All About Black Holes with Dr. Geza Gyuk & Janet Varney

Full Episode description

On the second episode of REACH  Brian and Meredith ask the questions “What are Black Holes?,” “Will we ever get sucked into one?,” and more before we are joined by an expert from Adler Planetarium and a very special guest star on a segment entitled “Did You Know…?”

This week’s Activities:

• To learn more about our closest star, visit adlerplanetarium.org and read “The Secret Life of the Sun.”
• Learn more about “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle, as mentioned by Nikki the Star
• Draw a picture of the Sun. It can be sent to the show at reachthepodacst@gmail.com or by tagging us on Twitter or Instagram @ReachThePodcast

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

Thank you to Dr. Geza Gyuk, Director of Astronomy, Adler Planetarium. For more information on Geza’s work, please visit www.adlerplanetarium.org

Nikki the Star was played by Janet Varney. You may know Janet as the voice of Korra from Nickelodeon’s The Legend of Korra, or from her podcasts The JV Club and Voyage to the Stars. You can find them both wherever podcasts are available

And special thanks this week to our REACH learning community: Thanks 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