Episode 7: The Man Who Sold Deep Time
The Shadow League
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04-Jun-2026
How did belief in millions of years become the dominant lens through which Western society interprets Earth’s history? In Episode 7 of Shadow League, we examine the life, influence, and strategy of Charles Lyell—the geologist whose promotion of uniformitarianism transformed modern geology and paved the way for Darwinian evolution. Following the historical trail from James Hutton to Lyell and ultimately to Charles Darwin, this episode explores how ideas about deep time became embedded in science, education, and culture. Uncover the philosophical assumptions, historical debates, and cultural consequences behind one of the most influential shifts in Western thought, and discover why the battle over Earth’s past remains central to the struggle for truth today.
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