#2506 - Michelle Thaller
5/28/20262 hr 43 min
Michelle Thaller, PhD, is an astrophysicist, award-winning science communicator, and retired NASA executive who worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA Headquarters. Her work has appeared in documentaries, podcasts, and television programs on The Science Channel, History Channel, Discovery, National Geographic, NPR, and many other platforms.
www.youtube.com/@mlthaller
www.drmichellethaller.com
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First 90 secondsJoe Rogan· Host0:01
Joe Rogan podcast, check it out The Joe Rogan Experience Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night. All day. [upbeat music] I like that.
Michelle Thaller· Guest0:13
Absolutely.
Joe Rogan· Host0:14
It's also, there's some things that are so awesome, it's like, that's fucking awesome.
Michelle Thaller· Guest0:19
[laughs] How, how, I, I was, I was trying to talk about black holes to some high school students just seriously earlier this week, and I was, I kept saying, you know, "What the..." [laughs] So I, I got nothing to pitch, but I, I, uh, um, I- the Shorewood Men's Club, I was giving a talk there. The Shorewood Wisconsin is where I live. The Men's Club invited me to give a talk about astronomy last week, and when I mentioned I was coming to the show, they just freaked out, and so the only thing I have is my Shorewood Men's Club, uh, uh, uh, water bottle.
Joe Rogan· Host0:46
Well, shout out to the Shorewood Men's Club. [laughs] That's awesome. That's so cool that you give those speeches. I love your YouTube talks. They're fantastic.
Michelle Thaller· Guest0:55
Well, thank you. Wow.
Joe Rogan· Host0:56
I have watched probably every one you've ever done. I've, I've watched at least... I mean, how many have you done? I've done- Good Lord ... I've watched at least, like, 10 of them.
Michelle Thaller· Guest1:05
Yeah. I mean, so, I mean, pretty much what I did, at, at NASA I did a lot of sort of the science spokesperson stuff, and so, so most of that was, you know, I, I, the, I, I'm more on the NASA videos. I hosted, like, launch events. I haven't done much privately on, on YouTube. I'm, I'm, I'm thinking about starting some stuff.
Joe Rogan· Host1:23
Oh, you should.
Michelle Thaller· Guest1:23
I'll, I'll... Yeah, I'll, I'll work on that.
Joe Rogan· Host1:25
Please.
Michelle Thaller· Guest1:25
Okay.
Joe Rogan· Host1:25
100%.
Michelle Thaller· Guest1:26
[laughs] Thank you.
Joe Rogan· Host1:27
100%. You've said so many things that made me