What can you say about the sun? It sits at the center of our solar system and has, over time, been at the center of religions, scriptures, songs, art, and countless other aspects of our culture.
We’ve relied on its light, heat, and gravity for as long as we’ve been around, and we continue to find ways to harness its energy for our daily needs.
This hour, we look at the place our sun holds kind of literally at the center of all of human history and ask what the future holds for our nearest star.
GUESTS:
- Christina Agapakis: Creative director at Ginko Bioworks
- Sarbani Basu: William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Astronomy at Yale University
- John Grim: Senior lecturer and research scholar teaching in the joint MA program in religion and ecology at Yale University School of the Environment and Yale Divinity School
- John Perlin: Physicist at UCLA Santa Barbara and the author of Let It Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy
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