Lectures on Tap - "Big Bangs & Old Gods: Where Science Meets Myth"

Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar!

Hosted by the Lectures on Tap team.

🗓️ Date: July 22nd, 2025

🕡 Time: 6:30 PM

📍 Location: Midtown Manhattan (exact address provided in confirmation email)

📚 Lecture: “Big Bangs & Old Gods: Where Science Meets Myth”

🎤 Speaker: Astrophysicist, Dr. Moiya McTier

Scientists are pretty sure we know how the universe formed, and we think we know how it will end, but different cultures had lots of ideas about what cooked our cosmic soup. In this talk, Dr. Moiya will compare the science of cosmology (no brushes or scissors involved, promise!) to folklore about creation and destruction from around the world. How much longer will the universe be around and which mythology got closest to the truth? Come to find out!

Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist, folklorist, and science communicator based in NYC. Since graduating from Harvard and Columbia, Dr. Moiya has given hundreds of talks on science around the world, consulted with Disney and others on very cool projects, and published her debut book THE MILKY WAY: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy, which was named a best book of 2022 by Publishers Weekly. Hear Dr. Moiya make the universe seem cool and cozy on her podcast Pale Blue Pod and check out her other work on her website moiyamctier.com

Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your understanding of the cosmos and the rich tapestry of stories that different cultures have woven around it!

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.6:55 PM – Host introduction7:00 PM – Lecture begins7:45 PM – Audience Q&A8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round8:30 PM – Wrap up.