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Podcast: Richard Syrett's Strange Planet
Episode: Doomsday Scenarios
Description: PLUS EPISODE 0020 DOOMSDAY SCENARIOSRichard welcomes an author and creator of a popular website which provides its audience with insights on how things work. They discuss the science behind some of the numerous existential threats facing humanity.Guest: Marshall Brain is most widely known as the founder of HowStuffWorks.com, an award-winning website that offers clear, objective and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world around us actually works. The site, which he created as a hobby in 1998 and took through several rounds of venture funding totaling approximately $8 million, was purchased for $250 million by Discovery Communications i...