PinnedDanny Bednar, PhDWhat’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 read·Aug 27, 2023--1--1
PinnedDanny Bednar, PhDThe Geography of Space Exploration: For All HumankindThe 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 read·Mar 18, 2021----
PinnedDanny Bednar, PhDWhat 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 read·Jun 4, 2021--1--1
Danny Bednar, PhDWrestling’s Hart Family: A Reading GuideIt’s no exaggeration to say that some of the most important chapters in professional wrestling history come from the Hart family…14 min read·Jan 20, 2024----
Danny Bednar, PhDBuilding 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 read·Jan 10, 2022----
Danny Bednar, PhDMetallica — 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 read·Aug 18, 2021----
Danny Bednar, PhDWhat 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 read·Jun 4, 2021----
Danny Bednar, PhDThe 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 read·Mar 18, 2021----
Danny Bednar, PhDThe Geography of Space Exploration: Space 5.0 — The Ethics EraThe following is a discussion piece for #Space2090, an undergraduate course on Space Exploration in the Department of Geography and the…7 min read·Mar 18, 2021----
Danny Bednar, PhDThe 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 read·Sep 12, 2020----