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Our cultural work for August 2026 is the first seven episodes of the 1980 PBS miniseries Cosmos: A Personal Journey, by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyen, and Steven Soter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage

The entire series is available to watch for free at Internet Archive:
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ★ Collected PBS Science Series with Bonus Features

Episodes 8–14 of the series will be our September 2026 pick.

From WIkipedia:
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a 1980 science documentary television series written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Steven Soter, with Sagan as presenter.... It covers a wide range of scientific subjects, especially cosmology and its connection to the origin of life...

The series was first broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service in 1980, and was the most widely watched series in the history of American public television until The Civil War (1990).

About Culture Club:
Our fourth-Wednesday meetups are dedicated to discussion of a piece of culture – be it a book, a movie, an outside lecture, or something else – that is of interest to the group. Even if you have not read, listened, or watched this month's selected work but merely think it sounds intriguing, we hope that you will join us, since an outsider's perspective enhances every conversation.

You can browse the list of works we have already covered, and peep the queue of candidates for future meetings, here. If you would like to suggest a work for consideration, please check the link above first, and if you don't see it already listed, use this form.

Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00: Meet and greet
7:00 - 8:30: Discussion of featured work
8:30 - 9:00: General discussion and selection of next work

How to be:
Come with an open but critical mind, awareness of your own biases, and respect for your fellow humans. We're here to have a good conversation and a good time, and to that end your participation is subject to the Triangle Skeptics events code of conduct.

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