17 - The Anthropocene - Side Quest

Our humble adventurers discuss the Anthropocene, a term that might be the name of the current period of time we live in, in the first of what eventually may be a series of side quests.

Links to the presentation:

• YouTube.
• Google Slides.

Episode Breakdown:

• We jump right into the main subject - the Anthropocene. Here are the main parts in today’s talk:
• The Anthropocene - an Introduction (00:02:50).
• The Geological Time Scale (00:04:54).
• Humanity and the Global System (00:13:10).
• Suggested Starting Points (00:22:23).
• Should it be Formalized? (00:28:26).
• Current Status (00:32:40).
• Personal Thoughts (00:34:20).
• Once the presentation is over, we move on to a discussion about all the questions that popped in our heads (00:35:35).
• We summarize our feelings (01:05:09).
• We talk about where the idea for this side-quest came from and about future side-quests (01:07:50).
• We then preview the subject of our next episode - Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity (01:11:45).
• Stick around and listen to a promo clip for the awesome It's Murder Up North Podcast (@murderupnorth), an amazing true crime podcast that focuses on the northern parts of England (01:14:38).

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Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com).

The episode was recorded on April 3rd, and originally released on May 3rd, 2020.