A spontaneous and unrehearsed interview.

Hello and welcome to the 91st episode of Curiosityness.

I am the host that you're listening to right now, Travis DeRose.

Thank you for being here.

This is the show where we learn about interesting stuff, curious, things you might be

curious about. And that's why I have on Mark Pine, who is the deputy director for the Griffith

Observatory. So yes, the classic, the iconic Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles,

you probably, you know it. I know you know it. If you've seen it, if you see it,

you would recognize it. Even if you don't think you know it, you know it. It's been in the Terminator,

Rebel Without a Cause, all these movies. It's awesome. So this, if you've never been to the

Griffith Observatory, this is going to make you want to go. If you have been, this is going to

make you appreciate it more. So, really fun episode. I think you're going to like it. Mark and I really

kind of, well, Mark does the work. But we dig into the kind of the history, how it was donated

by Griffith J. Griffith. That's his real name. How Griffith got his wealth.

We talk about the telescopes, the two telescopes that are there, the planetarium, and correcting me on why I thought planetariums are lame, but they're actually really cool and I can't wait to go visit.

How to visit, where to go visit the Griffith Observatory. It's a lot. It's awesome. You're

going to love it. Let's get to the episode. Here is Mark Pine for the Griffith Observatory.

All right. It's rolling. How are you doing, Mark? How are you, Travis? Doing good. Thank you for

being here. First of all.

Appreciate you, you know, you're taking the time to come on. I'm sure you're busy. There's a bit to do with

Griffith. You're most welcome. It's good to be able to talk about the place since there are no people

here to talk to since we're closed. So it's nice to talk to somebody about the observatory. Yeah, such a bummer.

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