of archetype, copy, and image. It turns out Keplerian natural theology is more robust than ever before and can help us make sense of the mysteries of our age, including the multiverse, the limits of AI, transhumanism, and more. This is Part 3 of a 3-part discussion. Source

In March 2020 the world stopped…….that's when todays guest lost everything! We are in for an extraordinary podcast episode today with Paul Davies. Paul has been a salon owner, educator and session stylist in a career that spans over 35 years. From simple beginnings at a local College of Further Education to London Fashion Week and an award winning Clarins Gold Salon. In this episode, Paul takes us on a journey filled with triumph, loss, and the inspiring process of reinvention. From his humble beginnings in the North East, Paul defied societal expectations and pursued his passion for hairdressing. We explore his path as a salon owner, the financial challenges, and the growth of his team. But just when success seemed within reach, a  brain haemorrhage forced him to face a new reality. The COVID-19 pandemic brought yet another wave of change, and Paul shares how he adapted during the lockdown, investing in personal and professional growth. However, the industry transformed, and he made the difficult decision to close his thriving five floor salon business. Now, as a freelancer, Paul is embracing a new chapter in his career, driven by a love for the industry and a desire to support others. In this captivating episode, Paul's candid storytelling and unique perspective offer valuable insights for entrepreneurs and anyone facing adversity. Join us as we explore his remarkable journey, filled with triumphs, setbacks, and the unwavering spirit of reinvention. Get ready to be inspired and gain practical wisdom to navigate your own challenges and pursue your dreams.     A podcast produced by HOWTOCUT IT Media Network  Thanks for Listening Leave a note in the comment section below. Ask a question by emailing me HERE Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow on Spotify. Subscribe by Email. Thank you to Paul Davies for joining me on todays podcast. Until next time Howtocutter's, Peace, Love and Smiles all the way… Goodbye!

Even if one were to believe that life evolved on its own, the physical laws are peculiarly conducive to life, apparently fine-tuned to an extraordinary degree. Stephen Hawking wrote in "A Brief History of Time": “The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers [the constants of physics] seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life.” Other prominent (non-believing) scientists who authored books on the subject of anthropic fine-tuning include Roger Penrose, Frank Tipler, and Paul Davies.There are four fundamental forces that define the subatomic world: gravity (which still isn't fully understood), electromagnetism (the attraction of opposite charges, enabling electron orbitals to remain in proximity to the nuclei, necessary for formation of chemical bonds), the strong nuclear force (binding atomic nuclei together), and the weak nuclear force (which allows protons to become neutrons and vice versa). If gravity were much weaker, matter would not be sufficiently attracted to each other and planets and stars wouldn't be able to form. If it were only slightly weaker, stars would not explode and distribute the heavy elements formed in their cores, necessary for life. If gravity were stronger, smaller and thus shorter-lived stars would have formed, burned out faster, and likewise would not have been massive enough to explode and distribute heavy elements for life. If the electromagnetic force were stronger, the electrons would collapse into the nucleus of an atom, rendering chemistry impossible. If it were weaker, electrons would not hover around the nucleus at all, likewise rendering bonding and thus, more complex molecules impossible. If the strong nuclear force were 50% stronger, hydrogen (the simplest atom and starting point for nuclear fusion in stars) would have been consumed in the early universe. If it were 50% weaker, fusion would either not have occurred at all, or would not occur to the degree necessary to form heavier elements. In order to produce adequate carbon and oxygen for life, the strong nuclear force could not deviate from its present strength much at all.  If the weak nuclear force were weaker, conversion of neutrons to protons would be much faster, and thus, hydrogen in stars would turn into helium too fast--ultimately causing the stars to burn up too quickly. In addition to these, the ratio of the masses of protons to neutrons is exactly as it must be for DNA to be possible. The masses of neutrons relative to protons are also exactly as they must be to allow heavy elements to form, without causing all stars to collapse into black holes. The convection in earth's core runs on radioactivity. If there were any less fuel, it might not have eventually formed iron, necessary for the production of earth's magnetic field which protects us from the sun's harmful solar wind, or charged particles that might otherwise destroy us. Any more radioactive fuel, and we'd be constantly beset by earthquakes volcanic eruptions, the ash of which would blot out the sun. Along the same lines, if earth were less massive, the magnetic field would be correspondingly weaker. As a result, the solar wind could strip away our atmosphere and thus, our breathable air.  If it were more massive, earth's gravity would correspondingly increase, which would at a certain point cause a more uniform surface (no mountains or sea floors). This would distribute the oceans across earth's surface, making us a water world. In order for water to be present on a planet at all, it must orbit its star at a precise distance, called the circumstellar habitable zone; too close and we would experience the same runaway greenhouse effect that is believed to have occurred on Venus (water evaporates, concentrates in the atmosphere, traps the sun's rays, and the temperature eventually becomes an oven). Too far, and it will freeze into an ice planet. The only way to prevent the water from freezing would be to increase atmospheric carbon dioxide to trap the sun's heat, but too much CO2 would mean not enough oxygen necessary to sustain life as we know it. Our sun also has to be exactly the right size. Too small, and it would be a red dwarf, emitting far less light, and most of it in the red end of the spectrum. This would greatly impede photosynthesis, as plants require both sufficient sunlight, and both blue and red spectrum light as well. Impaired photosynthesis means not enough oxygen. A smaller star would also have a much closer circumstellar habitable zone; the problem is, a much closer orbit to a star would dramatically increase the tides on the planet, too. This would cause the planet to become tidally locked, like Pluto and its moon, Charon. This means one side would always face the star, while the other would always face away, causing dramatic temperature variations. If the sun were larger, its light would be more toward the blue end of the spectrum, which would allow for oxygen production, but would leave us susceptible to intense ultraviolet radiation. Jupiter and Saturn act as guards for earth: their immense gravitational pull tends to protect earth from stray comets that might otherwise collide with us and cause mass extinction. Our moon's size and proximity stabilizes Earth's precise tilt of 23.56 degrees, which is necessary to keep our seasons mild. It also is responsible for 60% of the tides, which, among other things, drive the ocean current and thus help to distribute heat throughout the planet. Earth also has to be placed exactly where it is within the galaxy. There is a 'habitable zone' within galaxies too, such that we have access to heavier elements from the larger stars, but we're still far enough from the spiral arms of the galaxy where supernovae occur from the most massive stars. These are just a few examples of cosmic fine-tuning. Many scientists recognize the improbability of these parameters being just so. A rather circular non-explanation is called the Weak Anthropic Principle by Brandon Carter, which states, "We must be prepared to take account of the fact that our location in the universe is necessarily privileged to the extent of being compatible with our existence as observers." In other words, things are the way they are because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to ask the questions of why they are they way they are. The corresponding Strong Anthropic Principle states, "[T]he Universe (and hence the fundamental parameters on which it depends) must be such as to admit within it the creation of observers within it at some stage." The classic logical objection to this argument is that of a criminal expecting to die by firing squad, who nevertheless faces the squad and lives. Would it not beg the question for him to conclude that the firing squad missed him simply because if they hadn't, he wouldn't be alive to ask why he was still alive? Those who do not believe in a designer generally get around this objection via the multiverse interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: the idea that every possible quantum event does actually occur in some universe or another. Therefore every possibility, no matter how unlikely, must occur somewhere, at least once... and in the universe where it does, humans will  evolve to ask questions such as "why is everything so perfectly fine-tuned for life?" Such an interpretation certainly seems to me to violate Occam's Razor: the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. (Not to mention, it begs the question--how one universe began in the first place now becomes a far more complicated problem of how multiple universes might be continuously generated with every Quantum Mechanical "choice.")See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thom gave us plenty of reading in his recent episode covering his favorite Vedic literature. In this episode, he closes the loop and shares some of his favorite non-Vedic literature. Not surprisingly, most of it is non-fiction and explores the ways in which the Universe, and we humans work. Thom also includes a fictional piece which is very much aligned with the Vedic worldview of consciousness being everywhere and in everything.As Thom says in the podcast, “...even if you are a fast reader, you'll probably spend the better part of the year trying to get through some of this stuff.”Episode Highlights:[00:45] Recommended Reading[01:38] The Overstory[03:14] Non-fiction Books by Paul Davies[06:23] Davies' Exploration of the Perfect Conditions[08:03] Come to Your Own Conclusion[09:41] Professor John Gribben's Thesis[10:45] Professor Brian Josephson's Works[12:31] Books on Neuroscience - Norman Doidge[14:27] Sapiens - Yuval Noah HarariUseful Linksinfo@thomknoles.com  https://thomknoles.com/https://www.instagram.com/thethomknoleshttps://www.facebook.com/thethomknoleshttps://www.youtube.com/c/thomknoleshttps://thomknoles.com/ask-thom-anything/

Imagine a universe with extremely strong gravity. Stars would be able to form from very little material. They would be smaller than in our universe and live for a much shorter amount of time. But could life evolve there? It after all took human life billions of years to evolve on Earth under the pleasantly warm rays from the Sun. Now imagine a universe with extremely weak gravity. Its matter would struggle to clump together to form stars, planets and – ultimately – living beings. It seems we are pretty lucky to have gravity that is just right for life in our universe.Featuring Fred Adams, professor of physics, University of Michigan, and Paul Davies, professor of physics, Arizona State University.This episode was presented by Miriam Frankel and produced by Hannah Fisher. Executive producers are Jo Adetunji and Gemma Ware. Social media and platform production by Alice Mason, sound design by Eloise Stevens and music by Neeta Sarl. A transcript is available here. Sign up here for a free daily newsletter from The Conversation.Further reading: The multiverse is suspiciously unlikely to exist unless it is one of many Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alison Williams, Senior Global Banks and Asset Managers Analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, and Bloomberg Opinion columnist Paul Davies join for a roundtable on UBS' new CEO to lead them through the Credit Suisse acquisition. David Bahnsen, CIO at The Bahnsen Group, joins the show to discuss sectors he likes as stocks look to rebound in 2023. Bloomberg Economics Chief Economist Tom Orlik joins to discuss how Alibaba's split affects China's tech sector and outlook for the Chinese economy this year amid global uncertainty and recent courting of Xi Jinping to Vladimir Putin. Anneka Treon, Chief Economist International at Van Lanschot Kempen, joins the program to talk about the outlook for global economies and inflation. Bryan Whalen, co-chief investment officer and generalist portfolio manager with TCW Investment Management, discusses the fixed income markets. Mandeep Singh, Senior Tech Analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, joins to talk semiconductor stocks after Micron's earnings. Hugh Hendry, Former CIO/Founding Partner/Founder of Eclectica Asset Management, joins to discuss the economy and outlook for a recession and rate cut in the US. Hosted by Paul Sweeney, Matt Miller, and Barry Ritholtz.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine you couldn't take another breath because oxygen disappeared. You gasp for air until your body shuts down. Money provides oxygen to our economy. When the money flow slows, so does the economy. If money stops circulating, the economy seizes. Like your body deprived of oxygen, it shuts down. That's why banking crises freak out people. Banks are the lungs of a thriving economy, oxygenating everything with money. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed recently, a debacle that exposed fault lines running beneath a legendary financial ecosystem. But it was just one bank. Since then, though, other banks have run into trouble. Sitting atop that uncertainty is the Federal Reserve, the powerhouse that sets interest rates – and thus governs how easy it is for money to course through the economy. To help solve that mystery, Tim spoke with Paul Davies, a financial columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and somebody steeped in the chaos that can happen when banks and money collide with human frailty – and the power of the Fed. Corrects audio to remove reference to Peter Thiel in discussion about the run on Silicon Valley Bank. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Reading a short chapter from "What's Eating the Universe?" by Paul Davies titled "The Big Bang" - and adding some exposition and commentary. Also: AMA as time permits. As always I do not monetise anything (there are no ads/I get zero income from youtube) - but if you'd like to support me just go to www.bretthall.org and follow the links to donate. Also the "superchat" feature in Youtube is something that would get to me.

Imagine a universe with extremely strong gravity. Stars would be able to form from very little material. They would be smaller than in our universe and live for a much shorter amount of time. But could life evolve there? It after all took human life billions of years to evolve on Earth under the pleasantly warm rays from the Sun. Now imagine a universe with extremely weak gravity. Its matter would struggle to clump together to form stars, planets and – ultimately – living beings. It seems we are pretty lucky to have gravity that is just right for life in our universe.Featuring Fred Adams, professor of physics, University of Michigan, and Paul Davies, professor of physics, Arizona State University.This episode was presented by Miriam Frankel and produced by Hannah Fisher. Executive producers are Jo Adetunji and Gemma Ware. Social media and platform production by Alice Mason, sound design by Eloise Stevens and music by Neeta Sarl. A transcript is available here. Sign up here for a free daily newsletter from The Conversation.Further reading: The multiverse is suspiciously unlikely to exist unless it is one of many Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This brain trust of SETI experts was hosted in February of 2020, back when live, in-studio conversations happened, and discussions of alien artifacts and UAPs was fringe science. The discussion includes James Benford's strategy for finding ETI artifacts and a proposition for both passive and active observations by optical and radio listening, radar imaging and launching probes. A debate on the implications of our own technosignatures. And what if we find nothing? A profound result: suggesting that, perhaps, no ET intelligence has yet come to look at Earth, or perhaps other civilizations are simply not as curious as we, good at concealing their activities, or simply lost to deep time. Many of the topics covered have now become mainstream science! The Director of National Intelligence has just released the second Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. NASA has commissioned an independent study on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) led by Professor Keating's friend and colleague, Former chair of Princeton's astrophysics department, and President of the Simons Foundation, David Spergel. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-to-set-up-independent-study-on-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena/ And of course, our friend, Harvard Astronomy Professor Avi Loeb's Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts ( https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/galileo/home ). See our latest episode with Avi here: https://youtu.be/N9lUceHsLRw Our Aliens, UFOs, & Extraterrestrial Intelligence playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJGKdZD30K__D6oamWCq9uvSFKVoatsCf James Benford is President of Microwave Sciences, Inc. in Lafayette, California, specializing in High Power Microwaves and their space applications. His interests include electromagnetic power beaming for space propulsion, and experimental intense particle beams. He has a PhD in Physics in plasma physics (UCSD 1969). He co-edited Starship Century, dealing with the prospect of star travel, an anthology of fact & fiction. See jamesbenford.com. Paul Davies is Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University. His research spans cosmology, astrobiology and theoretical physics. He has made important contributions to quantum field theory in curved spacetime, with applications to inflationary cosmology and black holes. He was among the first to champion the possibility that microbial life could be transferred between Mars and Earth in impact ejecta. He is the author of 28 books, including most recently The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence. Mat Kaplan was the host of Planetary Radio from the Planetary Society from its' 2002 premiere through 2022. He was a Planetary Society staff member for more than 15 years, He hosts live events for Southern California Public Radio called NEXT, and frequently serves as moderator or speaker at space and science gatherings. Video of this episode: https://youtu.be/nCXV3PSQGAY Connect with Professor Keating:

Physicist and science populariser Paul Davies talks to Naked Astronomy's Ben McAllister about some of the toughest questions cosmologist are grappling with: how did the Universe begin and how will it end, what provoked the Big Bang, and are we part of a "Multiverse"? The duo also take in Dark Matter, extraterrestrial beings, consciousness, free will and whether it exists, and the origins of life itself... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Episode 27 of Paranormal Stories. This week the books are 'Soul to God: A Soul's Journey Over Many Lives' by Michael Kramer and 'Alien In The Mirror: Extraterrestrial Contact Theories & Evidence' by Randall Fitzgerald.Randall Fitzgerald 'Alien In The Mirror: Extraterrestrial Contact Theories & Evidence'For independent-minded readers, those who want all of the theories and supporting evidence to make up their own minds, Alien in the Mirror brings refreshing clarity and sanity to a topic long shrouded in smoke and mirror confusion.Encyclopedic in its scope and mind-expandingly rich in its detail, this book is destined to be a classic, written by an investigative reporter, Randall Fitzgerald, who has studied the alien contact phenomenon for over five decades.All aspects of this controversial subject are comprehensively covered—ancient astronaut theories, UFOs and UFO occupants, contactees and abductees, the ideas of skeptics and debunkers, and the SETI science program and its detractors. Each of the five sections open with new findings and stunning revelations from the author's own thorough investigations.Alien in the Mirror is quite literally a condensation of information from hundreds of books. It represents the most authoritative and complete guide to the realm of extraterrestrial contact, theories and evidence, ever compiled. It presents a fascinating definitive history of the phenomenon, giving readers objective and essential information that challenges us to reexamine what we think we know about our consensus reality.As the legendary theorist and scientist Jacques F. Vallée writes in his Foreword to Alien in the Mirror: “This book will stand as testimony to a well-traveled road of investigation and wonder. We should acknowledge it with gratitude, not only for its neat classification of complex events, but for the hope it gives us of a long-delayed, much welcome re-awakening of the true spirt of science after seventy years of slumber.”BioRandall Fitzgerald's ten books (and more than 50 books as a ghostwriter) have been pioneering explorations of a wide variety of topics, reflecting his diverse interests and an insatiable curiosity cultivated by 35 years as a newspaper and magazine journalist. For two decades he was a Roving Editor for Reader's Digest and also wrote investigative feature articles for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.He began his journalism career at 19, as a general assignment reporter for The Tyler Morning Telegraph, in Tyler, Texas. While in journalism school at the University of Texas at Austin, he worked as a political reporter in the state capitol bureau of The Houston Post and spent a semester as a Congressional Fellow in Washington, D.C., working as press secretary to a U.S. Congressman. In August 1974, the week that Richard Nixon resigned as President, he became an investigative reporter for newspaper syndicated columnist Jack Anderson, in Washington, D.C. He received a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism in 1975 to investigate the Mafia and CIA connections of the publisher of The National Enquirer by going undercover as a reporter for the tabloid. His first book contract came from Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, based on his Enquirer investigation. His second book appeared in 1979, from Macmillan, The Complete Book of Extraterrestrial Encounters, the cover of which was immortalized in Ron Howard's extraterrestrial-themed film Cocoon. During 1978-80, he co-edited Second Look magazine, devoted to articles about the search for extraterrestrial life, the nature of consciousness, and the origins of civilization. He edited articles from some of the biggest names in science and science fiction---Isaac Asimov, Stanislaw Lem, Sir Fred Hoyle, Paul Davies, Sir Roger Penrose. In 2003 and 2004, he was a Senior Editor of Phenomena magazine, founded by former Hollywood studio executive Jeff Sagansky.Two of his books, Lucky You! (2004, Citadel/Kensington) and The Hundred Year Lie (2006, Penguin/Dutton) were Amazon.com bestsellers. Lucky You! was the first book to examine the link between intuition and luck in games of chance and got distribution in Spanish, Japanese, and Korean editions. The Hundred Year Lie, about the impact of synthetic chemicals on human health, was also published by Beijing University Press in China, where it has been a perennial seller.Based on his Lucky You! book, he was selected in 2005 as the media master of ceremonies for the 100th anniversary celebration of the founding of the city of Las Vegas, on behalf of the Fremont Street Experience, a collection of 10 casinos, including the Golden Nugget, along with the city of Las Vegas, giving live television interviews to dozens of local television stations nationwide. He has been a guest on ABC's The View, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Dr. Mehmet Oz Show, The Michael Smerconish Show, Court TV, CBS' 48 Hours, ABC's 20/20, BBC and PBS Radio, and hundreds of other television and radio shows, including four appearances on The Coast-to-Coast radio show with George Noory.https://alieninthemirror.com/https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Mirror-Extraterrestrial-Theories-Evidence-ebook/dp/B09X874R4P/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649265119&sr=1-4Michael Kramer 'Soul to God: A Soul's Journey Over Many Lives'At 12 years of age, a powerful spiritual force lifted me out of my body into a world of extreme light, profound love, and bliss. My life goal became to understand and duplicate that experience at will. Guided by an inner presence I began my life study of Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Zen, Taoist and New Age thought in search of answers.At 13, memories began surfacing of my past life as a Tibetan Buddhist Lama, who taught his students the aggressive, dispassionate sport of debate, to logically challenge everyone, including oneself. Challenging religious dogma did not endear me to the Jesuit Brothers at my all-boys, Catholic High School. I was labeled a rebel who challenged religious logic and authority.Thus began my life path and conflict, rejecting traditional thought in search of an all-inclusive wisdom that made sense—that included all religions and sciences, and led to my goal of God Realization. Soul to God is the story of my Soul's journey over many lifetimes, of the miracles and revelations that led to the Divine.BioMichael R. Kramer spent 34 years as a spiritual leader, teacher, public speaker and spiritual counselor. He retired from his business in international graphic design, to focus on supporting the planetary evolution taking place. Michael is living in San Diego California. Soul to God is his first book.https://www.amazon.com/Soul-God-Souls-Journey-Lives-ebook/dp/B0B46HTH13/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1655324756&sr=8-1https://soultogod.com/https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

From May 2012, astrophysicist Hugh Ross (President of Reasons to Believe) discussed with physicist Paul Davies "why is the universe the way it is"? Paul Davies' recent appearance on The Big Conversation: https://www.thebigconversation.show/theoriginsoflife • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/training-and-events • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate