Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, July 1st, 2024 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria. And as always before we

dive into this week's fascinating episode, I do want to

thank those of you who make Talk Nurdy possible. Remember this show has been

on the air for 10 years and the way that we keep the train on the tracks is really from the support of giving individuals just like yourself.

The ad landscape has completely dried up with podcasts and this is now a group effort. I rely very heavily on the incredible production work of Noel Dilworth and also on my editors.

And it's just, I have to pay them, it's the only way to keep this thing going while I'm continuing my psychology

fellowship and doing everything else I'm doing. And so I'm really grateful that you help me make those ends meet, make sure that I can pay the people who

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You guys are well known at this point. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

All right, let's get into it. I am so excited because this week I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Katie Coleman.

And if you know Katie, you know that she's a former NASA astronaut and retired Air Force

Colonel.

She spent more than 180 days in space,

which she accumulated during two different space shuttle

missions and a six-month expedition

to the

the International Space Station

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