A Brief Look at the Prophecies of Nostradamus

Science fiction author D. Colin Palmer offers a concise, 11-minute meditation on the prophecies of Nostradamus—what they are, how they’ve been interpreted, and why they continue to fascinate. Includes original music.Full show notesIn this brief episode, D. Colin Palmer examines the enduring appeal of Nostradamus: the language of the quatrains, the culture that formed them, and the modern impulse to map prophecy onto contemporary events. Rather than treating the verses as a code to be cracked, this monologue considers them as literature, history, and mirror—revealing more about readers and eras than about the future itself.