Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane

This week, living in exciting times often turns out to be a bit unlucky, from a certain point of view.

This week, some thoughts on what keeps a culture alive.

This week, reflections on childhood, from my own personal experience.

This week I'm reflecting on the 2011 Best Picture winner "The Artist" and introducing a new segment to The Wednesday Blog in an interview with my friend Alex Brisson about the film. Alex Brisson's website: https://www.alexbrisson.com Star Trek: The Original Siblings Podcast: https://stosibspod.buzzsprout.com Brissflix : https://www.alexbrisson.com/brissflix The musical interlude in this episode co...

This week, introducing my research into the introduction of the three-toed sloth to European science in the 1550s. I'll be giving a public talk about my work at the Kopernik Observatory and Science Center in Vestal, NY on Friday, 29 April 2022 at 8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central. You can find a link to the YouTube broadcast here: https://youtu.be/70lJ0NmT8Kw Also here's a link to the Kopernik Observator...

This week, a bit of self-reflection. The Man from Earth website The Man from Earth trailer

This week, some thoughts inspired by the Jerome Bixby written 2007 science fiction film The Man from Earth . The Man from Earth website The Man from Earth trailer

This week, a response to a clip from the Franco-German TV series Karambolage about sandwiches in France. You can find a link to that Karambolage clip here: https://youtu.be/F1-YUM2-JrM #sandwich

This week, some things I've noticed about how people communicate online.

This week, how baseball broadcasting today is a tale in what not to do. All musical performances included are my own.

This week, a celebration of baseball's triumphant return and one small complaint about a rule change.

This week, how electric cars can contribute to the sanctions against the Russian government.

This week, I want to tell you about a trip I took last weekend to Washington, D.C. Links: The Smithsonian's Futures Exhibit: https://aib.si.edu/futures/ The Planetary Society's Sailing the Light documentary premiere live stream: https://youtu.be/NnKsHlV1NhA

This week, a bit about humanity's greatest asset, and our greatest fault.

This week, how I've learned that patience really is a virtue.

This week, an attempt at trying to suggest how we humanity can be better humans.

This week, a bit of Jesuit word play. Photo by Tony Wills CC BY-SA 3.0

This week, I want to explain how fiction is necessary for my survival.

This week, I'm thinking about how we humans fit into the structures of natural history.

This week, I'm talking about my first road trip in an electric car. For my sources see: [1] 7-Eleven Corporate, "7-Eleven Charges Forward with Installation of 500 Electric Vehicle Ports by End of 2022, Providing Convenient Charging Options that Drive a More Sustainable Future," (1 June 2021), https://corp.7-eleven.com/corp-press-releases/06-01-2021-7-eleven-charges-forward-with-installation-of-500...

In this episode I talk about how FDR’s Four Freedoms from his 1941 State of the Union is pertinent to today.

In this episode I argue that we should consider Space exploration as a way of uniting humanity around a common cause in what otherwise is a time when we seem far more divided.

This week I'm discussing what Christmas has meant to me throughout my life, and how it fits into the mythos of the seasons overall.

This week, I want to talk about some reasons that I see for why we Americans are so deeply divided. You can find the editorial by Charles M. Blow that inspired this episode here .

This week, I'm proposing that we've entered a new period in the history of the English language.