Episode 1. The Toolshed @ The End Of The Universe: Hermes and Wingnut, with a little help from Albert Einstein, drive a mobile toolshed and a shopping mall escalator along the lickable outer edge of the envelope of Relativity.
Episode 2. Who Stole Time?: If you don't know the difference between solar and atomic time, then it's about time you found out.
Episode 3. Terraforming Mars: Is it possible to engineer a liveable atmosphere on other planets? Strap yourself into the magic carpet of your imagination. You're in for a bumpy ride!
Episode 4. The Galaxy According to Holes: Black holes… What are they? Hermes, Wingnut and Stephen Hawking travel to the alleged event horizon of the alleged black hole at the centre of our alleged galaxy.
Episode 5. Paradise Lost & Found: Wingnut discovers the horrible truth behind the sticky bun of his Quantum existence. Quantum World here we come!
Episode 6. Chop Water, Carry Wood: One day we'll learn how to harness the power of photosynthesis as a source of renewable organic solar energy. 'It can't be too hard… plants do it all the time.' - Hermes.
Episode 7. In the Beginning. Or... Going Up: This episode stares down all the BIG issues… The Big Bang, God, and edible breakfast ties.
Episode 8. Dark Matters: Dark Matter. What is it? Where is it? Circling a galaxy at speeds unimagined by the human ear, Sherlock Hermes and Wingnutson traverse the mysterious gaslit streets of the cosmos in search of the elusive answer.
Episode 9. Showtime: Journey by Sopwith Space Camel to the outer limits of space tourism. Did you know you are being sucked toward a super-massive yet unseen cosmic object with a concentration of mass equal to tens of thousands of galaxies? Perhaps you should...
Episode 10. The Harmony of the Spheres: Great cosmic piano strings! What do Pythagoras, the Northern Lights and Exploding Penguins have in common? Tune in to this thrilling episode of Hermes & The Naked Flame to find out!
Episode 11. The Theory of String: Ever wondered what it would be like to travel through space and time at the speed of warp imagination factor 12 by the seat of your pants? By the power invested in The Gas Powered Toilet Roll Fairy, Sir Isaac Newton and The Silly String Theory… after this episode you'll be none the wiser.
Episode 12. Downloading L.I.F.E: 'Have a nice DNA'. The time is 3030 ADNA. Accept it. DNA is now the currency of life and if you want to live, you'll have to pay, pay, pay 'Neurosoft' – the now owner of L.I.F.E.
Episode 13. The Unifying Principle: Is there one elegant formula that explains the answer to Everything? In an attempt to bake his way into The Halls of Science, Hermes cooks up his own recipe for the elusive Grail that’s mystified the greatest minds of Science - the ever illusive ‘Unifying Principle.' Meanwhile, Wingnut knits a macrame scarf for the Universe, because... 'It can get pretty cold out there sometimes.' When Wingnut inadvertently draws together the strands of the cosmos with her ‘macrame pattern for the beginner’s mind,’ Hermes ponders two things: 'Has the student become the master?' ...and, '...did I remember to turn the oven off?' In this final episode of the series, will Hermes and Wingnut go out with a Big Bang?!
Episode 2. Who Stole Time?: If you don't know the difference between solar and atomic time, then it's about time you found out.
Episode 3. Terraforming Mars: Is it possible to engineer a liveable atmosphere on other planets? Strap yourself into the magic carpet of your imagination. You're in for a bumpy ride!
Episode 4. The Galaxy According to Holes: Black holes… What are they? Hermes, Wingnut and Stephen Hawking travel to the alleged event horizon of the alleged black hole at the centre of our alleged galaxy.
Episode 5. Paradise Lost & Found: Wingnut discovers the horrible truth behind the sticky bun of his Quantum existence. Quantum World here we come!
Episode 6. Chop Water, Carry Wood: One day we'll learn how to harness the power of photosynthesis as a source of renewable organic solar energy. 'It can't be too hard… plants do it all the time.' - Hermes.
Episode 7. In the Beginning. Or... Going Up: This episode stares down all the BIG issues… The Big Bang, God, and edible breakfast ties.
Episode 8. Dark Matters: Dark Matter. What is it? Where is it? Circling a galaxy at speeds unimagined by the human ear, Sherlock Hermes and Wingnutson traverse the mysterious gaslit streets of the cosmos in search of the elusive answer.
Episode 9. Showtime: Journey by Sopwith Space Camel to the outer limits of space tourism. Did you know you are being sucked toward a super-massive yet unseen cosmic object with a concentration of mass equal to tens of thousands of galaxies? Perhaps you should...
Episode 10. The Harmony of the Spheres: Great cosmic piano strings! What do Pythagoras, the Northern Lights and Exploding Penguins have in common? Tune in to this thrilling episode of Hermes & The Naked Flame to find out!
Episode 11. The Theory of String: Ever wondered what it would be like to travel through space and time at the speed of warp imagination factor 12 by the seat of your pants? By the power invested in The Gas Powered Toilet Roll Fairy, Sir Isaac Newton and The Silly String Theory… after this episode you'll be none the wiser.
Episode 12. Downloading L.I.F.E: 'Have a nice DNA'. The time is 3030 ADNA. Accept it. DNA is now the currency of life and if you want to live, you'll have to pay, pay, pay 'Neurosoft' – the now owner of L.I.F.E.
Episode 13. The Unifying Principle: Is there one elegant formula that explains the answer to Everything? In an attempt to bake his way into The Halls of Science, Hermes cooks up his own recipe for the elusive Grail that’s mystified the greatest minds of Science - the ever illusive ‘Unifying Principle.' Meanwhile, Wingnut knits a macrame scarf for the Universe, because... 'It can get pretty cold out there sometimes.' When Wingnut inadvertently draws together the strands of the cosmos with her ‘macrame pattern for the beginner’s mind,’ Hermes ponders two things: 'Has the student become the master?' ...and, '...did I remember to turn the oven off?' In this final episode of the series, will Hermes and Wingnut go out with a Big Bang?!
From the popular ABC radio series, as heard on
Radio National's 'The Science Show.'
To hear a sample just click on the episode link. To purchase the complete 13 audio episode CD of 'Hermes and the Naked Flame The Infinite Series Vol. 1.' sales@mythweaver.com
Radio National's 'The Science Show.'
To hear a sample just click on the episode link. To purchase the complete 13 audio episode CD of 'Hermes and the Naked Flame The Infinite Series Vol. 1.' sales@mythweaver.com
