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The Truth About The Universe

August 17th, 2010

Way back at Balticon 44, Dr. John Cmar, and I revealed the truth, using slides created by Laura Burns and JR Blackwell. And now, through the power of Chooch Shubert, we bring the Truth About The Universe to you!

From the official Balticon Program:

JR Blackwell, Laura Burns, John Cmar and Jared Axelrod present both historical misinformation and lies they made up on the fly in this discussion about the nature of the universe. From the smallest microbe to the biggest gas giant, learn how things aren’t–but could be–presented by a panel of experts. Just, don’t believe anything they say. Moderator: Arioch Morningstar.

The Truth About The Universe was performed live at Balticon 44. Slides were created by Laura Burns and J.R. Blackwell;. The dialog was improvised on the spot by John Cmar, Jared Axelrod, and Arioch Morningstar. Music, editing, introduction and mulptile formatting by Chooch Schubert

Special thanks to Paul Fischer and the Baltimore Science Fiction Society

The following alternative download formats are available on Archive.org:

  • Full resolution mpeg2 [302 MB] version
  • Compressed mpeg4 [46.6 mb] suitable for Apple iDevices – it can be added to podcast feeds
  • Open Ogg Theora [43.7] format that can be played on most Linux systems as well as other OSes if they have the codecs loaded
  • Chooch also split it in half and uploaded them to YouTube (they have a 15 minute limit per video) for people that are more comfortable with YouTube streaming/embedding (Part 1, Part 2)

Spread the Truth About the Universe!

2 Responses to “The Truth About The Universe”

  1. Dee Says:

    See? That’s what I get for going to another presentation. My sides hurt from laughing. You guys are even smarter than I thought. I am afraid…

  2. Jared Axelrod » Blog Archive » With The Steampunk World’s Fair Behind, We Look Forward To Balticon Says:

    [...] last year? When Dr. John Cmar, Antioch Morningstar and I riffed on a slideshow we had no knowledge of put toget…. Yeah, we’re doing that again. Only this time we’ve swapped out Mr. Morningstar for the [...]

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