REACH A Space Podcast for Kids
On this episode of REACH Brian and Meredith ask the questions "What is an Exoplanet?," "What does the hashtag #BlackinAstro mean?," and more before we are joined by an expert Astrochemist and Planetary Scientist and a very special visit from our closest celestial neighbor on a segment entitled "Did You Know...?"
This week's Activity from Ashley Walker:
Hosts: Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien
Written by: Sandy Marshall with Nate DuFort, Meredith Stepien and Brian Holden.
Co-Created, Produced by: Nate DuFort and Sandy Marshall
Edited by: Nate DuFort
Music composed by: Jesse Case
Logo by: Steven Lyons
Thanks to Ashley Walker (Ashley Lindalía), Astrochemist, Planetary Scientist, and Intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. For more on Ashley's work and the latest on #BlackinAstro follow Ashley on Twitter @That_Astro_Chic
The Moon was played by Marc Evan Jackson. You may know Marc from his work on NBC’s The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, or Netflix’s The Babysitters Club. Marc is also the President and Co-founder of The Detroit Creativity Project whose Improv Project offers training in communication, collaboration, and relationship building skills to students in Detroit schools. To find out more please go to www.detroitcreativityproject.org
And special thanks this week to our REACH learning community: Thanks Bella and Blythe!
Do you have a space related question that we didn’t get to? Well, you can submit that question for our bi-weekly “Reaching Out” episodes. Just get your parents permission and give us a call at 312-248-3402 (or an email at ReachthePodast@gmail.com) and leave us a message with your first name, where you're from and your question for a chance to be featured in an upcoming episode.
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REACH: A Space Podcast for Kids is a production of Soundsington Media committed to making quality programing for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com