Ep 918 - Dear Chip 01: The Point of Conception

Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Before the Infant. Before the Throne. There was a sperm, an egg, a single cell then two. This is a letter written to this two.

A man writes a letter to his younger self at the point of conception. Dear Chip – Chapter One is a fiction-as-self-therapy origin story: zinc sparks, cosmic eggs, parts-work, and the simple compass to live and to love. Blending science, myth, and psychology, this intelligent and provocative meditation challenges how we think about beginnings and what it means to be alive. It invites listeners to reimagine their own origin story with curiosity, courage, and wonder.

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0:00.0	Baby steps.
0:03.0	After your faith hasn't let you down.
0:08.0	This is Infants on Thrones.
0:10.0	I'm looking for the further line and knowledge Father promised to sing.
0:13.0	Babystap, baby steps.
0:14.0	Look for the good and everyone.
0:25.7	Dear Chip, yes, we are here at the moment of your conception.
0:31.1	We have heard your unspoken question, who am I? What is this?
0:40.5	And we are here to provide guidance and support, mingled with some cosmic dad humor, to keep you from taking any of this too seriously.
0:42.5	Because who am I and what is this is a pretty big question for two little cells without
0:49.1	a nervous system.
0:50.8	You can't even frown yet, let alone philosophies, but we give you points for curiosity.
0:57.2	So yes, Chip, you are but two cells at this point.
1:01.8	Full of wonder, full of promise.
1:04.9	That is who you are right now, but that will change.
1:08.4	You will always change.
1:13.6	Even before these two cells appeared, there was a single, radiant event when sperm and egg...
1:17.6	We felt that gurgle. Try to contain your sophomoric laughter, dear Chip. You aren't in Mr.
1:23.6	Luke's eighth grade human anatomy class just yet.
1:33.9	When sperm and egg became one, their membranes fused and their nuclei began to unite.
1:40.5	In that instant, the egg released a surge of calcium, setting off a cascade of zinc atoms bursting outward.
1:42.5	Think of it as your life's very first burp belching you
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