Episode description
Space out with a classic of astronomy, Galileo's "The Sidereal Messenger," in which he shares mankind's first observations of the Moon's surface, and heaps a mind-numbing amount of praise on his patron.
Music: "Illuminations," by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC-BY
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