Live at Adler Planetarium: Pi Day!

Nerdette

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🗓️ 17 March 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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It's a space nerd extravaganza! Astronomers and scientists from Adler Planetarium talked with us in front of a live audience as part a Pi Day celebration. And you're really going to want to hear these nerd confessions.

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
0:05.0	Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.
0:09.0	Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org
0:12.6	slash events.
0:13.6	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:17.0	I'm Tricia Bobita and from W be easy in Chicago this is
0:20.4	nerdette.
0:21.0	Today's show will sound a little different than usual.
0:23.5	As most of you should know, March 14th is a big holiday for the nerds out there.
0:27.8	It's Pie Day, it's also Einstein's birthday, but more importantly, it's Pie Day 3.14 and this year 1 5 so we got two extra digits of the
0:36.6	number pie in our date this year which was worth celebrating with lots and lots of
0:40.6	pizza pie dessert pie at Adler Planetarium.
0:43.8	It was a beautiful nerd celebration of Pie Day running all over Adler.
0:49.2	You'll hear conversations with astronomers and scientists.
0:51.8	So much space fun!
0:53.0	We also will get to know Great Lady Nurt of History, Dorret Hofflet.
0:56.0	That and a whole lot of Pie-Day nerd confessions on Nurdette.
1:00.0	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
1:02.0	And it turns out a lot of people are nerdy about something.
1:02.5	And it turns out a lot of people are nerdy about space.
1:04.8	I'm just gonna say it.
1:05.9	Make it snappy, nerd!
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