Brian Laird on W.N. Y.C. and what a great guess we have to help get you ready for the

eclipse it's Molly Webster radio lab senior correspondent I'll just ID you

for people who don't know and tell everybody

that Molly will be hosting an Eclipse party plus a science and storytelling event in Austin, Texas, where the total solar eclipse will be fully visible.

Hey Molly, welcome back to the show.

Hey Brian, how are you?

Good.

So what are you doing in Austin?

What's your event going to be?

Well, so I'm backstage right now at the Long Center, which is the Performing Arts Center in Austin,

and we're just having sort of a, you know, a science nerd night meets lawn festival vibes.

There's going to be musicians and storytelling and sort of a stage show from noon until 3 p.m.

Austin Times.

So from point of moon reaching first contact with the sun through

totality till the moon actually totally leaves North America.

Don't you at Radio Lab love this like everybody's a science nerd for one day?

It is really, it is really fun.

There's high expectations though and a lot of clouds so we'll see how it all balances out.

Uh oh, all right and listeners you're invited in on this too.

Maybe first priority to anybody who has experienced a solar eclipse in the past?

What's the most memorable thing about it for you?

Do you have any tips for people who will be experiencing an eclipse for the first time today.

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