Kalpana Pot: Actor, writer, host, and science communicator

Kalpana Pot is an actor, writer, host, and science communicator. She's appeared in numerous national commercials and TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, Hot in Cleveland, and Days of Our Lives to name a few, runs popular space-based social media pages, and is a published author. Her latest book, Spaced Out: A Casual Approach to the Cosmos is a general overview of all things space-related mixed with a sense of humour. Her ultimate goal in Hollywood is to help mitigate the recent rise in anti-science by bridging her two loves of storytelling and science.  OUTLINE: Here's approximate timestamps for the episode. 00:43 Into to Kalpana Pot 04:00 Things getting sweary and definitly not conspiratorial! 05:28 Debunking conspiracies 10:10 "Truth" on Social Media 11:33 Spaced Out: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spaced-Out-Casual-Approach-Cosmos/dp/B0CPCKJ4PX?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE 14:20 Hollywood telling Space Stories on Forgotten Women in STEM 18:00 How accurate is film making in explaining relativity? 20:45 The James Web Space Telescope - Importance of Imagery 23:42 Taxpayer Value 24:24 Big Bang age 27:00 The Screenplay! 31:50 Wrap Up and Socials Connect with Kalpana Pot on Socials Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kalpanapot/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@toknerdytome?_t=8hTcFAH803W&_r=1 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5305151/ Stay connected with us! Use #Astroben across various social media platforms to engage with us! Youtube: www.youtube.com/@astrobenpodcast Website: www.astroben.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astrobenpodcast/ X: https://twitter.com/Gambleonit Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@astrobenpodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astrobenpodcast/