36. The Sun ~ power over us
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Around the world there are over 100 human names that mean ‘The Sun’; perhaps the clearest evidence of us humans being inspired by, and acknowledging the significance of, a 4.5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star, a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. Its benevolence and its destructive capacity affect all aspects of our being, our cultures, our artworks, and take The Sun away and Polar Night makes us sad, detached, without energy, struggling to concentrate, struggling to stay awake. Give us too much of it and we cannot survive its power. With music from Colin Williams Some of the ideas and references we make in this podcast can be found here: Equinox Rush 2001 A Space Odyssey Richard Strauss ‘Sunrise’ Sun Studio RKO Pictures Isla Santa Catalina Helios U2 Kiribati Hopi New Mexico Mexico FIFA 1986 Serotonin The Road - Cormac McCarthy Carrington Event Svalbard Carl Nielson
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