Kalpana Pot is an actor, writer, host, and science communicator. She’s appeared in numerous national commercials and TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Hot in Cleveland, and Days of Our Lives to name a few, runs popular space-based social media pages, and is a published author. Her latest book, Spaced Out: A Casual Approach to the Cosmos is a general overview of all things space-related mixed with a sense of humour. Her ultimate goal in Hollywood is to help mitigate the recent rise in anti-science by bridging her two loves of storytelling and science.

OUTLINE:

Here’s approximate timestamps for the episode.

00:43 Into to Kalpana Pot

04:00 Things getting sweary and definitly not conspiratorial!

05:28 Debunking conspiracies

10:10 “Truth” on Social Media

11:33 Spaced Out: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spaced-Out-Casual-Approach-Cosmos/dp/B0CPCKJ4PX?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

14:20 Hollywood telling Space Stories on Forgotten Women in STEM

18:00 How accurate is film making in explaining relativity?

20:45 The James Web Space Telescope - Importance of Imagery

23:42 Taxpayer Value

24:24 Big Bang age

27:00 The Screenplay!

31:50 Wrap Up and Socials

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