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

Hello and welcome to episode 400 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

If you're a long time listener, you'll know that every 100 episodes

we do a special bonus podcast celebrating the fact that Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is somehow still

going and exploring some behind-the- scenes aspect of the show.

So back in episode 100, our friend Matt London interviewed John Joseph Adams and me about how we started Geek's Guide to the Galaxy,

and in episodes 200 and 300, we heard from some of our longtime listeners.

For episode 400, I thought it might be fun to interview my parents, John R. Curley, and Catherine Bar

Curley, who are both scientists, science fiction fans, and longtime Geek's Guide to the Galaxy listeners.

And this topic was inspired by Jonathan Tindell, who interviewed me back in 2016 for the

Secular Stories Podcast.

He sent me a note last year which reads,

Do you think your parents would ever be up to being interviewed?

Why I asked is that they seem to have raised you in a good way. As a parent

myself, I'm always looking for tricks and tips.

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