Meredith Garofalo is a regional Edward R. Murrow Award-winning broadcast meteorologist and space and science correspondent. In this episode of the Astro Ben Podcast, host Ben Gamble talks with her about how a lifelong fascination with weather became a career in television, and how that career now reaches into the space industry.
Her interest in weather began after her mother survived a tornado outbreak. From there the conversation covers her work reporting on rocket launches, her advocacy for women in STEM, and the links between space and climate change. They also look at weather on Mars and ask whether humans, or AI, could ever control the weather.
If you follow space science, launch coverage or science communication, this interview offers a meteorologist's view of the space industry. Meredith is also hosting a NASA total solar eclipse viewing event at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas for the April 8 eclipse.
What you will hear
How a family tornado experience sparked her interest in weather
Her career in broadcast meteorology and as a space and science correspondent
Covering rocket launches
Advocating for women in STEM
How space and climate change are connected
Weather on Mars
Whether humans or AI could ever control the weather
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