Episode 2: Br. Guy Consolmagno: The Vatican Astronomer
STEM-Talk
Dawn Kernagis and Ken Ford
4.7 • 706 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2016
⏱️ 58 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I don't always listen to podcasts, but when I do, I listen to STEM talk, interviewing the most interesting people in the world of science and technology. |
| 0:14.2 | Stay curious, my friends. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome to STEM Talk. Stem Talk. |
| 0:24.6 | Stem Talk. |
| 0:25.6 | Stem talk. |
| 0:26.6 | Welcome to STEM Talk, where we introduce you to fascinating people who passionately |
| 0:31.6 | inhabit the scientific and technical frontiers of our society. |
| 0:35.6 | Today our colleague Tom Jones will interview Brother Guy Consul Magno. |
| 0:39.8 | Brother Guy, as he likes to be called, was a slam dunk, no-brainer, unanimous choice of the |
| 0:45.8 | double secret selection committee. This august group votes to determine which guests are privileged |
| 0:51.8 | to appear on STEM Talk. So, Ken, tell me how many votes were cast in this election? |
| 0:57.2 | Just one, but it was unanimous. |
| 0:59.5 | It's a rather small and focused group. |
| 1:02.0 | So Brother Guy is in no particular order, a Jesuit brother, a scientist, an MIT graduate, |
| 1:07.8 | a Peace Corps volunteer, a professor, a science fiction geek, and last but not |
| 1:12.6 | least, the director of the Vatican Observatory. |
| 1:14.6 | The Vatican Observatory, originally in Rome, is now headquartered at Castel Gandalfa, |
| 1:20.6 | right outside of Rome. It's actually the Pope's summer residence. |
| 1:24.6 | A few years back, Nancy and I visited Brother Guy at Castel |
| 1:29.4 | Gandalfo. He was generous with his time, and I can assure you, Castel Gandalfo is not |
| 1:35.4 | a hardship duty station. |
| 1:36.9 | So it's obvious that religion is a central part of Brother Guy's life, but so is technology, |
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