Best Wyken Podcasts (2025)

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TimeCrystalVol1-26 25:07

15y ago25:07

25:07

The doctor is shocked as one of the crystal fragments seems to disappear. Meanwhile George arrives in the ATLAS cavern and attempts to catch Alex and Catriona.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-26 16:51

15y ago16:51

16:51

Wyken reviews the science of Volume 1 and discusses the transition to Volume 2, which will commence on Feb 10.

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TimeCrystalVol1-25 26:32

15y ago26:32

26:32

Catriona tries to get Alex to help her rescue Sam, while Danny arrives in the Medical Centre and is shocked to learn about the death of the baby.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-25 27:47

15y ago27:47

27:47

Wyken talks about preparing a new Podiobooks volume and continues his explanation of negative energy strings by describing wormholes.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-24 25:00

15+ y ago25:00

25:00

Wyken examines how Episode 24 of Time Crystal evolved during the recording of the podcast. In the science section he continues with his examination of negative energy strings.

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TimeCrystalVol1-24 24:27

15+ y ago24:27

24:27

Sam tells Catriona what she must do to save the Universe, then gets taken for an unexpected ride. Meanwhile Alex takes Danny Schneider for a ride, though he would rather not have to.

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TimeCrystalVol1-23 21:51

15+ y ago21:51

21:51

Professor Cjingha Itoodoo and Princess Uskabellu take the Cosmic Egg back to the University and work out how they can restart time, but their plans immediately begin to go adrift.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-23 25:11

15+ y ago25:11

25:11

Wyken talks about what Cjingha means by ‘negative energy’ and talks about his new format for Time Crystal Volume 1.

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TimeCrystalVol1-22 21:57

15+ y ago21:57

21:57

George sends Alex back to the ATLAS cavern to collect Danny Schneider, and he uses the opportunity to search for more crystal, but there is a great weight hanging round his neck!

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-22 25:12

15+ y ago25:12

25:12

Wyken examines the book market and explores some of the problems facing an author-publisher attempting to sell books.

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TimeCrystalVol1-21 19:52

15+ y ago19:52

19:52

Sofie meets George and learns how to fly while the Doctor rescues Marianne’s crystal. Then Sofie flies up to the helicopter where she meets an unwelcome person.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-21 18:47

15+ y ago18:47

18:47

Wyken explains some strange music, discusses more re-organisation of the plot, announces a translation website and a new Time Crystal Store.

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TimeCrystalVol1-20 23:24

15+ y ago23:24

23:24

Sofie suffers almost as much as Marianne as she struggles to help her deliver the baby with only a bottle of water, a bar of chocolate and a rope to help her.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-20 23:05

15+ y ago23:05

23:05

Wyken expands episode 20 during the podcast editing process, does the ironing, watches Harry Potter and thinks about re-organising his own plot.

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TimeCrystalVol1-19 26:44

15+ y ago26:44

26:44

Alex and George narrowly escape death when they discover how to use their crystals to fly. As they find their way back to Geneva Alex makes up his mind that he is going to get his ex-lover Marianne back as soon as he can.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-19 25:15

15+ y ago25:15

25:15

Wyken describes how he uses photographs to help him research the visual appearance of scenes in Time Crystal, such as George and Alex landing at Malvoisin and flying down to Entrement. On the way he discovers some fascinating history which might help him in future episodes.

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TimeCrystalVol1-18 28:45

15+ y ago28:45

28:45

Cjingha takes the Cosmic Egg to the Palace, meets the Queen and hears the Privy Council discuss the rebellion. Then she takes the Egg to the Temple to be blessed.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-18 17:45

15+ y ago17:45

17:45

Wyken talks about the new Newsletter, the software and the ideas which arose from it. He also discusses l’Etranger by Albert Camus.

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TimeCrystalVol1-17 20:58

15+ y ago20:58

20:58

Firefighter Sofie Dialektaki helps Marianne search for the helicopter, but it is not where it is supposed to be and Marianne enters labour, much to Sofie’s consternation.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-17 16:25

15+ y ago16:25

16:25

Wyken discusses finding the character’s voice, literally. In this case it is Sofie Dialektaki. He also announces a new newsletter and explains what will happen to profits from the sale of Volume 1.

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TimeCrystalVol1-16 24:24

15+ y ago24:24

24:24

Comparative cosmologist Professor Cjingha Itoodoo leaves Michael in the Entroilian nursery and takes Sam and the Universe (which she calls a ‘cosmic egg’) to the University for further analysis. There she meets Councillor Moshendiar.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-16 18:09

15+ y ago18:09

18:09

Wyken talks about the joys and pains (literally!) of using audio editing software to produce podcasts, with especial reference to producing alien voices.

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TimeCrystalVol1-15 25:38

15+ y ago25:38

25:38

After Marianne sings Catriona a lullaby and warns her about Alex they set off along the rope to search for the doctor.During this episode Catriona says: ‘I wish I knew more about all this (meaning pregnancy). Why don’t they teach things like this in school? D’you know they don’t even teach us first aid? It’s incredible when you think about it. I me…

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-15 11:58

15+ y ago11:58

11:58

Wyken talks about Episode 15, the way the song was written and then he ponders on the following remark from Catriona:‘I wish I knew more about all this (meaning pregnancy). Why don’t they teach things like this in school? D’you know they don’t even teach us first aid? It’s incredible when you think about it. I mean, they teach you about biology but…

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TimeCrystalVol1-14 20:06

15+ y ago20:06

20:06

Alex and George set out to find the doctor but end up taking a trip through the atmosphere up towards outer space.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-14 26:29

15+ y ago26:29

26:29

Wyken reports on what he has learned about public relations and how it relates to the things he is already doing.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-13 18:51

15+ y ago18:51

18:51

Wyken explores how to promote his work and also gives an update on the start of the LHC at CERN.

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TimeCrystalVol1-13 20:06

15+ y ago20:06

20:06

The bee feeds Michael and he is transformed into something even more horrible, but at least he explains to Sam what is going on.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-12 28:06

15+ y ago28:06

28:06

Wyken explains the various graphical methods he has used over the years to plot out scenes. This podcast is supplemented by a video and images on www.timecrystal.co.uk/blog

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TimeCrystalVol1-12 19:04

15+ y ago19:04

19:04

As a giant bee arrives at Sam’s crystal network he sees Marianne revive Catriona and Alex, who then goes off to find the doctor.

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TimeCrystalVol1-11 19:37

15+ y ago19:37

19:37

Marianne reaches the balcony and Sam helps her find Catriona and Alex, but there is danger approaching him through the sky of the pink planet.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-11 15:15

15+ y ago15:15

15:15

Wyken discusses how to write a scene, exploring the point of view character and whether to use the top-down or bottom-up method.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-10 46:36

15+ y ago46:36

46:36

Wyken replays his interview with Rhonda Carpenter which was first broadcast on PodioRacket on October 8, 2009. You can get more of their broadcasts and listen to them live at www.podioracket.com.

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TimeCrystalVol1-10 18:26

15+ y ago18:26

18:26

Sam finds that Marianne is still alive and encourages her to get out of the stretcher. She is surrounded by a strange soap-like bubble and has serious injuries.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-09 18:26

15+ y ago18:26

18:26

Wyken continues his investigation of black holes by considering how quantum mechanics affects them, then he takes you on a journey into a black hole.

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TimeCrystalVol1-09 18:26

15+ y ago18:26

18:26

Sam’s life is threatened by the fierce struggles of the airship to escape from the crystal network.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-08 10:16

15+ y ago10:16

10:16

In an attempt to find out whether Sam could really have been swallowed by the black, Wyken investigates the general theory of relativity and its predictions about black holes.

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TimeCrystalVol1-08 19:13

15+ y ago19:13

19:13

Sam manages to survive drowning in the pink jelly only to find himself lifted up inside the magnetic tube by a gigantic airship with some extraordinary features and actions.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-07 9:16

15+ y ago9:16

9:16

Wyken talks about the difficulties of not having an editor and makes listeners an offer they cannot refuse in exchange for a little feedback.

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TimeCrystalVol1-07 17:46

15+ y ago17:46

17:46

Sam finally realises what a selfish woman his wife really is, then he sees a black shadow emerge from ATLAS and begin to move towards the stretcher in which Marianne is hanging suspended in the middle of the cavern.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-06 9:41

15+ y ago9:41

9:41

Wyken Seagrave explores the mechanism by which the black hole causes the emergency stairs to collapse. This requires some knowledge of magnets and superconductors, helium cooling and quenches. It turns out Wyken’s idea of using quenches was a good one, since the LHC had a quench within a week of first starting up.…

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TimeCrystalVol1-06 18:51

15+ y ago18:51

18:51

Alex leads George Gabor to rescue Catriona and Alex, and the party moves along a tunnel from the USA15 cavern. When Catriona observes the way Alex behaves when he is near Marianne, her passion for him is finally sealed.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-05 15:56

15+ y ago15:56

15:56

Wyken talks about CERN and the LHC and how scientists have assessed the risks associated with generating black holes and other novel particles. Mostly they rely on the evidence of cosmic rays but have never considered the possibility that a cosmic monopole might be trapped inside the beam pipe. So, he argues, there is an unassessed risk here.…

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-04 12:16

15+ y ago12:16

12:16

Wyken explains the origin of the cosmic monopole. Do they exist and if so is it feasible that one might get trapped inside ATLAS?

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-03 6:16

15+ y ago6:16

6:16

Wyken talks about the characters in Time Crystal, how they were created and his problems in doing this and how he finally solved the problem.

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-02 6:31

15+ y ago6:31

6:31

Wyken talks about the many origins of the scenario for Time Crystal, explaining how he arrived at the final form of the story over a period of several years of research, but avoiding an spoilers!

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TimeCrystalArtScience1-01 5:37

15+ y ago5:37

5:37

Wyken talks about why he is writing Time Crystal and trying to tell the history of the Universe as a work of fiction. He also gives some insight into why he is creating the Art and Science podcasts.

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TimeCrystalVol1-05 23:41

15+ y ago23:41

23:41

The black hole emerges from the beam pipe into ATLAS. It hits one of the magnets and causes a quench and a coolant leak. The party try to escape up the stairs, but there are more problems facing them as they hurry up to the surface.The level three alarm reaches the Fire Station just as the Green Team Leader George Gabor is being reprimanded by the …

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TimeCrystalVol1-04 23:01

15+ y ago23:01

23:01

Michael Zhang reveals that he suspects a cosmic monopole was trapped by the strong magnetic fields inside ATLAS and has now been transformed by absorbing particles from the beams into something else, something much more dangerous.

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TimeCrystalVol1-03 24:11

15+ y ago24:11

24:11

Brigit is now the Irish Ambassador to the UN in Geneva. She invites Catriona and Sam to Switzerland for the Easter holiday in 2012. They all go on a visit to CERN where the Director General Francesco Romani wants to persuade Brigit that Irish membership would be of great benefit.Catriona meets Chinese-Irish scientist Michael Zhang and finds that he…

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