The Big Bang Changes Everything

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Body's listening to audio contect now on podcast and audio books. And give this a try. So this one is 12 lectures. The big bang changes everything. First galaxies, first stars and dark matter. How big was the big bang? Inflation, the first fraction of a second. What caused inflation? Are there other universes across other dimensions? From the big bang to the universe's fate? Finally, lecture 12, the future of early universe cosmology.

Hailed as the “first freedom,” free speech is the bedrock of democracy, and it is subject to erosion in times of upheaval. Today, in democracies and authoritarian states around the world, it is on the retreat.

In this episode, based on the book Free Speech, Michael Shermer and Jacob Mchangama discuss the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of the principle, how much we have gained from it, and how much we stand to lose without it. Mchangama reveals how the free exchange of ideas underlies all intellectual achievement and has enabled the advancement of both freedom and equality worldwide. Yet the desire to restrict speech, too, is a constant.