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Rik's Mind Podcast

Summary: The Rik’s Mind podcast is a long form conversation hosted by Rik Brooks and produced by Jon Anthony Thomson. Guests have included MacArthur Fellows, artists, scientists, historians, strength coaches, Wu-Tang Killa Beez and beyond. Become the captain of your spaceship and expand you mind.

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 Episode 71- Bill Gillespie; WR Bench Press, NCAA / NFL Strength Coach Shares Wisdom | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Bill Gillespie. Bill is a Strength & Conditioning Coach with over 40 years of collegiate sports and NFL experience. Bill is also a world-renowned and highly decorated weightlifter. He is a 133-time and current world record holder in the equipped bench press with an unbelievable lift of 1129.8 lbs (!). He just set his current record on Jan. 22, 2022, at the 365Strong New Year Power Bash in Charlotte, NC, at the age of 62. Bill is a 23-time world champion in the bench press. Bill attended college at Liberty University, where he was a four-time All-American and two-time small college national champion in the shot put. He held the school record for 24 years with an outdoor mark of 55’ 8-1/2". Gillespie started off his brilliant career as an assistant strength and conditioning coach from 1983-1991 at Liberty University. After leaving Liberty in 1991, Bill became a member of the strength and conditioning staff at t he University of Washington, where he coached for 11 years. He started off as an assistant coach in 1991 and was named Pac-10 Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. In 1999, he was promoted to the Director of Strength and Conditioning. During his time there, Washington made nine bowl appearances and three consecutive trips to the Rose Bowl. In 2003, Bill joined the strength and conditioning staff for the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League where he stayed until 2005 before making his return to Liberty as the Director of Strength and Conditioning. Bill is a native of Tacoma, Washington. He and his wife Anita, have two children, Cameron and Rachel. You can find more about Bill on his Instagram. Show Notes: Bill Gillespie | Instagram Bill Gillespie Equipped World Record Bench Press 1,129 lbs 2/22/22 | Maximum Iron Bill Gillespie, Master Strength & Conditioning Coach, Class of 2002 | Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association Bill Gillespie Competition Records | Open Powerlifting Powerlifter Bill Gillespie Sets All-Time World Record Equipped Bench Press Of 512.5 Kilograms (1,129.9 Pounds) | BarBend Westside Barbell | Official Website Louie Simmons | Wikipedia Louie Simmons Competition Records | Open Powerlifting Westside vs the World (2019) | IMDb Mike Bridges Competition Records | Open Powerlifting Mike Bridges (1982) WORLD RECORD (181 lbs / 82.5 kg) POWERLIFTING TOTAL 954.5 KG | Youtube Sorinex Exercise Equipment Official Website Thorne | Official Website KNOX Unflavored Gelatin | Amazon Restless Legs Syndrome Fact Sheet | National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke Should you try the keto diet? | Harvard Health Publishing Carb Backloading: Eating Carbs to Get Lean and Strong | Men’s Journal

 Episode 70- Dr. Sara Seager: MIT scientist searching for life in the clouds of Venus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Dr. Sara Seager. Dr. Seager is the Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science, Professor of Physics, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her past research is credited with laying the foundation for the field of exoplanet atmospheres, while her current research focuses on exoplanet atmospheres and the future search for signs of life by way of atmospheric biosignature gases. Professor Seager is involved with a number of space-based exoplanet searches including as the Deputy Science Director for the MIT-led NASA mission TESS, as the PI for the on-orbit JPL/MIT CubeSat ASTERIA, and as a lead for Starshade Rendezvous Mission (a space-based mission concept under technology development for direct imaging discovery and characterization of Earth analogs). Before joining MIT in 2007, Professor Seager spent four years on the senior research staff at the Carnegie Institution of Washington preceded by three years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Her PhD is from Harvard University, and her BSc from the University of Toronto. Among other accolades, Professor Seager is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. You can learn more about Dr. Seager and her work on her Twitter and her official website. Show Notes: Physics | Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir | Penguin Random House Venus | NASA Solar System Exploration Could acid-neutralizing life-forms make habitable pockets in Venus’ clouds? | MIT News List of missions to Venus | Wikipedia Venus phosphine find: Unexplained gas hints at potential for alien life | Cnet Analysis of the characteristics of phosphine production by anaerobic digestion based on microbial community dynamics, metabolic pathways, and isolation of the phosphate-reducing strain by Fan, Niu, Zhang, Et al. | Science Direct Phosphine | Encyclopedia Britannica Life on Venus claim faces strongest challenge yet | Nature Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus by Greaves, J.S., Richards, A.M.S., Bains, W. et al. | Nature Astronomy Re-analysis of the 267 GHz ALMA observations of Venus by Snellen, Guzman-Ramirez, Et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics James Webb Space Telescope | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center After Million-Mile Journey, James Webb Telescope Reaches Destination | The New York Times ‘Oumuamua | NASA Gamma-ray Bursts | NASA Imagine The Universe! Dogon People | Wikipedia Ancient Aliens (TV Series 2009–) | IMDb Life on Venus? This rocket company is already planning a mission to have a closer look | the_byte

 Episode 69- Daniele Bolelli: host of 'History on Fire' shares his story with us | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Daniele Bolelli. Daniele is an Italian writer, university professor, martial artist, and podcaster based in Southern California. He is the author of several books on philosophy, and martial arts, including On the Warrior's Path. Known for his writing since the 1990s in Italy and the early 2000s in the United States, Bolelli rose to greater public prominence in the 2010s, beginning with his appearances on popular podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience. He went on to create his own podcasts, and has hosted The Drunken Taoist since 2012 and History on Fire since 2015. Bolelli holds M.As in American Indian Studies and history from UCLA and California State University, Long Beach, and did postdoctoral research in history at Cardiff University. As a professor, he has taught a wide variety of courses in the arts, humanities, and social sciences on topics including Native American history and culture, Taoist philosophy, and Ancient Rome. Currently, he teaches at California State University at Long Beach and Santa Monica College. You can find more about Daniele on Official Website, Twitter and Instagram. Show Notes: Daniele Bolelli | Official Website History on Fire Podcast | Official Website The Drunken Taoist Podcast | Official Website Friedrich Nietzsche (1844—1900) | Internet Encyclopedia of Phiolosophy Civilized to Death, The Price of Progress by Christopher Ryan | Simon & Schuster Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher Ryan | Goodreads ‘The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable’ by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | The New York Times A Long Walk to Freedom: 1918-1962: Early Years, 1918-1962 v. 1 by Nelson Mandela | Goodreads Hardcore History Podcast | Dan Carlin Official Website Preaching conservation: Theodore Roosevelt and the rhetoric of civil religion by Leroy Dorsey | Texas A&M University Libraries What Has Posterity Ever Done for Us? | Quote Investigator

 Episode 68- Justin Hurworth: OHSU research analyst talks brains in boxes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Justin Hurworth. Justin is a research data analyst at The Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Oregon Health Science University. He specializes in pathological sectioning, post mortem 7T imaging, and image data synthesis and analysis. At the Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center, Justin performs immunohisto-chemistry analysis and immunofluorescence analysis. Justin graduated from Pacific University with a Bachelors in Mathematics, with an emphasis in Biomathematics and a Minor in Biology. You can find more about the Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center on their official website. Show Notes: The Layton Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Center | Oregon Health Science University Alzheimer's disease research milestones | Alzheimer's Association What You Need to Know About Aducanumab | Duke Health Bioinformatics | National Human Genome Research Institute

 Episode 67- Dr. Todd Duncan, PhD: Pacific University professor responds to Dr. Loeb | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Dr. Todd Duncan, PhD. Dr. Duncan is a cosmologist whose teaching and writing help to connect everyday human experience to a big picture, cosmic perspective. He currently teaches physics at Pacific University and directs the Science Integration Institute. Dr. Duncan combines a research background in physics with experience teaching science concepts to a wide range of audiences, from elementary school to graduate courses and programs for the general public. He’s the author of "Glimpses of Wonder," and coauthor of "Your Cosmic Context: An Introduction to Modern Cosmology." Todd received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Illinois, an M. Phil. from Cambridge University as a Churchill Scholar, and a doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Chicago where he was an NSF Fellow. He joined the faculty of the Center for Science Education at Portland State University in 1997 to pursue his interest in interdisciplinary "big questions" research and its application to science education. In 1998 he founded the Science Integration Institute as a forum for people looking to explore what it means to be human in the universe as understood by modern science. You can find more about Dr. Duncan from his book “Glimpses of Wonder” on Amazon, LinkedIn and at Pacific University. Show Notes: Physics | Pacific University Cosmos (TV Mini Series 1980) | IMDb Philosophy of Cosmolog by Christopher Smeenk and George Ellis | The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2017 Edition) Gaia Hypothesis | Harvard University The Difference Between Human and Cetacean Brains | Underwater 360° Are Whales Smarter Than We Are? | Scientific American Green Flashes: Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury | NASA NEO Basics | NASA JPL Center for Near Earth Object Studies This Interstellar Asteroid Is Accelerating | Science Connected Magazine What Is Behind The U.S. Navy’s ‘UFO’ Fusion Energy Patent? | Forbes High Frequency Gravitational Waves - Induced Propulsion by Salvatore Cezar Pais | SAE Mobilus The Higgs Boson | CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research Dark Energy, Dark Matter | NASA What Is the Weak Force? | Live Science Moscovium | The Royal Society of Chemistry Evidence suggests UFO whistleblower Bob Lazar was telling the truth all along | Toronto Star The Dogon, the Nommos and Sirius B | The Museum of Unnatural History The astronomical knowledge of the Dogon tribe of Mali dating back to 3200 BC | Face2Face Africa

 Episode 66- ¡ It's a Fireside Chat, ye ye brøther!: Posi vibes and new years resolutions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

It’s a fireside chat, baby! Rik and Jon chop it up in their first conversation of the year. The boys get caught in their ‘fi fis’ and mourn Bob Saget, talk New Year’s resolutions, stand up comedy and Jon blows Rik’s mind again with Matrix lore. Don’t be an L7 weenie and get on in here and embrace the chaos. Show Notes: Comedian-actor Bob Saget found dead inside Orlando hotel room, deputies say | Fox 35 Orlando Chelsea Peretti | IMDb Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats Official Trailer | Netflix Jordan Peele | IMDb Joanna Newsom | Drag City Records Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear | Official Website J. Krishnamurti | Official Website Reflections on the Self by Jiddu Krishnamurti | Goodreads The Wachowskis | Wikipedia ‘The Matrix’ has always been a trans story, and now audiences can’t ignore it by Olivia McCormack | The Lily Grave Encounters (2011) | IMDb Life After People | Wikipedia Don't Look Up (2021) | IMDb

 Episode 65- Eric W. Ross: What is Cultural Studies and why is it important? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Eric Ross. Eric lives in Washington, DC and is a Star Trek fan, a Dungeon Master, a Taco Bell enthusiast and a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies at George Mason University. He writes about museums, and conflicts over history and memory. Since 2017, he has also been an instructor teaching intro to Social Justice classes to first year college students. Additionally, Mr. Ross is an active member of the George Mason chapter of the Association of American University Professors (AAUP). Before graduate school, he spent two years working with Americorps in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Eric is not on social media, so don’t expect to fine him anywhere but at George Mason Univ. Show Notes: Americorps | Official Website American Studies | Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, University of South Florida Stuart Hall and the Rise of Cultural Studies | The New Yorker Museum of the Bible | Wikipedia A Bible museum is a good idea. The one that's opening is not. | Vox After 'Missteps' And Controversies, Museum Of The Bible Works To Clean Up Its Act | NPR Met Museum Removes Sackler Name From Wing Over Opioid Ties | The New York Times Sackler family | Wikipedia The Temple Of Dendur | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Montana seeks to lift protections for bears around Glacier | NBC Montana Police: Armed carjacking suspect committed string of crimes leading up to Monday morning shooting | KGW8 Portland

 Episode 64- Olin Hannum: Oregon State Univ Marching Band & how to live the 'drill life' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Olin Hannum. Olin currently serves as Associate Director of Bands at Oregon State University where he oversees and directs all aspects of the OSU Marching and Athletics Bands program. Hannum is a sought-after arranger for marching ensemble. His arrangements have been performed by competitive and non-competitive groups at the middle school, high school, and collegiate level, across the west coast but primarily in California. His charts have a reputation for being audience accessible and artistically impactful, with a consciousness to the needs of individual musicians through thoughtful choices of line. You can learn more about Olin on his website OlinHannum.com Show Notes: Olin Hannum | Official Website AMusEd | A Music Educators' Podcast & Blog List of marching bands | Wikipedia Wind instrument | Wikipedia What does a conductor actually do? | BBC Chattanooga High School Dynamo Marching band - 1958-59 - AR Casavant | Youtube Precision Drill by A.R. Casavant | Amazon A Brief History of Marching Band | The Daily Chomp Marching Band: an in depth look at the history of the sport | The LaSabre The Ohio State University Marching Band Marching Fundamentals Rev. 2009 | The Ohio State University Chet Baker: The Life And Legacy Of 'The James Dean Of Jazz' | uDiscover Music A tragic plane crash denied horn-rock juggernaut Chase their legacy | The Chicago Reader Patto – Patto/Hold Your Fire | The Progressive Aspect Searching for Sugar Man (2021) | IMDb Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89 | The New York Times Johann Sebastian Bach | Baroque Composers and Musicians Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | Mendelssohn Gesellschaft How Well Do Dogs and Other Animals Hear? | Louisiana State university The Spirit and Sound of OSU | The Oregon State Marching Band

 Episode 63- 1st LT Darian Kauffman: US Army Apache pilot reveals the real Army life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by 1st LT Darian Kauffman. 1st LT Kauffman is an AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot in the US Army. Darian tells us all about practical life in the army as well as shares fun stores of his experiences as an Apache attack helicopter pilot. Show Notes: Apache Attack Helicopter (AH-64A/D) | Army Technology Ranks | US Army From pilots to ramp agents - U.S. airlines go all out to staff up | Reuters Tank Commander Couse | US Army Base Fort Benning Official Website United States Air Force | Wikipedia Officer Candidate School | US Army Counterinsurgency | Wikipedia Armed Forces of Ukraine | Wikipedia Atlas News reporting on Ukrainian Military Drones | Instagram

 Episode 62- Fireside Chat w/ Rik & Jon: kind of a bummercast and Jon blows Rik's mind | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today it’s a classic Fireside chat. Rik and Jon chop it up over some shop talk, Jon goes off on a rant about the Bush family (shocker, we know), Rik reads a book about Hitler, and Jon serves up some hot takes. Come for the laughs and knowledge, stick around for the chaos. As requested by Rik, here are “Jon’s Top 5 Books that Radicalized Me Into The Disenfranchised Leftist I Am Today” Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael C. Rupert Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America by Russ Baker The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives by Zbigniew Brzezinski I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story by Michael Hastings Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner Show Notes: Spanish-American War | HISTORY Operation Paperclip | Jewish Virtual Library In Cold War, U.S. Spy Agencies Used 1,000 Nazis | The New York Times A US Coast Guard patrol unexpectedly encountered Chinese warships near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands | Artic Today When The CIA Recruited Nazis To Fight The Cold War | Nazis In The CIA | Timeline George H.W. Bush, American War Criminal | The Intercept Truth, War and Consequences (full documentary) | FRONTLINE What if Russia invaded the Baltics? | CaspianReport Interview: San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Surge in Looting, Smash-and-Grab Robberie | KPIX SF Bay Area The Baltic Tragedy - Nazi and Soviet occupation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania | Youtube

 Episode 61- Connor Laubenstein of Group Golf Therapy Podcast: Golf and mental health | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Connor Laubenstein. Connor, along with Bradford Wilson and Drew Westphal, host Group Golf Therapy Podcast. Group Golf Therapy is a podcast about the intersection of golf and mental health: how the sport makes us laugh, cry, and bubble with rage. You can find more about Connor on his blog TheBagBandit.com and Instagram @thebagbandit and the Group Golf Therapy Podcast on Spotify their Instagram @groupgolftherapy. Show Notes: Requirements for NZ citizenship | New Zealand Government Golf Attire Etiquette | Golfweek PGA Tour | Official Website LPGA Tour | Official Website Under the Bib: Sun Shades and Golf Dresses | The Bag Bandit History of Woman’s Professional Golf | Professional Golfers Career College

 Episode 60- Dr. Andrea Haverkamp: labor organizer shares working class struggles | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Dr. Andrea Haverkamp. Dr. Haverkamp (she/her) recently completed her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering with a doctoral minor in Queer Studies at Oregon State University. Her research explores the experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming students in engineering and computer science, such as their sources of community support and collective resiliency in the face of adversity. Dr. Haverkamp serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, an open-source scholarly publication exploring the intersections of engineering and inequity across the globe. She also has involvement in American Society for Engineering Education and Society of Women Engineers. Before her Ph.D., Dr. Haverkamp has worked as an engineer in the Federal government and served as a science education volunteer with the Peace Corps in Liberia. She is currently a labor organizer supporting healthcare and hospital workers in Seattle with United Food & Commercial Workers Local 21, and previously served as President of Coalition of Graduate Employees, American Federation of Teachers Local 6069 at Oregon State University. She is a dual-card International Workers of the World union member and also a member of Socialist Alternative. You can find more about Dr. Haverkamp on her twitter, instagram, LinkedIn and her blog sjengineers.blog. Show Notes: Hoyte, Kansas | Wikipedia Battle of Blair Mountain | Wikipedia The Great Battle of Blair Mountain | Youtube Sacco and Vanzetti | Wikipedia 2021 Union Members Summary | United State Bureau of Labor Statistics Starbucks Union Vote Sets Up a Watershed Moment for U.S. Labor | Bloomberg David Graeber | Wikipedia Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber | Goodreads The Labor Day Graph That Says It All | Jacobin Magazine John Deere tried replacing union workers with scabs — and immediately had tractor crash in their plant: report | RawStory Farmers Fight John Deere Over Who Gets to Fix an $800,000 Tractor | Bloomberg Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays | University of California at Berkeley Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Wikipedia Why unions are good for workers—especially in a crisis like COVID-19: 12 policies that would boost worker rights, safety, and wages | Economic Policy Institute The Death and Life of American Labor: Toward a New Workers’ Movement by Stanley Aronowitz | Verso Books Anarchism, Or The Revolutionary Movement of the Twenty-first Century by Andrej Grubacic and David Graeber | The Anarchist Library What is the future of capitalism? by Conrad Cartmell, Josh Decker, Andrea Haverkamp, and Doug Lain | The Platypus Affiliated Society Shop Floor Organizing at Amazon w/ Amazonians United Chicagoland | Laborwave Radio Podcast

 Episode 59- Isaac Hegge: cryptocurrency, what is blockchain and the future of trading | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Isaac Hegge. Isaac is an amature stock and cryptocurrency trader. Isaac in his own words is an Aspiring Stonk & Cryptocurrency Soothsayer. Isaac continues: ‘Crypto? I barely know her. I've been traditionally investing for years & self-taught everything I know...I may not always be right, but that doesn't use alchemy on Money.’ Disclaimer: This podcast is NOT financial advice. We are not licensed financial advisers. This is all for fun. Don’t be a dumbass, do your due diligence . Show Notes: Dogecoin | Coindesk Algorand | Coindesk Shiba Inu | Coindesk Compound | Coinbase Polkadot | Coinbase Parachains | Polkadot Network Cardano | Coindesk What are smart contracts on blockchain? | IBM An Introduction to Smart Contracts and Their Potential and Inherent Limitations by Stuart D. Levi and Alex B. Lipton, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance How Crypto Staking Works | NerdWallet Squid Game Token Crashes; Developers Say They’ve Left the Project | Coindesk Internet Computer | CoinGecko Robinhood Markets | Wikipedia Robinhood, and its role in the GameStop saga, explained | Vox Robinhood claims it ONLY forced the sale of GameStop shares if they were bought with borrowed funds - after trading restrictions and mandatory share liquidations drew outrage | The Daily Mail Jack Henry & Associates Inc. | Official Website Blockchain, explained | MIT Sloan 4chan | Wikipedia WallStreetBets GameStop Short Squeeze - DM me feet and/or (hairy only) armpit pics if you’d like me to explain the GameStop situation | Know Your Meme r/wallstreebets | Reddit r/SecurityAnalysis | Reddit Farming Simulation Blockchain games | Medium

 Episode 58- Dr. Avi Loeb: Daring Harvard scientist defies the scientific establishment & his search for Extraterrestrial Life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today we are joined by Dr. Avi Loeb. Dr. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University and a bestselling author (in lists of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, L'Express and more). He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative (1983-1988), and was subsequently a long-term member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1988-1993). Loeb has written 8 books, including most recently, Extraterrestrial (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021), and about 800 papers (with an h-index of 117) on a wide range of topics, including black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe. Loeb is the Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , and also serves as the Head of the Galileo Project (2021-present). He had been the longest serving Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy (2011-2020) and the Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative (2016-2021). He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. Loeb is a former member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White House, a former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies (2018-2021) and a current member of the Advisory Board for "Einstein: Visualize the Impossible" of the Hebrew University. He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative (2016-present) and serves as the Science Theory Director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. In 2012, TIME magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most influential people in space and in 2020 Loeb was selected among the 14 most inspiring Israelis of the last decade. You can find more about Dr. Loeb, including his commentaries on innovation and diversity here.   Show Notes: Talpiot program | Wikipedia Princeton University | Official Website Department of Astronomy | Harvard University Black Hole Initiative | Harvard University Galileo Galilei | Wikipedia The natural history of ‘Oumuamua by The ‘Oumuamua ISSI Team | Nature Astronomy Why Oumuamua, the Interstellar Visitor, Looks Eerily Familiar | The New York Times 2020 Mars Mission Perseverance Rover | NASA Was Our Universe Created in a Laboratory? by Avi Loeb | Scientific American Dark Matter | Wikipedia Variable Speed of Light | Wikipedia João Magueijo | Wikipedia New Horizons | NASA 2020 SO | Wikipedia New Data Confirm 2020 SO to Be the Upper Centaur Rocket Booster From the 1960's | NASA JPL at CalTech Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Avi Loeb | HMH Books Big Bang | Wikipedia Panspermia | Wikipedia Famous Mars Meteorite's 'Fossils': What Arctic Rocks Can Tell Us | Space.com Fermi paradox | Wikipedia Noah’s Spaceship by Avi Loeb | Scientific American The Galileo Project for the Systematic Scientific Search for Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts | Harvard University Was the Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua a Nitrogen Iceberg? by Avi Loeb | Scientific American /‘Oumuamua as an N2 ice fragment of an exo-Pluto surface: I. Size and Compositional Constraints by Alan P. Jackson and Steven J. Desch | arvix.org

 Episode 57- Spooky Fireside Chat w/ Rik, Jon and Sammy Ramirez | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Today is a spooky Halloween fireside chat featuring Rik, Jon and our newest RMP team member Sammy Ramirez. The RMP crew hash it out about movies and movie scores! Be sure to stick around! Show Notes: Casino Royale | IMDb Skyfall | IMDb GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game) | Wikipedia As Above, So Below (2014) | IMDb Star Wars | Wookipedia Khan Noonien Singh | Wikipedia Star Trek (2009) | Wikipedia Suicide Squad (2016) | IMDb John Williams | Wikipedia Hans Zimmer | Wikipedia

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