1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: Hi guys, and welcome to this week's episode of a 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: Let's Be Real podcast. As always, my name is Emmy Jay, 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: and I hope your day is going well and I 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: hope this podcast makes your day even better. This week's 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: episode is with Emily CALENDRELLI. Now, if you don't know 6 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: who she is, boy, are you about to. She's an 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: Emmy nominated science host. She's a Netflix show called Emily's 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: Wonder Lab. She's worked with Bill Nives Science Guy. She's 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: a former m I two grad. She's an author. She 10 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: does everything we talked about a lot in this episode, 11 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: and I hope you guys enjoyed before this episode starts. 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: As always, don't forget to subscribe, leave a comment. And 13 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: if you haven't showed this episode with Somebody Loves Personal Emily, 14 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: I am so excited you are on my show. This 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: is so exciting. I'm so excited. This is like I 16 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Are you kidding me? This is awesome? It 17 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: doesn't feel real, sill and we're already in the second season. 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, there's a lot to talk about. For 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: those who don't know you are a Emmy nominated a 20 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: science host. I'm going to say m I t grad 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: and you have a new Netflix show called Emily's Wonder Lab, 22 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: which is so exciting and how awesome is it that, 23 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: like you're on Netflix, Like literally dream come true? Hands down. 24 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: I'm a senior in high school and I've been really 25 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: into science, particularly this year for the first time. UM, 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: And I know you talk a lot about STEM literacy, 27 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: So for those who don't know what it is, can 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: you explain it? And then can you tell me how 29 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: I can become more STEM literate on a day to 30 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: day basis? Yeah, I mean when I see stem literacy, 31 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: I really just mean people being more comfortable learning about science, 32 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: because science is so it seems so intimidating. Like I know, 33 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: when I was in high school, I thought science was 34 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: like just for the quote unquote smart people, and I 35 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: did not consider myself one of the smart people, and 36 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: so I was like, oh, science is way too intimidating 37 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: for me. Um. But I have since learned that science 38 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: is fascinating and fun to learn about and it's absolutely everywhere, 39 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: and so for me, I just want to make science 40 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: more accessible for everyone. You don't have to be majoring 41 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: in science to enjoy science. You don't have to have 42 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: like a PhD to learn this stuff. I just want 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: to try to make it more fun and accessible for everyone, 44 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: and that's something we have in common. Actually, I'm really 45 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: passionate about the education system, and I think there are 46 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: so many flaws with it, especially the way we approach them. 47 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: So what is one of the things that you think 48 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: that should change across all schools that would make them 49 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: more interesting and an approach where people would be excited 50 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: to learn about And it's like, oh, science class, Yes, 51 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 1: I think that we should be using more than just textbooks. 52 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: Like most of my schooling was all just like memorize 53 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: everything in this textbook, and that's what sciences. I hate 54 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: textbooks so much, like we all learned so differently, and 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: for me, textbooks were just not the way that I 56 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: enjoyed learning. I like to learn learning from videos or 57 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: from experiments, things that I could get my hands dirty with. 58 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: That type of stuff is way more interactive and fun. 59 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: I think teachers should be using more YouTube videos and 60 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: their classrooms. These people on YouTube who are just so 61 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 1: creative and smart and funny and goofy, and they incorporate 62 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: science and really unique ways that I've never seen before. 63 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: We just need to be allowing students who learned differently 64 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: to be able to discover all of these different ways 65 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: that science can be taught. And science is really all 66 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 1: around us. I actually took physics this summer, so fascinating. 67 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: I was I love to paint, so I was gonna 68 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: pick out paints for me and my brother, and then 69 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: I thought, wait, I could save money by just using 70 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: the primary colors because that's how light reflects. And I 71 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: had a whole lesson on it and it just worked 72 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: out perfect. That's Jesus. I mean, that's just like understanding 73 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: how the things that we experience every day, how they work. 74 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: Like the fact that white light contains all of the 75 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: colors that when I first learned that, that blew my mind. 76 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: That is such a You would think that all of 77 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,839 Speaker 1: the light colors mixed together would look like black light, 78 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: but that's just that it creates white. That so cool, 79 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: I know. And I also I saw your d I 80 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: y video on how to make ice cream, and I 81 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: remember doing it at camp when I was like eight 82 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: years old, and it just it did not turn out right. 83 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: I think we missed the salt, which was actually the 84 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: main component to it. But now I really want to 85 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: try it. Oh, it's so easy. That's one of my 86 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: favorite ones to do because I think it's so fascinating 87 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: that when you add salt to ice that you can 88 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: actually lower the temperature of ice, like you can get 89 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: it down to seven degrees fahrenheit, just something really really 90 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: really cold. And that's the way that you can make 91 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: ice cream in five minutes. You just super cool it. 92 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 1: We learned something new every day. That's so fascinating about it. 93 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: So what is your favorite d I Y project not 94 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: just you've done, but seemed done that you're like, oh 95 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: my god, it was just like a blow your mind 96 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: type moment. Oh yeah, I mean one that I like 97 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: doing all the time is the egg and a bottle 98 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: experiment where you get a bottle it's like a milk jug, 99 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: and then you light a piece of newspaper on fire 100 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: and so it involves fire, which is always and kind 101 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: of scary, and you throw that flaming newspaper in the 102 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: bottle and then you put a boiled egg on top 103 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: of the glass bottle and when that happens, basically you're 104 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: forcing a lot of the air out of the bottle. 105 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: And then once the fire goes out that air that's 106 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: left inside condenses and you're creating kind of like a vacuum, 107 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: and that egg gets pushed in by the atmospheric pressure. 108 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: And so it's just a way to suck an egg 109 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,239 Speaker 1: into a bottle. And it looks like magic, but it's science. 110 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: It's so cool. That's crazy. And I think science is 111 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: so important, especially STEM, and unfortunately STEM is just such 112 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: especially women in STEM. It's so underrepresented. And my cousin 113 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: actually works at SpaceX UM and he is one of 114 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: the engineers for the rocket chips and he has always 115 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: told me the importance of having women in STEM. And 116 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: so I actually asked him to ask a question for 117 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: something because I thought it might put a fun spin 118 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: on it, and he said, let me find it here. 119 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: For many who are unaware of the challenges faced by 120 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: women and STEM and in the workplace in general, what 121 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: are some of the best ways they can raise awareness 122 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: for and champion gender equality in an appropriate professional way. Yes, 123 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, that's such a cool question. And also 124 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: the fact that he works at SpaceX that's like the 125 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: coolest company ever. So he's the coolest. I should I 126 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: should connect you guys. He's that's pretty amazing. I mean Honestly, 127 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: I think one of the things that I see the 128 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: most that uh, maybe men in the world of engineering 129 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: or stem um fail to do is when you do 130 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: these projects when you're in college. Oftentimes one part of 131 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: the project is you have to go and do outreach 132 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: in the community and you have to try to inspire 133 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: the next generation of scientists and engineers. And what I 134 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: often see is those people going to the places that 135 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: they experienced when they were a kid, like Boy Scouts, 136 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 1: which is great. We should absolutely be going to the 137 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: Boy Scouts to encourage them to become scientists and engineers. 138 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: But if you're only going to the boy Scouts and 139 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: you're not going to the Girl Scouts, who do you 140 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: think the next generation of scientists and engineers are going 141 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: to be? Right? So, I think that if we can 142 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: just be a bit more thoughtful and who we recruit, 143 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: and also trying to find more representation in these fields, 144 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: Like obviously a girl going to talk to the Girl 145 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: Scouts is probably going to be more powerful. That doesn't 146 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: mean guys shouldn't do that, they should absolutely do that, 147 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: but um, trying to find representation in these fields is 148 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: really important because there's just something about seeing someone that 149 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: looks like you talking about science and technology. That makes 150 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: that that whole field feel so much more relatable exactly, 151 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: And this is a loaded question, but what is your 152 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: favorite thing about science? I mean, I think my favorite 153 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: thing about science is like it allows you to peek 154 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: behind the curtain of nature. Science is the language of nature, 155 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: and just being able to understand how certain things work 156 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: is fun. Like a while back, there were there were 157 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: some a few viral things like the is this dress? Uh? 158 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: What was it? Like? Blue? Or gold? Or gold? Or 159 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: I saw blue and black? What did you see? I 160 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: would see it one way and then I would like 161 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: go like do something and come back to my computer, 162 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: and then I would see it being blue and black 163 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: like I would why is that? So it's the way 164 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: that our brain processes images and the color in those images. 165 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: It's something called color constancy. And so what our brain 166 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: is trying to do when we see that picture is 167 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: we're trying to figure out what the lighting scenario is. 168 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: And so basically it's just what our brain is doing backflips, 169 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what type of picture we're looking at. 170 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: You've also done some other work with Netflix. You have 171 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: worked with the Iconic Bill and I design. I feel 172 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: like it would be so awful if I didn't mention, 173 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: if we didn't talk about it. What was that experience 174 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 1: like with working with such an icon and what was 175 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 1: your favorite favorite experiment you did with that show? Is 176 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: a corresponse. Oh my gosh. So Bill is someone that, obviously, 177 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,119 Speaker 1: like many other people I grew up with in my classroom, 178 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: my teacher would roll in a TV and we would 179 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 1: play these like videos of Bill and I the science 180 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: guy and all of my classroom. So this was someone 181 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: I knew about my entire life. And then here I 182 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: am a full grown adult and now Bill and I 183 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: gets to be my boss. Like I that's the coolest 184 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: thing ever. That was such a dream come true for me. 185 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: Um and he was exactly as I imagined, like perfectly 186 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: nerdy and entertaining and just like very very smart and 187 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: passionate about science. We would be in um writing rooms 188 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: for the Netflix show and they'd be brainstorming what they 189 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: wanted to include in an episode, and then Bill would 190 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: have like an experiment in his pocket and he would 191 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: be like, Oh, I have something related to what we're 192 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: talking about. Check out this experiment, and he would just 193 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: do an experiment for everybody in the room, and then 194 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: our executive producer would have to be like, all right, Bill, 195 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: we have to move on, like we can't keep doing science. 196 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: And it was like only the cameras were right now 197 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: that that would have been good. Behind the scene, it 198 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: really would and it was just like exactly what you 199 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: would expect. And I think my favorite experience with that 200 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: is that because it was an international show, because of 201 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: course it's on Netflix, I got to travel to some 202 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: very cool places. So I did a lot of my 203 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: correspondent gigs in India, and so I flew to India 204 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: to talk about how they solved um the polio crisis 205 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: with vaccines, and how a company there where most people 206 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: were like the age of seven, we're working to become 207 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: the first private company to land on the moon. Um. 208 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: And just being able to go to India and see 209 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: all of that science there was really really cool. That's crazy, 210 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: And I think also science is so important now more 211 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: than ever, and with what's going on in the world, 212 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: it like very much determines what's going to happen in 213 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: our future. I saw you do a Ted talk Um 214 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: when you talked a lot about climate change, and you 215 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: talked about the importance of listening with it. So, for 216 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: someone who not necessarily doesn't believe it, but it's skeptical, 217 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: what do you think or just wants to talk to someone, 218 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: what is the right to approach a conversation in a 219 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: respectful way instead of just being like, no, you're wrong. 220 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: This is such a good question. I love you for 221 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: asking this because I think this is one of the 222 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: things that a lot of people who are passionate about 223 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: trying to solve this problem of climate change get wrong. 224 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: Is that we see people who don't agree with the 225 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: science of climate change, and we just automatically say you're 226 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: dumb or you're stupid or whatever. And that's just not 227 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: a good way to change somebody's mind. Um. I personally, 228 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: I'm from West Virginia, and so being from coal country, 229 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people that I love and I 230 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: respect who don't accept the science of climate change. And 231 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: so I've had to go through my life talking to 232 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: people that I love and admire and figure out where 233 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: that comes from. So I think the first thing to 234 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: do is to listen, where is that science denial coming from. 235 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 1: Is it because they actually don't agree with the science, 236 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: It's not usually that. Sometimes it's like in coal country US, 237 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: fighting climate change means that we, uh, we're like passing 238 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: these environmental policies and they don't see those environmentally friendly 239 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: policies to be very friendly to them. But like we 240 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: have to first understand where they're coming from, be empathetic 241 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 1: to that, and then go from there, because we're not 242 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: going to get anywhere if we're just like calling people ignorant. 243 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: So for those who don't know, can you explain climate change? Yeah? 244 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: I mean climate change is just this greenhouse effect that 245 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: we see everywhere, not just our planet. Like the idea 246 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: of the greenhouse effect or climate change is not unique 247 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: to Earth. We are just making it worse with a 248 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: lot of the greenhouse gases that we are emitting with 249 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: cars and planes and fossil fuels and all of this 250 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: stuff that's adding these gases to the atmosphere where the 251 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: Sun brings us energy. We love the sun. The only 252 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: reason we have life here is because of the Sun, 253 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: and a lot of that energy comes to the Earth, 254 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: warms up the Earth and bounces right back out of 255 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 1: the Earth and goes into space. Some of that energy 256 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 1: is kept here, not all of it bounces out some 257 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: of that energy is kept here by the blanket of 258 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: our atmosphere, that blanket that's created by greenhouse gases, or 259 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: we're creating a bigger blanket that's holding more of that 260 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: energy in. It's a very fragile system, right, because our 261 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 1: atmosphere is so thin. You don't realize how thin our 262 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: atmosphere is until you go into space. I mean, it 263 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: looks paper thin if you go into space. If you 264 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: look at images of our Earth from space, it's just 265 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: this like light blue line. And from here on Earth, 266 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: when you look up at the sky, it looks so big. 267 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: You couldn't imagine that humans would be able to change 268 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: our atmosphere all that much. But when you see it 269 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: from space, you're like, oh, our Earth looks very very fragile. 270 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: That's crazy. Yeah, So how do we make our environment 271 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: and the earth not political? Oh gosh, that's that is 272 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: the million dollar question. It's so crazy that it's become 273 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: so politicized. It's so politicize. But like, I think the 274 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: challenges that science will always be a little bit political, 275 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: right because with climate change, if you want to fight it, 276 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: what you're really doing is you're going against big fossil 277 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: fuel companies and big fossil fuel companies pay for campaigns, uh, 278 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: for certain types of politicians, right, And so when you 279 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: go against those fossil fuel companies, what you're really doing 280 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: is you're going against certain types of politicians. And so 281 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: one good thing would be to get the money out 282 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: of politics and maybe not allow big fossil fuel companies 283 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: to give money to politicians. That would certainly help um. 284 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: But no, I don't know how you solve that problem. 285 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: I think that you try to get people to care 286 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: about science and not the ideology behind it. We have 287 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: to take a quick break, but when we come back, 288 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: I want to hear about the craziest experiment you've ever 289 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: done anywhere in the world. We'll be right back and 290 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: we're back. So you've traveled the world, what's the cree 291 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: the experiment you've ever done? And you're like, how is 292 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: this my life? Oh my gosh. So for my I 293 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: have another show on Fox on Saturday mornings called Exploration 294 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: Outer Space, And for that show, I mostly just cover 295 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: like all things related to space. And last year I 296 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: got to go to Russia to train like a cosmonaut, 297 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: which is Russia's version of astronaut. I got to train 298 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: like a cosmonaut at the UH it's like their version 299 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: of NASA, the Eurygagaron Cosmonaut Training Center. Eury Gagarin is 300 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: the first human to ever go into space, and he 301 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: was Russian. And so anyways, I go to the Euriga 302 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: Garon Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, and I 303 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: get to ride in something called a human centrifuge, which 304 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: is essentially like an amusement park ride that spends really 305 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: really really really fast so that you get to experience 306 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: the g forces of a launch, the gravitational forces of 307 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: a launch. And so I got in this thing. It's fun, 308 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: really really really really fast, and I experience, Um, I 309 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: think I got up to four G. I think for 310 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: like basically it felt like four of me times you're 311 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: gravitational way, that's exactly right. Yeah, it was like four 312 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: of me sitting on top of my chest is what 313 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: it felt like. It was crazy. It was so much 314 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: It was so so much fun, and I was like, 315 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: this is what it feels like to launch in the space. 316 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: And I am currently feeling this. This is so cool 317 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: because I've always been so curious about that. What do 318 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: you ever want to go to space? So I would. 319 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: I think that I would want the ride to space 320 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: to be super super safe. I don't know that I'm 321 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: willing to risk my life to go into space. But 322 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: like I've gone skydiving, Like if it were as safe 323 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: as skydiving, I would do it. Okay, I would absolutely 324 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: skydiving compared is skydiving just like nothing's like is that 325 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: like going on a walk compared to like everything you've done? 326 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: Would you say no? No? Skydiving was terrifying, I thought, 327 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: I thought sky having Oh yeah, I did not enjoy skydiving. 328 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: I don't want to go again. Where did you? Oh gosh, 329 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: I've gotten Um. I went once in Ohio and then 330 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: I want I went once like in San Jose. Have 331 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: you ever done the I Fly? Yeah, I've done that. 332 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: Um was it realistic? Apparently? The I Fly? They say 333 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: when you're doing it feels like when you're jumping out 334 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: of a plane, You're like when you're sky diving. It 335 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: definitely feels very similar. And I think that's probably why 336 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: I didn't like it. Was because you have that all 337 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: that air rushing in your face, and it for me 338 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: it was hard to breathe, Like I don't Yeah, I 339 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: don't enjoy that. Like, what if you get a nosebleed? 340 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 1: That was my main concern, would just go everywhere? What 341 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: would the gravity like, how would gravity affect that? I think, yeah, 342 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: that would be interesting because it's like a one On 343 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: one hand, the gravity is trying to pull your nosebleed down, 344 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: but on the other hand, you have this wind coming 345 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: at your face throwing it up. I think that. I 346 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: think that's your next that's my next experiment. What would 347 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: you do if you had a nose bleed and you're 348 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: free falling towards the ground. I I would be too 349 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: scared to do it, but I'm all for I'll copyright, Yeah, 350 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: I'll I'll tag you. So then the other thing you 351 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: did that I want to try. The vomit. Oh my gosh, 352 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: the best thing in my life. Please explain it to 353 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,880 Speaker 1: the people who aren't aware. And how do I get 354 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: on a vomit? Absolutely? Okay? So the vomit comment is 355 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: a plane that flies like an eight thousand foot roller 356 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: coaster in the sky. It just goes up and down 357 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: and up and down and up and down, and you 358 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: do that for like an hour and a half. And 359 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: it does that because if you've ever ridden a roller 360 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: coaster and when you go over a hump and the 361 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: roller coaster, or if you're in a car and you 362 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: go over a bump and your butt lifts off your 363 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: seat and you get some air time for like a second. 364 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: It's like that, but for about twenty five seconds. So 365 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: you get airtime for twenty five seconds, but to you, 366 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: you just feel like you're flying you like like you 367 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: don't feel like you have any gravity acting upon you 368 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: at all, like you're just free floating. And then of 369 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 1: course you have to like a roller coaster, it goes 370 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: down and you have to go back up, and you 371 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: feel like really really heavy for seconds, so you feel 372 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: waitless and heavy and weightless. And how do you mean 373 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: by heavy? Like, what do you mean by like twice 374 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: your weight? You feel twice your weight. It's like you 375 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: get to gees. So I'm trying to imagine that it's 376 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: but I feel like I have to experience it to 377 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: really understand. It would be like if you were sitting 378 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: on top of you, Like if you were laying down 379 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: on the ground and another version of you laid right 380 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: on top of you. It just feels like slightly uncomfortable, 381 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: not that bad, but just slightly uncomfortable. I know a 382 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: lot of people have gotten sick doing it. Did you 383 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 1: get sick? I did? Yeah. For the my first flight, 384 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: I helped give the vomit comment its name, um, which 385 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: is not the worth of it? Oh my gosh. Yeah, 386 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: it was so worth it, because they tell you when 387 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: you do this, your body has never experienced this. Take 388 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: it slow. But of course when I start to feel this, 389 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: I'm doing backflips. My head is on the ceiling, my 390 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 1: feet aren't like you have kids like so much fun. 391 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: And so yeah, I I threw up. And you have 392 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: to be very careful when you do that because when 393 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: you're weightless and you barf, where does that throw up go? 394 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 1: It goes, It goes everywhere. So they event that and 395 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: when you get on the plane, you bring the most 396 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: important tool that you will bring on that plane, and 397 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: it is a barf bag. The most important thing that 398 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: you will bring on that plane is a barf bag, 399 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: so that when you throw up, you can put it somewhere. 400 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: And then so how do I go on this? So 401 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: one the way that I did it, and this is 402 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 1: the way that I would recommend, is that if you 403 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: study science and engineering, you can join a microgravity research 404 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: team in college, and you can design an experiment with 405 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: your friends and apply to NASA to fly on the 406 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: vomit commet and if you get accepted, you can fly 407 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: on it for free, like for free. If you don't 408 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: want to do that, you can pay to fly on it. 409 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: And I think right now, it's like six thousand dollars 410 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: of seats, So wow, little little pricey, that's just like 411 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: just a little bit does we all have in our 412 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: wat always? So another I want to go back to 413 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: talking about women in STEM because as I know, that's 414 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: something you're really passionate about and something I'm really passionate about. 415 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,640 Speaker 1: And I was wondering what is the most impactful way 416 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: to encourage and normalize women something because I feel like 417 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,719 Speaker 1: a lot of the time it's considered like you're not 418 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: as strong as you do, like we're not as smart. 419 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: So how do you think we can normalize that? Yeah, 420 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 1: And I think one of the things that at least 421 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,719 Speaker 1: I personally try to do is I showcase the creative 422 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 1: side of science and also like the philanthropic side, the 423 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: side where you can actually make the world a better place. 424 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: Studies have shown that for little girls and minorities as well. 425 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: If you talk about how science can allow you to 426 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 1: help the world and make it a better place, that 427 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: speaks louder to younger girls and minorities. And so that's 428 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: something that I always try to do, is be like, hey, 429 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 1: I love being creative, I love writing, I love filming, 430 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: I love doing all of these creative things. Art was 431 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: one of my favorite classes in high school and everything, 432 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: and so I showcase the fact that I can combine 433 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: both of those things and create something really unique in 434 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: this world of stem um. Also, I think that especially 435 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: in the world of space, like space exploration and space 436 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: based technologies help make the world so much better um 437 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 1: by looking at how our planet is changing. We've talked 438 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: to a lot about climate change. The reason why we 439 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: know our climate is changing is because we have satellites 440 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: looking back down on our Earth seeing how it changes 441 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: every single day, and when we have forest fires or 442 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,640 Speaker 1: when we have earthquakes or hurricanes like, we can see 443 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,919 Speaker 1: where all of that movement is going, and so we 444 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 1: can bring help to the right people at the right time. 445 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 1: Crazy science, man, It's an actual thing, that's right. So 446 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: for those who say we actually had a debate on 447 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: this in history class list year, we were doing um about, 448 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: you know, the first man who lent on the Moon, 449 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: whether it's worth it because of the money that it costs. 450 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: So for people that say, why I spend so much 451 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: money going to space when we have enough problems down 452 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: here on Earth, what is your response? I would say 453 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,199 Speaker 1: that all of the money that we're spending up in 454 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: space is to benefit the people down here on Earth. 455 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: And usually when people are complaining about that, they're only 456 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: talking about human space exploration, like bringing a human to 457 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: the Moon, And that portion of NASA's budget is so 458 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: small compared to all the other stuff they do, which 459 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,239 Speaker 1: is like figuring out how our planet works, looking at 460 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: climate change, making airplanes safer and cleaner and less noisy, 461 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: all of the stuff is just takes up way more 462 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: of NASA's budget than the human side of it. But 463 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: the human side of it I think is important too, 464 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: because that's what makes us human, is that we want 465 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: to be the ones to look over that mountain, to 466 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: cross that sea, to see over that hill top. We 467 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: want to be the ones to explore that is inherently human. 468 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: Do you think there's gonna be a time where we 469 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 1: colonize on another planet. I do think that eventually will 470 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: bring permanent settlements to another planet for sure. I think 471 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: that's one of the surefire ways to ensure human survival. 472 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: I mean, the famous thing that people always say is 473 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: that the dinosaurs didn't have a space program. Right, if 474 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: the dinosaurs put that on a shirt, put that on 475 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: a shirt, that the dinosaurs were able to bring other 476 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: dinosaurs and create a permanent settlement on Mars, we would 477 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: still have dinosaurs today, maybe probably right at least it 478 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: would have given them a better chance of surviving. And 479 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: so that's it's like a way to copy and paste 480 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: are humans to another planet and just help ensure our survival. 481 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 1: I also want to get more in STEM. How do 482 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,199 Speaker 1: I go about that? Well, Well, for you specifically, I 483 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: think you should major in a science. Uh, I would 484 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 1: personally say you should measure and aerospace engineering. I think 485 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: that would be perfect. That's my recommendation for you. I 486 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: can always get my cousin's help on that. Yes, you 487 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: could see you already have an inn in the industry, 488 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: So I think that aerospace engineering is the right path 489 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 1: for you. Um, but for anyone, even if you don't 490 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 1: want to major in science or engineering, I think just 491 00:24:56,400 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: like following people on TikTok who are doing science, it's 492 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,159 Speaker 1: are following people on YouTube who are doing science. You 493 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: can be a lifelong learner and just constantly be learning 494 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: about things even if your job is totally something different 495 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: that doesn't matter. Science is inherently interesting for everyone and 496 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: it's out there for you to learn. We have to 497 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: take one more quick break, but when we come back, 498 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: I love your thoughts on what types of programs we 499 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: can have in schools to make them more accessible, especially 500 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: to young women and minorities. We'll be right back and 501 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: we're back. What program do you think we could implement 502 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 1: in schools to make them more prominent, especially for minorities 503 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: and women. Yeah, well, there's already a lot of really 504 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: great programs that do this, like Black Girls Code or 505 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 1: Girls who Code, um these coding with Coding with Classy. Yes, 506 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: Like all of these are such great programs that focus 507 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: on bringing more representation to the people who aren't already 508 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,239 Speaker 1: in these fields. And I think bringing those types of 509 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 1: organizations to your schools is such a good way to 510 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: do that exactly. And I think my generation is pretty cool, 511 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: So I feel like our generation is just going to 512 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 1: make such an impact, especially with what's going on in 513 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: science and space. Um in your lifetime, what's one thing 514 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: you hope to see. The major thing is obviously climate change, 515 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: and I think climate fixing this issue of climate change 516 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:24,880 Speaker 1: will be incredibly impactful all over the world. The other, 517 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: like technology thing that I think would be really exciting 518 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: is to bring internet to the world because right now, 519 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: only half of the world has access to the internet, 520 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 1: which always blows my mind. That it blows my mind. Right, 521 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: only half of the world has access to the internet. 522 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 1: The Worldwide Web is not actually worldwide. It's a lie. 523 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: You need to fix that. It's a lie. We need 524 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 1: to fix that. So there are companies like SpaceX. Actually 525 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: SpaceX has a project called Starlink where they're trying to 526 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 1: launch thousands of satellites into space, creating the largest satellite 527 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: constellation that's ever surrounded our planet. And they're doing that 528 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 1: to attempt to bring Internet to the rest of the world. 529 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: That's crazy, right, That would be so so in poor countries, 530 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: they would still be able to have access to healthcare 531 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: and internet like they would never would have before. Exactly, 532 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: so places like you said, if they don't have access 533 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: to hospitals, they can get remote healthcare. If they don't 534 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: have access to good schools, you can bring them education online. 535 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: People can build businesses and build economies and all these 536 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: things that require the Internet. Wow. Yeah, I usually don't 537 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: think about how I usually think of coding when I 538 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: think of the Internet, I don't think a science. But 539 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 1: then you realize satellites. What would we do without satellite? 540 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, yeah, what would What would we do 541 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: without the Internet. That the Internet like democratize is knowledge. 542 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: Any question that you have today you can look online 543 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: and find an answer. Of course, the flip side of 544 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: that make sure they're reliable, exactly. Like the flip side 545 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: of that is that now there's so much information online 546 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: that it's kind of hard to sparse, like what's real 547 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: and what's fake. So there are challenges. It comes with challenges. 548 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 1: Everything does, Yeah, exactly. So with that, I've always been 549 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: curious because I've heard mixed thoughts from teachers. What are 550 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: your thoughts on Wikipedia? Oh? I love Wikipedia. I think 551 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: it's one of the best resources out there. I think 552 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: that you should always find another citation in addition to Wikipedia. 553 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: You probably shouldn't just cite Wikipedia. But in terms of 554 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: becoming familiar at a very high level on a topic. 555 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: I think Wikipedia does an amazing job, but when you're 556 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: using it in a paper, you should always find a 557 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: different resource. I think because anybody can go and change 558 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: a Wikipedia article and you just want to. That's where 559 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 1: it gets That's where it gets dangerous. So I always 560 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: find another citation. But first learning from Wikipedia, that's great. 561 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: It's easy access to things. Um. And then I know 562 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: you're you're also doing these chapter books for people ages 563 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: six to ten. UM. I wish I had these books 564 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: when I was at age. I feel like they would 565 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: have been so helpful. So it is the most recent 566 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: one that's come out, and are there more to come? 567 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, so thank you. The Ada Lay series 568 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: is just something near and dear to my heart. So 569 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: it's about this girl Aida who loves science and technology 570 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: and goes on adventures to solve mysteries with tech and 571 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: gadgets that she built herself. A friend said that it 572 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: was like a nerdy version of Nancy Drew, which I love. 573 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: I think that's a really I loved Nancy me too, 574 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 1: and I just think that's like the cutest analogy. And 575 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: so one of the recent books that we created we 576 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: actually sent to space last year. You said the character 577 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: to space, or you said the book to the like 578 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: the physical book. We put on a rocket and launched 579 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: it to the International Space Station. Didn't make the did Yep? 580 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: It got there safely, nothing bad happened. It got there 581 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: and it was through this program called the story Time 582 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: from Space program. And so this program brings student like 583 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: kids books to the International Space Station and then astronauts 584 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: will do a read aloud while they're floating in space 585 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: and you can see like the Earth in the background, 586 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: and it's just the coolest thing. So my book went 587 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: to space and an astronaut read it on the space station. Emily, 588 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: why isn't that your Instagram? I know, that's like one 589 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 1: of the coolest things that's ever happened to me. You 590 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 1: need to make that you you need to say went 591 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: on the book went to space. I think you should 592 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,840 Speaker 1: add that in that That will change that right now? 593 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,719 Speaker 1: Please do For this season, I really wanted to make 594 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: it a priority to make sure that we give back 595 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 1: as a community. Okay, and every week I like to 596 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: highlight a certain nonprofit or charity. Is there any organization 597 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: that you work with that you want to highlight. I 598 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: think that is so wonderful. Uh, this is a great 599 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: program to do that. So my that I one like 600 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: organization that I love to support and I'm a mentor for. 601 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: This organization is called the Brooke Owens Fellowship, and the 602 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: brook Owens Fellowship it's a namesake of this individual, this 603 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: woman who passed away, who was just an icon in 604 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: the space industry, and the fellowship itself is helping to 605 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: promote women in uh non binary individuals in the aerospace industry. 606 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:11,479 Speaker 1: So it's basically a paid internship and mentorship and just 607 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: this like community of people to help support them throughout 608 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: their career and launch their career in the aerospace industry. 609 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 1: And so the brook Owens Fellowship, that's the one that 610 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: I I'm a big fan of. And my last question 611 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: for you is, you know, you have your very successful 612 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: at what you do. You're great at breaking down very 613 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: complex topics into simple terms. So when you write more books, 614 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: have more TV shows, win some Emmy's, what would you 615 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: want your legacy to be and how would you want 616 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: to be remembered. I hope that when I am old 617 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: and wrinkly, there are a just a gaggle of women 618 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: who ended up becoming scientists and engineers and pointed to 619 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: something that I may be created and said that was 620 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: the reason that I first became interested in this, and 621 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: I think that's going to happen. Um, thank you so 622 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: much for coming on my podcast. I am so happy 623 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: that we got to talk, and I feel like I 624 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: learned a lot, not just about the world around me, 625 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: but what I can do to make an impact. So 626 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for having me. I honestly had 627 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: such a great time recording this episode because I feel 628 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 1: like I learned so much about space. I hope you 629 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: did too. You guys, what if we all went to 630 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: space together? That would be awesome. If you haven't already, 631 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 1: don't forget to subscribe, I'll say it again, and also 632 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,959 Speaker 1: follow me on Instagram. Edit Sammy J S I T 633 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,120 Speaker 1: S S A, M M Y j A y E. 634 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: As always, thank you guys so much for listening, and 635 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: I'll see you guys next week. Bye.