Dr. Aomawa Shields on ‘Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Larry is joined by astronomer and actress Aomawa Shields to discuss her new book ‘Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe. They begin their conversation by examining the myriad of intersecting issues and topics presented within the book and the personal journey Aomawa went through that led to its creation. Dr. Shields then details the mental obstacles she overcame to reach her professional goals and talks about the importance of being your own role model (9:14). Next, she shares the important lessons that were learned during her acting class at MIT and the support network she discovered while pursuing her Astronomy and Astrobiology PhD that fostered the discovery of her inner superpower (25:42). After the break Larry and Aomawa tackle the big questions about life on other planets and the vastness of the universe (45:24). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Dr. Aomawa Shields Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Erica Ramirez, founder of Billy and host of What About Your Friends, a podcast
0:05.8	dedicated to the many lives of friendship and how it's portrayed in pop culture.
0:09.7	Every Wednesday on the Ringer Dish Feed, I talk to my best friends, Steven Othello, and
0:13.4	your favorites from within the ringer and beyond about friendships on TV, in movies, pop
0:17.8	culture, and our real lives.
0:19.5	So join me every Wednesday on the Ringer Dish Feed, where we try to answer the question
0:22.8	TLC asks back in the day, what about your friends?
0:29.8	Welcome back, everybody.
0:37.6	Such an interesting guest to have.
0:39.4	I'm so excited to talk to this person because I feel like I have so much in common with
0:44.2	a lot of the bigger things going on here, especially the unicorn aspect of it, but I can't
0:50.6	think it enough of talking about astronomy and the stars and physics.
0:55.2	It's one of my interests.
0:56.2	I love it.
0:57.2	But the combo platter that this person is bringing into it, she's an actor to you guys.
1:02.5	And she talks about her life, how she got to where she is, and a lot of the things she's
1:10.0	thinking about life on other planets, Dr. Aomawa Shields.
1:14.0	Welcome to Black in the Air.
1:15.5	Thank you.
1:16.5	I'm happy to be here.
1:17.5	Congratulations on the book.
1:18.9	It's so interesting.
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