https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hod20AzYB4o
THE STORY
Baba Brinkman has won multiple awards and enjoyed successful runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and off-Broadway. He performed live on MSNBC's “The Rachel Maddow Show”, appears regularly at science, technology, business, and environmental conferences, opened for Stephen Hawking and Neil deGrasse Tyson, and has released more than a dozen solo albums. Before launching his rap career, Baba earned a Masters in English Literature (writing his thesis on The Canterbury Tales) and worked in the forests of Western Canada for ten years, personally planting more than one million trees.
Latest Videos
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Ballad of a Zombie – Baba Brinkman Music Video
A zombie anthem exploring the evolutionary science of parasitism, from pathogens to social media.
Download or Stream the Track
Bandcamp: https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/ballad-of-a-zombie
Apple: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1536246364
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0wSt1kxSR6pTuw5dleJVzY
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ballad-Zombie-Baba-Brinkman/dp/B08LD8WL77
Further Reading:
• https://www.popsci.com/zombies-mind-control-and-body-snatchers-natures-horrifying-parasites/
• https://www.businessinsider.com/zombies-in-nature-science-2019-5
• https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattsimonauthor/zombies-are-real-and-nature-is-terrifying
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music Written, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Vocals by Aaron Ross
Animation by Anna C. Gilmore
Zombie Illustrations by Neil Smith
Parasite Illustrations by Noel Planet
Video Edited by Roberto De Jesus
Scientific Consultation by Athena Aktipis and Dr. Joe Alcock
Made with Support from the Zombie Apocalypse Medicine Alliance
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Bright Future – Baba Brinkman Music Video
Nuclear power is an essential resource in combatting climate change. Where does your electricity come from? Clean energy means everything.
Download and Stream:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/bright-future
https://music.apple.com/us/album/bright-future/1512383035?i=1512383042
https://open.spotify.com/album/7lRyuiXfx5KduqPhiw5GBJ?si=FqmteDL4T2uLG5oeSjgnjw
https://www.amazon.com/Bright-Future-Baba-Brinkman/dp/B088BVZZSN
Further reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/sunday/climate-change-nuclear-power.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/11/25/nuclear-power-does-slow-climate-change/#65e315d47202
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music by Mr. Simmonds
Chorus Vocals by Eric Meyer
Video Edited by Buck Bowen
Made with support from Generation Atomic
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Revenge of the Somatic – Baba Brinkman Music Video
A cancer cell rebels against the tyranny of the body, revealing the hidden evolutionary logic behind carcinogenesis.
Download and Stream:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/revenge-of-the-somatic-2
https://music.apple.com/us/album/revenge-of-the-somatic/979284324?i=979284825
https://open.spotify.com/track/7yIptNDl9az4joEsfP6zNi?si=B27hVlrKRrmM0dDpuBLmgA
https://www.amazon.com/Revenge-of-the-Somatic/dp/B00V3YA41W
Further reading:
https://slate.com/technology/2017/04/cancer-has-been-with-us-since-the-origins-of-multicellularity.html
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691163840/the-cheating-cell
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/science/cellular-cheaters-give-rise-to-cancer.html
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music by Mr. Simmonds
Animation by Dave Anderson
Scientific Consultation by Athena Aktipis
Made with support from the Arizona Cancer Evolution Center
https://cancer-insights.asu.edu/
