Scattershot Symphony Podcast
Series 1
Episode #45: Benny The Comet
Episode #45: Benny The Comet
I think it was about nine months ago that I was doing my morning read of the New York Times and I came across an article about a recent discovery of an asteroid that seemed to be heading our way …
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I remember thinking:
“Good lord, what next?”
Thus began Benny The Comet – An ancient/modern tale of a boy, Benjamin Exnod, whose father worked at NASA and his discovery of a comet threatening Planet Earth …
Benny The Comet!
Follow His Epic Journey
From far away in the galaxy,
Benny is coming!
Benjamin Exnod — Boy Astronomer, whose father works for NASA
Named after its discoverer — Broken away from its orbit around the sun.
Intrigued with a particular blueish planet, decides to pay a visit …
Some see it as a supernatural sign of mystical import.
Some begin to wonder if all is well in the universe.
Benjamin Exnod begins to wonder, “What have I done? What if it’s coming this way? What if …
Should you be alarmed?
Only if you miss this wonderful tale of the imagination …
The word spreads rapidly. Night after night the world’s eyes are turned to the sky.
Some find it fascinating, thinking that “In the vastness of space it will never really come this way.”
But scientists run the numbers and the numbers never lie.
It has entered our solar system! There it is, racing past Saturn! Definitely coming this way …
Even the animals are mesmerized in their own animal way.
Families gather their loved ones together to face the future … searching for answers.
But on he comes …
What if … what if … what if …
Find out how it all ends!
It’s a story for the ages presented as a Podcast Musical. Take the Trip! This one’s a doozy!
~ from the fantastical notions of Peter Link
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Benny the Comet is a fantastical musical journey from the imaginative mind of composer Peter Link. It moves between the real and the imagined, where curiosity meets wonder, and storytelling opens a wider lens on what we think we know.
Should we be afraid? Perhaps not. But we should be aware.
After listening, I was struck by how gracefully it holds imagination and possibility in the same space—neither alarmist nor dismissive, but deeply human in its curiosity.
I invite you to take the time to listen, and step into the story—letting yourself travel between what is, and what might or could be.
Oh Boy!!! 😳