PLAYLISTS
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Group Selection – Baba Brinkman Music Video
There's a lot more to evolution than cut-throat competition and survival, including cooperation, altruism, and hyper-sociality, so... can't we all just get along?!
Download or Stream the Track
Bandcamp: https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/group-selection-20
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-rap-guide-to-evolution-revised/451234747
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5iCztxH67qnCLKlzUTmIyY
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Group-Selection-2-0/dp/B005A524SG
Further Reading:
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/522809
Amoeba footage by Robert Insall
https://twitter.com/robinsall
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Vocals by Aaron Ross, Sean Ross, Smoky Tiger, Erik Brinkman, and Dizraeli.
Piano by Simon Kendall
Scientific Consultation by David Sloan Wilson
Inspired by DSW's book "Evolution for Everyone"
https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Everyone-Darwins-Theory-Change/dp/0385340923
Original Backing Video by Wendall K. Harrington
Edited by Buck Bowen -
Greenhouse Effect – Baba Brinkman Music Video
A hip-hop history of the past two centuries of climate science discoveries.
Download or Stream the Track
Bandcamp: https://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-climate-chaos
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-rap-guide-to-climate-chaos/1144600580
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/32iFtZIcD4R4KeOxMBFjpi
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Greenhouse-feat-Aaron-Nazrul/dp/B01KXBBO32
Further Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science
https://www.skepticalscience.com/history-climate-science.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15874560
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Featuring Bill Nye (filmed at NECSS 2016, New York, NY)
Music by Tom Caruana
Chorus Vocals by Aaron Ross
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by Tom Van Deursen
Original Backing Video by Olivia Sebesky
Edited by Buck Bowen -
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
http://www.zombiemed.org/
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Freestyle Rap "3:20" by Baba Brinkman (Quantum Summer Symposium 2020)
Vancouver-born, New York-based rap artist and science communicator Baba Brinkman (https://bababrinkman.com) performs an improvised freestyle rap inspired by comments in the YouTube Live chat stream at the end of Day 2 of Google's Quantum Summer Symposium (July 23, 2020). Check out the playlist for more videos from QSS 2020.
Google's Quantum Summer Symposium 2020 playlist → https://goo.gle/2Z149sN
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Performance, Feedback, Revision – Stephen Hawking Version
Baba Brinkman performs his song "Performance, Feedback, Revision" from the Rap Guide to Evolution live at the 2012 Seattle Science Festival, with Stephen Hawking (who had just finished giving his talk) watching the set from the wings, which was very distracting.
Featuring turntablism by Mr. Simmonds:
http://mrsimmonds.com/
Watch the official Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROgR3nK6ayk
Download the album:
https://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-evolution-original-version
More about the theatrical production:
https://bababrinkman.com/evolution -
Baba Brinkman - Freestyle Rap, BrainMind Summit hosted at Stanford
Brilliant rapper/science communicator Baba Brinkman wrapped up BrainMind's Summit at Stanford with an incredible live performance.
Baba is a New York-based rap artist and playwright. He is best known for his "Rap Guide" series of science-based hip-hop albums and theater shows, playing off-Broadway throughout 2019.
For more, visit https://bababrinkman.com/
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Rap Guide to Evolution - Baba Brinkman
The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, 5-28-2010 http://babasword.com/
Subscribe to JesusSavesAtCitibank:
http://www.youtube.com/JesusSavesAtCitibank -
Baba Brinkman: Rap Evolution
Reaching out with rap? Canadian rapper Baba Brinkman explains Charles Darwin's theory of evolution with rap. This month's contribution to The Agenda's continuing Learning 2030 series. -
Rappin' Chaucer
A Vancouver artist raps old English stories to a high school audience. Tales like Beowulf, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and even Darwin's Evolutionary Theory. As Monica Martinez reports, Jay-Z and Ludacris may have more in common with Chaucer and Darwin that you had thought.
shooter/editor/reporter - Monica Martinez
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A brief history of rhyme | Baba Brinkman | TEDxNavesink
In this talk, rap artist Baba Brinkman demonstrates that rap music isn't just music, it's also an innovative poetry form rich in linguistic playfulness. In the same way Shakespeare was a lyrical entertainer of the past, Brinkman believes that "rappers are the main lyrical entertainers of the present." Rap is simply a modern, innovative, and playful form of poetry—a contemporary style of a timeless art form.
In this entertaining talk, with examples spanning Eminem and Jay-Z to Chaucer and Lord Byron, you will learn how the techniques used rappers for crafting memorable rhymes have ancient antecedents.
Find more great content at http://TEDxNavesink.com
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) -
TEDxSMU - Baba Brinkman - Rap Guide to Evolution
Baba Brinkman is a Canadian actor and rap artist and former tree‑planter who has personally planted more than one million trees. Baba has received international acclaim for his rap comedy theatre shows, which cover topics as diverse as evolutionary psychology, the Canterbury Tales, democracy, and civil disobedience. Last year he won the Scotsman Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe for his "Rap Guide to Evolution," which is transferring to New York in 2011. When he is not on tour, Baba resides in his hometown of Vancouver.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) -
Rap-up summary of PLAY | Baba Brinkman | TEDxNavesink
Here is an end-of-the-day summary of TEDxNavesink Play, skillfully put into rhyme by rap artist Baba Brinkman in one of his signature "rap-ups". For those of of you unable to attend the event, just check out the other videos from TEDxNavesink PLAY to see the talks he's referencing.
Sell all talks from PLAY at http://TEDxNavesink.com/Play
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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TEP Rap Up - The Compass
This rap by Baba Brinkman summarizes the ideas from The Entrepreneur's Playbook / Entrepreneurial Strategy class -- https://www.ent-strategy.org/
Learn more about Baba Brinkman and Rap Up sets at https://www.eventrap.com/ -
AirMiners Conference Rap Up - Baba Brinkman (May 13th, 2020)
May 13th, 2020
Rap Up performed LIVE by the incredible Baba Brinkman: https://bababrinkman.com/
At the AirMiners Conference: Foundations for a Carbon Negative Future http://airminers.org/
Our Zoom audience of 300+ attendees LOVED it
"Baba is a master"
"that rhyme with carbonic anhydrase is a mic drop"
"Baba! Blow my mind! Genius!"
"Baba killing it!"
"Baba soaked up knowledge like a sponge, how does he do it?"
"Skillz on the mic, yo!"
Featuring inspiration from:
Kim Stanley Robinson : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson
Dr. Klaus Lackner : https://www.linkedin.com/in/klaus-lackner/
Dr. Lisa Dyson : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dysonlisa/
The Seastars : http://theseastars.com/
Alexsandra Guerrera : https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsandraguerra/
Eri Gentry : https://www.linkedin.com/in/erigentry/
Nicholas Eisenberger : https://www.linkedin.com/in/neisenberger/
Diego Saez-Gil (Pachama): https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsaezgil/
Heidi Lim (Opus 12): https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiheidilim/
Dr. Peter Eisenberger (Global Thermostat): https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-eisenberger-17322766/
Christian Shearer (Regen Networks): https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-shearer-b8877312/
Daniel Egger (Climeworks): https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-egger-b16ba5174/
Jason Grillo : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasongrillo/
Tito Jankowski : https://www.linkedin.com/in/titojankowski/
Beat by Mr. Simmonds http://mrsimmonds.com/ -
Harvard Tech Conference Rap Up
Baba Brinkman performs a Rap Up of the Harvard Tech conference, March 6 2021, featuring Shark Tank's "Mr. Wonderful" Kevin O'Leary, "The Social Dilemma" star Tristan Harris, and Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson.
Learn more about Baba Brinkman's Rap Up performances:
https://www.eventrap.com/
Learn more about the Harvard Tech Conference:
http://www.techconferencehbs.com/
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Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Consciousness – Trailer
Edinburgh Fringe August 2-28: https://goo.gl/xqH2Rm
Support the IndieGogo campaign: https://igg.me/at/consciousrap/x
A new hip-hop play about the neuroscience of human experience, from brain cells to beats and rhymes, from the world's only "peer reviewed rapper."
Catch it at the Edinburgh Fringe in August. Full length studio album coming soon! -
The Rap Guide to Evolution - TV Ad
The Rap Guide to Evolution is now available for touring: http://www.rapguidetoevolution.com contact bookings@bababrinkman.com -
Rap Guide to Climate Chaos – Trailer
Climate Chaos Album Available Now:
http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-climate-chaos
More info at: http://rapguidetoclimate.com
Baba Brinkman breaks down the politics, economics, and science of global warming, following its surprising twists from the carbon cycle to the global energy economy. To paraphrase the Notorious BIG: “Mo’ carbon, mo’ problems.” A searing and heartfelt hip-hop manifesto addressing the world’s hottest topic.
"This show could change your life."
★★★★★ — Edinburgh Reporter
“Smart, funny, well-sustained"
★★★★ — The Times
"Exceptionally talented, brilliantly lyrical... paints a compelling picture"
★★★★ — The Scotsman
“Close to perfect... an artist at the absolute top of their game." ★★★★★ — The Skinny
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Molten Salt – Lyric Video
Molten Salt Reactors are a potentially game-changing energy and heat-generating technology, significantly safer than current Light Water Reactor nuclear power, which itself is already way safer – both for human health and climate change – than fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Cheap, safe, unlimited energy, let's make it happen!
Download and Stream the Track:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/molten-salt
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Gck9wAkDhdAnZstOQOpG6
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/tt/album/molten-salt-single/1548898108
Further Reading:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/nuclear-technology-abandoned-decades-ago-might-give-us-safer-smaller-reactors
Further Reflection:
https://gotnuclear.net/
Made with support from Generation Atomic and the Thorium Energy Alliance.
https://www.generationatomic.org/ / https://thoriumenergyalliance.com/ -
Parasite Wars – Lyric Video
Infectious diseases are the product of a co-evolutionary arms race between parasites and their hosts. From the album "The Rap Guide to Medicine".
Download and Stream the Track:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/parasite-wars
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ymAPVv5m0vlMWTf3CtICu?si=T9Q6hvryRKOpJm5Zd5uBrg
Further Reading:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150316-ten-parasites-that-control-minds
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/mammals-made-by-viruses#.VQcoAkJ3FAs -
Bright Future – Lyric Video
Nuclear power is an essential part of any clean energy strategy to combat climate change.
Download and stream the track:
https://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/track/bright-future
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
• https://www.generationatomic.org/why-nuclear
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music by Mr. Simmonds
Chorus Vocals by Eric Meyer
Made with support from Generation Atomic
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Molten Salt – Lyric Video
Molten Salt Reactors are a potentially game-changing energy and heat-generating technology, significantly safer than current Light Water Reactor nuclear power, which itself is already way safer – both for human health and climate change – than fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Cheap, safe, unlimited energy, let's make it happen!
Download and Stream the Track:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/molten-salt
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Gck9wAkDhdAnZstOQOpG6
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/tt/album/molten-salt-single/1548898108
Further Reading:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/nuclear-technology-abandoned-decades-ago-might-give-us-safer-smaller-reactors
Further Reflection:
https://gotnuclear.net/
Made with support from Generation Atomic and the Thorium Energy Alliance.
https://www.generationatomic.org/ / https://thoriumenergyalliance.com/ -
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
http://www.zombiemed.org/ -
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
https://www.generationatomic.org/why-nuclear
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Dylan – Baba Brinkman Music Video
The evolution of consciousness begins with the evolution of cognitive and behavioral capacities, each wired up on a "need-to-know" basis for some adaptive purpose. So what is it helpful for a newborn to know?
From the album "The Rap Guide to Consciousness"
Bandcamp: http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-consciousness
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1282574809?ls=1&app=itunes
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rap-Guide-Consciousness-Baba-Brinkman/dp/B075LPDRX8
Music produced and mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Cuts by Mr. Simmonds
Video animation by Olivia Sebesky
Further reading:
• http://www.pnas.org/content/106/Supplement_1/10061.full
• www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-do-babies-really-know/ -
Zombie – Baba Brinkman – Philosophy of Mind Rap
From the album "The Rap Guide to Consciousness"
Bandcamp: http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-consciousness
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1282574809?ls=1&app=itunes
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rap-Guide-Consciousness-Baba-Brinkman/dp/B075LPDRX8
Music produced and mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Video animation by Olivia Sebesky
Further reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie
• pp.kpnet.fi/seirioa/cdenn/unzombie.htm -
Room – Baba Brinkman – Philosophy of Mind Rap
From the album "The Rap Guide to Consciousness"
Bandcamp: http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-consciousness
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1282574809?ls=1&app=itunes
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rap-Guide-Consciousness-Baba-Brinkman/dp/B075LPDRX8
Music produced and mixed by Tom Caruana
Keys by Simon Kendall
Video animation by Olivia Sebesky and Don Cieslik
Further reading:
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room
• ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/dennett/papers/searle.htm
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Greenhouse Effect – Baba Brinkman Music Video
A hip-hop history of the past two centuries of climate science discoveries.
Download or Stream the Track
Bandcamp: https://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-climate-chaos
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-rap-guide-to-climate-chaos/1144600580
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/32iFtZIcD4R4KeOxMBFjpi
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Greenhouse-feat-Aaron-Nazrul/dp/B01KXBBO32
Further Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science
https://www.skepticalscience.com/history-climate-science.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15874560
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Featuring Bill Nye (filmed at NECSS 2016, New York, NY)
Music by Tom Caruana
Chorus Vocals by Aaron Ross
Keys by Simon Kendall
Guitar by Tom Van Deursen
Original Backing Video by Olivia Sebesky
Edited by Buck Bowen -
IPCC – Baba Brinkman Music Video
The scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change summarized in rap form.
Learn more about the IPCC reports:
https://www.ipcc.ch/
Support my videos:
https://www.patreon.com/bababrinkman
From the album "The Rap Guide to Climate Chaos":
https://bababrinkman.com/music#climate-chaos -
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
https://www.generationatomic.org/why-nuclear
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Andrew Murray – Baba Brinkman Music Video
Baba Brinkman explores the Darwinian origins of religion in his own family tree, through his Scottish and South African Murray ancestors who demonstrate the link between faith and fertility.
Further reading:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/gods-little-rabbits-religious-people-out-reproduce-secular-ones-by-a-landslide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Murray_(minister)
Download "The Rap Guide to Religion" album:
https://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-religion
Support my videos on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/bababrinkman -
Religion Evolves – Baba Brinkman Music Video
Evolutionary religious studies devises and tests scientific hypotheses that help to explain the origins and details of the complex behaviors we associate with faith traditions across cultures. Even if we aren't sure how exactly genes and culture come together to make happen, one thing we can be sure of is this: religion evolves.
From the album "The Rap Guide to Religion", now available:
http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-religion
Animation by Steven Fahey (full-time animator for the Simpsons)
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music by Soulful Spider
Co-Production and Mix by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Further Reading 1:
http://www.fos.auckland.ac.nz/~quentinatkinson/Quentin_Atkinsons_Website/Home_files/SFR12_20%20Bulbulia%20et%20al_Author%20Copy.pdf
Further Reading 2:
http://courses.washington.edu/evpsych/DS%20Wilson%20-%20testing%20hypotheses%20about%20religion%20-%20Hum%20Nat%202004.pdf -
God of the Gaps – Baba Brinkman Music Video
The earliest evolutionary origins of religion probably lie in a highly adaptive "agency detection" bias in our brains, a tendency to see minds and intentions where there are none, just to be safe.
Further reading:
1. http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/podcast/religion-as-anthropomorphism-an-interview-with-stewart-guthrie/
2. http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/04/08/398227737/what-the-god-of-the-gaps-teaches-us-about-science
Support my videos on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/bababrinkman
"The Rap Guide to Religion" full album now available:
http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-religion
God of the Gaps
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music by Soulful Spider
Chorus Vocals by Gaiaisi
Animation by Dave Anderson
Additional Keys by Simon Kendall
Additional Vocals by Linda Kidder
Mixed by Lin Gardiner
Mastered by Mr. Simmonds
Made with support from the Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion (IBCSR)
3. http://www.michaelshermer.com/2013/07/gods-of-the-gaps/
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Parasite Wars – Lyric Video
Infectious diseases are the product of a co-evolutionary arms race between parasites and their hosts. From the album "The Rap Guide to Medicine".
Download and Stream the Track:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/parasite-wars
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ymAPVv5m0vlMWTf3CtICu?si=T9Q6hvryRKOpJm5Zd5uBrg
Further Reading:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150316-ten-parasites-that-control-minds
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/mammals-made-by-viruses#.VQcoAkJ3FAs -
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/ -
Stay Home – Baba Brinkman Music Video
The science of the COVID-19 outbreak in rap format. Music video produced from home.
Download and Stream:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/stay-home
https://music.apple.com/us/album/stay-home/1507979159?i=1507979526
https://open.spotify.com/album/6tOQf9JoeaIcL0Jekg0zuC?si=vTMkv_h5SQ2tdFtRuKmXEQ
https://www.amazon.com/Stay-Home-Explicit-Baba-Brinkman/dp/B0875N79BS
Sources:
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56
Instrumental Sample Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7bobc-vRbQ
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Track Produced by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Bass by Mark Fitzpatrick
Video by Anna C. Gilmore
Featuring:
Akash Balaji, Alex Andorra, Anna Gilmore, Atticus Ratan, Carl Bergstrom, Chelsea Grunert, Chuck Nice, Colin Wansink, Dan Paradies, Dante DeSantis, Dylan Brinkman, Evan Fitzpatrick, Georgia Wluka, Hannah Brinkman, Helen Bergstrom, Isla Luskoff, Janelle London, Jesse Rifkin, Jordan Luskoff, Laura Wheeler, Leslie Peone, Lillian Peone, Lin Gardiner, Lucie Pohl, Luke Grunert, Madhusudan Katti, Mariella Price, Mark Fitzpatrick, Mark Pallen, Mason Fitzpatrick, MC Lars, Mike Carter, Mollie Pettit, Myq Kaplan, Natasha Hurley-Walker, Nate Lombardi, Noelle Janasiewicz, Raylan Peone, Richard Lenski, Robby Ratan, Robert Brinkmann, Roberto De Jesus, Sanzari Aranyak, Shanique Alladen, Tad Johnson, Thelonius Ratan, Tom Frew, Vivienne Wluka, Will Naameh
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Group Selection – Baba Brinkman Music Video
There's a lot more to evolution than cut-throat competition and survival, including cooperation, altruism, and hyper-sociality, so... can't we all just get along?!
Download or Stream the Track
Bandcamp: https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/group-selection-20
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-rap-guide-to-evolution-revised/451234747
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5iCztxH67qnCLKlzUTmIyY
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Group-Selection-2-0/dp/B005A524SG
Further Reading:
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/522809
Amoeba footage by Robert Insall
https://twitter.com/robinsall
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music by Mr. Simmonds
Additional Vocals by Aaron Ross, Sean Ross, Smoky Tiger, Erik Brinkman, and Dizraeli.
Piano by Simon Kendall
Scientific Consultation by David Sloan Wilson
Inspired by DSW's book "Evolution for Everyone"
https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Everyone-Darwins-Theory-Change/dp/0385340923
Original Backing Video by Wendall K. Harrington
Edited by Buck Bowen -
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
http://www.zombiemed.org/ -
Parasite Wars – Lyric Video
Infectious diseases are the product of a co-evolutionary arms race between parasites and their hosts. From the album "The Rap Guide to Medicine".
Download and Stream the Track:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/track/parasite-wars
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ymAPVv5m0vlMWTf3CtICu?si=T9Q6hvryRKOpJm5Zd5uBrg
Further Reading:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150316-ten-parasites-that-control-minds
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/mammals-made-by-viruses#.VQcoAkJ3FAs
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Veni Vidi Vici – Baba Brinkman (feat. Aaron Nazrul)
Support my videos on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/bababrinkman
Download The Rap Guide to Wilderness:
http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-wilderness
Veni Vidi Vici
Written by D. Brinkman, T. Caruana, S. Kendall and A. Ross
Produced by Tom Caruana
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Chorus by Aaron Nazrul
Guitar by Andreas Schuld
Clavinet and accordion by Simon Kendall
Video by Nicholas Castel
Made with support from the Bookend Trust
http://www.bookendtrust.com
Thylacine footage used with permission from the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (Film - Tasmanian Tiger - original zoo footage AB869/1/2934)
Further reading:
https://www.cbd.int/sp/targets/
https://theconversation.com/extinction-just-how-bad-is-it-and-why-should-we-care-13751
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-true-worldwide-billions-annually.html -
Baba Brinkman - Tranquility Bank ft. Aaron Nazrul
Support my videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bababrinkman
Buy this track from iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-rap-guide-to-wilderness/id940111159
Download The Rap Guide to Wilderness:
http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-wilderness
This video was made with support from the Wild Foundation: http://wild.org -
WILD10 Rap Up - Baba Brinkman
This is a "rap up" performed for 1000 international delegates at the WILD10 World Wilderness Congress in Salamanca, Spain, October 2013. A "rap up" is a custom-written rap/poem composed during an event and performed as a summarizing conclusion, with no rehearsal or revision.
Previous examples include the NYU Darwin's Business conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lgTwKW2DA
And the Minerva Foundation Berkeley Play conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6oqv2CF9y4
Contact bookings@bababrinkman.com to organize a custom performance.
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Confessions of a Skeptic – Baba Brinkman Music Video
New album "See From Space" available now:
Bandcamp: https://music.bababrinkman.com/album/see-from-space
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/see-from-space/1472326163
Skepticism and the scientific method are not articles of faith, but we can profess our devotion to them with no less fervor. Confess it!
Support my videos on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/bababrinkman
Lyrics by Baba Brinkman
Music by Tom Caruana
Piano and Organ by Simon Kendall
Video Edited by Buck Bowen
Video Directed by Baba Brinkman
Made with support from the Skeptics Society and from patrons on Patreon. -
Off That (Rationalist Anthem) - Baba Brinkman
Support my videos on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/bababrinkman
Check out http://www.bababrinkman.com for upcoming tour dates and releases.
Annotate the lyrics at: http://rapgenius.com/Baba-brinkman-off-that-rationalist-anthem-lyrics
Track download available from Bandcamp:
http://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/track/off-that-rationalist-anthem
"Off That" is a Geek Pop Festival exclusive produced by Mr Simmonds, lyrics by Baba Brinkman, animation by Tommy Nagle, special thanks to Caspar and Paul at New Humanist Magazine for consultation and images. Oh yeah, and thanks to Jay-Z and Timbaland for the inspiration : )
PS - if you want to know where the God Trumps came from they are on the New Humanist website: http://newhumanist.org.uk/
http://www.mrsimmondsmusic.com
http://www.tommynagle.com/
http://www.geekpop.co.uk
http://www.newhumanist.org.uk
http://www.badscience.net
http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk
http://www.libelreform.org
http://www.1023.org.uk -
Baba Brinkman - NECSS 2014 "Rap Up"
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Data Science – Baba Brinkman Music Video
Rap battle between a data scientist and a classical statistician, arguing for predictive algorithmic models versus inferential data models respectively.
Download the audio:
https://soundcloud.com/bababrinkman/data-science
Learn more:
https://soundcloud.com/altereverything/43-data-science-through-the-eyes-of-statisticians
https://towardsdatascience.com/thoughts-on-the-two-cultures-of-statistical-modeling-72d75a9e06c2
https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.4642
Music Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Mr. Simmonds
Video by Haley Monson
Made with support from Alteryx -
Fahrenheit 45 – Baba Brinkman Music Video
From the album "See From Space", download here:
https://music.bababrinkman.com/album/see-from-space
Inspired by Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. Book-burning, social media, censorship, technology, propaganda & citizenship in the era of the 45th President.
Original song "Fahrenheit 45" commissioned by Future of Storytelling www.fost.org -
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
https://www.generationatomic.org/why-nuclear