This episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxies brought to you by the new book Space Man by Mike Massimino.

Publishers Weekly writes,

Readers will be delighted and moved by retired astronaut Massimino's almost childlike wonder and enthusiasm coupled with his humility.

This is an engaging and uplifting memoir that's sure to give readers a deeper appreciation for the

U.S. space program and inspire some future astronauts.

Learn more at Mike Massimino.com.

The

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The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello. David Barr Kirtley. Hello and welcome to episode 225 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is book critic Ruth Franklin.

She's a frequent contributor to the New Yorker and Harpers,

and is a recipient of a New York Public Library

Coleman Fellowship and to Guggenheim Fellowship.

And we'll be speaking with her today

about her new book, Shirley Jackson,

a rather haunted life, which explores how Jackson came. speaking with her today about her new book Shirley Jackson, A Rather Haunted Life,

which explores how Jackson came to write such classic tales as The Lottery, The

Haunting of Hill House, and we have always lived in the castle.

And today's Mike's

Mike Massimino.

And here's Mike's bio.

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