Welcome to the After-On podcast. I'm your host, Rob Reed.

And this is a series of conversations with thinkers, founders, and scientists.

Take a little time and stretch out because these talks are unhurried and meant to bring

you to a top percentile understanding of something important.

So whether you're ready to start up your ideas, a techie or a lit major, take your time,

engage your mind, and you'll be glad you did it.

Especially this week when we'll be talking to...

British Astronomer Royal Martin Rees

And just to state the obvious, Astronomer Royal is such a cool title.

And it's just one of an amazing list of positions and honors that Sir Martin has earned

over his five decade career in astrophysics.

If you're new to the show, welcome.

It features in-depth conversations with world-class experts about their domains of knowledge.

In each episode, I try to bring you, and myself, a serious grounding in something complex

and important that we should all probably understand a bit better.

If you enjoy this episode, please browse the show's archives at after-on.com or in your

favorite podcasting app.

There you'll find a bunch of fascinating conversations with some of the world's top people in robotics

synthetic biology, neuroscience, cryptocurrency drones, augmented reality, and many other fields.

Today's episode is a bit unusual, and that it has a companion article.

The first in an integrated series of four articles, which will appear on consecutive weeks

throughout October.

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