1 00:00:09,966 --> 00:00:10,833 What's the best part 2 00:00:10,833 --> 00:00:11,733 of your job? 3 00:00:11,733 --> 00:00:12,933 Without a doubt, 4 00:00:12,933 --> 00:00:14,700 the best part of my job 5 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:16,600 is working with the team. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,000 And, you know, 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:18,600 I often say-- 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,266 You are getting behind the scenes 9 00:00:20,266 --> 00:00:21,633 of the interview process 10 00:00:21,633 --> 00:00:22,500 for Curious Universe. 11 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:24,166 So our host, Jacob Pinter, 12 00:00:24,166 --> 00:00:25,400 is going to be interviewing 13 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:28,300 How do you explain to them 14 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:29,266 what your job is? 15 00:00:29,266 --> 00:00:30,933 And on the flip side, 16 00:00:30,933 --> 00:00:32,500 what's the hardest part? 17 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:35,000 I think the hardest part is, 18 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,166 is waiting for launch day. 19 00:00:37,166 --> 00:00:38,800 I think that we have 20 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,566 produced close to 70 21 00:00:40,566 --> 00:00:42,366 episodes of Curious Universe, 22 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:44,866 on all different types of topics. 23 00:00:45,233 --> 00:00:47,800 You are falling an infinite amount of space. 24 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:48,333 Uh oh. 25 00:00:48,433 --> 00:00:50,066 So space-time 26 00:00:50,066 --> 00:00:51,200 inside of a black hole 27 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,766 behaves very differently 28 00:00:52,766 --> 00:00:54,000 than it does outside. 29 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:55,500 They listened to a previous 30 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:56,866 episode of Curious Universe 31 00:00:56,866 --> 00:00:58,766 called “Inside a Black Hole.” 32 00:00:58,766 --> 00:00:59,633 In that episode 33 00:00:59,633 --> 00:01:01,600 we mentioned a quantum physics phenomenom 34 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:02,966 called Hawking radiation. 35 00:01:03,166 --> 00:01:05,466 It's this strange, magical, 36 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:07,000 somewhat unsettling moment 37 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:07,533 when, 38 00:01:07,533 --> 00:01:09,066 in the middle of the day, 39 00:01:09,066 --> 00:01:10,500 the world suddenly goes 40 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:11,300 dark. 41 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:11,766 Last year 42 00:01:11,766 --> 00:01:12,966 one of my favorites was 43 00:01:12,966 --> 00:01:14,333 for the total solar eclipse. 44 00:01:14,333 --> 00:01:15,366 Across North America, 45 00:01:15,366 --> 00:01:17,700 we had an eclipse-themed 46 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:19,000 series, which we called 47 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:20,500 a podcast companion 48 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:22,233 to the total solar eclipse. 49 00:01:22,233 --> 00:01:23,100 And we were just helping 50 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:24,066 everyone take part 51 00:01:24,066 --> 00:01:26,200 in this huge celestial moment. 52 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:27,033 It was really fun. 53 00:01:27,033 --> 00:01:29,500 I just remember that feeling 54 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:30,633 of, again, 55 00:01:30,633 --> 00:01:31,433 just going out 56 00:01:31,433 --> 00:01:33,033 and looking up at the sky 57 00:01:33,033 --> 00:01:33,966 and wondering, 58 00:01:33,966 --> 00:01:34,900 what is that? 59 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:35,866 What is out there? 60 00:01:37,633 --> 00:01:38,333 That was great. 61 00:01:38,333 --> 00:01:39,300 That was-- She was great. 62 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:41,366 That was, like, emotional. 63 00:01:41,366 --> 00:01:41,666 Yeah. 64 00:01:41,666 --> 00:01:42,833 I really enjoyed that 65 00:01:42,833 --> 00:01:44,033 conversation. 66 00:01:44,733 --> 00:01:45,500 That was a good one. 67 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,033 the time, does 68 00:02:05,033 --> 00:02:08,033 NASA have podcasts? 69 00:02:08,966 --> 00:02:10,333 Yeah, we have podcasts. 70 00:02:10,333 --> 00:02:13,333 Come on, let's go to the moon. 71 00:02:20,666 --> 00:02:21,466 NASA's Curious 72 00:02:21,466 --> 00:02:23,466 Universe is NASA's podcast 73 00:02:23,466 --> 00:02:25,733 for the first time, space explorer. 74 00:02:25,733 --> 00:02:27,100 So even if you don't think 75 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:28,866 you're interested in space or science, 76 00:02:28,866 --> 00:02:29,600 we're going to show you 77 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,600 why you need to be 78 00:02:33,133 --> 00:02:34,600 but not all of it. 79 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,566 Some of the gas shoots off, 80 00:02:36,566 --> 00:02:38,666 racing away at almost the speed of light