Time Tips From the Universe

How to Know What’s Real

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Education, Self-improvement, Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Time can feel like a subjective experience—different at different points in our lives. It’s also a real, measurable thing. The universe may be too big to fully comprehend, but what we do know could help inform the ways we approach our understanding of ourselves, our purpose, and our time. Theoretical physicist and black-hole expert Janna Levin explains how the science of time can inspire new thinking and fresh perspectives on a much larger scale. Music by Rob Smierciak (“Slow Money, Money Time, Guitar Time, Ambient Time”), Gavin Luke (“Time Zones”), Hanna Lindgren (“Everywhere Except Right Here”), and Dylan Still (“On the Fritz”). Write to us at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Must remember, do not forget.
0:07.4	Remind me to bring photo ID.
0:10.4	Reminder, set.
0:12.1	Babe, can you make sure I don't forget my photo ID when I vote?
0:16.0	All right, love.
0:17.0	However you remember, you'll need photo ID to vote on the 2nd of May.
0:22.0	Don't have ID.
0:23.1	Apply for free voter ID now.
0:25.3	Find out more at Electoral Commission.org.
0:27.7	UK slash voter ID.
0:30.0	What happens now?
0:31.2	What happens now? How will I cope? How will I cope?
0:36.0	Sometimes you don't want to talk about cancer, the people you know. You just want to talk
0:42.0	to someone who knows how you feel.
0:45.0	That's why I joined the Macmillan online community.
0:48.0	We know what it's like because we're living with cancer too.
0:52.0	And whatever's on your mind, we're living with cancer too.
0:53.0	And whatever's on your mind, we're here to help.
0:56.0	To join us, search Macmillan online community.
1:02.0	The one sense in which time is frustratingly different is that I cannot extend equally
1:09.8	in each direction. I cannot just turn around and go into the past. Okay. And I seem to be
1:17.2	always driven forward into the future. I can stand still in space, but I can't seem to stand still in time.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.