The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss - Introduction

Episode Date: June 8, 2019

Welcome to The Origins Podcast! This brief introduction with host Lawrence M. Krauss provides a glimpse of what to expect from the upcoming show. The Origins Podcast features in-depth conversations with some of the most interesting people in the world about the issues that impact all of us in the 21st century. Host, theoretical physicist, lecturer, and author, Lawrence M. Krauss, will be joined by guests from a wide range of fields, including science, the arts, and journalism. The topics discussed on The Origins Podcast reflect the full range of the human experience - exploring science and culture in a way that seeks to entertain, educate, and inspire. Get full access to Critical Mass at lawrencekrauss.substack.com/subscribe

Hi, and welcome to the Origins Podcast. I'm your host Lawrence Krauss. I'd like to take a moment to give you a brief introduction to this exciting new project and to give you a glimpse of what you can expect from episodes to come. Our goal with the Origins podcast is to create a series of unique and thought-provoking in-depth discussions with some of the most interesting people in the world about their own origin stories, their work, and their reflections about issues ranging from politics to religion to arts and culture, to see.

science. In upcoming episodes, you'll hear from comedian, writer, director, Ricky Jervais, and Brian May of the legendary rock group, Queen, Nobel Prize winning scientist Sheldon Glashow, public intellectual and the father of linguistics, Noam Chomsky, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Greenblatt, Tony Award-winning director, Sir Trevor Nunn, and New York Times columnist, Gail Collins, just to name a few. These conversations will not be interviews. There are wide-ranging discussions between two people with complementary perspectives and differing expertise on a host of issues of current interest. The audio podcast itself will always be free to download on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. But video of the full podcast plus additional bonus content will be available

to those who choose to support the program through Patreon. Support from listeners like you will help continue to make the program possible. I'm really excited to be embarking on this new adventure with such a wonderful team and an unprecedented group of guests. It's my hope that these conversations will provide a feast for the mind, combining entertainment with insight and inspiring wonder and excitement about all aspects of the universe around us. I look forward to taking this journey together with you.