A Conversation with Cometan

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***A Conversation with Cometan*** (abbreviated ***ACWC***) is an online video series and podcast created by the Astronist Institution that features Cometan interviewing and engaging in conversation with a wide variety of individuals involved in the areas of religion, philosophy, and space exploration. The fourth and latest season of the show began airing on 27th March 2023 after production on the season began in October 2022. Season 4 finished airing on 7th August 2023 and featured nineteen episodes, making it tie with Season 2 in terms of the number of episodes. However, no official announcement was made in the finale episode about a fifth season of the show as has become customary in prior seasons, indicating that the fourth season will be the last.

It was originally published on the digital platform YouTube, but has since also been distributed to other platforms like the Astronism Channel, Dailymotion, Goodreads, IMDb, Academia and other sites.

The third season of the show premiered on 3rd January 2022 with Cometan hosting again and ended 27th June 2022. Octavio Chon and Andrew Copson were new additions to the cast while Michael York, Namrata Goswami, Steven Wolfe and Giulio Prisco all returned from Season 2. David Warner Mathisen also made his return from Season 1.

The third season is the long so far as it consisted of twenty-two episodes. The first and second seasons consisted of eight and nineteen episodes respectively with the first season running from October 2020 to February 2021 and the second season from March to August 2021. A fourth season of the show was announced by Cometan himself during the twentieth episode of Season 3 in June 2022.

## Overview and casting

### Season 1 (2020)

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The premiere season of A Conversation with Cometan saw eight episodes published. David Warner Mathisen was featured in episodes while Jeffrey Kotyk, Giulia Carla Bassani, Giulio Prisco and Howard Bloom were featured in one episode each. Harith Ramli featured as a guest in the lecture episodes titled *Astronism: A Space Religion*. The season featured two special lecture episodes and six interview episodes and ran from 22nd October 2020 to 8th February 2021.

### Season 2 (2021)

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Season 2 comprised nineteen episodes in total, more than double than the previous season. Giulio Prisco returned from Season 1 and was featured in two episodes. New cast members included Adriano Autino, Steven Wolfe, Philip van Nedervelde, Michael York, Alberto Cavallo, Tsvi Bisk and Paul Ziolo. Namrata Goswami, Rachel Lyons and Natasha Vita-More appeared as guests as part of the 2021 Terasem Colloquium episode. The season consisted of four interview episodes, one special Vicinal Assembly episode, a lecture episode as part of the 2021 Terasem Colloquium, three single format episodes with Cometan speaking alone and a total of ten lecture episodes. The season ran from 15th March to 16th August 2021.

### Season 3 (2022)

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The season officially announced on 23rd September 2021 and the official poster was revealed, the first to include the Second Iteration of the Cometan logo. It was announced on 17th October 2021 that production had begun on the third season. On 14th November 2021, it was announced that David Warner Mathisen would be returning to the show following his absence from Season 2 and would feature in the premiere episode of Season 3. On 19th November 2021, it was announced that Michael York would feature in Season 3 following his initial appearance in Season 2 and that Octavio Chon would also be joining the main cast for the third season. On 19th December 2021, it was announced that Giulio Prisco would be returning for Season 3, meaning Prisco has been a full cast member for every season of the show so far. On 16th January 2022, it was announced that Namrata Goswami would be making a return from Season 2 but upgraded to a main cast role from a guest role. On 29th January 2022, it was announced that Steven Wolfe would be returning as a main cast member from his first appearance in Season 2. The mid-season break began on 14th March 2022 following the publication of the eleventh episode of Season 3. The second half of the season is due to begin airing in April 2022. On the 29th April 2022, it was announced that Andrew Copson, the Chief Executive of Humanists UK, would be featured in the second half of Season 3 as a main cast member. Filming for Season 3 finished on 27th May 2022 after seven months of production.

### Season 4 (2023)

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In the 20th episode of Season 3 which aired 13th June 2022, Cometan confirmed that there would be a Season 4 of *A Conversation with Cometan*. It was confirmed in August 2022 that Mathisen and York would return for the fourth season but Chon, Copson, Goswami, Prisco and Wolfe would not. Season 4 uses a slowed down version of the original *A Conversation with Cometan* theme song that had been used in Seasons 1 to 3. The poster for the fourth season was revealed on 17th October 2022 and on this day it was also announced that Adriano Autino, who first appeared in Season 2 of the show, would be returning for the fourth season. It was announced 8th November 2022 that James Patton would be joining the cast for Season 4 and on 9th November 2022, it was announced that Reverend Dr Malcolm Brown would also be joining the fourth season of the show. It was announced on 20th December 2022 that Asif Aqeel would be joining the cast for Season 4. On 27th February 2023, it was announced that Dr Joseph Shaw, chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, would be joining the cast of Season 4. The nineteenth and final episode of Season 4 aired on 7th August 2023 but with no official announcement for a fifth season of the show.

## Cast by season

#### Some cast members

Steven WolfeMichael YorkGiulia Carla BassaniGiulio PriscoAdriano AutinoDavid Warner MathisenPhilip van NederveldeOctavio ChonHoward BloomNamrata GoswamiAndrew CopsonReverend Dr Malcolm Brown

## Seasons by time period

Seasons by time period
 **Season 2** | March 2021 – August 2021
 **Season 3** | January 2022 – June 2022
 **Season 4** | March 2023 – August 2023

## Gallery of *A Conversation with Cometan* episodes

### Season 1

A Conversation with Cometan & David Mathisen - Season 1 Episode 1 - Astronism & Ancient Star MythsA Conversation with Cometan & David Mathisen - Episode 2 - Ancient Astronomy & Astronist PhilosophyA Conversation with Cometan & Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk - Episode 3 - Astral Magic & Astrology As ReligionA Special Conversation with Cometan - Season 1 Episode 4 - Astronism- A Space Religion LectureA Conversation with Cometan & Howard Bloom - Ep5 - Space Revolutions & Man's Destiny Among the StarsA Special Conversation with Cometan - Episode 6 - The Eschatology & Soteriology of AstronismA Conversation with Cometan & AstroGiulia - Episode 7 - Humans on Mars & The Mysteries of The CosmosA Conversation with Cometan & Giulio Prisco - Ep8 - Astronism, Cosmism & Humanity's Space Salvation
### Season 2

A Conversation with Cometan & Adriano Autino - S2E1 - Astronautic Humanism & The Space RenaissanceA Special Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 2 - When Religion Goes ExtraterrestrialA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 3 - Scope of Man & Distractions of the WorldA Special Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 4 - Cometan & The First Vicinal AssemblyA Special Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Ep 5 - Astral Mysticism & The Journey to AstrosisA Special Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 6 - The Dynamics & Foundations of AstronismA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 7 - Total Immersion into Astronism- AstrosoteriologyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Ep 8 - Total Immersion into Astronism- Astronist PhilosophyA Conversation with Cometan & Steven Wolfe - Season 2 Episode 9 - Space Law & Human RightsA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Ep 10 - Total Immersion into Astronism- Astronic TraditionA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Ep 11 - Total Immersion into Astronism- Astronist CosmologyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 12 - Commencing the Establishment EraA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 13 - Total Immersion into Astronism- AstroeschatologyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Ep 14 - Total Immersion into Astronism- Prismatics & AstroncyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 15 - Recognition of Religion or Belief (RoRB)A Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 16 - Thoughts on the Decline of Religion in the WestA Conversation with Cometan - Season 2 Episode 17 - Cometan at the 2021 Terasem Space DayA Conversation with Cometan & Professor Michael York - Season 2 Ep 18 - Astronomy in World ReligionA Conversation of Cometan & Philip van Nedervelde - Season 2 Ep 19 - Settling Space, Expanding Minds
### Season 3

A Conversation with Cometan & David Mathisen - Season 3 Ep 1 - Astrotheology & Celestial MetaphorA Conversation with Cometan & Octavio Chon - Season 3 Episode 2 - Cosmocentrism & AstrobiologyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 3 - Transcension & Religions of the FutureA Conversation with Cometan & Professor Michael York - Season 3 Ep 4 - Astronomy in Pagan ReligionA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 5 - Explaining Major Astronist Mechanism 1A Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 6 - Analipsology- The Dogma of TranscensionA Conversation with Cometan & Namrata Goswami - Season 3 Episode 7 - Understanding Space PolicyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 8 - Astronism vs CosmismA Conversation with Cometan & Giulio Prisco - Season 3 Ep 9 - Cosmic Resurrection & AstroeschatologyA Conversation with Cometan & Steven Wolfe - Season 3 Episode 10 - Space Philosophy & Astral EcstasyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 11 - Facilitationism & Human RightsA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 12 - The Curious History of the Ancestors of CometanA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 13 - Cosmocentrism- The Astronist WorldviewA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 14 - Irene Mary & Derrick Taylor's CatholicismA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 15 - Cometanic ReflectionsA Conversation of Cometan - Season 3 Episode 16 - Astronality- The Psychology of Astronists (Astronalitism)A Conversation with Cometan & Andrew Copson - Season 3 Episode 17 - Astronism vs. Humanism-2A Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 18 - Coming into Vicinality with the InstitutionA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 19 - Precursors to the AstrodoxyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 20 - Q&A with CometanA Conversation with Cometan - Season 3 Episode 21 - Astronism- Combining Astronomy and SpiritualityA Conversation with Cometan & Giulio Prisco - Season 3 Episode 22 - The Metaphysics of Astronism
### Season 4

A Conversation with Cometan & David Warner Mathisen - Season 4 Episode 1 - Phenomenon of Star MythsA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 2 - Astronism vs. ChristianityA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 3 - The Economy of TranscensionA Conversation with Cometan & James Patton - Season 4 Episode 4 - Spiritual EvolutionsA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 5 - Explaining Major Astronist Mechanism 4A Conversation with Cometan & Adriano Autino - Season 4 Episode 6 - A Vision of Space ExpansionA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 7 - Ritual of the SurosiaA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 8 - The Wonders of SiderinityA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 9 - Astronism vs. IslamA Conversation with Cometan & Reverend Malcolm Brown - Season 4 Episode 10 - Pathways to SalvationA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 11 - Astronism vs. BuddhismA Conversation with Cometan & Asif Aqeel - Season 4 Episode 12 - Religious Freedom & Meaning of LifeA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 13 - The Spectre of NihilismA Conversation with Cometan & Michael York - Season 4 Episode 14 - Pagan Identity & Linear SalvationA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 15 - The Degradation of HumanityA Conversation with Cometan & Joseph Shaw - Season 4 Episode 16 - Preserving the Tridentine MassA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 17 - The Astronist ProphecyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 18 - The Mysteries of Astral EcstasyA Conversation with Cometan - Season 4 Episode 19 - Second Total Immersion into Astronism

## External links

* Official website
* *A Conversation with Cometan* at IMDb
* *A Conversation with Cometan* on Astronism.com

## See also

* Astronism Channel
* *Season 1 of A Conversation with Cometan*
* *Season 2 of A Conversation with Cometan*
* *Season 3 of A Conversation with Cometan*
* *Season 4 of A Conversation with Cometan*