In this brief announcement I discuss the philosophy and rationale for content choices and discuss a few changes coming to the podcast.

It is my belief that this changes will add value to my listeners, albeit indirectly, as they will enable me to produce more content and extend the reach of the podcast. 

Thank you for all your support. I am excited to be moving the podcast to the next level and hope you will continue to listen!

HBH 44 Changes Coming To A Podcast Near You

From the new Studio P, provided by Peyton, comes the death of Poe. In a sad case of life imitating art, Edgar Allen Poe, the master of the macabre and father of the mystery story presents us with a real-life masterpiece of both genres in his own tragic death.   Poe boarded a train, disappeared for days, and turned up in a gutter outside a tavern/polling station wearing someone elses clothing. He was rushed to a hospital where he languished for day before dying.  In his feverish delirium, he was never able to say what had happened to him or where he had been, but called out an unknown name several times during his last hours.  Here, dear listeners, is one of the most puzzling of mysterious deaths in history, in all its lurid detail.  

Special thanks to Jess for the episode idea   Cover Art by Ian Armstrong

HBH 43: The Mysterious, Tragic Death of Edgar Allen Poe

Attention: This is the episode that started the podcast -- the story of the maxim Know Thyself, the Prophetess at Delphi, Apollo and the python, Zeus and the omphalos, and the much more ancient Egyptian origins of the injunction.

What did it mean to the ancients? Is it still relevant today, or has it cone the way of alchemy and phrenology?

HBH 45: The Omphalos and the Oracle at Delphi

In this episode:

- 9 billion years of prehistory made dangerously accessible
    - The broadest, easily understood, fascinating ideas of the "Big Bang"
- Mysteries of the Big Bang
    - What can we theorize?
    - Where do our theories fail?
    - What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Big Bang model?
    - What are the philosophical and identity implications of Big Bang Cosmology
    - Summary of the development of the universe until the beginnings of our solar system
This episode is an updated and expanded presentation of episode 11a.  A key element in understanding current thought on our own nature.

HBH 46: The Beginning of Space, Time, and Us

Continuing with the origins of everything that is, I present the history of planet Earth, from its birth to the age of mammals.  

Included:

- How old is the earth?
- What are the oldest rocks ever found?
- How old is life itself?
- When did multicellular organisms arise?
- When did life leave the sea for land?
- What percentage of species has survived until the current time?
- What were the 5 biggest mass extrinction events in history?
And much more...information that sounds, admittedly, tedious, but only because it is.  But! Can you truly know about yourself without knowing about the universe, solar system, and planet that are a part of you?

HBH 47: Life on the Installment Plan Redux

In this episode, the massive, rapacious king power lizards of the Cretaceous are finally taken off the board by an asteroid. We trace the origins and progress of the skulking night vermin that are unleashed in their absence. These night vermin, with their whiskers and fur and fancy new brains, become the superpowers of the Cenozoic (our current era).

This is the story of the mammals, from a time long before their origin until the last common ancestor between humans and chimpanzees. 

Although this is a re-release of a previous episode, it contains never-before released material about the latest estimates of warm-bloodedness ariiving on the stage. 

Illustration by Ian Armstrong

HBH 48: Night Vermin Triumphant

The time has come to answer Pilate's question at the first of many episodes(!).

The History of Human