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David Garrett – November Rain

September 20, 2012 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause:

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Under Pressure – David Bowie and Annie Lennox live performance

March 3, 2012 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Yesterday I showed the rehearsal. Here’s their live performance of “Under Pressure” at the Freddie Mercury tribute, April 20, 1992.

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Under Pressure – David Bowie and Annie Lennox rehearsal

March 2, 2012 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Rehearsing for the Freddie Mercury tribute that was held on April 20, 1992.

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Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams

December 17, 2011 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause:

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Deborah Harry – The Tide is High

November 13, 2011 6:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Deborah Harry performing The Tide is High live, with a full orchestra, a horde of dancers, and audience participation.

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Kate Rusby – Let me be

October 22, 2011 9:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause:

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Yanni – Nostalgia

September 29, 2011 8:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause:

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Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer live in Central Park

July 30, 2011 8:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Live in Central Park, New York, 1981.

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Eddi Reader – Leezie Lindsay

April 18, 2011 8:01 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: Chorus by Robert Burns c1795, verses by Eddi Reader and Boo Hewerdine.

Oh the lights in this city are like diamonds
The street lamps, the signs and the cars
Though it’s bright in the city what are diamonds?
When they’re turning out all of our stars.

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Schelmish performing Chaos

November 7, 2010 8:02 pm Robert Zimmerman

An evening pause: In honor of the upcoming chaos coming from Washington, how about some organized chaos from the German band Schelmish.

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Now available as a hardback, paperback, and ebook!

 

In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.

 

Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is available everywhere at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all book vendors. All editions can also be purchased directly from the ebook publisher ebookit, thus giving the author a bigger percentage much sooner.

 

“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.”
—Robert Zubrin, founder of the Mars Society

Pioneer cover

From the moment he is handed a possibility of making the first alien contact, Saunders Maxwell decides he will do it, even if doing so takes him through hell and back. Unfortunately, that is exactly where that journey takes him.

 

A riveting new science fiction book by Robert Zimmerman that captures the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost.

 

Available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at amazon, Barnes & Noble, all ebook vendors, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit.

 

So now I stand on earthside shore,
And wonder what I am.
I must go out and find my home.
The journey’s what I am.

 

Chorus:
O Pioneer! O Pioneer!
Where do you go from here?
O Pioneer! O Pioneer!
The stars are far too near.

Genesis cover

The new edition of Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 includes a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 

The print edition can be purchased at Amazon, from any other bookseller, or direct from the publisher, ebookit. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from the publisher, ebookit. If you buy from ebookit the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.

 
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.

 

“Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America’s quest for the moon… Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America’s greatest human triumphs.”
–San Antonio Express-News

Conscious Choice cover

Leaving Earth is available as an inexpensive ebook!

 

Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel, can be purchased as an ebook everywhere for only $3.99 (before discount) at amazon, Barnes & Noble, all ebook vendors, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit, the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.

 

 

“Leaving Earth is one of the best and certainly the most comprehensive summary of our drive into space that I have ever read. It will be invaluable to future scholars because it will tell them how the next chapter of human history opened.”
— Arthur C. Clarke

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Blacklisted Americans

Full list...

  • Another blacklisted professors wins big in court
  • Why should anyone listen to people who behave like infantile toddlers?
  • A blacklisted American wins in court
  • Supreme Court declines case of blacklisted student who declared “There are only two genders”, proving the large leftist blob is not going away no matter what Trump does
  • Anti-Musk terrorists damage Musk statue in Brownsville
  • Hamas and American leftists: both driven solely by mindless hate
  • Modern academia: “We aren’t going to hire another white guy, are we?”
  • Maybe the only way to reform academia is to shut it down and start over
  • Pushback: The left discovers it doesn’t have the right to break the law
  • Today’s blacklisted American: Queer protesters force cancellation of a speech against men playing women’s sports

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  • Conscious Choice:
    The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space
  • Pioneer
  • Genesis, the Story of Apollo 8
  • Capitalism in Space
  • Leaving Earth
  • The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space
  • The Universe in a Mirror
  • Circuit Hikes of Southern Arizona

Recent And Upcoming Appearances

    • Radio: every Wednesday and Friday on the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally. Appearance times and days may vary, depending on events.

 

  • Radio: June 4, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 6, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 11, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 12, 2025 Pratt on Texas with Robert Pratt, available here, here, or here.
  • Radio: June 13, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 18, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 20, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 25, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: June 26, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: July 1, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
  • Radio: July 1, 2025, 7:00-9:00 pm (Pacific), The Space Show with David Livingston.
  • Radio: July 2, 2025, 10:00 pm to 12:00 am (Pacific), Coast to Coast with George Noory.
  • Radio: July 3, 2025, the John Batchelor Show, syndicated nationally and available here and here.
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