episode 019 - Time Travel Sampler
In this fun sampler platter of an episode we go through some of our favourite time travel theories and stories, and Zach is audibly distraught and distracted by losing his favourite pen. A mix of the personal and fantastical just for you!
Show Notes
My pen was a TWSBI ECO bought at the incredible WONDERFAIR in Lawrence, Kansas.
The Alchemist, by Paolo Coelho
(these are not affiliate links, we do not get any money from you clicking this. Buy it used. I'd use a library link, but you can't get this book at the Wellington library for some reason!)
Einstein's theory of relativity and time travel
H.G. Wells, "The Time Machine"
Carl Sagan argued for the possibility of ancient astronauts in Intelligent Life in the Universe and academic papers, then later became a vocal skeptic due to the messy psuedoscience of Chariot of the Gods.
For the mystical origins of sci-fi and superheroes, you gotta read Mutants and Mystics, by Jeffrey Kripal
$21 trillion unaccounted for in Pentagon spending
The time was approximately 11:00 A.M. on April 18, 1961, when Joe Simonton was attracted outside by a peculiar noise similar to "knobby tires on a wet pavement." Stepping into his yard, he faced a silvery saucer-shaped object "brighter than chrome," which appeared to be hovering close to the ground without actually touching it. The object was about twelve feet high and thirty feet in diameter. A hatch opened about five feet from the ground, and Simonton saw three men inside the machine. One of them was dressed in a black two-piece suit. The occupants were about five feet in height. Smooth shaven, they appeared to "resemble Italians." They had dark hair and skin and wore outfits with turtleneck tops and knit helmets.
One of the men held up a jug apparently made of the same material as the saucer. His motions to Joe Simonton seemed to indicate that he needed water. Simonton took the jug, went inside the house, and filled it. As he returned, he saw that one of the men inside the saucer was "frying food on a flameless grill of some sort." The interior of the ship was black, "the color of wrought iron." Simonton, who could see several instrument panels, heard a slow whining sound, similar to the hum of a generator. When he made a motion indicating he was interested in the food that was being prepared, one of the men, who was also dressed in black but with a narrow red "rim along the trousers, handed him three cookies, about three inches in diameter and perforated with small holes"
Utsuro-Bene as a folktale about isolationism
The mystery particle of Einstein's that Leki mentions I think is called a tachyon
HG Wells used the term the Fourth Dimension, in "The Plattner Story", but may not have been the first to use the term
Yes, we still play basketball but I am not a fan and can't comment on its organization.
John Titor's car was actually a '67 corvette
johntitor.com has all of John Titor's message board messages. It is a beyoootiful site that I recommend diving into.
Justin Whang has a great video on who John Titor was. Interestingly, some people claim to be him, but this cannot be proven, and the person that conspiracists claim they can prove is the hoaxster(Morey Haber) has denied it.
Steven Hawking tangled love life Steven Hawking time travel party Steven Hawking's connections to Jeffrey Epstein
Barry Windsor Smith. This is another beautiful website.
Barry Windsor Smith description of time travel, in Opus
Einstein's loaf of bread explained by Brian Greene