Episode 4 - Loneliness (The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon and Beegu)

This week we're reading around the theme of loneliness and we're reviewing one of Matt's all time favourites, the Boy Who Climbed into the Moon by David Almond. We talk about determinism, Jesus-like characters, free will and the space/time continuum. And then we talk about Beegu, with special focus on alien hieroglyphics, the colour yellow and what big ears are for. We did some extra research around The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon because Matt loved it so much, and we thought we'd share what we found here in the show notes. The Home Education podcast's review of the book: https://thehomeeducationpodcast.uk/index.php/tag/david-almond/ The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast about free will and determinism: https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2016/nov/15/big-unknowns-is-free-will-an-illusion-science-weekly-podcast We found out there had been a theatrical adaptation with puppets too, which we're sad we missed, but we really enjoyed the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LnM8OgBQU What A Wonderful Day is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.