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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2025 · 25 MIN

This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist’s Path from Grief to Wonder

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We speak with Environmental Scientist Alan Townsend about his new book, This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist’s Path from Grief to Wonder.  It chronicles what happened when his family received two unthinkable, catastrophic diagnoses: his 4-year-old daughter and his brilliant scientist wife developed unrelated, life-threatening forms of brain cancer. As he witnessed his young daughter fight … Continue reading "This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist’s Path from Grief to Wonder"

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