Episode Themes

Theme #1

1. Science Communicator

   1. Carl Edward Sagan - American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. 

   2. Michio Kaku is an American physicist, science communicator, futurologist, and writer of popular-science.

   3. Neil deGrasse Tyson - American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.

   4. Bill Nye, the Science Guy - American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer.

Theme #2

2. Philosophy

   1. Plato - main lesson of the allegory of the cave?

“The Allegory of the Cave” likely serves as a wake-up call for people to seek the truth and not settle for what they see in front of them as reality and truth. 

2. 2. René Descartes is most known for his philosophical statement,
      “I think, therefore I am” (originally in French, but best known by its Latin translation: "Cogito, ergo sum”).

Theme #3

3. Fermi Paradox 

   1. Enrico Fermi - awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity. Also know as the father of The Fermi paradox, which is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence.

3. 2. Possible Solutions

      1. 1. The Zoo Hypothesis - 

      2. 2. The Simulation Hypothesis". We’re living in a simulated universe -

      3. 3. The “Rare Earth” hypothesis - 

      4. 4. The Great Filter - 

Theme #4

4. A few of my favorite Famous Germans: 

   1. Albert Einstein is known in popular culture for his famous E = mc2 formula. 

   2. Heisenberg's name will always be associated with his theory of quantum mechanics, published in 1925, when he was only 23 years old. 

   3. Johann Sebastian Bach is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. 

   4. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment. 

   5. Martin Luther (1483—1546) German theologian, professor, pastor, and church reformer. 

   6. Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period, but he was more a disciple of the Classical tradition

   7. Ludwig van Beethoven. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western European music tradition. 

   8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was one of the most influential, popular and prolific composers of the classical period.
      
      

Theme #5

5. History Backwards 

   1. American History

   2. European History

   3. Roman Empire

   4. Greece

   5. Hebrews

   6. Egypt

Theme #6

6. Anthropology and the history of humans. Anthropology is the study of
   what makes us human. To understand the full sweep and complexity of
   cultures across all of human history, anthropology draws and builds upon
   knowledge from the social and biological sciences as well as the
   humanities and physical sciences.

Theme #7

7. The Geology of Planet Earth - Okay, so here's a super brief summary
   of understanding life and humanity through an evolutionary lens.

   1. The universe is around 15 billion years old.

   2. The Earth is about 6 billion years old.

   3. Life on Earth has evolved over 3.5 billion years.

   4. Humans evolved from small mammals and split from
      chimpanzees around 7 million years ago.

   5. Modern humans appeared approximately 150,000 years ago.

   6. Civilization began after the last Ice Age, about 15,000 years ago.

Theme #8

8. Astrophysics 

   1. JWST -  can see to the beginning of time! (almost)

Theme #9

9. Cosmology, Big Bang 

Theme #10

10. Epistemology - Epistemology is the study of knowledge acquisition. It involves an awareness of certain aspects of reality, and it seeks to discover what is known and how it is known.
    Considered as a branch of philosophy, epistemology addresses cognitive sciences, cultural studies and the history of science.

Theme #11

11. Religious Eschatology

    2. 1. Eschatology Mormons, the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints

       2.  eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses

       3.  eschatology of Biblical Christianity

       4.  eschatology of Jewdism 

       5. eschatology of Buddism

       6.  eschatology of Muslims

       7. eschatology of Hinduism

And other common Mythologies.

Theme #12

12. Spirituality 

    1. Arguments for God's existence

       1. Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument that posits that people are essentially gambling that it is better to believe in God than not to believe.
          
          

    2. Arguments against God's existence

       1. Divine Hiddenness

       2. Religious Confusion
          
          

Theme #13

13. Purpose + Meaning

Theme #14

14. Great Songs:

    1. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

    2. Imagine - John Lennon
       
       

Theme #15

15. Classical Piano

Theme #16

16. Languages:

    1. Latin

    2. French

    3. Spanish

    4. Hebrew

    5. Greek

    6. Japanese

    7. HTML
       
       

Theme #17

17. Music Theory

Theme #18

18. Podcasts - Long Form Discussions

Theme #19

19. YouTube (a few of the 35 channels so far)

    1. ​@SunsetGuitarist​ 

    2. @OblivionCocoon 

    3. @Science-God

    4. @SunsetPiano

    5. @Sunset-Psyche

    6. @SunsetPianoGod

    7. @OblivionComedy 

    8. @Sunset-Videos 

    9. @Sunset-Psychology 

    10. @MentalHealth-Sunset 

    11. @Sunset-Mountain 

    12. @Sunsets-CuteAnimals 

    13. @Sunset-Channel

    14. @jeffreythepug 

    15. @ChristianMusicRocker 

    16. @Manof2ManyHats 

    17. @windymountain

    18. @Sunset-Singer 

    19. @davidwcoon 

    20. @NarcissisticAbusePsychology 
        
        

Theme #20

20. Art/Music

21. Oil Painting Sunsets