Coming up is a show recorded on the day of the last total solar eclipse to cross the United States back in 2017.

It's got my friend and colleague Jan 11 who will carry you through what to look for what to expect and give you little tidbits about the sun as well

coming up

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Welcome to Star Talk All Stars. I'm your All Stars host, Janne Levin. I'm also a

professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University and

Director of Sciences here at Pioneer Works

where we're hosting this show. Very excited to be here. We've never done a show

from here before so this is awesome. I want to introduce my guest co-host Matt Kirshin, comedian and host of probably

science podcast. Hi Matt. Hey Janet. Welcome. How is your nap? It's been good. I came in on the red eye just

Yeah, he had a little nap. Had a little sleep on you got some very good couches here

at Pioneer Works. I'm feeling great. Okay, excellent and I'm very excited to welcome for the first time on the show our expert scientist

Professor Joe Patterson and I have to say about Joe he has many things he's a professor of astronomy at Columbia University. He is also, I think you said,

director of the Center for Backyard Astrophysics. Super cool citizen science, well before it's time, well before citizen science was even a phrase, right?

Cool.

And also, my first astronomy professor.

I remember very fondly. And she got a pretty good grade.

I would climb into the back of the classroom in Pupin at Columbia

with those stacked levels, you know?

They're so steep with like my big cup of coffee.

And I'd be like, but you are such an amazing professor, Joe.

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