From nuclear nightmares to reality-breaking weapons, we examine how science and fiction imagine the end of everything. What happens when weapons don’t just destroy worlds but unmake reality itself? Explore the science of apocalypse.

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Doomsday Devices & Ontological Weaponry 
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editor: Lukas Konecny
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Doomsday Devices & Ontological Weaponry (Narration Only)

Entre ciel et poussière, Echoes of the End réunit les dernières vibrations d’un monde en quête de sens.
Chaque morceau est une prière suspendue — un souffle de guitare, un murmure de piano, une onde qui se perd dans le vide pour revenir chargée d’émotion.
De “The Car in the Sky” à “Echoes of Tomorrow”, en passant par les hymnes spirituels et les introspections planantes inspirées de The Great Gig in the Sky ou High Hopes, l’album explore la fin des illusions technologiques, la beauté fragile de la Terre et la nostalgie d’un paradis que l’humanité a laissé s’éteindre.

C’est une traversée : celle d’un Moïse moderne entendant sa propre voix dans l’écho de la mer, celle d’une humanité qui envoie des voitures dans l’espace tout en oubliant la poésie du vent.
Entre rock progressif, gospel cosmique et folk introspectif, Echoes of the End fait dialoguer la foi, la science et la solitude — jusqu’à retrouver la plus ancienne vérité : nous sommes tous des échos, cherchant la fin pour comprendre le commencement.

Love Will Rise Again (radio)

Pink Brittany

Loud water

Echoes of Tomorrow

Through the darken sky

Echoes of the end

The sermon of the stallions begins. 

LYRICS: 
Heroic horses hammering holy heaven,
Hooves hounding, horseshoes howling,
Hot heads hurtling headlong on the horizon,
Handsomest horses hacking habitually,
Hugely-hung hoses hanging out hellishly,
Hardy and hardening, heartily heartening,
Harping at heartstrings, harmonious harkening.

Hades the hell-spawn harnessing hedonism,
Heckling horses, harassing the harmony,
Hot-blooded horses, huffy and hungrily,
Hearken the hell-dog, hail him and hallow him,
Hellbent and heinous, horse hearts are harvested,
Hundreds of horses haemorrhage helplessly,

Harrowing Hellscape, hostile humidity,
Haggardly horses hunching haphazardly,
Half-dead and hateful, harshly and hardily,
Hardhearted horses hurting and hurtling,
Heroes of history, humbled in hopelessness,
Holiest horses, howling and hollering -
Heeding honor! Hailing Hell!

Lyrics by @pretty_sunflower - https://hellopoetry.com/pretty_sunflower/

HOLY HORSES HAILING HELL 🐴

When the world ends, sometimes, you just have to kick back, say "I told you so!" and cheer because it's all finally over. A darkly comedic apocalypse song from Harley Poe.

LYRICS
Now the women are cryin' and the kids are dyin' and the men are runnin' away
Somethin' weird has happened and the devil he's a-laughin' and the church don't know what to say
Now the recently deceased have been openin' their eyes, but I know it's been prophesied
Through the comics I've been readin' and the movies I've been seein', so it comes to me as no surprise

And I don't care, I didn't warn the human race
It's only fair, oh that we take our place

'Cause it's the end of the world, and I don't give a shit
The earth will be a better place without you and me
So I climb up on my roof to throw myself from it
Because doom, death, and destruction is all I see

Now reporters are talkin', and the zombies are a-walkin', and the government's been fallin' apart
So I think I better go, 'cause these puppies ain't slow, even though they ain't very smart
If you notice more than five and you wanna stay alive then you probably should be running away
I saw them tear my wife in two, there was nothing I could do, but it happened just the other day

I didn't care, 'cause it was time for her to go
It's only fair, and now she's better off, I know

'Cause it's the end of the world, and I don't give a shit
The earth will be a better place without you and me
So I climb up on my roof to throw myself from it
Because doom, death, and destruction is all I see
Alright!

Now I'm waitin' on my house, I'm as quiet as a mouse, but they still keep gatherin' 'round
So I made myself a deal, they're gonna get a meal, when I throw myself to the ground
As they're waitin' down there, I'm gonna drink my last beer, God forgive me for my sin...
I'm hopin' I will be dead if I should land on my head, if not I'll be born again

And I won't care, cause now it's time for me to go
It's only fair, and now I'm better off, I know

'Cause it's the end of the world, and I don't give a shit
The earth will be a better place without you and me
So I climb up on my roof to throw myself from it
Because doom, death, and destruction is all I se

It's the end of the world, and we don't give a shit
The earth will be a better place without you and me
So we climb up on our roofs to throw ourselves from it
Because doom, death, and destruction is all we see
Because doom, death, and destruction is all we see
Because doom, death, and destruction is all we see

It's Only the End of the World - Harley Poe [Cover]

Yeah, this one's a tough one. Jesus gets all apocalyptic up in this place.  In this passage, the disciples and Jesus have just come from Samaria.  In Samaria, they would have been surrounded by people who were different from them in every way imaginable. So when they finally get to Jerusalem, they're feeling good. They're now on home turf. They see the temple and they're awestruck.

A bit about the temple. It was architecturally awesome, with large, impressive stones and the gilded walls.

But Jesus, yeah, he's not impressed. He's like, "Pretty soon this whole thing is going to be crumbled to the ground." They're looking at the same thing - but they don't see the same thing. The disciples see a picture - a symbol that God is with them on their side. They see a picture of spiritual and religious certainty and permanence. And Jesus says, "Yeah, that isn't quite true. You can't keep God domesticated. You can't keep God within anything you create." He brings disillusionment into their lives.

Disillusionment is necessary for the life of faith. That will lead us to some questions: What lies or illusions do we sometimes mistake for the truth? Who says, "I am he! I will save you!" - and why do we sometimes listen? Why do we cling to certainty and permanence when Jesus calls us to learn and grow and change and evolve? We need disillusionment - we need death, before the promise of resurrection, new hope and new life.

So how do we live when it seems like the world is falling apart? Jesus says, "Do not be frightened. Do not worry beforehand." Yeah, easier said than done. Well, we endure anyway - even when it seems like the world is falling apart. But HOW do we endure? We'll move to the table which might be the only symbol that will save us. Self-sacrificing, self-giving love. The table, where all are welcome - where we're all on the same level - where there are no hierarchies and everyone belongs. The table - where we all recognize that all of us are on the same team - made of the same stuff - in need of the same nourishment. So we receive from God that nourishment - and we participate in making sure that everyone gets that nourishment - gets what they need to live full healthy lives in the here and now. Even while we struggle.

Speaker: Aaron Vis
Scripture: Luke 21:5-19
http://bible.com/events/49519653

November 9, 2025 "And Yet, We Endure"

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