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What’s It Like To Be In The Metallica Snake Pit on the M72 Tour?

When the idea to have a ‘pit’ of fans in the middle of Metallica’s stage was first used for the band’s ‘Black Album’ tours in the early…

11 min readAug 27, 2023

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What’s It Like To Be In The Metallica Snake Pit on the M72 Tour?

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The Geography of Space Exploration: For All Humankind

The following is the entire first chapter of For All Humankind by Tanya Harrison & Danny Bednar. The book is available now online and in…

20 min readMar 18, 2021

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The Geography of Space Exploration: For All Humankind

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What if Metallica’s Load & Reload Were One Album (Part I) — Why Do We Care?

Twenty-five years later, why do Metallica’s Load and Reload continue to foster so many “what if?” discussions?

22 min readJun 4, 2021

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What if Metallica’s Load & Reload Were One Album (Part I) — Why Do We Care?

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Danny Bednar, PhD

Wrestling’s Hart Family: A Reading Guide

It’s no exaggeration to say that some of the most important chapters in professional wrestling history come from the Hart family…

14 min readJan 20, 2024

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Wrestling’s Hart Family: A Reading Guide

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Danny Bednar, PhD

Building Provincial Rosters of NHL Players and Why ‘Sub-National’ Tournaments Would be Way More…

So the NHL wants a best-on-best tournament? Screw inter-national hockey, lets see some intra-national best-on-best.

13 min readJan 10, 2022

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Building Provincial Rosters of NHL Players and Why ‘Sub-National’ Tournaments Would be Way More…

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Danny Bednar, PhD

Metallica — The $24.95 Book (Review)

What’s new to say about the biggest metal band of all time? Seasoned writer Ben Apatoff hopes enough to justify his new book.

7 min readAug 18, 2021

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Metallica — The $24.95 Book (Review)

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Danny Bednar, PhD

What if Metallica’s Load & Reload Were One Album (Part II) — The Best Possible Answer?

After almost 25 years of mixing and matching Metallica’s mid-90s albums, can we use the evidence at hand to put the discussion to bed?

23 min readJun 4, 2021

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What if Metallica’s Load & Reload Were One Album (Part II) — The Best Possible Answer?

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Danny Bednar, PhD

The Geography of Space Exploration: The Search for Life on Mars (Book Review)

Howell & Booth’s book serves as an anthology of personal Martian stories, revealing that behind the search for life on Mars lay entirely…

11 min readMar 18, 2021

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The Geography of Space Exploration: The Search for Life on Mars (Book Review)

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Danny Bednar, PhD

The Geography of Space Exploration: Space 5.0 — The Ethics Era

The following is a discussion piece for #Space2090, an undergraduate course on Space Exploration in the Department of Geography and the…

7 min readMar 18, 2021

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The Geography of Space Exploration: Space 5.0 — The Ethics Era

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Danny Bednar, PhD

The Geography of Space Exploration: The Vinyl Frontier (Book Review)

A mix-tape for all of humanity, love affairs, space probes destined for the interstellar void, and a tight deadline. Jonathon Scott’s…

14 min readSep 12, 2020

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The Geography of Space Exploration: The Vinyl Frontier (Book Review)

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Danny Bednar, PhD

Danny Bednar, PhD

Part time professor and author with a 9-5 at my local space agency. Writing about space exploration, heavy metal, classical music, & hockey.

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