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I think I've been pretty lucky and lived a pretty interesting life. My name is Jay Crandell and I have become very interested in our unlikely origins while reflecting on my unlikely survival from a very serious gunshot wound to the brain. This led me to examine our improbable emergence as a species and a civilization - and it sure looks like we're all really lucky Martians living in a multiverse, who owe our existence to Jupiter's presence, the Zanclean flood, the savannah's emergence and the hallucinogenic mushrooms that would grow on the droppings of the ruminants there, a well-timed supernova and an unusually docile sun!

I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian Jay Crandell

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I think I've been pretty lucky and lived a pretty interesting life. My name is Jay Crandell and I have become very interested in our unlikely origins while reflecting on my unlikely survival from a very serious gunshot wound to the brain. This led me to examine our improbable emergence as a species and a civilization - and it sure looks like we're all really lucky Martians living in a multiverse, who owe our existence to Jupiter's presence, the Zanclean flood, the savannah's emergence and the hallucinogenic mushrooms that would grow on the droppings of the ruminants there, a well-timed supernova and an unusually docile sun!

    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 11

    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 11

    I think I’ve been really lucky and have lived a pretty interesting and improbable life. I apologize to anyone exposed to the first drafts of this. When I started this, I was in a pretty dark place. Since then, I have come to realize just how lucky I have been, how lucky we all are, the importance of the Zanclean flood in our origins, and of deep-sea rare earth nodules in preventing our untimely end.
    And that I'm a particularly lucky Martian. To see the Google Docs version of this episode, with extra bits that didn't quite work in podcast form, visit tinyurl.com/luckymartian11

    • 13 min
    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 1 - About That Lucky Martian Bit

    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 1 - About That Lucky Martian Bit

    After getting shot in the head I realized just how lucky I've been, how lucky we all are, the importance of the Zanclean flood to our unlikely origin and of deep-sea rare earth nodules in preventing our untimely end. This episode addresses the notion that we're all lucky Martians.

    To see the Google Docs version of this episode, with extra bits that didn't quite work in podcast form, visit tinyurl.com/luckymartian1

    • 15 min
    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 3

    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 3

    I think I’ve lived a pretty interesting and improbable life. When I got shot in the head I realized just how lucky I have been, how lucky we all are, the importance of the Zanclean flood in our origin and deep-sea rare earth nodules in avoiding our untimely end. And that I'm a particularly lucky Martian!

    To see the Google Docs version of this episode, with extra bits that didn't quite work in podcast form, visit tinyurl.com/luckymartian3

    • 15 min
    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 4

    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 4

    I think I’ve been really lucky and have lived a pretty interesting and improbable life. I apologize to anyone exposed to the first drafts of this. When I started this, I was in a pretty dark place. Since then, I have come to realize just how lucky I have been, how lucky we all are, the importance of the Zanclean flood in our origins, and of deep-sea rare earth nodules in preventing our untimely end.
    And that I'm a particularly lucky Martian.
    To see the Google Docs version of this episode, with extra bits that didn't quite work in podcast form, visit tinyurl.com/luckymartian4

    • 13 min
    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 5

    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 5

    I think I’ve been really lucky and have lived a pretty interesting and improbable life. I apologize to anyone exposed to the first drafts of this. When I started this, I was in a pretty dark place. Since then, I have come to realize just how lucky I have been, how lucky we all are, the importance of the Zanclean flood in our origins, and of deep-sea rare earth nodules in preventing our untimely end.
    And that I'm a particularly lucky Martian. To see the Google Docs version of this episode, with extra bits that didn't quite work in podcast form, visit tinyurl.com/luckymartian5

    • 15 min
    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 6

    I Am A Particularly Lucky Martian - 6

    I think I’ve been really lucky and have lived a pretty interesting and improbable life. I apologize to anyone exposed to the first drafts of this. When I started this, I was in a pretty dark place. Since then, I have come to realize just how lucky I have been, how lucky we all are, the importance of the Zanclean flood in our origins, and of deep-sea rare earth nodules in preventing our untimely end.
    And that I'm a particularly lucky Martian. To see the Google Docs version of this episode, with extra bits that didn't quite work in podcast form, visit tinyurl.com/luckymartian6

    • 16 min

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