Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. It is Monday, May 23rd and I'm

your host Kara Santa Maria. I want to thank those of you who made Talk Nurdy possible this week by doing

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It will always remain that way, and it is because of support from

listeners like you so I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

All right I'm really excited about this week's episode. I had a chance to have a remote chat with a

fascinating human being who also happens to have one of the coolest jobs in the

world. She's the director of outreach for the Astronomy Department at Columbia University.

Here she is Summer Ash.

Summer, thank you so much for taking the time to join me all the way from New York City.

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for

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