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Einstein Says You’re Never Late

November 3, 2026 · 22 min

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Hakeem says there was more than one big bang. There were ten.

Our host answers the biggest questions about his latest book, Why Do We Exist? Like, how the idea of ‘now’ depends on your relative motion or that there might be a time before time. Reality keeps unravelling as he explains that at a certain distance space recedes even faster than light. To top it off, the conversation enters the Realm of Imagination, and joins Hakeem in his optimistic view of human space travel, world peace, and even the apocalypse.

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Guest Bio:

Hakeem Oluseyi is host of Particles of Thought, an astrophysicist, author, STEM educator, multi-patented inventor, science journalist, TV personality, science communicator, and inspirational speaker. His research is based on “hacking stars” to understand our universe better and develop innovative new technologies. Oluseyi’s work has resulted in 11 patents and more than 100 publications covering contributions to astrophysics, cosmology, and plasma physics and the development of space missions, observatories, focal plane instruments, detectors, semiconductor manufacturing, and ion propulsion.



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