Book of Nature Ep. 40: They Live
In the Book of Nature’s triumphant return to the airwaves after two years, Dan Dawson and Danny Anderson join Todd Pedlar to discuss John Carpenter’s 1988 film, They Live as…
Book of Nature, Ep. 38: The Challenges of COVID-19
In this episode, recorded in early May, Dan and Charles reflect on the first couple of months of disruption to academic lives, and otherwise, due to COVID-19. Listen to this…
Book of Nature, Ep. 37: DNA
At long last, another Book of Nature Episode (recorded in March just as COVID-19 was beginning to take hold and shape nearly everything) finds your hosts musing on a story…
Book of Nature, Ep. 36: Adventures in Abstract and Concrete Thought
In this episode, your three intrepid Book of Naturists held forth on the subject of Thought – in the ideas surrounding the differences between and complementary natures of Abstract and…
Book of Nature, Ep. 35: The Shining
In this special episode of The Book of Nature, Charles Hackney hosts a discussion with Jay Eldred and Jordan Poss on the Stephen King novel, The Shining, as part of…
Book of Nature, Ep. 34: Teaching Science
In this episode, the Book of Nature crew revisit the paths they took on their vocational journeys, and discuss the challenges and rewards of pursuing work as teachers of science. …
Book of Nature, Ep. 33: Parapsychology!
In this episode, the first of our new season for 2019-20, two of our three intrepid scientists tackle the unlikely subject of parapsychology. Dan and Charles discuss the history of…
Book of Nature, Ep. 32: Comets!
In this latest episode of Book of Nature (Recorded in mid-December, 2018) the Book of Nature trio discuss Comets, the “dirty snowballs” that are our periodically-visiting Solar System Neighbors. Among…
Booklets of Nature, Ep. 3: Mars Insight Lander
On November 26, 2018, NASA is expected to land its newest lander, known as Mars Insight – Insight stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. The name…
Book of Nature, Ep. 31: Artificial Intelligence
In this episode, Charles Hackney hosts a discussion among the Book of Nature trio in which they explore the concept of artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence today represents an incredibly active…
Book of Nature, Ep. 30: Psycho
In this episode, the Book of Nature co-host Charles Hackney, and the Christian Feminist Podcast’s Victoria Reynolds Farmer and Sara Klooster tackle the film that arguably is Alfred Hitchcock’s best…
Book of Nature, Ep. 29: Twister
In this episode, the Book of Nature guys tackle a movie that gave audiences nightmarish (yet comical) visions of flying cows – and gave birth in subsequent years to films…
Book of Nature, Ep. 28: Volcanos!
In this episode from Summer, 2018, the Book of Nature guys tackle a subject that has been on many peoples’ minds for much of 2018 given events in Hawaii at…
Book of Nature, Ep. 27: Star Trek
In this episode, recorded in May, 2018, the Book of Nature Hosts get their Trek on, and explore the whole Star Trek franchise, from The Original Series to Discovery, and…
Book of Nature, Ep. 26: Arrival
In this episode (recorded this past spring) the Book of Nature trio explore the short science fiction story, “The Story of Your Life”, by Ted Chiang, and the recent film…