Kalpana Pot is an actor, writer, host and science communicator, and the author of Spaced Out: A Casual Approach to the Cosmos. In this episode of the Astro Ben Podcast, host Ben Gamble talks with Kalpana about bringing space science to a wide audience.
She talks about her acting career, her space-focused social media work and her lighthearted book on the cosmos. The conversation takes on conspiracy theories and misinformation online, and how Hollywood portrays women in STEM.
Kalpana also looks at how accurately films depict relativity, the value of James Webb Space Telescope imagery, taxpayer funding for science, the age of the universe and her screenwriting work.
What you will hear
Kalpana's acting career and space-focused social media work
Her book Spaced Out: A Casual Approach to the Cosmos
Debunking conspiracy theories and misinformation on social media
How Hollywood portrays women in STEM and how films handle relativity
The James Webb Space Telescope, science funding and the age of the universe
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