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A Conversation with Cometan (abbreviated ACWC) is an online video series and podcast created by the Astronist Institution that features Cometan interviewing and engaging in conversation with a wide variety of individuals involved in the areas of religion, philosophy, and space exploration. The fourth and latest season of the show began airing on 27th March 2023 after production on the season began in October 2022. Season 4 finished airing on 7th August 2023 and featured nineteen episodes, making it tie with Season 2 in terms of the number of episodes. However, no official announcement was made in the finale episode about a fifth season of the show as has become customary in prior seasons, indicating that the fourth season will be the last.
It was originally published on the digital platform YouTube, but has since also been distributed to other platforms like the Astronism Channel, Dailymotion, Goodreads, IMDb, Academia and other sites.
The third season of the show premiered on 3rd January 2022 with Cometan hosting again and ended 27th June 2022. Octavio Chon and Andrew Copson were new additions to the cast while Michael York, Namrata Goswami, Steven Wolfe and Giulio Prisco all returned from Season 2. David Warner Mathisen also made his return from Season 1.
The third season is the long so far as it consisted of twenty-two episodes. The first and second seasons consisted of eight and nineteen episodes respectively with the first season running from October 2020 to February 2021 and the second season from March to August 2021. A fourth season of the show was announced by Cometan himself during the twentieth episode of Season 3 in June 2022.
Overview and casting[]
Season 1 (2020)[]
Main article: Season 1 of A Conversation with Cometan
The premiere season of A Conversation with Cometan saw eight episodes published. David Warner Mathisen was featured in episodes while Jeffrey Kotyk, Giulia Carla Bassani, Giulio Prisco and Howard Bloom were featured in one episode each. Harith Ramli featured as a guest in the lecture episodes titled Astronism: A Space Religion. The season featured two special lecture episodes and six interview episodes and ran from 22nd October 2020 to 8th February 2021.
Season 2 (2021)[]
Main article: Season 2 of A Conversation with Cometan
Season 2 comprised nineteen episodes in total, more than double than the previous season. Giulio Prisco returned from Season 1 and was featured in two episodes. New cast members included Adriano Autino, Steven Wolfe, Philip van Nedervelde, Michael York, Alberto Cavallo, Tsvi Bisk and Paul Ziolo. Namrata Goswami, Rachel Lyons and Natasha Vita-More appeared as guests as part of the 2021 Terasem Colloquium episode. The season consisted of four interview episodes, one special Vicinal Assembly episode, a lecture episode as part of the 2021 Terasem Colloquium, three single format episodes with Cometan speaking alone and a total of ten lecture episodes. The season ran from 15th March to 16th August 2021.
Season 3 (2022)[]
Main article: Season 3 of A Conversation with Cometan
The season officially announced on 23rd September 2021 and the official poster was revealed, the first to include the Second Iteration of the Cometan logo. It was announced on 17th October 2021 that production had begun on the third season. On 14th November 2021, it was announced that David Warner Mathisen would be returning to the show following his absence from Season 2 and would feature in the premiere episode of Season 3. On 19th November 2021, it was announced that Michael York would feature in Season 3 following his initial appearance in Season 2 and that Octavio Chon would also be joining the main cast for the third season. On 19th December 2021, it was announced that Giulio Prisco would be returning for Season 3, meaning Prisco has been a full cast member for every season of the show so far. On 16th January 2022, it was announced that Namrata Goswami would be making a return from Season 2 but upgraded to a main cast role from a guest role. On 29th January 2022, it was announced that Steven Wolfe would be returning as a main cast member from his first appearance in Season 2. The mid-season break began on 14th March 2022 following the publication of the eleventh episode of Season 3. The second half of the season is due to begin airing in April 2022. On the 29th April 2022, it was announced that Andrew Copson, the Chief Executive of Humanists UK, would be featured in the second half of Season 3 as a main cast member. Filming for Season 3 finished on 27th May 2022 after seven months of production.
Season 4 (2023)[]
Main article: Season 4 of A Conversation with Cometan
In the 20th episode of Season 3 which aired 13th June 2022, Cometan confirmed that there would be a Season 4 of A Conversation with Cometan. It was confirmed in August 2022 that Mathisen and York would return for the fourth season but Chon, Copson, Goswami, Prisco and Wolfe would not. Season 4 uses a slowed down version of the original A Conversation with Cometan theme song that had been used in Seasons 1 to 3. The poster for the fourth season was revealed on 17th October 2022 and on this day it was also announced that Adriano Autino, who first appeared in Season 2 of the show, would be returning for the fourth season. It was announced 8th November 2022 that James Patton would be joining the cast for Season 4 and on 9th November 2022, it was announced that Reverend Dr Malcolm Brown would also be joining the fourth season of the show. It was announced on 20th December 2022 that Asif Aqeel would be joining the cast for Season 4. On 27th February 2023, it was announced that Dr Joseph Shaw, chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, would be joining the cast of Season 4. The nineteenth and final episode of Season 4 aired on 7th August 2023 but with no official announcement for a fifth season of the show.
Cast by season[]
Some cast members[]
Cometan | Host | |||
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David Warner Mathisen | Cast | Cast | ||
Harith Ramli | Guest | |||
Howard Bloom | Cast | |||
Giulia Carla Bassani | Cast | |||
Jeffrey Kotyk | Cast | |||
Giulio Prisco | Cast | |||
Steven Wolfe | Cast | |||
Adriano Autino | Cast | Cast | ||
Alberto Cavallo | Cast | |||
Tsvi Bisk | Cast | |||
Paul Ziolo | Cast | |||
Michael York | Cast | |||
Namrata Goswami | Guest | Cast | ||
Natasha Vita-More | Guest | |||
Rachel Lyons | Guest | |||
Philip van Nedervelde | Cast | |||
Octavio Chon | Cast | |||
Andrew Copson | Cast | |||
Asif Aqeel | Cast | |||
James Patton | Cast | |||
Malcolm Brown | Cast | |||
Joseph Shaw | Cast |
Seasons by time period[]
Season | Time period | No. of episodes |
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Season 1 | October 2020 – February 2021 | 8 |
Season 2 | March 2021 – August 2021 | 19 |
Season 3 | January 2022 – June 2022 | 22 |
Season 4 | March 2023 – August 2023 | 19 |
Gallery of A Conversation with Cometan episodes[]
Season 1[]
Season 2[]
Season 3[]
Season 4[]
List of A Conversation with Cometan episodes[]
# | # | Title | Guest(s) | Type | Viewership (YouTube only) | Date of recording | Date of publication |
Season 1 (2020–2021) | |||||||
1 | 1 | Astronism & Ancient Star Myths | David Warner Mathisen | Standard: Long-form discussion | 137 | 18th October 2020 | 22nd October 2020 |
2 | 2 | Ancient Astronomy & Astronist Philosophy | David Warner Mathisen | Standard: Long-form discussion | 92 | 8th November 2020 | 9th November 2020 |
3 | 3 | Astral Magic & Astrology As Religion | Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | 154 | 29th November 2020 | 30th November 2020 |
4 | 4 | Astronism: A Space Religion Lecture | Dr. Harith Ramli and Edge Hill Student Cohort | Special: Lecture, Q&A and discussion | 21 | 2nd December 2020 | 3rd December 2020 |
5 | 5 | Space Revolutions & Man’s Destiny Among the Stars | Howard Bloom | Standard: Long-form discussion | 60 | 10th January 2021 | 11th January 2021 |
6 | 6 | The Eschatology & Soteriology of Astronism | Dr. Harith Ramli and Cambridge Muslim College Cohort | Special: Lecture | 51 | 12th January 2021 | 19th January 2021 |
7 | 7 | Humans on Mars & The Mysteries of The Cosmos | Giulia Bassani (AstroGiulia) | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | 215 | 24th January 2021 | 25th January 2021 |
8 | 8 | Astronism, Cosmism & Humanity's Salvation in Space | Giulio Prisco | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | 69 | 7th February 2021 | 8th February 2021 |
Season 2 (2021) | |||||||
9 | 1 | Astronautic Humanism & The Vision for a Space Renaissance | Adriano Autino | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | 37 | 14th February 2021 | 15th March 2021 |
10 | 2 | When Religion Goes Extraterrestrial | Dr. Carl Morris and Religion, Culture and Society cohort | Special: Lecture at UCLan | 6 | 4th March 2021 | 22nd March 2021 |
11 | 3 | Scope of Man & Distractions of the World | n/a | Singular format | 2 | 14th February 2021 | 29th March 2021 |
12 | 4 | Cometan at The First Vicinal Assembly | Adriano Autino, Alberto Cavallo, Giulio Prisco, Paulo Ziolo, Steven Wolfe, Tsvi Bisk | Special: Vicinal assembly | 56 | 25th April 2021 | 26th April 2021 |
13 | 5 | Astral Mysticism & The Journey to Astrosis | n/a | Special: lecture | n/a | 26th April 2021 | 3rd May 2021 |
14 | 6 | The Dynamics & Foundations of Astronism | n/a | Special: lecture | n/a | 27th April 2021 | 10th May 2021 |
15 | 7 | Total Immersion into Astronism: Astrosoteriology | n/a | Special: lecture | n/a | 1st June 2021 | 11th June 2021 |
16 | 8 | Total Immersion into Astronism: Astronist Philosophy & Defining Astronism | n/a | Special: lecture | n/a | 3rd June 2021 | 14th June 2021 |
17 | 9 | The Politics of Space Law & Human Rights | Steven Wolfe | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | n/a | 14th June 2021 | 18th June 2021 |
18 | 10 | Total Immersion into Astronism: The Astronic Tradition | n/a | Special: lecture | n/a | 5th June 2021 | 21st June 2021 |
19 | 11 | Total Immersion into Astronism: Cosmology of Astronism & Astronist Theology | n/a | Special lecture: | n/a | 6th June 2021 | 28th June 2021 |
20 | 12 | Commencing the Establishment Era | n/a | Singular format | n/a | 1st July 2021 | 1st July 2021 |
21 | 13 | Total Immersion into Astronism: Astroeschatology | n/a | Special: lecture | n/a | 6th-7th June 2021 | 5th July 2021 |
22 | 14 | Total Immersion into Astronism: Prismatics, Astroncy & Meta-Astronist Theory | n/a | Special: lecture | n/a | 7th-8th June 2021 | 12th July 2021 |
23 | 15 | Global Recognition of Religion or Belief | n/a | Special: lecture | n/a | 1st July 2021 | 19th July 2021 |
24 | 16 | Thoughts on the Decline of Religion in the West | n/a | Singular format | n/a | 6th July 2021 | 26th July 2021 |
25 | 17 | Cometan at the 2021 Terasem Space Day | Giulio Prisco, Namrata Goswami, Natasha Vita-More, Rachel Lyons,
Steven Wolfe |
Special: lecture | n/a | 20th July 2021 | 2nd August 2021 |
26 | 18 | Astronomy in World Religion | Michael York |
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n/a | 10th July 2021 | 9th August 2021 |
27 | 19 | Settling Space, Expanding Minds | Philip van Nedervelde |
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n/a | 14th July 2021 | 16th August 2021 |
Season 3 (2022) | |||||||
28 | 1 | Astrotheology & The Global System of Celestial Metaphor | David Warner Mathisen |
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N/a | 14th November 2021 | 3rd January 2022 |
29 | 2 | Cosmocentrism & The Philosophy of Astrobiology | Octavio Chon |
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N/a | 13th November 2021 | 10th January 2022 |
30 | 3 | Transcension & Religions of the Future | N/a | Singular format | N/a | 17th October 2021 | 17th January 2022 |
31 | 4 | Astronomy in Pagan Religion | Professor Michael York |
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N/a | 21st October 2021 | 24th January 2022 |
32 | 5 | Explaining Major Astronist Mechanism 1 | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 16th June 2021 | 31st January 2022 |
33 | 6 | Analipsology: The Dogma of Transcension | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 13th November 2021 | 7th February 2022 |
34 | 7 | Understanding Space Policy | Namrata Goswami |
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N/a | 16th January 2022 | 14th February 2022 |
35 | 8 | Astronism vs. Cosmism | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 13th November 2021 | 21st February 2022 |
36 | 9 | Astroeschatology & The Cosmic Resurrection | Giulio Prisco |
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N/a | 19th December 2021 | 28th February 2022 |
37 | 10 | Space Philosophy & Astral Ecstasy | Steven Wolfe |
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N/a | 29th January 2022 | 7th March 2022 |
38 | 11 | Facilitationism: Cometan’s Approach to Religious Freedom | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 4th December 2021 | 14th March 2022 |
39 | 12 | The Curious History of the Ancestors of Cometan | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 20th February 2022 | 18th April 2022 |
40 | 13 | Cosmocentrism: The Worldview of Astronism | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 18th December 2021 | 25th April 2022 |
41 | 14 | Irene Mary Taylor & Derrick Taylor's Traditionalist Catholicism | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 9th January 2022 | 2nd May 2022 |
42 | 15 | Cometanic Reflections | N/a | Singular format | N/a | 29th January 2022 | 9th May 2022 |
43 | 16 | Astronality: The Psychology of Astronists | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 20th February 2022 | 16th May 2022 |
44 | 17 | Astronism vs. Humanism | Andrew Copson |
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N/a | 29th April 2022 | 23rd May 2022 |
45 | 18 | Coming into Vicinality with the Institution | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 26th March 2022 | 30th May 2022 |
46 | 19 | Precursors to the Astrodoxy | N/a | Singular format | N/a | 27th May 2022 | 6th June 2022 |
47 | 20 | Q&A with Cometan | N/a | Singular format | N/a | 26th March 2022 | 13th June 2022 |
48 | 21 | Astronism: Combining Astronomy and Spirituality | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 12th March 2022 | 20th June 2022 |
49 | 22 | The Metaphysics of Astronism | Giulio Prisco |
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N/a | 12th March 2022 | 27th June 2022 |
Season 4 (2023) | |||||||
50 | 1 | Worldwide Phenomenon of Star Myths | David Warner Mathisen | Standard; Long-form discussion and interview | N/a | 11th November 2022 | 27th March 2023 |
51 | 2 | Astronism vs. Christianity | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 14th February 2023 | 3rd April 2023 |
52 | 3 | The Economy of Transcension | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 14th February 2023 | 10th April 2023 |
53 | 4 | Spiritual Evolutions | James Patton | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | N/a | 8th November 2022 | 17th April 2023 |
54 | 5 | Explaining Major Astronist Mechanism 4 | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 8th November 2022 | 24th April 2023 |
55 | 6 | A Vision of Space Expansion | Adriano Autino | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | N/a | 30th November 2022 | 1st May 2023 |
56 | 7 | Ritual of the Surosia | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 15th February 2023 | 8th May 2023 |
57 | 8 | The Wonders of Siderinity | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 15th February 2023 | 15th May 2023 |
58 | 9 | Astronism vs. Islam | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 17th February 2023 | 22nd May 2023 |
59 | 10 | The Pathways to Salvation | Reverend Dr Malcolm Brown | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | N/a | 9th November 2022 | 29th May 2023 |
60 | 11 | Astronism vs. Buddhism | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 15th February 2023 | 12th June 2023 |
61 | 12 | Religious Freedom & Meaning of Life | Asif Aqeel | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | N/a | 20th December 2022 | 19th June 2023 |
62 | 13 | The Spectre of Nihilism | N/a | Singular format | N/a | 15th March 2023 | 26th June 2023 |
63 | 14 | Pagan Identity & Astronism's Linear Salvation | Professor Michael York | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | N/a | 14th February 2023 | 3rd July 2023 |
64 | 15 | The Degradation of Humanity | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 22nd February 2023 | 10th July 2023 |
65 | 16 | Preserving the Tridentine Mass | Joseph Shaw | Standard: Long-form discussion and interview | N/a | 27th February 2023 | 17th July 2023 |
66 | 17 | The Astronist Prophecy | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 7th March 2023 | 24th July 2023 |
67 | 18 | The Mysteries of Astral Ecstasy | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 28th February 2023 | 31st July 2023 |
68 | 19 | Second Total Immersion into Astronism | N/a | Special: lecture | N/a | 14th March 2023 | 7th August 2023 |
External links[]
See also[]
- Astronism Channel
- Season 1 of A Conversation with Cometan
- Season 2 of A Conversation with Cometan
- Season 3 of A Conversation with Cometan
- Season 4 of A Conversation with Cometan