The Unseen Podcast
The Unseen Podcast
Paul Carr and the Unseen Team
Each week, a new panel will examine the frontiers of human knowledge, human action, and human aspiration from their own perspectives. The conversation is unscripted, uncensored, and open to anyone who wishes to participate. Special guests will often be asked to join us.
Episode 101 - North American Farewell, part 2
Recorded: 9 November 2018 Released: 21 November 2018 Duration: 56 minutes, 36 seconds   This is Part 2, continuing abruptly from Episode 100. The editing is a bit amateurish. Panel are Nick Nielsen, Ciro Villa, Mike Bohler, Sam Lichtenstein, and ladies and gentlemen: Mike Mongo! Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky   All Unseen Podcast episodes are released under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike license.    
Nov 21, 2018
56 min
Episode 100 - North American Farewell - Part 1
Recorded: 9 November 2018 Released: 18 November 2018 Duration: 53 minutes, 43 seconds   For the final North American recording session for the Unseen Podcast, host Paul Carr welcomes Nick Nielsen, Ciro Villa, Mike Mongo, Sam Lichtenstein and Mike Bohler.   Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky
Nov 18, 2018
53 min
At least the DJ is Spooky, part 2
Recorded: 26 October 2018 Released: 14 November 2018 Duration: 39 Minutes, 29 seconds Paul Carr and Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracy's Mike Bohler talk about the possible gaslighting of Simone Mendez and other real life craziness in part 2 of this special session.   Credits:  Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky  
Nov 14, 2018
39 min
Episode 98 - at least the DJ is Spooky, part 1
Recorded: 26 October 2018 Released: 10 November 2018 Duration: 52 minutes, 45 seconds   Host Paul Carr is joined by Nick Nielsen and Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracy's Mike Bohler to talk about conspiracies, accidents, and many other related things. This is Part 1 of two parts.   Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky
Nov 10, 2018
52 min
Announcing the spin-back-in of the Unseen Podcast
A not quite so short announcement from the producer of the Unseen Podcast and the Wow! Signal. This is for those who have not seen the video. If not currently subscribed to the Wow! signal,we encourage you to do so.   Our Episode Planning Sheet
Oct 13, 2018
12 min
Oh Dear, Moon!
Recorded: 28 September 2018 Released: 30 September 2018 Duration: 53 minutes, 31 seconds   We don't really talk about current events here at the Unseen Podcast, but sometimes a current event inspires a discussion. We are ignoring all the (arguably justified) fuss about Brett Kavanaugh, and instead are going off on any tangents we can find related to the recent announcement about Dear Moon.  Only in our age can we talk about billionaire Japanese artists going on a trip around the moon. It's a great time to be alive.   For more information see unseenpodcast.com   Links: dearmoon.earth First Lunar BFR Mission Which artists should SpaceX send to the Moon? SpaceX Names Their First Private Tourist Headed to the Moon Tough Jobs: Experimental Aircraft Test Pilot Pilot Dies in 'Classified' Plane Crash at Nevada Training Range List of people who died climbing Mount Everest   Credits: Host and producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky   The Unseen Podcast is released under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-alike license.   https://youtu.be/zu7WJD8vpAQ
Sep 30, 2018
53 min
Episode 96 - Meta Solo
Recorded: 14 September 2018 Released: 16 September 2016 Duration: 44 minutes 31 seconds   The first (and hopefully, last) solo episode, although this is our second meta episode, following a very unpopular one in 2015.   Links Episode #1 The Unseen Podcast About the Podcast The Back Catalog The Episode Sheet The Wow! Signal   Desert Oracle Radio   Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky  
Sep 16, 2018
44 min
Episode 95 - All Models Are Wrong
Recorded: 31 August 2018 Released: 9 September 2018 Duration: 44 minutes, 14 seconds Host Paul Carr and panelists Buck Field and Nick Nielsen jam on the theme of what are our models of reality, and what do they mean? Links: sieve of Eratosthenes The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Hanne Andersen, Peter Barker, and Xiang Chen Proofs that there are infinitely many primes Why are there infinitely many prime numbers? The Autonomy of Mathematical Knowledge: Hilbert's Program Revisited by Curtis Franks THE PECULIAR MATH THAT COULD UNDERLIE THE LAWS OF NATURE Cohl Furey Octonion How Much Does It Cost To Find A Higgs Boson? by Alex Knapp Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Linkage: Nick Nielsen Music: DJ Spooky
Sep 9, 2018
44 min
Episode 94 - No Oranges in My Waldorf Salad
Recorded: 31 August 2018 Released: 2 September 2018 Duration:42 minutes 16 seconds   Host Paul Carr welcomes panelists Buck Field and Nick Nielsen to further extend the discussion about what mathematics really means. Links: Episode 77 with Sam Lichtenstein and Nick Nielsen Proofs that there are infinitely many primes Why are there infinitely many prime numbers? The Autonomy of Mathematical Knowledge: Hilbert's Program Revisited by Curtis Franks THE PECULIAR MATH THAT COULD UNDERLIE THE LAWS OF NATURE Cohl Furey Octonion How Much Does It Cost To Find A Higgs Boson? by Alex Knapp sieve of Eratosthenes The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Hanne Andersen, Peter Barker, and Xiang Chen Credits: Host and Producer: Paul Carr Linkage: Nick Nielsen Music: Dj Spooky The Unseen Podcast is released under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike license.  
Sep 2, 2018
42 min
Episode 93 - The 2018 Summer Non-episode
Recorded: 17 August 2018 Released: 19 August 2018 Duration: 97 minutes, 20 seconds   Host Paul Carr is joined by David Grigg, Nick Nielsen, Mike Bohler, and Sam Lichtenstein to talk about a wide range of cutting edge issues in our Summer non-episode. We started with the recent article by Torres about we should not colonize space. Please see our main site, unseenpodcast.com for more information about this episode and the podcast. You can discuss the episode and its contents.   Links: The Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracy Why We Should Think Twice About Colonizing Space by Phil Torres Space colonization and suffering risks: Reassessing the "maxipok rule" by Phil Torres Solar storm of 1859 Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate A Super Solar Flare What If the Biggest Solar Storm on Record Happened Today? Repeat of 1859 Carrington Event would devastate modern world, experts say by Richard A. Lovett Coronal mass ejection Stuxnet virus On the Beach by Nevile Shute (novel) On the Beach by Nevile Shute (film) Credits:  Host and Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky
Aug 19, 2018
1 hr 37 min
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