Physics, Activism, and Leadership w/ Walter E. Massey

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

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Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by physicist Dr. Walter E. Massey to talk about his long and distinguished career as the past head of the National Science Foundation, president and chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, director of Argonne National Laboratory, and president of Morehouse College, among countless other titles. They also talk about his new book, "In the Eye of the Storm: My Time as Chairman of Bank of America During the Country's Worst Financial Crisis."

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, September 13th, 2021 and I'm the
0:20.1	host of the show, Kara Santa Maria.
0:22.6	This week we've got a great episode for you,
0:24.5	but before we dive in, I do want to thank
0:26.7	those of you who make TalkNurdy possible
0:29.2	week after week.
0:30.3	Remember, TalkNurdy is and will always be 100% free to download and that's because I rely on the listener support of people just like you.
0:38.0	If you want to pledge your support you can visit Patreon.com slash TalkNertie or you can learn more at talk nerdy
0:44.9	dot com this week's top patron is Rob Schreck thank you so much Rob for your very very
0:50.8	generous support also at the top of the list I want to thank Daniel
0:54.4	Lang and Mary Niva. And I want to thank Brian Holden, Christopher Pitts, David
1:00.1	J. E. Smith, Dudas Infinitas, Jun-Sopara, Ulrika Hagman, and Robert Chris.
1:06.7	Thank you all so so much.
1:08.6	All right, let's dive into it.
1:11.0	Super interesting chat for you guys today. I had the opportunity to sit down with, well remotely
1:18.0	of course, with Dr. Walter E. Massey. Oh my gosh, I don't even know where to begin.
1:25.0	Chairman of the Giant Magellan Telescope Project,
1:28.0	he was the first African American professor of physics at Brown University, the first African American president of Physics at Brown University,
1:32.8	the first African American President
1:34.7	of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
1:37.9	the Triple A.S.
1:39.9	Also the Director of the Argonne National Laboratory
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