Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, December 5th, 2022 and I'm the host of the show, Kara Santa Maria.

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All right. What have I got for you this week?

Well, this week I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Aaron McDonald.

She's an astrophysicist and also a writer and producer.

And currently she is the science consultant

for the entire Star Trek franchise.

She has a brand new book, a board book actually, so this is for Little Littles called Star Trek

my first book of space and we're gonna talk about all things science

science consulting science, science consulting, science advising, science in Hollywood.

So without any further ado, here she is, Dr. Aaron McDonald.

Well, Aaron, thank you so much for joining me today.

Yeah, thank you for having me. I'm really excited to be here.

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