INTERVIEW: Everything You Should Know About The Solar Eclipse With The Space Gal

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Jenna Lee

Education, News

4.9 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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SmartHER With MIT-Engineer, New York Times Bestselling Author, and The Space Gal, Emily Calandrelli

The celestial event captivating a nation ...

On Monday, April 8th, 2024 a total solar eclipse will occur in North America, and our SmartHER News headquarters happens to be in the path of totality.

We discuss this historic event with a very special guest, Emily Calandrelli also know as The Space Gal. Inspired by her father's perseverance, Emily entered the STEM field for practical reasons and now ignites people's curiosity with her infectious passion for science. The Space Gal gives us the scoop on the eclipse, why it matters, how to keep your eyes safe, what she'll be watching, and more.

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0:00.0	Hello from the Heartland. My name is Jenna, and this is Smarter News, news when it matters and why it matters.
0:10.4	Our Smarter series features unique people who help us think and live smarter.
0:18.3	Well, hi, everybody. Welcome to Smarter News. My name is Jenna, and I'm really excited to have this conversation today. We have experienced so many historic moments together on Smarter News over the last several years. And we have a fun one that we can actually anticipate. Not all historic moments you can anticipate, but this one we actually can. It's a total solar
0:38.6	eclipse. And it's actually happening right over the top of Smarter News headquarters here in Texas.
0:45.0	So we should have a front row seat, fingers crossed, if the weather holds. And in fact, just kind of
0:51.5	another news item related to this, the city of Austin has already declared a local disaster because of the crowds that are expected because I guess viewing a total solar eclipse is like a really big deal, which I didn't really realize. And I hate to confess until now, but it is. So we have exactly the person to talk to about this topic. Emily Calendrelli has many different titles,
1:13.0	I should mention. She is an MIT engineer. She's a New York Times bestselling author. By the way,
1:19.6	new books, stay curious and keep exploring next level. She has several books, by the way, so you have a lot
1:24.0	to choose from, but a New York Times best-selling author. She's also a mother.
1:28.1	I think that's always important to mention. And she's known as the SpaceGal on social media.
1:33.2	So you might find her there. It's actually where I was first discovering her work. And we reached
1:37.2	out to her and we're lucky to have her today. And Emily, it's really great to talk to you just in
1:43.2	general, but about this really big event.
1:46.3	So just to start out, because you always approach science with such enthusiasm,
1:51.1	I have to ask you about this.
1:52.7	How did you first get interested in science?
1:54.6	Do you remember that moment where you're like, you know what?
1:57.2	Science is the thing for me.
1:58.9	Yeah, I have a very funny story because I am unlike a lot of
2:03.3	my peers in the STEM world. I was a very practical child because my dad grew up in poverty
2:10.2	in West Virginia and he worked really hard to bring our family to middle class. And so the
2:16.6	importance of financial security was always something that was
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