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Celestial Events Abound in July's Night Skies

KQED's Forum

KQED

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2727 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Fireworks may be in your future this holiday, but there are other reasons to gaze skyward in July. We’ll talk about meteor showers and other celestial events you can catch, hear about the Mars Perseverance rover’s latest adventures and get updates on the James Hubble telescope, expected to release its first images this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Coming up on forum, Ebram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an

0:55.3

anti-racist, has a new book, How to Raise an Anti-Racist, a guide for caregivers and parents,

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where he shares his own experience of not wanting to talk about race with his daughter at first.

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Well, hear how Kendi came to realize that trying to protect kids by not talking about racism was

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no protection at all. And Fourth of July fireworks are not the only reason to look to the skies

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this month. We'll hear about the celestial events that should be on your radar. That's all next on

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forum. Join us.

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